ReMix: Little Nemo: The Dream Master 'NemoForStrings'

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With some submissions, I know in the first 20 seconds, especially when a piece is in keeping with a familiar ReMixer's proven style. With other pieces, I need to listen a couple times. This all-strings submission from Gux (who gave us the fabulous Gunsmoke ReMix a long while back that you should grab this nanosecond if you don't have) was such a ReMix. It doesn't sound like his other pieces, and it struck me questionably the first time, mostly due to the total lack of DSP (reverb, etc.). There's a bit of sampled ambience on the string samples used, but nothing additional, so you can clearly hear the tail ends of the samples, repeating vibrato, etc. Now, all the sounds used are good, but this sort of exposure will put even $1000 string libraries to the test, so it's - shall we say - "daring" - to do an all-strings piece with no effects. However, after careful (perhaps too careful) inspection, I hereby conclude that Gux pulled it off well. The arrangement is what makes it work - articulations, harmony, and flow. Also, you gotta love the pizzicato. Pizzicato is good. It's fun to say 'pizzicato', and I thank Gux for giving me the opportunity, and also for using it well. It's not gonna be everyone's cup o' tea, and the no-effects thing took me a bit of getting used to, but it works. Cool.

― djpretzel