so fuckin' dirty........

nowadays, in our postmodern world of blogging and internet djs, any asshole with a mac and a cable connection can make a remix and post it online. and as anyone whose been checking out music blogs for the past couple years already knows, every asshole with a mac and a cable connection has put out a remix. a positive aspect of this free flow of musical innovation is that finding new music, and especially remixes, has become very individualized. this meaning, that many of us listening to remixes and electronic music don't really give a shit how an artist or track is reviewed anymore. searching for music has become a personal journey, and if we like what we hear, then we download/buy/steal it and listen to it.

while this is all well and good, i feel a major consequence is that a lot of people don't take the music seriously. people enjoy remixes and mashups, but tend to believe that 'any asshole' can make them. i think that this view is seriously flawed. sure technology has made electronic music easier to make, but i still feel that you can look at the music with a degree of objectivity. remixes can be objectively 'good' or 'bad.' with that statement many of you will now be saying, "who the fuck is this pretentious asshole." well fuck you. its my blog and here are three objective classifications for remixes that i have devised:

1. bad: a bad remix just sounds like complete shit and sometimes gives you a headache
   
2. good: a good remix is one that is either just as good or better than the original song
3. epic: an epic remix is so amazing that you either a) never want to hear the original song again, or b) pass out upon hearing it and occasionally shit your pants
   

the remixes of dirty south, aka Dragan Roganovic, fall into category 3. this self-taught australian dj doesn't remix songs, he composes 7min+ club-crushing odyssies. this guy has already dominated australia and received critical acclaim in europe. he's also been somewhat of a regular feature this year on the remix sunday lineup over at palmsout. now someone just has to get him to come to new york......



chris lake - changes (dirty south remix)
depeche mode - just can't get enough (dirty south remix)
cicada - the things you say (dirty south remix)
mark ronson - stop me (dirty south remix)