ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 'Still In Your Marble Zone'

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Gonna start this one off with a judge quote, for a change. Jesse writes:

"Allright, Frank my man! Back at the top of your game. Classy and sexy. Rocking not one, not two, but three different keyboard instruments (acoustic & electric pianos, and B3) and to great effect. This track is immediately recognizable as a Diggi Dis track, and there's very little to complain about aside from the abrupt ending."

Actually, those zany judges found one other thing to complain about, namely the piano's sometimes over-quantized feel, but like Mr. Taub says, this is classy stuff, a great multi-instrumentalist interpretation of a great theme. As a partisan to my own take on the source material, I might note that while this may have three different keyboard instruments, it completely lacks a shamisen, which I think we can all agree is the key ingredient in the ultimate Marble Zone ReMix recipe. Nevertheless, at least two others have proven the worth of shamisenless Marble masterpieces, and now Diggi Dis joins their esteemed ranks. The vibe as Jesse points is classic Diggi, with smoothness and instrumentalist emphasis and a good, solid beat and flow. I'm used to hearing hi-hats to the left of bass and kick/snare, so some of the panning decisions here strike me as odd, but there's no denying the performances are delicious and the arrangement both crafted and crafty in its subtle genre shifts. We've been very busy lately working on formalizing a content policy for the site, which will include a submission agreement and terms of use and is thus a topic that requires a good deal of discussion and revision, but I wanted to get this one up here since it's been awhile. With any luck we'll be able to complete and enact said policy sooner rather than later and get back to a more punctual and less punctuated posting pattern, but in the meantime you can dig dis Diggi Dis hedgehog action aplenty. Groovy material.

― djpretzel