With whom would you like me to cooperate on a track in the future and why?

Question

I’ve worked with a lot of different artists in the past such as BT, Faithless, Maxi Jazz and I’ve also done remixes for Moby, Dave Matthews Band, Cirque Du Soleil, and Disney, among others. It’s important for me to innovate as much as I can, which can only be done by experimenting with new rythms and melodies. This is why I’m asking this question on Answers and am looking forward to all your opinions and suggestions.

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Answer 1

Possibly remixing some of the Cocteau Twins songs... Take a song like Lorelei, or Song of the Siren (amazing track)... this is all stuff I dish out, but it's hard to get much of it with a beat that the kids will dance to. I find alot of their work to be just astonishing. With the odd lyrical genuis, and amazing qualities of her voice, Elizabeth Fraser would be my first pick, since she left the Twins in 1998 she's been doing alot of solo work. I find a lot of your beats for some things to be 'different' in much the same way I find her lyrical genius, with her voice... It could be something potentially amazing.

Or plausibly something along the same sort of pathways to female vocalists, Beth Orton has done some stuff with Chemical Brothers, but her vocal talents were wasted on the mediocre repetitive mixes. Don't get me wrong, they're still good tracks, but they get tired... Your style would add depth to a myriad of possible combinations. Whatever you choose to do, everyone knows it'll sound great.

Peace... you're an amazing musical genious.

Answer 2

While people in less populated areas of the U.S. are very influenced by top 40 and commercial music and radio, there knowlegde of house and trance is very limited. May be a great way for them to be exposed to something new might be to do some work with a Country music artist, like Shania Twain or a Hip Hop artist like 36 Mafia. I remember John Mellencamp's collabration with Junior Vasquez going over real well. It would be great to see an updated version of that. Any way as long as you can expose your self to an audience that would never really listen or even know about you, then the project will worth it. See you at Confrernce!

Answer 3

Moby has worked with them before for a Grammy performance and they have a very unique sound. Perhaps Coldplay or Venus Hum who did a great cover track of "I Feel Love" with Blue Man Group. The Cure would be an excellent choice as their music is so deeply atmospheric i would recommend finding causes that various artists care about and offering to do a remix of one of their most popular songs and selling it on iTunes to raise money for those causes it's just an idea. he's huge in australia and in europe and has worked with many other famous dj's such as Brooklyn Bounce, Scooter, who he always includes a track of his on the skitzmix cds, he's an amazing dj as such you are, having the two of you put something together, words wouldnt be able to describe, be sweet as, anyway love your work and your shows, the power you have over the audience with the lights and sounds is a spectactle and an experience.

Answer 4

While people in less populated areas of the U.S. are very influenced by top 40 and commercial music and radio, there knowlegde of house and trance is very limited. May be a great way for them to be exposed to something new might be to do some work with a Country music artist, like Shania Twain or a Hip Hop artist like 36 Mafia. I remember John Mellencamp's collabration with Junior Vasquez going over real well. It would be great to see an updated version of that. Any way as long as you can expose your self to an audience that would never really listen or even know about you, then the project will worth it. See you at Confrernce!The Cirque is a product of its parts…not a sum or a unit of model conformists. Through collaboration the Cirque is forever evolving into its own identity—always arriving, but never there. The gibberish, the noise, the simple and complex melodies of each song has purpose—it’s as if each was personally invited. Not such a bad message to broadcast to the world—You belong here!

Answer 5

As for bands you could collaborate with i suggest Blue Man Group. Moby has worked with them before for a Grammy performance and they have a very unique sound. Perhaps Coldplay or Venus Hum who did a great cover track of "I Feel Love" with Blue Man Group. The Cure would be an excellent choice as their music is so deeply atmospheric i would recommend finding causes that various artists care about and offering to do a remix of one of their most popular songs and selling it on iTunes to raise money for those causes it's just an idea. he's huge in australia and in europe and has worked with many other famous dj's such as Brooklyn Bounce, Scooter, who he always includes a track of his on the skitzmix cds, he's an amazing dj as such you are, having the two of you put something together, words wouldnt be able to describe, be sweet as, anyway love your work and your shows, the power you have over the audience with the lights and sounds is a spectactle and an experience.

Answer 6

ok, i have a couple ideas for you to mull over, you might think at first wtf? crazy nonsense! but you asked for something fresh and innovative so here goes:

firstly, how about some sort of collaboration with a choir like Ladysmith Black Mambaso? I'm not sure how you classify these guys but their vocal talents are simply amazing but not widely known. I'm not sure how to describe them either, here probably does though: http://www.mambazo.com/index.html

secondly, this relates to your you mention of new rhythms and melodies. how about breaking from the 4/4 beat structure into something else? by that I don't mean doing breaks or dnb, I mean try something like 3/4. If this is for a commercial point of view this shouldn't matter too much, and even if it was for a club track, that would be ground breaking. I'm suggesting this because I recently recorded a mix (in the proper beatmatching transitions sense - not just 'mixtape' sense) of tunes in 3/4 time - it was pretty eclectic, from rock to motown (but theres barely any 3/4 'dance' music out there) but I did include my own 3/4 time remix of an old trance classic - X-Cabs - Neuro 99 - you should know that one! Anyway, (for what it's worth) my opinion is that it works very well - it's still got the kickdrum on every beat but the riff is only 3 beats long.

My 2 cents

Answer 7

Dance music has come a long way and has had its surges and retractions with the mainstream. No one could tell that Disco would one day turn into trance. Some artists find themselves limited by what they know and they break out into other areas of experimentation as you have.

I think of your most recent work, your best collaborations are at the Olympics, Cirque Du Soleil and Disney. It's a combination of visual effects with your music.

Sound and music are very powerful forces on our emotions. Combine that with visual effects and you can tell a story without any words. Our greatest composers wrote ballets and operas (and some of our pop stars such as Roger Waters are doing the same).

I would like to see you get involved with a film, but more than just doing a soundtrack. A story through sound. Pink Floyd did it with "The Wall", The Who did it with "Tommy". These works had a tremendous impact on our culture. We need something like that for our generation, but it has yet to happen.

You know how to really move a crowd. You could make a great story into a powerful film with a joint collaboration.

Answer 8

secondly, this relates to your you mention of new rhythms and melodies. how about breaking from the 4/4 beat structure into something else? by that I don't mean doing breaks or dnb, I mean try something like 3/4. If this is for a commercial point of view this shouldn't matter too much, and even if it was for a club track, that would be ground breaking. I'm suggesting this because I recently recorded a mix (in the proper beatmatching transitions sense - not just 'mixtape' sense) of tunes in 3/4 time - it was pretty eclectic, from rock to motown (but theres barely any 3/4 'dance' music out there) but I did include my own 3/4 time remix of an old trance classic - X-Cabs - Neuro 99 - you should know that one! Anyway, (for what it's worth) my opinion is that it works very well - it's still got the kickdrum on every beat but the riff is only 3 beats long.

Answer 9

The Cure would be an excellent choice as their music is so deeply atmospheric i would recommend finding causes that various artists care about and offering to do a remix of one of their most popular songs and selling it on iTunes to raise money for those causes it's just an idea. he's huge in australia and in europe and has worked with many other famous dj's such as Brooklyn Bounce, Scooter, who he always includes a track of his on the skitzmix cds, he's an amazing dj as such you are, having the two of you put something together, words wouldnt be able to describe, be sweet as, anyway love your work and your shows, the power you have over the audience with the lights and sounds is a spectactle and an experience.

Answer 10

So many suggestions Jack Johnson, Donovan Frankenreiter, Kiss, George Michael, Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Boy George, Madonna, Britney Spears, J-Lo, Cher, Shaggy, David Bowie, The Fighting Temptations, Billy Idol, Gypsy Kings, Chris Isaac, Crowded House, Travis, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, the list could go on and on.... Fatboy Slim would be good too as someone else suggested.... Bringing the older people back as 80s is the new music that a lot of kids are now listening to plus it'll bring the older generation of that era into listening to the music also, capturing a bigger market.... So look at 80s group from the UK, Visage, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, or even Two Tone music, Northern Soul, and Motown etc

Answer 11

As for bands you could collaborate with i suggest Blue Man Group. Moby has worked with them before for a Grammy performance and they have a very unique sound. Perhaps Coldplay or Venus Hum who did a great cover track of "I Feel Love" with Blue Man Group. The Cure would be an excellent choice as their music is so deeply atmospheric i would recommend finding causes that various artists care about and offering to do a remix of one of their most popular songs and selling it on iTunes to raise money for those causes it's just an idea.