ReMix: Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Houseki 'Dreaming'

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Well, I'm off to Philly to, if weather permits, catch the Mummers' Parade, largely inspired to do so by the documentary film STRUT! that I saw at the last Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival - fun, interesting stuff. So, just one post to ring in 2003, but you can expect more later in the week as we begin another bright year of ReMixing. I have high hopes for 2003 - I already know my first mix will be vastly different from anything I've done before, for better or worse. While not Auld Lang Syne outright, nor sharing portions of it, this Radical Dreamers ReMix from Kaijin does have a bit of New Year's flair to it, with an upbeat, contemporary pop ballad thing going on. Full, rich piano, oboe, bells, strings, violin, a subtle anchoring electric bass, and some varied, really rather good drum work that's heavy on 'dem tambourines. While listening, I found myself specifically focusing on the drums, as many ballad-type arrangements don't take the time to give them some lovin', but Kaijin consistently refutes any such generalization and has done so again here with a nice sense of rhythm and good fills. This is simply an all-around pleasant peace of music which seems like it'd be good accompaniment to whiling away the hours tonight with some ______ (insert beverage of choice here) waiting for the ball to drop and confetti fly. As a sidenote, is there anyone besides me who thinks they should actually DROP the New Year's ball instead of lowering it at the speed of your local geriatric driver? Sure, it'd break, light bulbs would pop, glass shards would fly in a zillion directions and maim many innocents, but it would be a more definitive and exciting way to end one year and begin the next, I'll tell you that. Until the authorities in NYC see it my way, we'll have to settle for a slowly descending, impotent showpiece, but at least we'll have some good tunes to go with it ^^ Happy new years + recommended.

― djpretzel