ReMix: Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Houseki 'Interdit'

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Oh yeah. Smooth. Jaroban makes a memorable, lasting debut with this challenging, interesting, innovative arrangement that mixes a surprisingly good sounding Korg X5 (damn decent saxophone) with real guitar in a very sound, technical, but also emotional jazzfest. Let's hear what Jaroban says:

"It's my first vg project in 2 years, and it took me the better part of 2 months to create, not including the time it took to revise and get the second draft ready. Anyway I'm really quite happy with how it turned out and I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed working on it. I also hope you're not all still sick from the Radical Dreamers flood a few years ago :) This song is actually 2 RD songs fused together: Day of Summer and Le Tresor Interdit. I changed a lot of stuff about them, reharmonized a bit and decheesified the melodies slightly, and put an afrocuban beat under them. All the samples you hear are off my Korg X5, and the only real instrument is the guitar; I want to thank Matt and Andres for laying down that guitar track for me."

- Indeed. While DiscoDan contends that the beat ain't really that afro-cuban (I'd tend to agree), he concedes that it "uses very technically accurate and rich jazz chords, and the theory is sound" - not that sound theory is a guarantor to greatness or an enjoyable ReMix, but in this case it's an asset. You've got great, organic acoustic guitar, a really wonderful sax, some jumpy, syncopated drums, and towards the more flamboyant second half some peppy brass. Whilst the brass samples aren't of the same calibre as the rest of the lot, and pitch bending ensemble ROMpler trumpets is always a dead give-away, the programming & playing is great and things always feel very much alive, developing, and in motion. It sounds like two months were spent on this, as there isn't the type of filler - even acceptable levels - you'd find in a lot of arrangements. Plus the whole idea is very unique and the arrangement is in the interpretive school of ReMixing, with modifications to rhythm, melody, harmony, and chord structure all present and accounted for. Very good stuff, warranting relistening and, speaking at least for myself, studying & learning from. Highly recommended.

― djpretzel