All my creations collected together in one place.

Each remix/mashup was created in realtime by "performing it" live using DJ software - in my case the DJ App/Tool "djay" (made by algoriddm) together with a standard DJ controller, though many times the controller was not critical and the apps intuitive touch UI on an iPhone or iPad would often suffice.  

The app becomes the playground to play and experiment with the original source material and other elements in realtime offering an immediacy that simply can't be matched. With djay any sound or music source material becomes pliable putty allowing you to sculpt in realtime: isolate and extract various parts (such as grabbing the vocals from a song), match tempos, match/change keys, layer and build, beat sync, loop, apply effects etc - all in realtime. 

Ideas and structure are iteratively worked out in the djay app with all the final elements assembled there ready to be performed and captured. A couple practice runs and then it's just a matter of hitting the record button and performing it.

For many of the tracks in this playlist there are a whole bunch of versions, some better than others, or with completely different vibes. The INXS track Need You Tonight appears here twice with two very different vibes as an example.

Amazing to live in a time where these tools exist and run comfortably in realtime on a iPhone including advanced audio signal processing AI that can literally isolate a track into "vocals", "percussion" and "harmony" parts in realtime letting you either isolate/solo those parts completely (like vocals), or mute them. Some artifacts time to time, but it's plenty good enough and you can always apply effects and EQ to tweak.

I have half a dozen or so other tracks, including reworks of classic Prince, Bowie, Donna Summer, but alas SoundCloud is refusing to permit those be made available based source detection and copyright, often randomly applied it feels. I suspect if I combine them into a longer single set upload they won't be struck down.

Last, several of the tracks below are part of my Vangelis Blade Runner soundtrack homage which you can find here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/tuxzvHi4wmr1QgXY8

All my Tears For Fears remixes are slowly being assembled here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/TNbmA5EMUGDvM83n9

KANOPI CREATIONS - Building Blocks

Shout - Tears for Fears Desert Vibes Remix

Do You… to a House Beat - Miguel

What happens when you take a Prince classic and sprinkle it with some Trentmøller beats…

Sign O’ A Polar Shift - Prince / Trentmøller

Part of this collection of remixes of HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
https://soundcloud.com/kurt-thywissen/sets/mix-me-hard-and-soft

Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO I (Take My Breath Away Mix)

Step into our time machine and journey back to the golden era of disco with our sick remix of Empire of the Sun's "Alive." Where being groovy was the ultimate vibe and towering shoes were the height of fashion. Get ready to unleash your inner disco madness and dance your heart out to this nostalgic re-imagining of the classic "Alive". Lace up those dancing shoes and get ready to boogie like it's the '70s all over again!

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Empire Of The Sun - "Alive" (MNX & GeeCee NuDisco Remix)

QHM978 - Ana Paula Feat. Nalaya - High Energy (Paskal Daze Remix)

When Zhu meets Billie Eilish on the common theme of cravings.

Billie Eilish / ZHU - LUNCH  (It’s A Craving Not a Crush Mix)

“I’ll show you a place high on a desert plane where the streets have no name”. Just about sums up Burning Man, no?

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name (Elevate Remix)

Aka Kurt Thywissen. British/Norwegian transplant to California. Software by day. Retreats, gatherings, and music by night.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtthywissen/

Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO I (Take My Breath Away Mix)

KANOPI

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