ReMix: Star Control II 'Hyperspace Electro Blast'

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Can I get a 'woo-hah'? It's been a long time coming, but the Ur-Quan Heirarchy and all other subordinate species from the world of Star Control now have some representation here on OCR, thanks to this submission from Mark Vera. MV writes: "My second OC ReMix. This time from the great game classic Star Control 2. This is the music heard during the hyperspace game part. Hard to remix song which is no doubt the most heard one in the game. But I think I managed to keep the spirit of the original version. Maybe a bit jarre-sound here. No samples except drums and the bell in this song. Everything else comes from softsynths I programmed. Comments are welcome, as usual." As a side-note to those keeping track, HotFlashes had no samples at all, including the drums - this isn't that easy to do, esp. with good results. Vera's results are indeed good - mixing a good variety of synths with an undulating electro-beat and VERY tight programming as judges noted. With a bell-synth lead, bass and backing chords that are filtered and modulated up the wazoo, just a great mix of analog & digital, contemporary & retro synths, the mixing and progamming are rock solid, held together with superglue and polished with that Didi Seven shtuff for a cohesive & clean listening experience. The only hold-up factor would be that the mix doesn't develop all that much in its four minutes - a solo, or tradeoff, or more of a breakdown might have added the arranging variety to alleviate this. But when it's four minutes that sound like this, that's almost alleviation enough in itself. A great second mix, and a great initial ReMix for the beloved Star Control series. I should note that you can get Star Control II for free, for multiple platforms, under the title The Ur-Quan Masters over at SourceForge - it has a rearranged soundtrack by most of the original composers of Star Control II, and is open-source to boot. So grab this, grab 'The Ur-Quan Masters', and enjoy them simultaneously for maximum Ur-Quan satisfaction. Recommended.

― djpretzel