OK, hold the front page. There is now such a thing as a “Remix Campaign“.

And you thought “Global Remix Challenge” was winning in the “let`s rename a remix contest (or competition) to something different for a change challenge” I mean, C`mon.. what next? Get that thesaurus out boys and girls.

And they used italics. and with parentheses. Is someone…. teasing ?!?!

Joking aside, and simply put, this is good news. All Good. I will now attempt to explain to you all what I think a Remix Campaign actually is, and how, in future, how one should be used. IMO. Get the popcorn out.

De La Soul ft. Chaka Khan – All Good – CAN 7 Supermarket Remix

But first, if you hadnt guessed, there`s a new Remix Campaign that`s recently been announced for the De La Soul & Chaka Khan track “All Good”. Which has now entered into our world. Yay. Been a couple of really cool mixes of it already from MJ Cole & Can 7 and it`s all good. Already.

Even so, De La Soul themselves, and presumably any associated label(s) are looking for more remixes of the tune, from anyone. ie: the rather large talent pool one might find on the internet (if you were to think about it for a bit). The good news is too, is that there is no end date for “The Campaign”. You just do your mix, send it to the boys when its all good and ready. See where it goes from there kinda vibe goin on.

Which then, if you think about it, the campaign itself, becomes a permanantly open door to De La Soul if you like remixing their tracks. Cant see the guys saying aint no go to a listen or two.. on something new, can you? nah.

All good.

De La Soul ft. Chaka Khan – All Good – MJ Cole Remix

Now the even better bit. IMO, this remix campaign thingy could truly be the way to go in the future for artists/labels & the producers like us, who likes to muck about with stems and multitracks and can play “a bit”. I will happily wield the death knell for the words remix contests and remix competitions willingly, if it is made so !

The key, you see, is to have no end date for the Campaign. That forces that open door. So, from here on in you guys, please, if youre going to use the word “Campaign” in this manner, there has to be no end date. Super Important.

This is a good thing. All good.

De La Soul ft. Chaka Khan – All Good – OG 7″ MIX

Now, imagine if a few artists with anniversaries of their songs released a stem pack to celebrate, say, going to number one 40 years ago, then they happened to offer a stem set in the remix campaign stylee to garner some new “remixes” for a more modern audience ie: for the interent to do its thing with, with a look to.. (wait for it) an actual release. Imagine all that, and it has to come with this much “hands on” to work. You get the the responses, the feedback and the contact building as a by product, almost. And it has to be operated with a very high degree of gusto as I`m sure De La Soul will. Much could be learnt from this little remix Campaign.. the first of many we`d hope. fingers crossed.

All good.

Check out the contest via Soundcloud for more deets and the link to the stems, or grab our back up copy below:

De La Soul ft. Chaka Khan – All Good (Multitrack)(30 Mono Tracks)(96k-24bit) Nitro here

Added to the Remix Contests page here

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De La Soul – Multitrack Masterpost
Madonna – Ray of Light (Global Remix Challenge)

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