ReMix: Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers 'Fei Longer'

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Star Salzman has given Fei Long a heavy dosage of sonic Viagra, lengthening his theme and hardening the pulsing beats of his rhythm, creating the decidedly pronounced "Fei Longer". I'll leave the phallic imagery to the more competent likes of Walt Whitman et. al. and move on... We all know that both Fei Long in SSF2 and Martial Law in the Tekken series are but Bruce Lee in rather pathetically veiled pseudonym-enabled (Tekken taking the crown in that particular arena) disguise. Let's all just come clean on that one up front, so there's no embarassing pretending going on which could end up in awkwardness and apologies. Star's sent in our first coverage of "Fei Long"'s theme, which wasn't the most memorable of character themes in SSF2 or the SF series in general, but which he does his usual awesome job of retooling into a whole new ballgame. This isn't one of Star's vocal mixes, so those expecting a euphemism-laden lyric and Star's voice may be a bit down, but what we get instead is a kickin', FX-packed techno big-beatish breakdown. Right out of the gate you've got a slick bassline with an unusual short room/plate verb on it that's quickly joined by drums, breaking into a filter riff that intros the main melody on a primary-color vibrato synth. The core melody is left rather untouched, but the bass line is certainly played with and the drums/fx go all over the place, as Star clearly indulges himself in all manner of slicing, dicing, gating, a well-executed ritard at 1'38", cutout at 1'59", and an abundance of hard-panning cut-up effects. The mix ends with Ryu making a short-lived cameo for a Hadoken effect, followed by Bruce... err, Fei's intimidating yelp, leaving the listener to determine which of the two effects' sources has claimed victory (my bet's on Ryu, in spite of the very badassitude overhaul Salzman's given Long's tunage). Star has the capablity of treading into new territory and coming up with mixes that are as deep and wide as they are singular and innovative BUT he also has the ability, as he does here, of doing more traditional genre work that nevertheless has a polished sheen to it due to high production values and a double-helping of technique. SF fans and technolytes need not hesitate, of course, but I think all will find that getting their respective Feis lengthened is an enriching and motivating experience.

― djpretzel