i came across this one through swell session/andreas saag's myspace back in the day where he had some microsite constructed on his space where it was built like a jukebox. some of the tracks had a lot of descriptions and the likes on his productions and it was fun reading the information and factoids and all that jazz. being that my mind cling on to this kind of useless knowledge and knowing how to search for it otherwise is what built this blog more or less.
none the less the factoid for this remix is that saag was asked by infracom! to remix either this song by nekta or jhelisa's "freedom's land" and in the end, both was given a remix treatment. saag took a liking to the original and set out to do a housey version of track that was quite jazzy but had a strong balearic groove. the other interesting information was that saag was also given some additional vocals from nathalie schäfer that was recorded on request.
they can be heard on the tail end on the song where you can hear schäfer adlibbing and harmonising a bit to the rhythm. luckily with the internet archive i was able to retrieve all this information again, i may remember some things but i had it mixed up with the info about another remix done by andreas saag. with regards to this remix i really loved the summery tone to the song and that really thick and round bassline.
saag implemented most of the sounds from the original as he loved it redid the drum track and added a different bump to it. the guitar and strings have been worked into the mix but the jazzy trumpet has been removed. the keyboards was also redone in saag's own style as he knows his way around the keys and likes to work in the played element of the keyboards.
one thing though is that i've noticed and especially looking on soundcloud and blogs over the last couple of years is that these kind of specific house remixes aren't as favoured if there is something more balearic. i really think in a modern context people would go for the original than the remix. it's slower and need for that 125bpm type bump isn't as needed as it used to be, or i'm maybe just talking out of my arse on this thing.
what stifles the original is that it doesn't have the mixability like the saag's remix but you could easily fix that with some looping. for me though? i prefer this remix over the original as i think it's better and has more ideas cleverly executed and such.
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