{"id":832,"date":"2013-07-27T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T11:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/?p=832"},"modified":"2015-08-10T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T12:59:25","slug":"the-thief-remix-released-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Thief&#8221; remix released, finally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SynthX<\/strong> has just released &#8220;<em>Noxia<\/em>&#8220;, an electronic music album on 2 CDs,\u00a0<strong>including my remix<\/strong> of &#8220;<em>The Thief<\/em>&#8220;. I am more than happy to see the remix that I had done in 2008 finally saw the light of day \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I must say, Swedish composer\/musician <strong>Rikard Latvala<\/strong> (aka. SynthX) has done something great on this release.\u00a0&#8220;<em>Noxia<\/em>&#8221; (latin for <em>&#8220;crime&#8221;<\/em>) is an epic album of classic melodic space electronica in the vein of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk, but with an original and contemporary sound.\u00a0The concept album&#8217;s narrative theme is the story about a thief and the various mental, physical and legal processes he goes through. &#8211; Great work!<\/p>\n<p>The title of my remix is, &#8220;<em>The Thief &#8211; Remixed by Mert B\u00f6r\u00fc<\/em>&#8220;. It is the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/noxia\/id642127013\" target=\"_blank\">15th track<\/a> on the iTunes release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/noxia\/id642127013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-738\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/iTunes_download_link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Thief &#8211; Remixed by Mert B\u00f6r\u00fc<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0is also released on the original 2 CD\u00a0digipak\u00a0edition. It is the 2nd track on CD #2. This edition is available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.groove.nl\/cd\/2\/28044.html\" target=\"_blank\">Groove Unlimited<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[ photos of the original 2 CD album ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-832 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010690_ColourCorrected.jpg' title=\"CD Cover Artwork\" data-rl_title=\"CD Cover Artwork\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010690_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010690_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010690_ColourCorrected-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010690_ColourCorrected.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010692_ColourCorrected.jpg' title=\"CD Inlay &#8211; Credits\" data-rl_title=\"CD Inlay &#8211; Credits\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010692_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010692_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010692_ColourCorrected-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010692_ColourCorrected.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010700_ColourCorrected.jpg' title=\"CD Inlay &#8211; Remix List\" data-rl_title=\"CD Inlay &#8211; Remix List\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010700_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010700_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010700_ColourCorrected-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010700_ColourCorrected.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010703_ColourCorrected.jpg' title=\"2 CD Track List\" data-rl_title=\"2 CD Track List\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010703_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010703_ColourCorrected-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010703_ColourCorrected-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010703_ColourCorrected.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Background info about my remix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the spring of 2008, I received an e-mail from\u00a0<strong>Glenn Folkvord<\/strong> of <em>Origo Sound<\/em> (formerly\u00a0<em>Planet Origo)<\/em>. He was proudly announcing the upcoming album from SynthX, and asking if I would be interested in making a remix for this album&#8230; I said,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Great!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I listened to the pre-mix of &#8220;<em>The Thief<\/em>&#8220;, I was struck by it. I immediately started taking down notes on a piece of paper, as if it was a <em>fill-in-the-blanks<\/em>\u00a0case.\u00a0I whistled the main melody, while writing down the supporting harmony.\u00a0A process so natural, so fluid&#8230; During the second take, it was done.<\/p>\n<p>In order to preserve the atmosphere that\u00a0<strong>Rikard Latvala<\/strong> had created, I added my melodic layers with respect to the fundamentals of the original. During the mixing stage, I slightly changed the tempo, added distorted\/phase shifted beats, and enriched some of the bass-freqs using my humble Amiga 500. While keeping the focus on the screaming solo that I played on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagesynth.com\/roland\/jd800.php\" target=\"_blank\">Roland JD-800<\/a>, I also beefed Rikard&#8217;s classy <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin_School_of_electronic_music\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin School<\/a> sequences up with a little more on the mid-freqs. The whole remixing process took a few days,\u00a0including long breaks for refreshing my mind\/ears.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to thank Glenn and Rikard for their great support on this remix. I&#8217;m looking forward to remixing\u00a0Rikard&#8217;s next album \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SynthX has just released &#8220;Noxia&#8220;, an electronic music album on 2 CDs,\u00a0including my remix of &#8220;The Thief&#8220;. I am more than happy to see the remix that I had done in 2008 finally saw the light of day \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[60,61,23,57,55,59,58],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musicaudio","tag-berlin-school","tag-electronic-music","tag-mert-boru","tag-noxia","tag-remix","tag-rikard-latvala","tag-synthx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}