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Best of 2017

Another year is coming to its end and you know what that means: time for this year’s Best of album.

As usual it features all songs of 2017 which aren’t already on another album (like the Sounds Alike songs). The songs have been re-rendered for maximum quality and are available on bandcamp in different formats.

Actually a lot of the songs have been slightly altered for the album version, I’ll try to remember what I changed:

  • The Snippet Mutants/Greenhorn Funk/Divine Rhythm: Changed mastering completely to the one used in the latest songs. I think it sounds cleaner that way.
  • Show Me Ya Moves/Ndoplasma/Formidable Battleground: Changed mastering completely to the one used in the latest songs. Also changed the song structures a bit since it was no longer necessary that these songs are loop-able.
  • Thousand Eyes Disciple: Added some chords to the Zero Two part so it sounds more powerful.
  • Sick Beats: Changed the transition after the Super Mario part. Should sound a little smoother now.
  • A Hunter’s Journey: Added some oomph to the Lower Norfair part. Does it sound better now? I hope so.
  • Super Mario Super Fun: Changed the song structure so the transitions would be a bit smoother. Also changed the mixing for Jump Up, Super Star and added some effects. That part specifically should sound much better now.
  • Night of the Spider: Slight changes in transitions and some sounds and the ending. Now it sounds pretty nice >:]
  • Thu’um Like Thunder: Removed some of the shouts.
  • Industrial Rhythm: Added even more oomph to it.
  • Silver Spell: Adjusted the Silver Mountain part a bit.

Quite a lot right? Sounds like downloading the album will be worth it! Here’s where you can get the album, it will be available for free for a limited amount of time (just type 0,00 when asked for the price):

And of course, here’s the video. I tried to showcase the changes specifically, if you go to 14:20 you’ll instantly notice that for example:

 

And that’s it for 2017. I wish you all a Happy New Year, let’s hope for a nice 2018! >:]

New song(s)

Expand Nice

Time for the final mix of the year, inspired by last year’s crazy medley Sonic Boom (although with a rather uninspired name): Expand Nice!

I could not come up with an interesting or descriptive name for this one, so have some memes instead! I included songs I like a lot and (mostly) have worked with before, so no big surprises here (except one).

This mix actually took a while to make (as you might have noticed), although it didn’t take as long as it seemed since I’ve just been playing the Dark Souls series so much the recent month. Anyway, here are the songs in order:

  • Grabbag – Duke Nukem 3D
  • Bad Boss Boogie – Donkey Kong Land
  • Woodman’s Theme – Mega Man 2 >:]
  • Death By Glamour – Undertale
  • King Dedede’s Theme – Kirby’s Dreamland
  • Ken’s Theme – Street Fighter II
  • Grabbag (again)
  • Bad Boss Boogie (again)
  • U. N. Owen was her? – Touhou 6: Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil
  • Bad Boss Boogie (one last time)

I also included a little bit of the DK Rap, but merely for transitioning purposes. At two parts they’ll shout “D-K-Kong, huh!” – I’m well aware that the ‘K’ stands for ‘Kong’ already but it just sounded so cool so whatever~

Here’s the song:

Expand Nice (1698 downloads )

 

And here’s the video, actually got a bit to show this time:

 

Very nice >:]

So next up is this year’s grand finale, the Best of DJ the S 2017 album which will release on Sunday with a video to go along with it.

New song(s)

Silver Spell

Once again the time has come for this year’s X-Mas Mix, so I present to you: Silver Spell!

Long-time fans will probably remember White Magic, which was 2013’s X-Mas Mix. This year’s mix is a reference to that, being another Snowboard Kids medley – this time with more Quicksand Valley (although not perfectly fitting thematically, I just can’t get enough of that tune), Silver Mountain, Night Highway and Dizzy Land. I was debating if I should include Grass Valley as well, but that seemed a bit overkill for an X-Mas Mix – might as well make a remix of that during the summer or something. The game still has a few nice songs to work with after all.

Silver Spell (1298 downloads )

 

And here’s the video:

 

If you want more, you can get yourself in the right mood by checking out the X-Mas playlist.

So the other mix I promised STILL doesn’t have a name, but at least it’s almost finished, so I’ll definitely upload it during next week and on Sunday you’ll get the Best of 2017 video of course!

Merry Christmas!

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