I have just launched the “Radio Coco Remix” site and released the “Coconut Radio” video on YouTube. I refer to the site in the context of an “open source remix” project. Perhaps that’s a bit oxymoronic an expression – by nature the idea of the remix involves taking the stems or bed tracks of a song and reworking them, and most remixers have access to the original files. I think my project goes one farther by employing a “Creative Commons” licensing agreement, and opening up the process to pros and amateurs alike. We have veteran remixer and producer Rise Ashen contributing a house remix and in my guise as “Mikooshka” I’m working on the Spanish version of the track, and we invite YOU to take a tumble with the tune, and give this funky left-field beast a go!
The Radio Coco Remix site has links to the main samples and vocal tracks, free audio programs for PC/Mac, suggestions on where to find video footage for aspiring auteurs, and a blog and newsletter sign-up, so you can stay in the loop and keep up with the news from Mikooshka and about Coconut Radio.
An EP wil be released in November with remixes and bonus tracks – expect a one-of-a-kind, hand-printed limted-edition CD with fanzine. the buzz has started to build and we invite you to check the Radio Coco Remix site and http://youtube.com/mikooshka. Here’s some early press from our friends at “Dos Mundos” Radio, CKLN, Toronto:
“Wikkid video and DOPE track loko…will be sure to drop it into the mix!!”
-Sergio Elmir, DJ and host of Dos Mundos Radio
