Premiere: 'Manchester : Remixed' on BBC Introducing

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Last Sunday the premiere of 'Manchester : Remixed' took place via BBC Introducing, on BBC Radio Manchester, and you can now hear all eight remixes below! 

July was a crazy month for us, I'll say it again, absolutely crazy. There was so much to do, believe us. Eight remixes in one calendar month, all of which varied in genre, with different instruments, voices, time signatures, etc, really had us working flat out, every single day, and bar the weekends we had gigs, and to sleep, we literally didn't leave the studio for the month of July. We're very happy with what we've created and how the project came out, not to mention how much we've learnt. A fantastic experience, I must say.

A big shout to all those involved in the project, especially the bands, managers, labels, PR's and the BBC Introducing team. A big shout to those of you who spurred us on via social media at time when we were feeling disheartened (which fortunately was only a couple of moment!) also. We'll be beginning to give all eight of these remixes away for free from the middle of next week. Please let us know what you think to the remixes, and the project as a whole, via the usual mediums of Facebook and Twitter.

Mike HF

Filed under  //   Airship   BBC Introducing Manchester   Delphic   Dutch Uncles   HeavyFeet   I Am A Camera   Jessie Rose Trip   Kirsty Almeida   Manchester Remixed   Michelle Hussey   Santiago St. Machine   Spokes   The Whip  
Posted August 13, 2011 by HeavyFeet 
 

Manchester : Remixed - Day 6

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Day six, and this (the daily blogging aspect) is starting to get a bit easier to (remember to) do. Like anything, when something becomes part of the daily routine, it becomes second nature. A bit like remixing. As many of you will know, we've done a hell of a lot of remixes of the past three years, and they should be something that come to us pretty easily. Not today. 

We spent the first part of the studio session working on the Santiago Street Machine remix, getting more and more frustrated with why some of the audio wasn't sounding right. Eventually we realised one of the audio stems had a bar of silence at the beginning (not the fault of the person bouncing the audio for us originally, I doubt, more likely to be something we'd messed up when importing the audio into the project a week ago during pre-production) of it and this was the problem, but then we started moving everything else to compensate and the arrangement all went a bit wrong. Fast forward an hour or so and we'd sorted it and were back to playing in the additional parts we wanted to create for the remix, and I'm happy to announce, it's now sounding pretty good.

As I type, James is working on the I Am A Camera remix, and I'm about to go an join him. Tomorrow is Saturday, which I think we're both glad about, as it's been a pretty intense week (standard), and we're off to play in Wales at Wakestock, in the VIP room, of all places. I think we're going to stick around overnight too and catch up with some of our friends who are also playing, so fingers crossed the torrential rain holds off. Tune in for more remix news on Monday! Have a good weekend.

Mike HF  

Filed under  //   I Am A Camera   Manchester Remixed   Santiago St. Machine   Wakestock  
Posted July 8, 2011 by HeavyFeet 
 

Manchester : Remixed - and we're live!

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So, it's July 1st, and we're ready to go live with our new project that you'll have been hearing about recently if you follow us on any social media platforms. Below is the official 'Manchester : Remixed' blurb, along with the list of artists (each linked to their individual websites - so you can have a listen to their great original material) involved in this project. Read on! 

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In 2011, if you put the words 'Manchester' and 'remix' together, as an artist, HeavyFeet is probably one of the first names you'll come across, be it through Google, or in conversation with a dance music enthusiast. Their bass heavy sound has been transported sonically from Manchester, across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the United States via their two-man DJ sets, but also through their continuous music production and remix work, having remixed for the likes of Skepta, Roisin Murphy and DJ Zinc, working with both major record labels (EMI and Universal Records) and smaller, independent labels, across the world.

Following a conversation with a Mancunian pub landlord about the notorious indie music that Manchester was exporting during the late eighties/early nineties, coupled with dance music production and new technology (from the likes of Arthur Baker, Andy Weatherall and Paul Oakenfold), and having firmly established themselves within the dance and urban music industries over the past three years, Mike and James of HeavyFeet decided to set about clearing their schedule for a calendar month, to delve into the world of merging indie songwriting with dance music production, today, in 2011.

HeavyFeet launch 'Manchester : Remixed' on Friday 1st July. The project will see Mike and James remix eight current Manchester associated bands and songwriters over a one month period. From international touring acts, to less prominent, more underground talent, the project will focus on presenting a remixed snapshot of what the City of Manchester has to offer an international audience, musically, in 2011. All eight remixes will be showcased exclusively as part of a special remix focused BBC Introducing show on Sunday 7th August via BBC Radio Manchester. Following the show's broadcast, all eight remixes will be available to download for free via heavyfeetmusic.com, and other specially selected online music platforms and blogs. Throughout the entire thirty one day creative process, HeavyFeet will be blogging and Tweeting about the project via heavyfeetmusic.com and twitter.com/heavyfeet.

The artists officially involved in 'Manchester : Remixed' include:

The Whip - click to listen
I Am A Camera - click to listen
Dutch Uncles - click to listen
Santiago Street Machine - click to listen
Kirsty Almeida - click to listen
Airship - click to listen
Jessie Rose Trip - click to listen
Spokes - click to listen

A bonus HeavyFeet remix of Delphic's 'Doubt' is available now to download for free to celebrate the launch of this project below:

Filed under  //   Airship   BBC Introducing   BBC Manchester   Delphic   Dutch Uncles   HeavyFeet   I Am A Camera   Jessie Rose Trip   Kirsty Almeida   Remix   Santiago St. Machine   Spokes   The Whip  
Posted July 1, 2011 by HeavyFeet