Shinichi offered some thoughts:

“I didn’t want to limit the final selections to any specific style. Since ‘Frosted Tips’ has a Japanese touch, I thought it would be interesting to hear interpretations of an “Eastern” sound. Both remixes have a really nice vibe and mood, yet MOSELEY has rather fresh approach when it comes to approaching the rhythm.”

Pheek, Kami Records’s Lead Electronic Audio Engineer, noted about third place: “HaduVidu worked on orchestration and brought in real musicality by developing the original melody. There’s something tongue-in-cheek too with its disco-inspired flavour, suggesting taste with staying power.”

WINNING REMIXES: HILOCO neroDoll ‘Come On’

Grand prize winner: Joao Miguel
2nd place: Claas Herrmann
3rd place: DJ Starmist

How the Remixes Were Selected

HILOCO gave us her perspective on the final selections:

“I made “Come On” intentionally sparse because I wanted a particular mood for my DJ sets. It also has more more space to play with for remixing. For the contest, I was looking for originality and creative use of the ‘Come On’ sample.

João Miguel’s remix has a really polished take with a consistent storyline. The second half of the song was especially wonderful.  I really like the opening with trippy and beautiful progressive arrangements.  It’s the perfect complement to the original as an official release on Gate Tower Records.

Claus Herrmann – that synth!  Even though he kept to a similar aesthetic as the original, I was impressed by the acid feel and fresh arrangement that took the song into a different emotional territory.

DJ Starmist stood out from the start with an impressive combination of percussion with a bleep techno bass line. I really enjoyed his original approach, where bass wobbles meets the breaks.”

THE PRIZE HAUL

FIRST PLACE:
Grand prize winners score the latest TRAKTOR KONTROL S8 from Native Instruments, MS-20 mini Monophonic Synthesizer, featured remix on the artist’s SoundCloud and a 1-year Kami Records Pro subscription.  PLUS the winning remix for HILOCO neroDoll ‘Come On’ will also receive an official release on Gate Tower Records.

SECOND PLACE:
2nd place gets the hot DS1 MIDI mixer and Guitar Wing from LIVID, TRITON taktile and KAOSS DJ from KORG and a 1-year Kami Records Pro subscription.

THIRD PLACE:
3rd place will receive a TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 and a 1-year Kami Records Pro subscription.

Congratulations to all our winners!  And a huge thank you to everyone who participated.

Special thanks to Shinichi Osawa, HILOCO neroDoll, our friends at Korg, Livid, Native Instruments and iFlyer.