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Fumie Saso - Against The Dark, We Stand United (Battle Against a Nightmarish Foe) [from "From Dreams to Nightmares"]

from The 12 Remixes of Christmas 2015 by 103 Records

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Track 4: Against The Dark, We Stand United (Battle Against A Nightmarish Foe)
Original Artist: Arcade Child
Remix Artist: Arcade Child
Original Track: 103records.bandcamp.com/track/stand-up-strong-and-never-say-die-a-battle-with-a-fearsome-foe

I can't count how many times over the years I've said something to the effect of "I could do that song so much better these days" in regards to some of my older work. Whilst the entire 12 Remixes project could be considered me putting my money where my mouth is, this arrangement of "Stand Up Strong, And Never Say Die!", a track I did in 2010, is the real test of that theory.

The original song was a highly melodic, 100% electronic affair that leaned towards a synthpop or electropop track, and for the time, it was one of my better pieces. But it had long since started showing it's age, and it wasn't quite packing the emotional impact and rawness I felt the melodies were fit for, so a higher energy arrangement was a must. I think the original idea was to do something that tossed elements of dance/rave tracks and synth fusion together, but as the song went on I drove it further and further into straight up synth fusion territory ala-Street Fighter EX- to the point that I wound up cutting an entire section out of the song in post because it didn't gel with the rest of it (that's why the reverb cuts off suddenly around the 2:20 mark). Not exactly the most professional edit job, I know, but it was an acceptable blow over a song with a dodgy section left intact. I'm incredibly proud of the final result here; the various melodies work so much better in this slightly different key/at this faster tempo, the arrangement flows very nicely without feeling too "standard Decon" in how it gets from start to finish, and I'm really happy with all the little touches in sample choices- I always have a blast working with slap bass, putting in the work to do "realistic" drums is a challenge well worth the resulting sound it lends to a track, and as I said back on the J1818 track, any song where I get to use the Pressure Me Lead patch from the Roland D-50 is always going to be favourite with me.

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from The 12 Remixes of Christmas 2015, released January 1, 2016
composed and arranged by Decon Theed

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103 Records is an independent label based in Cambridgeshire. Spearheaded by Decon Theed, 103 Does not believe in narrow genre focus, forced monetary participation, or exclusion of the individual; our goal is provide music of any genre, produced by musicians from all walks of life, and to have it be as readily available to everybody as is possible. ... more

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