Lets do everything backwards. Yes, everything.

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Matoma's excellent track, redone for the much older Indy Rock generation. Competition is running on SKIO

Matoma - Sound of Shadows (niCKed Rocky RemiX)

Another Beat Battle. Number 75 feels like an EPIC landmark! So, taking some African style samples from friend HC and arranging them into something more western and casual sounding turned out to be a bit of a challenge. Don't know if I succeeded - there was a lot of de-tuning and melodyne involved! But maybe it works... just.

BB75 Kalanaah

Another chance to explore what I can do with @insanity-samples outstanding Cello One and newly acquired Tilda vocal instrument. Also trying my hand at some ambient guitar here! Vocals purchased on some website somewhere. Comments always welcome!

On a String

Moog synth Challenge on Discord channel MUFO https://discord.com/channels/1080881941160665109/1239115171327246376

So - this song heavily relies on Arturia's Mini Moog Emulation - the Mini V. The only thing that isn't a "mini Moog" are the electronic drums, the vocals and the ocean SFX. Enjoyed doing this one. The Mini V is a LOT more CPU friendly (and I think sounds better, or at least more musical) than the CS80. Lemme know what you think! There are a LOT of synth layers in this one...

Ocean (Sea of Moog miX)

Made for the Repost Exchange remix challenge. And what could be better than flipping this song into more smokey-jazz territory. I even think it works quite well, but am open to criticism and/or roasting! Comments welcome here :)

Big up to Ink Instruments - their "Amateur Orchestra" is just so damn good!

Kisses (feat. bbyclose) niCKed Jazzy miX

Excellent song, but sorry - I just cannot help myself and flipped this into a more folky genre - two genres even, Country AND Western. Hope people like it - I had a lot of fun making it. Thanks to Symmetrik for making their stems available!

Caroline by Symmetrik (niCKed remiX)

So here we are - and only the second time I have attempted a track like this. And boy is this a fun genre to work with. I like it because it is fairly minimal without a ton of layers - which gives you room to breath and try things out - especially with the bass. If it was any more fun I'd probably get myself arrested, or at least have to get naked. And nobody wants that.

Thanks to my friend @onedarksid313 for inspiring me to take part in this beat battle - this won't be the last time I make a Riddim/Dubstep track!

UR So Beautiful (Darkside Tribute Mix)

Wonderful track with some fantastic stems to play with (thanks to the original artists and Repost Exchange). I took on this quest and tried to do something different (I am contrary like that!). This time I went for a timeless soul vibe. I think it even works, just about. Used most of the vocal stems (the dry ones) and surprisingly quite a few others. Hope people like it, and I welcome any comments, good or bad! Feel free to roast my efforts, it's all good :)

Quest For Peace (niCKed Soul RemiX)

Make the soundtrack for a battle with an "end boss". So that's what I did (I thought of the "Murder of Crows" character in Biosphere 3 - that's how long it's been since I played computer games). Apart from the drums (and the crows) - all instruments are from Arturia Pigments version 6. What a fantastic synth.!

The Big Bad Scary Boss Fight Song (Murder of Crows)

Another Drum and Bass track for Beat Battle 94. This time I took a Bass sample from Destructive Intent's sample pack and ran with it (no church organs this time). Started industrial but had to calm things down to fit in Leo Wood's outstanding vocals. Hope people like it. Let me know if you don't - I'll see if I can muster a country version or something...

It's all 4 U - Lead Balloons (niCKed BB94 DnB miX)

Been a while since I did a remix on @skiomusic - don't often venture into dance music territory either. Would love to know if it is as fun to listen to as it was to make it!

Phantoms - Perpetual Motion (niCKed SKIO Remix)

Experimental Beat Battle time! Used one MIDI sequence and a bunch of random IRIS presets to create... well, this thing. Enjoy!

Keys of Fate

Make a track using cut up drum loops with the snare on every third beat and at 140bpm. Well ok then. For those expecting half-time drum and bass, sorry - but that isn't my thing. But I do like a bit of heavy dub. 

The snare from this is cut (very crudely) from a Drumloop called "Nashville something" and plays all the way though. Thanks to friend @priior for this Beat Battle.!

Tape it Up (BB97 DuB miX)

Another Beat Battle track with the snare on the third beat (and yes, also the last beat, which means this is in 3/4 time). Theremin is Arturia and the Bass is NI Prime Bass. Vocals by the impressive Leo Wood (my favourite vocalist). Enjoy. Comments welcome!

three quarters of a drum with bass

Dread Trombones of Doom (BB98 AO miX)

First SKIO remix I have done for a while - this one was just BEGGING to be turned into reggae. I think it works, lemme know what YOU think!

Flight Facilities - Crave You (a niCKed remiX)

Everything is going backwards - including my guitar! For Beat Battle 99!

A Reversing Wind Sucks (bb99 mix)

SKIO Remix of "The One" - seemed an easy transition at first - to go from Afrobeat to Latin beat until I dug into the detail. Sped-up/Slowed down to make everything fit! Enjoy!

The One (feat. Daddy Yankee) Robert Falcon, 3rd Wall, NAK niCKed REMIX

Only human voice in here. 

Something I made a long time ago - a challenge to use only vocal samples provided by friend Ian Collins for a track. 

Vox in Socks (BB10 challenge)

Skio Remix competition entry. My version of Major Lazer "Powerful", turned into Americana pop music.

Major Lazer - Powerful (feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley) niCKed remiX

Beat Battle 100 track. What a milestone for the chaps running the Beat Battles on Discord (formerly on Metapop).

Join in here - https://discord.gg/Hb7Rhhb5

My second track for the milestone 100th Beat Battle with my friends - some survivors from Metapop and others new. It has been a real privilege and joy to have a space where we can experiment and share ideas.

This track explores the idea of using "Ostinato" (repeating patterns). This track uses two midi files provided (hence the key change). To make it harder of course I re-jigged everything to work in 5/4 time. But I do think it works! Let me know what you think. 

72 to 125 in 5 over 4 (BB100 miX)

UPDATED Tokimonsta style track - or at least inspired by her. Much better now I switched out the bass from SubLab to Knifonium.

Run (niCKed Tokimonsta Tribute miX)

Another Beat Battle track - an attempt to follow in the footsteps of TokiMonsta, but of course I did something a bit more atmospheric and eerie. Synth Bass and Brass are the star of the show IMO.

BB101 New Emotion

SKIO Music Remix. Haven't made a track like this since the 90s.! Lemme know what you think!

All Over - Asdek, Petit Biscuit (niCKed miX)

Track made entirely from Venus Theory Noctua and presets from Lunacy Audio's Cube and Beam. Drums are from Cameron's wonderful "Drum Shoppe" - which turned out to be really punchy and interesting (I'll def use again).

Roll VT

Beat Battle 102 - make a "Cinematic House Track" - hosted by friend MSGSaltSweet. I have never made a house track in my life - and I think it shows. Had a lot of fun bending the given samples into wierd shapes though!

Grounded (BB102 Cinematic House Thing miX)

So I did a lounge rock cinematic thing...

BB102 Cinematic Lounge

For Beat Battle 103 - make and "intelligent" drum and bass track - which to my mind is a sub-genre of drum and bass from the 90s (when dance music became the intellectual choice and rock, the opposite). I suppose now you might call this Ambient Drum and Bass, or Cinematic Drum and Bass. I think of it as music with breakbeats. Hope you like it and I welcome your comments!

Sunflower Prayer Bowls (BB103 Drum and Bass miX)

BB 1 zero 3

My country version of the excellent "Crash" - by Kennedy Wilde. For In The Mix remixing competition. This version is just for fun - will submit something else as my entry to the competition...

Kennedy Wilde - Crash (niCKed Country remix)

Middle aged geezer who has lived in London since Elizabethan times. Understand how to edit and mix, as well as an interest in music theory and a bit of guitar/bass/keyboards. Doing this very much for the fun of it and not really interested in copying anybody else. Love "hybrid" music and sound (or sound design) - meaning I love crossing different genres. Into LoFi and Electronic Folk right now...

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