It’s time to dust off your energy domes and get back into the studio: Beatport is excited to announce that our new remix contest is with none other than with post-punk, electronic-music pioneers Devo!
In keeping with the title of the band’s latest album, Something For Everyone, Devo is offering up the parts from their ‘80s hit “Freedom Of Choice” as well as their newest track, “What We Do” for your reinterpretation.
Since the early days of MTV, when the band’s “Whip It” was on heavy rotation, Devo have been at the vanguard of subversive, surrealist art-pop; their music is cited as an influence by many contemporary electronic-music producers.
Adam Freeland puts it bluntly: “If you think they aren’t relevant to today’s music, then burn your LCD records, your Fall records, your Layo & Bushwacka! records, and my artist albums, amongst many others, as they simply wouldn’t sound like they do without them.”
“They’re as important as David Bowie, Run DMC, The Fall or The Stooges, if not more so,” claims Pat Pardy of Evil Nine.
Layo, of Layo & Bushwacka!—who famously sampled Devo’s “Mongoloid” for their hit “Love Story"—says, “I was first into Devo as a teenager. Matt (Bushwacka!) always laughs at me when I mention the bands I loved growing up: I was into the new wave of punk and the German experimental bands like Can. My original favourite from Devo was always Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo! I could never get away from the bass of “Mongoloid,” and then one day we had an idea about that bass with an old ragtime style piano following it. And the rest, as they say...”
The rest is history, of course, and this is your chance to become part of that legacy. As Devo’s Jerry Casale told us, “Devo has showed you that ‘what we do is what we do’ in no uncertain terms. This time we did it with a song driven by a throbbing techno beat designed to connect the brain and the butt. Now we can’t wait to hear the mutations when you do what you do with it. ‘Feedin’ and breedin’ and pumpin’ gas. Cheeseburger cheeseburger do it again!’”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Read on to find out how to enter.
The opportunity
On October 26th, 2010, Beatport will make available for download the stems of “Freedom Of Choice” a favorite of many Devo fans, and “What We Do” , from the band’s latest album, Something For Everyone. From then producers may remix one or both tracks, and upload their finished remix(es) to Beatportal for the voting round.
The prizes
The finalists of both “Freedom Of Choice” and “What We Do” remix entries will be divided into 2 categories; 10 users voted (based on number of spins) and 10 editorial winners (picked by Beatport’s editorial team). Each category will then be submitted to Devo and their management where they will select the winner for each track to be released on Warner Music as well as receive:
The highest spun remix entry for each track will also receive 1 - $50 Beatport gift card.
The stages
1. October 26th - November 15th: Download phase - The remix parts of “Freedom Of Choice” and/or “What We Do”. You may purchase the stems bundled at $3.99 USD each.
2. November 2nd - November 15th: Upload/Submission phase - Upload your remix to Beatportal to www.beatportal.com/remix. During this phase the entries can be listened to, but not voted for.
3. November 16th - November 30th: Voting phase - The public votes for their favorite remixes by “spinning” them.
After a period of deliberation, the winner will be announced on or around December 21st, 2010.
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