It's gotten really blurry, ... When you ask, 'Are we creating a genre' I don't know. We're just creating a party. I went to a gay bar in L.A. a few weeks ago and they were playing Interpol's 'Slow Hands.' A quarter of the guys were singing along, and there was some sort of kinky scene happening. I was like, 'This is really cool.' It's what I've been telling my record company all along We need to promote those remixes to DJs, because the worlds aren't that far apart, anymore.
Quotes about remixes (6 Quotes)
I think the inspiration came from the fans. Whenever I'm online or whenever I get a chance to really communicate with the fans and the audience, they always say that they would love to have all of the remixes on one CD.
My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance remixes being any different than an hip-hop remix- it's really a different version of the song.
I like the way remixes sound. Some of them are really creative.
In the rap world, it's very common to take a song and rearrange it and give it new lyrics. Remixes such as this are not strictly legal, but they're accepted.
They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though.