ReMix: Kirby's Dream Land 'Chopinesque Kirby'

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Well... that was interesting. On issues of fatherhood, it appears that, at least this year, the Red Sox turned out to be the Yankees' daddy, not vice versa, and not even amusing attempts by A. Rod to hit balls out of pitchers' hands could stop it. Three 7 and 7's later, I had forgotten it ever happened. Without going into much more detail, I can only say that I hope New England's success stays around through early November. Newcomer Bladiator, whose nick sounds disturbingly close to a combination of "gladiator" and "bladder", gives us this very dramatic solo piano arrangement from Kirby's Dreamland, which the clue department informs me is styled after Chopin. As a tangent, if you ever want to make a classical music afficionado wince and write you off as an ignoramus, pronounce it "Choppin" as in "choppin' some wood". Works every time. The ReMixer writes (confesses?):

"This is a piano solo remix I put together, solely because I had recently heard "The Trial in Concert" and was determined to do a piano remix in one take. Well, if I could have held my attention span long enough to write it AND practice it, that would have happened. Unfortunately, I have no attetion span, so I improvise these things out and then have to be done with them in a hurry."

Binnie got to the heart of it but also very directly pointed out the biggest problem with this short but excellent mix:

"Ah, this is what I mean by expressive piano. Simply great; a very nicely developed interpretation of the Kirby theme. Do a better job of recording your set-up next time. Very enjoyable. "

Having heard some of the mixer's other works, I'm definitely impressed from an arrangement perspective. Here, the recording is live, so sample quality isn't an issue, just recording quality, which is hard right with some substantial hiss stage left. It's bold enough playing, very controlled and exact but at the same time possessing mucho flair, to not let this be prohibitive, and Ari points out that there's a Gershwin feel to it as well, which I'd agree with. Great stuff, brief but impressive without being technically indulgent; hope to see more.

― djpretzel