Remixes better than the originals

[james Dean]

There's a thread for favourite covers, so how about one for remixes that surpass the originals. Here are a couple of my favourites

Starsailor - Four to the Floor


Tove Lo - Stay High


Kid Cudi - Day N' Night

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Demonalke]

 

[Silent Alarm]

Pretty much everything that was pressed exclusively on vinyl and made exclusively for London clubs in the 80s and 90s. MK's Burning probably my favourite example. My favourite remix 'work' is We're New Here; Jamie xx's reiteration of the last Gil Scott-Heron album.

A remix I really like is this. It sounds like the band Bloc Party could very well have been and probably were always trying to be. The opportunity cost was everything from 2004-2006 though, which is pretty stellar, so it's no great loss. I love the danceability and those guitar sounds over the top, I always thought melancholic dance music was the absolute best.