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

A "concept set" passion project I premiered at 2022 Burning Man, a musical homage and love letter to the late great Vangelis (1943 - 2022). His masterpiece Blade Runner 1982 soundtrack to beats. Easter egg references to notable artists that have also passed away this year or in recent years (Prince, Bowie, Harold Budd, Olivia Newton John, George Michael and more).

Track Order (1 hr 32 mins total):

01/   00:00  - 03:45     Main Titles
02/  03:45  - 09:05      Blush Response
03/  09:05  - 09:35      Nobody Lives Forever
04/  09:35  - 13:53       Wait For Me
05/  13:53   - 17:38        Voight Kampff Test
06/  17:22   - 19:13         Fiery the Angels Fell
07/   19:13   - 24:54       Tales of the Future
08/  24:54 - 28:10        Pris / Hot Thing
09/  28:10 - 31:42          We're Not Computers, We're Physical
10/   31:42 - 39:15          Blade Runner Blues / Hunter
11/    39:15 - 45:26         Love Theme
12/   45:26 - 50:55        Rachel's Song
13/   50:55 - 56:25        You're So Perfect
14/   56:25 - 1:00:00     Damask Rose / Memories
15/   1:00:00 - 1:05:02   Memories Fade
16/   1:05:02 - 1:09:56    I Want More Life
17/    1:09:56 - 1:15:22     I've Done Questionable Things / Witness
18/   1:15:22 -  1:20:30    Incept Date / Hunted
19/   1:20:30 - 1:24:52    Tears In Rain
20/  1:24:52 - 1:28:30    End Titles / Angel

21/   1:28:30 - 1:32:20    Epilog: One More Kiss Dear / Are You Going With Me?

Tears In Rain (Blade Runner Remix - Full 90 minute set, Burning Man 2022)

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 - THE GREATEST (You Could Have Been Mix)

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)

The Speed of Sound

Vibey poolside set to celebrate friend's b'day and decompress from the burn

Golden Decompression Pool Party | 21Sep2025

Cosmorganica 2025 Kickoff set performed under the stars. Aka “The Dark Side of Kurt’s Moon”.

COSMORGANICA

PLANET EARTH (IS BLUE)

ORIGINAL BREATH

Shine on You Crazy Diamond meets Dionysus. Are you a World Artist?

WORLD ARTIST

Galexy - Opening set - Hotel Via - Sebastien Leger March 2025

Funtopia Halloween Party 2025

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

Shout - Tears for Fears Desert Vibes Remix

KANOPI

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