IK Hamburg Extravaganza RMX (c64 remix by J Krafft)

Track info

Arranged by:

J Krafft Remixer

Member profile:

g3r

Original SID:

Listen at DeepSID

Original composed by:

Rob Hubbard

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46 other remixes of International Karate

Duration:

6:28

Released:

04/12/2006

All-Time charts position:

502

Score:

90%

Story

After listening to some fresh sounds from Hamburg, I decided to give IK a makeover with some smooth German-extra-minimalistic elements.
That went well. For like 2 patterns. It happens often: I start out with an idea that gets distorted over time. Perhaps not so strange, as I worked with this tune for over a month (me and my wife had a son during the process ).

The result? A housey, NOT very minimalistic tune at all. But can IK really fit in casual house-clothing? I’m not sure, you be the judge. This time I fiddled around a lot with the sounds from the original SID, and came to the conclusion that one should never underestimate the power of our beloved soundchip (duh).

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Shouts

Makke shouts:

Oh, yes! This one's a keeper! The SID is put to good use to enhance and brighten up the arrangement! Is nice, I like!

Waz shouts:

On very rare occasions people use the SID to enhance a mix, not depend on it. This is one of those cases. It flows along effortlessly and is nice and bright and summery (considering it's winter here). Maybe a little too long but it gets the job done.

Skitz shouts:

OMG - Mr Krafft is producing some priceless remixes! This is how to use SID sounds in a remix! Fantastic sound.... Keep 'em coming!

LMan shouts:

Loved it from the first second. Totally killer tune.

Dan shouts:

Sweetly done, just knocked the vote down a bit due to the length and aint THAT catchy

Tas shouts:

As Waz said the use of SID enhances and doesn't depend. The right way to incorperate SID imho.

Chris Abbott shouts:

This SO needs vocals. The best thing I've reviewed today.

Ziphoid shouts:

Now, this is just lovely. It's the SID. And drums. And bleeps. And not the SID. It's just a perfect blend between own stuff and the original track. Top stuff!

eliot shouts:

Good effort, especially the SID sounds.

klosterkatten shouts:

Excellent tune indeed, but as they say, a bit to long.

mal shouts:

Intro is very strong - I like most: great use of the SID-sounds. The rest dont get me, but thats personal taste.

uanito shouts:

Great arr, relaxing and evocative of good ol' times

wildcopper shouts:

Very good job

k_rostoen shouts:

This is really cool. In my mind it got some Pink Floyd/The Wall-ish to it, but that's probably just me :)

infamous shouts:

Nice work, it falls short for being a little much the same idea as everyone else has had with this tune.. But it works really well.

akapype shouts:

Great ambiance, mixing electrosound and oldskool.

chilli_uk shouts:

So many versions of this but what makes this STAND out is the arrangment - its simply top of the IK pile gets a very good from me - nice work and congrats on the baby!!!!

romeo_knight shouts:

This one gets an outstanding because it's one of the best uses of SID in a remix. Very well done.

KF shouts:

Very nice track...

humorguy shouts:

The SID synth combo best on the site. Simply RED all over!

smattbac shouts:

Very nice!

LaLa shouts:

Technically, this remix sounds great, but I don't like the arrangement. It goes left and right, up and down, never settles, there's no cohesion in it - I find that very unnerving and unsettling.

marko42 shouts:

Very good tune, soft and nostalgic arr

dafunk shouts:

Great use of the sid stuff, technically very well done, but a tad longish and I personally miss some emotional impact in this... Deserves a thumb up anyhow.

crik shouts:

Rocks

omoroca shouts:

Nope!

mfe shouts:

Atmospheric, a little raw in places, but the soundscape carries well.

xerex shouts:

Slow and relaxing

datucker shouts:

Great atmospheric techno influences and yet not too hard

brix shouts:

What do you get if you mix IK with i-Ball and add an Ambient/Trance-background? Just wondering :-)