Clear Moment Remixed- Credits

Northcape- Clear Moment Remixed EP

Confirmed Tracklisting

1) Clear Moment (Metaphysical Mix by 2ndmouse)
2) Clear Moment (Zeropage Mix)
3) Clear Moment (Autorotation Remix)
4) Clear Moment (emorej Remix)
5) Clear Moment (Distant Fires Burning Remix)
6) Clear Moment (eyes cast down Mix)
7) Clear Moment (Absorb Fish Remix)

Artist Details

2ndmouse
Remix Credits: 2ndmouse
Website: http://www.2ndMOUSEofficial.com
Download: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003U17720/believe-20/
Bio: The music of 2ndMOUSE is about the fusing together of emotion and technology, and its heart lies in the roots of Detroit techno and Kraftwerk. It’s a deliberate attempt to bring together the polar opposites of soul and microchip in a symbiotic way to make poignant and evocative journeys into territories most dance music won't go.

Zeropage
Remix Credits: Zeropage
Website: http://www.zeropage-media.com
Buy: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/zeropage
Bio: Zeropage are the two producers Stefan Fuhrer and Frédéric Arneberg from Bern, Switzerland. They have a chilled yet bright and melodic sound incorporating both instrumental and classic electronic elements. The duo started in the early 80’s, sold a few thousand CDs in the 90’s, did music for film, dance and jazz in 2000. Nowadays, they meet several times a month to experiment with sounds. With their long time experience in creating electronic music, their “jam sessions” often end in fully produced songs.

Autorotation
Remix Credits: music, vocals and lyrics by Autorotation
Website: http://www.autorotation.org
Buy: http://autorotation.org/cmsms/index.php?page=e-is-e
Bio: London based Autorotation blur the lines between several genres of music from electronica to shoegaze while avoiding being pigeonholed into any one category. Since forming, the group has released three albums and several singles on TeknoStan Records, Comfortstand Recordings, Periphery Records and TMBase. Autorotation performed live in the UK, Canada and Europe, sharing the stage with acts such as Styrofoam, Solvent, Rechenzentrum and Schneider TM.


emorej
Remix Credits: emorej
Website: http://www.facebook.com/emorej
Download: http://emorej.bandcamp.com/
Bio: Emorej makes a variety of electronic music. He is influenced by a lot of styles. Although the music cuts across the different genres, one key element in most of emorej’s sound is the melody.

Distant Fires Burning
Remix Credits: Distant Fires Burning
Website: http://www.doorchaser.tk
Download: http://www.doorchaser.tk
Bio: Gert De Meester (born may 17 1977), who is also known as the former bass player of the world-fusion-funk combo The Seven Laws of Woo and knob twiddler of The Mental Attack, 2?? and Distant Fires Burning, lives in Mechelen, Belgium. In 2007 Gert started to experiment more with ambient. He was asked to make the soundtrack of a commercial for the brand “Kinto”. At the same time he began to make an ambient album, because the genre drew his attention more. He renamed himself “Distant Fires Burning” just to state the difference with the more beat-oriented work by “The Mental Attack”. In 2008 he self-released the CD “Messierobjekten” as “Distant Fires Burning”. In 2009 he released the CDR "7 Sisters" and on April 14 2010, U-Cover Records releases the third album by Distant Fires Burning, "Build on Me", on it's sub label U-Cover CDR Limited.

eyes cast down
Remix Credits: eyes cast down
Website: http://www.eyescastdown.com
Download: http://www.eyescastdown.com
Bio: eyes cast down began his ambient/atmospheric musical explorations in 2005. Using guitars, synths, percussion, singing bowls, voices, samples & loops, he seeks to create personal and contemplative musical spaces. He also has a trio project, Keshava-Lila. The first solo and trio albums are both nearing completion.

Absorb Fish
Remix Credits: Absorb Fish
Website: http://myspace.com/absorbfish or http://soundcloud.com/absorb-fish
Buy: http://www.skprecordings.com/release.php?rel_id=17
Bio: Absorb Fish is an American electronic artist from Boston, MA. His sound could be described by ambient experimental electronics but often fusing various genres such as industrial, hip hop, broken beats, and downtempo. Over the years, he has contributed music to 3bass Records, Project 168, Artificial Bliss Recordings, and SKP Recordings. His most recent release "Frenetic", a dark electro fused EP, was released January 2010 on SKP Recordings.

Clear Moment Remix Competition

EDIT- Competition now closed and tracklisting announced!
Tracklisting of 'Clear Moment Remixed':

1) Clear Moment (Metaphysical Mix by 2ndmouse)

2) Clear Moment (Zeropage Mix)

3) Clear Moment (Autorotation Remix)

4) Clear Moment (emorej Remix)

5) Clear Moment (Distant Fires Burning Remix)

6) Clear Moment (eyes cast down Mix)

7) Clear Moment (Absorb Fish Remix)

I'll announce when this is released
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi all,

Following the big success of my previous 'Red Panda' remix competition (you can hear and download the great results here), I've decided to try another one. This is of the track 'Clear Moment' from my new album 'Captured From Static' (chilled ambient-ish electronica, which you can hear here- http://www.northcapemusic.co.uk/music.html).
I've already cleared this with the label (Sun Sea Sky) and they've agreed not only to the remix competition but also that if there are enough results suitable for an EP they'll release it as a free download through the Sun Sea Sky website, obviously with the agreement of the artists involved. So the idea is

1) You can hear the original 'Clear Moment' here to decide if it's something you'd like to remix
2) Then get the remix pack (probably best in FLAC) from bandcamp- here
http://northcape.bandcamp.com/album/clear-moment-remix-pack. It's set up so all of the tracks start from the beginning of the main track, so some of them are silent at first. It's 120bpm.
Please note that your email address is just collected here to keep remixers informed on the progress of the compilation, and for no other reason :-)
3) Remix- in absolutely any style you want- but it must be a 'remix'- creative interpretation of this is welcome but it must noticeably use at least some elements of the original track! The remix pack is creative commons 'Attribution, non-commercial'. This means you're free to use the remix in any way you want, provided that it's non-commercial and credited as a remix of Clear Moment by Northcape. ie please use the naming convention for the track -Northcape - Clear Moment (Artist Mix). The reason for this is so it's clear its a remix of Northcape, and not a collab or something else! Thanks!
4) Then upload the result in 192kps mp3 here
http://soundcloud.com/northcape/dropbox if you want to enter it for the EP. I'd anyway like to hear any remixes!
5) Please note the deadline for the remix is Sunday 4th July- if it goes well I'll choose my favourite remixes for inclusion on the EP, and they will be professionally mastered and made available as a free download release (with the artist's agreement!) from Sun Sea Sky Productions. My decision is final ;-)
I'm especially keen to get remixes in a variety of genres and styles, hopefully some people will be interested!
Any questions, please contact me here.
Cheers,
Alastair

PIXSID - Atoms Apart

PIXSID is an intercontinental collaboration between Sid (aka. DJ Sid-the Apocalypze) based in Ohio, USA, and Pixieguts (aka. Australian vocalist Marie Craven), and Atoms Apart is their debut album, broadly downtempo hip-hop beats, trip-hop and electronica with Pixiegut’s vocals. The album also features a remix by Sheffield, UK-based electronic producer Adrian Carter and was mastered by Canadian DJ Crimson Death. Lyrics on ‘The Sea’ are by Canadian Andrei Masliev. The title is therefore very appropriate given the huge geographical distance between the collaborators but Atoms Apart conclusively demonstrates that distance is no barrier to electronic collaboration (maybe there’s a reference to quantum mechanics here?). This is an album that could only have been made in the 21st century but before I get too distracted by the process, it’s the music itself that’s the point.

There really are some great tunes on this album and Marie’s voice has a fantastic clarity that has proven in the past to work with a huge range of electronic collaborators. It has to be said though that this particular collaboration is among the best that she has ever done. DJ Sid’s electronica is firmly rooted in classic hip-hop and downtempo electronica such as Portishead and Morcheeba. Sid also successfully cultivates the classic vinyl feel so successfully evoked by artists such as DJ Shadow, whose spirit can definitely be heard here. The production is full of subtle analogue warmth, giving the music texture through imperfection and a perfectly evoked modern urban melancholy. The soulful distant horn samples on the instrumental ‘Paper Hearts’ and the vocal track ‘The Sea’ for example gain force through their previous use in this genre. The superbly deep sine melody in the intro to the smooth ‘Soft and Hard’ is another case in point. Across the whole album the instrumental elements have an instinctive depth and power which attest to DJ Sid’s talent as a composer.
The solid beats are equally important to the success of this album as well as its overall sound, with a punchy hip-hop feel and some creative drum processing. I also like the use of remixes of some tracks, which helps to give the album a feeling of coherence. Adrian Carter’s remix of ‘Lullaby’ is particularly arresting as the most experimental point on the album, using vocal samples from Pixieguts as the rhythmic element under burbling acid synths. ‘Atoms Apart’ is a very solid album indeed with a deep, chilled downbeat and thoughtful feel to it – an appealing soundtrack to the concrete jungle.
If I had to pick out one track it would have to be the absolutely beautiful ‘Wish I’, which boasts a soaring, emotive vocal melody and lyrics ‘wish I was dreaming again, wish I was in that other place’, swept along by waves of synth textures and slow beats. This track is in fact provided in two versions, ‘Wish I’ and ‘Wish I (reprise)’ and my only complaint is that given the effectiveness of the guitar introduced in the second version it definitely should be longer! I really could listen to this track again and again. Highly recommended.


PIXSID - http://pixsid.blogspot.com/
DJ Sid The Apocalypze –www.myspace.com/apocalypze
Pixieguts – http://pixieguts.com