A remix is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, and changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, books, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new.
Vince Clarke is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously the main songwriter of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and the Assembly. In Erasure he is well known for his deadpan and low-key onstage demeanour, often remaining motionless over his keyboard, in sharp contrast to Andy Bell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Erasure have recorded over 200 songs and have sold over 28 million albums worldwide. Vince Clarke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of Depeche Mode.
The Laziest Men on Mars was an American techno band known for their successful gabber song "Invasion of the Gabber Robots" which remixed some of the Zero Wing video game music by Tatsuya Uemura, which became background music to the popular "All your base are belong to us" Flash animation. Their song "Invasion of the Gabber Robots" was featured prominently on Mp3.com. Their name is taken from a line the Season 3 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffing on the B-movie Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, which the band samples in several of their songs. The identity of only one of the group's members has been discovered - DJ Jeffrey Ray Roberts (1977-2011) of Kansas City, Missouri, who created the track "Invasion of the Gabber Robots" in late 2000. He was an IT programmer and a part-time deejay.
Disco 3 is the third remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 3 February 2003 by Parlophone. The album consists of five remixes of songs and B-sides from their previous album, Release, three new tracks, a new recording of "Positive Role Model" from their 2001 musical Closer to Heaven, and a cover version of "Try It ", originally by Oh Romeo, the band of former Pet Shop Boys producer Bobby Orlando. "Positive Role Model" also appeared on the Germany-only single "London" in 2002 as a B-side.
Remanufacture – Cloning Technology is a remix album of Fear Factory's second album Demanufacture, released on May 20, 1997.
The Monkees is the first album by the band the Monkees. It was released in October 1966 by Colgems Records in the United States and RCA Victor in the rest of the world. It was the first of four consecutive U.S. number one albums for the group, taking the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks, after which it was displaced by the band's second album. It also topped the UK charts in 1967. The Monkees has been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, with sales of over five million copies.
EBX is the title given to retrospective box sets from Erasure, released in the UK by Mute Records in 1999, 2001 and 2018. Seven volumes of EBX have been released : both EBX 1 and EBX 2 were released in 1999, then EBX 3 and EBX 4 were out in 2001. EBX 5 refers to the box set 'From Moscow to Mars', EBX 6 was released in 2018, EBX 7 in 2019 and EBX8 in 2021.
"A Pain That I'm Used To" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode. It is the opening track on their eleventh studio album, Playing the Angel (2005).
"Trippin'" is a song by American R&B girl group Total, released as the first single from their second studio album Kima, Keisha, and Pam (1998). It was also their second release working with production/writing duo Missy Elliott & Timbaland, after What About Us?, although Timbaland this time provided only co-production and instrumentation, with the pair's longtime collaborator Darryl Pearson instead handling main production with Elliott. Elliott was also often given a "featuring" credit despite only providing background vocals and spoken word to the song. The track was by far the group's biggest hit, peaking at number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
"Shine" is a single by R&B/soul musician Luther Vandross, the first single from his greatest hits package The Ultimate Luther Vandross.
Diana Extended: The Remixes is a remix album released by American soul singer Diana Ross in 1994. The album includes six tracks that were reworked by some of the biggest names in the industry at the time, covering Ross' career as a solo artist and as a member of The Supremes, with Frankie Knuckles updating "Someday We'll Be Together" from 1969. The album also contains a remix of "Chain Reaction", originally released during Ross' time at RCA. The seventh track is "You're Gonna Love It", a track from the album The Force Behind the Power. The version on Diana Extended: The Remixes is a short remix available previously on a 12" single.
"I Wanna Be a Hippy" is a song by English electronic group Technohead. The vocals were taken from David Peel's song "I Like Marijuana", which he sung in the movie Rude Awakening. It was first released in early 1995 on the Dutch hardcore techno label Mokum Records as the B side of the Mary Jane EP. John Peel featured the track "Mary Jane" on his show on 10 February 1995, which helped give the release recognition.
If is the fourth studio album by Mindless Self Indulgence. It was released through The End Records on April 28, 2008 in the UK and on April 29, 2008 in the U.S.
"Flight 643" is a single which appeared in DJ Tiësto's first album, In My Memory. In 2001 it was included as a B-side of "Urban Train", later released as an A-Side single; In 2006 it became B-side of "Lethal Industry" as a remix by Richard Durand. The song had great success that it was adapted with vocals by Suzanne Palmer in 2002, it was also released as a single and titled "643 ". The name Flight 643 is derived from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight number KL643, which is a non-stop service between Amsterdam and New York JFK. The big room house DJ John Christian made a rework of the track in October 2013 and got his version released on Tiësto's new label, Musical Freedom. It's featured in the soundtrack for the 2001 videogame FIFA Football 2002.
Change is a song by English post-punk band Killing Joke that appeared on the US release of their 1980 self-titled debut album.
Artificial Horizon is a compilation album of remixed tracks by rock band U2. It was released exclusively to subscribing members of U2.com, replacing Medium, Rare & Remastered. The remix CD is of a similar vein to the band's 1995 release Melon: Remixes for Propaganda, which was also released exclusively to fans. A triple-vinyl edition was released to the general public until 14 May 2010; this version included an MP3 for the Snow Patrol remix of the song "Unknown Caller".
Stereoid is the first album of the Hungarian electronic trio Compact Disco. It was released in 2009 by Hungarian independent record label CLS Records.
Fabric 57 is a 2011 album by Agoria. The album was released as part of the Fabric Mix Series.
"U.O.E.N.O." is a song by American hip hop recording artist Rocko. It was released on March 5, 2013, as the first single from his sixth mixtape Gift of Gab 2 (2013). The song, produced by Childish Major, features guest appearances from Future and Rick Ross. "U.O.E.N.O." peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Rocko's highest-charting single as a lead artist, and also one of Future's & Rick Ross' most successful singles. It also managed to crack the Billboard Year-End in 2013.
Steroids is the third EP by the American experimental hip hop group Death Grips, self-released by the band on May 22, 2017. The piece, a mix of what appears to be 7 to 8 songs on a single track, has been described as a "barrage of noise".
