something that happened in the late 90s, when fans of bands started
getting together and talking on the internet, was the phenomena of the
unauthorized remix. schemes were hatched all over the internet to create
remix records, tribute discs, fan collaborations and whatnot. in
hindsight, given what the internet turned into, it was actually a
refreshingly productive use of networking.
different
artists have reacted in different ways. i got yelled at by the now
deceased singer of god lives underwater for one of these. trent reznor,
on the other hand, eventually went so far as to set up a competition
(which i didn't take part in, as i'd moved beyond the idea by that
point).
once i'd put a few remixes/recreations
together, and received more positive feedback doing it than with any of
my own songs, i began to realize that if i could get somebody's
attention then i could construct myself a launching pad. it seems like
that's what a lot of people were thinking; it didn't work out, but i did
end up with a number of remixes.
unfortunately, i've
lost a lot of them. about a third of them ended up on a cd-r i threw
together at the end of 1999. a third just sat on my hard drive, and a
third disappeared into the internet. i'm putting them all together here
under the title of the 1999 release, 'inrimake'. the initial release
ended after "the day inri messed the world up"; the last five songs are
'bonus tracks'.
i was very much going for the
*abstract* remix sound rather than the club-friendly mix. you can't
really dance to these. you're not supposed to. you're supposed to blare
them through headphones and trip out into them.
in
terms of my own work, this record very much extends a bridge from the
inri period into the deny everything period, to the extent that it
arguably realizes the goals of both phases better than either phase
does.
recorded sporadically, and without cohesive intent, over '98 and '99. originally compiled in the fall of '99. augmented and minimally edited over november, 2013.
HEADPHONES ARE MANDATORY TO EXPERIENCE THIS AS INTENDED.
credits:
j
- guitars, effects, bass, synths, drum programming, digital wave
editing, cool edit synthesis, sampling, sequencers, loops, remixes,
reconstructions, reinterpretations
released october 15, 1999
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inrimake