Kristjan Jansen Interaction designer and social activist. Contact: kika at trip.ee

Drupal announced it's theme song remix contest recently. As I have sat idle for a while composing-wise, I decided to give it a try.

Here it goes: drupal-song-dub-remix.mp3 (2.4 MB)

The track – well not exactly a track, more of a demo or interlude – is composed in Apple Garageband. I did not kept much of the original vocal parts, except the non-avoidable catchy chorus. I liked the background vocals more than lead one, so I emphasized them, adding gospel-like harmony (up fourth, down minor third). Drum beat is slice of the original part, looped and echoed, same goes for piano. Bass and cymbals came from free-to-use percussion break, slowed down to half tempo (44 bpm). And mallets: slice of the originals, pitched down 2 octaves and EQed thin.

Sorry for crappy sound of the remix, only headphones I could use were supercheap in-ear ones.