Thank you all for the enthusiasm and creativity you showed in participating in our first ever Smithsonian Remix SoundCloud contest.  We received almost 300 entries from all over the world. The contest is now closed, but if you happen to be in the Washington DC area this Friday November 15, catch the live show!  Tickets at smithsonianat8.com.

Thank you, Remixers!

What do you get when you combine the call of a Panamanian white-lipped foam frog, some classic big-band jazz, and the sonified X-ray of a distant star? A track that’s a signature Smithsonian remix.

SMITHSONIAN at 8 is throwing the craziest sound party ever—a night where the guests make the music, and the audio archives of the Smithsonian provide the inspiration. We’ve uploaded some amazing audio files to SoundCloud and they’re ready and waiting to be combined into whatever your musical imagination can come up with.
Maybe you’ll grab a sound of nature from the Encyclopedia of Life archives (how about some insect back-up singers?), a selection from the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory collection that translates cosmic X-rays into a haunting piano solo, or a freewheeling Dizzy Gillespie riff from the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Blend them together or add them to your own compositions or performance tracks and then upload your remix to SoundCloud.


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