Here’s how I found out about Mint Royale. And I don’t know much else about them. A UK based, big beat dance act that remixes and uses samples extensively, Mint Royale has skyrocketed to success because of their remix of “Singing In The Rain”, on 2003’s Dancehall Places.

You have to pick your darlings with Mint Royale, because not everything is everyone. The pendulum swings heavily back and forth between styles and tones, which forces you to do a best-of playlist every time you turn them on. But what a playlist it can be.

“Anything”, also from Dancehall…, is practically made for Audiosurf. “54″, from the same album, and “Wait For You” are slightly more monotonous, but damn fine tracks to surf to nonetheless.

written by Jesper Sellerberg \\ tags: Audiosurf, Mint Royale, remix, Singing In The Rain, UK

Overclocked Remix decide to offer gamers “Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream”. The album features free fan arrangements of FF songs with over 45 tracks from 40 various artists, all based on the official FF VII soundtrack.  While fan-made albums are often terrible, this one is certainly worth the free download.  In many ways, it’s superior to the official product.

The styles include jazz, new age, techno, rock and classical. In other words, there’s something for everyone on Voices of the Lifestream.  If you love music and love Final Fantasy, there’s no reason not to download this!  You can download this album at FF7:VotL Torrent (2.32GB).

I’d like to thank Shawn of Gaming Today for discovering this gem.  

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: age, ALBUM, download, fan, fantasy, FF VII, FINAL, jazz, Lifestream, Overclocked, product, remix, Rock, Shawn, something, Soundtrack, techno

Dealing with remixes is a difficult task. How much of the original track is left in the mix? Is this even a remix, I can’t tell the difference? When Kylie Minogue decided to go the house/dance/pop-hybrid route on her new album, the result was mixed, no pun intended. The tracks that work really work, and the tracks that don’t are of course your run-of-the-mill pop anthems.

What is even more interesting to consider, however, is the amount of producers and artists who tend to flock to the remix table once a pop queen like Kylie invites them all with a thumping, dance beat record like X. The remixes for “In My Arms” and “Wow” are staggering in quality and melody, without a doubt made for the harder dance floors.

Canada’s MSTRKRFT make a habit out of remixing established artists, and their remix of Kylie’s “Wow” is, perhaps, the best damn song made for Audiosurf (with a notable exception of their remix of Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.”).

Time to move on from the sludging, slow and melancholic post-rock/hardcore acts we’ve presented before, and go electronic here on Kezins. What better way to do that than with this awesome track from MSTRKRFT.

Five bucks to whoever beats my ninja high score…

written by Jesper Sellerberg \\ tags: ALBUM, Audiosurf, Canada, Dance, house, Kylie, Kylie Minogue, mix, MSTRKRFT, pop, remix, Song, track, Week, X