Tag Archives: remix

Nightclubbin’ with Grace Jones

Nightclubbin’ with Grace Jones

Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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It was ten years ago in 1999 that I remixed Grace Jones’ seminal ‘Pull Up To The Bumper’ - a track with more sexual innuendos than you could shake a stick at. This post is a quick rewind on that and also to finally make public a short but very sassy unreleased Dakeyne remix of [...]

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Tainted Love - Rebuilding a Classic

Tainted Love - Rebuilding a Classic

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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W-a-a-a-a-y back in 1981, once a week, I used to gather up a group of friends for a trip to Leeds, and that amazing club ‘The Warehouse’. As Disco gracefully bowed out the exit door, a whole new musical sub-culture emerged from its ashes, with a sprinkling of post-punk ‘n Bowie thrown in: Enter the [...]

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Getting ‘Low’ with Flo Rida

Getting ‘Low’ with Flo Rida

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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One of the biggest R&B crossover records of 2008 was of course Flo Rida’s now classic, ‘Low’. To the best of my knowledge then and still now, there were never any officially released House mixes available. Sure, there were plenty of YouTube remix attempts, ranging from ok to plain horrendous, but nothing I’d feel happy [...]

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Anatomy of a Remix

Anatomy of a Remix

Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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A few years ago I started doing music technology lectures for HE and FE students, where one of my most popular sessions was, ‘The Anatomy of a Remix’. During these sessions I would start with a blank Logic 8 arrange page, and take the students (over a two hour period) through the significant stages of [...]

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Paul Dakeyne Saying Hello!

Paul Dakeyne Saying Hello!

Posted on 24. May, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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Well here it is.. The first post in my new Blog, on my new Website. Granted I’m not exactly new to the world of online wonders we enjoy these days and I find myself Twittering, ‘DV’ Blogging, Facebook’ing, MySpace‘ing, Forum‘ing and on the borders of AudioBoo’ing..(are they all now verbs..?). This reconnection to lost friends, [...]

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