Gustav Taxén - Zamzara (Spice Mix)

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Arranged by:

Gustav Taxén Remixer

Member profile:

taxman

Original SID:

Listen at DeepSID

Original composed by:

Charles Deenen

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1 other remix of Zamzara

Duration:

4:22

Released:

24/03/2003

All-Time charts position:

2019

Score:

78%

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truck shouts:

Nice, but doesn't really do anything beyond the brilliant original. (Mind you the tune is one of my favorites. So my 'good' means most people's 'great' (: )

omoroca shouts:

Very good stuff! Stylish! But cannot compete with the excellent stuff moog does today.

WarrenMill shouts:

Arhh... The lead instrument sounds like something from the Amiga SoundTracker 01 disk, or something. It's really primitive compared to all other good stuff. Except from that, the tune has some great feeling. Nice one.

Review by hbasm

25/03/2003

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That's great! Great instruments and melodies. Very talented mix. I just wish 2 things were different: The snaredrums are too strong. They hurt me ears. And the first minute of the song isn't grabbing me, perhaps again, because of the beat that hurts my ears. I use earphones and even filtering away the treble doesn't solve it.

That's a shame cause the rest is lovely. Gotta love that bass and lively melody, the wah-filters are pretty intelligent. The tonal relationship between melody and bass seems greatly improved from the original composition.

Review by eliot

25/03/2003

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At the first I was aware of are the annoying loud snares 😒. They really hurt this tune and makes me vote good instead of very good 😒. I hope next time Gustav will avoid such. Maybe we get a new mastered version? 😊

Review by LaLa

05/04/2003

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A nice groove is what makes this remix pretty good, although I think the snare-like drum has annoyingly too many high frequencies (read: it's noisy). Funky bass line, pleasant electric pianos and a fitting lead characterize this remix. Unfortunately that synth-flute lead later gives way to an overfiltered annoyance. Luckily it doesn't last too long. The serene ending is quite lovely.