Last week’s remix was pretty much what I expected to do when I decided to do a remix for the contest. This week’s was a last minute decision. When I got all the files for the remix, they included samples of Kristen Wiig beatboxing, making noises, and saying different things. I figured there was no point letting all those samples go to waste, and put together an a capella remix.

Kristen Wiig – Champion (The Nemesis A Capella Remix) by thenemesis

This is a remix of the song Champion by Kristen Wiig, from the movie MacGruber for a remix contest on Stereogum. I made this version using three different 8-bit VSTs in FL Studio, and also did another version which I will post next week. Big thanks to Matt Talbot of the Honorable Mentions for figuring out the tempo and chord progression, and for sending me the wav files for the remix. Speaking of whom… the Honorable Mentions did their own remix of the song as well.

Kristen Wiig – Champion (The Nemesis 8-bit Remix) by thenemesis

This was another remix for a contest on The Painted Man. I sped up the vocals 25%, then made a beat combining punk drums, a Bjork-ish drone, and plenty of other instruments almost randomly coming in and out of the song. You can download the Kevin Arnold EP (which contains the original version of this song) for free.

I’ve mentioned The Honorable Mentions here before as the band that inspired me to do the song a week challenge. This is a remix of one of my favorite songs they did for the challenge last year. Huge thanks to Matt for tracking down the original files and sending them to me.
I’m really happy with how it came out, the drums and synth are kind of a mix of the style I use for tow knee chavez and the Hitmaker Algorithm. I was originally going to do 100% original electronic music, but Matt sent the ukulele track to help me line up the timing on the notes, and I ended up including it (with some death metal effects added). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

I recorded this in February, but had to wait until the block of love songs was over to post it. This was recorded for a reverse remix contest on the The Painted Man blog. The idea was to take this instrumental track and write and record lyrics for it. I’m pretty happy with the lyrics, but the song was a bit out of my range so I think the vocals turned out pretty badly.