ReMix: Sonic & Knuckles 'iMushroom'

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Is it a new, Apple-branded edible hallucinogen that doubles as a love-it or hate-it pizza topping? Nah, it's Steve Olofsson's second mix to be posted here, off of Project Chaos. GaMeBoX writes:

"This is a solo-heavy song with a nice funky feeling. I started working on the song over one and a half year ago, so youll notice the song evolves technically as it progresses through time. There are some really cool stuff that were cut off. One of those was a rippin synth/guitar solo, but it ended up sounding too much like castlevania so... Heavy creds to my brother (chillalot), who helped me funk up the last section's drums! I also would like to thank everybody that commented on this song through the long creation-time; Ichitootah, Dryer Lint, Binster, voh, link12584, unrheeyl, vilecat and Antipode."

Pretty cool minimal hip-hop synth funk sound going on, with all sorts of fun instrumentation; check the transition from sleazily delicious fuzz guitar solo to Middle Eastern breakdown at 1'03" for just one of many examples. Extensive use of bitcrushing makes the drums crunchier than Honey Bunches of Oats. This mix actually sounds like the demo for a suite of effects at times, as it runs a wide gamut of verbs, delays, filters, distortion, and other mangling offerings that wouldn't normally all find their way into the same song. Thankfully, the usage isn't haphazard or gratuitous, and thoughtfully increases the musicality and funkdafication of the arrangement. It's also a good thing that Steve knows how to bust a solo, as this one's chock full of 'em. TO writes:

"The beats are less dominant in this one, and just seeming to keep the groove up until 1:40 where that switch-up comes along. The bassline in this mix reminds me of my old Jazz-Jackrabbit days where the composers weren't afraid of just taking a simple grooveline and looping it over some beats while the rest of the instrumentation takes care of the variation. I like this a lot. There's something new around every corner and it's always good. You should've been born 10 years earlier, GaMeBoX. This is the kind of music I would've liked to hear in a game."

If that ain't a compliment, I don't know what is. Excellent, very tight piece from GaMeBoX, who's certainly establishing something of a track record at this point.

― djpretzel