Remix Challenge: Stravinsky "Three Pieces for Clarinet"



Think you're a fuckin' remix jesus? Then I challenge you to remix this rip of Reginald Kell's recording of Igor Stravinsky's "Three Pieces for Clarinet". Written in 1919, this work showcases Stravinsky's groundbreaking usage of rhythm and his embrace of the modernism of ragtime. Here's some additional info from the web:

He had a significant artistic relationship with the Swiss philanthropist Werner Reinhart. He approached Reinhart for financial assistance when he was writing Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale). The first performance was conducted by Ernest Ansermet on 28 September 1918, at the Theatre Municipal de Lausanne. Werner Reinhart sponsored and to a large degree underwrote this performance. In gratitude, Stravinsky dedicated the work to Reinhart[12], and even gave him the original manuscript.[13][14] Reinhart continued his support of Stravinsky’s work in 1919 by funding a series of concerts of his recent chamber music.[15] These included a suite of five numbers from The Soldier’s Tale, arranged for clarinet, violin, and piano, which was a nod to Reinhart, who was an excellent amateur clarinettist.[16][12] The suite was first performed on 8 November 1919, in Lausanne, long before the better-known suite for the seven original instruments became widely known.[17] In gratitude for Reinhart’s ongoing support, Stravinsky dedicated his Three Pieces for Clarinet (composed October-November 1918) to Reinhart.[18][12] Reinhart later founded a music library of Stravinskiana at his home in Winterthur.[19]

So the challenge is this:

Remix it. Chop it. Screw it. Loop it and write a song over the top. Run it through a distortion pedal and then flip the reels and run it backwards. I don't care what you do, I just want everyone to stop using hiphop samples in their hiphop. It's boring and no one cares anymore. Isaac's been remixing Gentle Giant shit, so I want to hear what everyone else can do with some hardcore beats from a century ago. Post links in the comments so people can listen and decide for themselves who will be the winner. The prize is a $1000 gift card to Cock Ring Warehouse.




download the flac file here


- posted by Mason @ 8:05 PM