ReMix: Mega Man: The Wily Wars 'BreakTheBeatInHalf, Dr. Wily (extrapiemix)'

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Shael continues his disturbing trend of NOT singing about his groin (JK) with this exceedingly schizophrenic ReMix from the ubiquitous Mega Man series, this time taking inspiration from the music in the last stage in Wily's tower from MegaMan: The Wily Wars compilation on Sega Genesis. This ReMix is the epitome of sonic deconstruction, with more stops, starts, breaks, totally non-sequitur introductions of different styles, and unexpected twists, turns, slides, and slaloms than you can shake a tiny blue fist at. Sort of like a musical roller-coaster, in other words. The overall style probably comes closest to breakbeat techno, but there's certainly a lot of variety. My one concern is that this flip-flops so often and pulls off so many tricks that at times it's hard to get into its groove and stay there for very long. For my purposes, though, I enjoyed it and found myself double-guessing what breakpoints Shael would put it in where. Sounds used are all quality, and game sound fx and various external voice samples add some definite flavor. I definitely dug the all-the-sudden laid back guitar digs at 2'26", against the windy backdrop - a moment of calm in a sea of chaos. It's definitely a mix you need to sit and actually listen to, as it's a little unpredictable to serve as background of any kind, but major props to Shael to throwing this many nuances into a single mix and retaining musicality. Recommended.

― djpretzel