Compleeto is an incredibly catchy SID tune, full of energy and impossible to ignore, so it had been on my to-remix list for quite some time. The Encore project provided the perfect opportunity to bring it to life. I was also thrilled when Romeo Knight agreed to support me on this endeavor, adding his amazing guitar skills and delivering a killer solo. Finally, Danko sprinkled his mix 'n' master mojo on the track.

Full credits

Production, arrangement, backing guitars:

LMan (Markus Klein)

Lead guitar & improv:

Romeo Knight (Eike Steffen)

Composed by:

ATOO (Anders Andréen)

Mixing & Mastering:

Thomas Danko

Feedback from ATOO:

Wow! What a remix! 😃

Such a sizzling mix! It manages to sound both modern and yet brings back the best of the eighties! I love the mix of big, quantized, almost LinnDrum-like beats, fat, pumping bass with light, bubbly arpeggios and ethereal pads in the background, and then the expressive lead guitar on top! The energy reminds me of ZZ Top, and the song would fit like a glove in an episode of Miami Vice! The formant-like wah-wah on the synth emulating the synced ring mod breaks feels just like a talkbox! It doesn't get more eighties than that.😉

I especially love how you improved upon the bass and guitar riffs to make them both fatter and more groovy - and then the solo!!! Wow! When I made the original, I tried to make the lead melody sound like guitar riffs, but I don't play guitar myself, so it was wonderful to hear someone showing us how it should be done!

A BIG thank you from ATOO, y'all made my day. 😃

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Dan shouts:

Absolutely fucking outstanding! I hope somewhere ATOO gets to hear this remix of an all time classic sid

L0rd3vyL shouts:

Excellent

Tomsk shouts:

Oh man. What a thumping remix. Full of great sounds, yet very faithful. Quality is just what you expect from Markus. Romeo on guitar is just icing on a very tasty cake

Dees Productions shouts:

Excellent take on a tune that defined what the SID is all about

slaygon shouts:

One of my favourite SIDs of all time finally got some more love, and by LMan, no less!❤️

tim_forsyth shouts:

I adore the aggressive style of this mix. Those hectic distorted mids scream at your ears. Absolutely brilliant work guys

Makke shouts:

That was quality! (As expected.)

Danko shouts:

ATOO is the only SID composer sounding like YIP and LMan nailed it with this one!

Review by Glyn R. Brown

29/11/2024

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A powerful and energetic track. I knew this was going to be something pretty special in the end, simply because it was coming from LMan 😊… And the added guitar from Romeo Knight just elevates this track so much higher. Great work guys.

Review by Dees Productions

29/11/2024

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Love the soundscapes and arrangement. All is there and the tight sound makes it awesome. And to have Romeo creaming the guitar like a god is just what we want! TB-SIDoSID with talkbox! This is it!

Review by LaLa

24/11/2024

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It took no less than 3 legendary members of the scene, but we finally have a remix of Compleeto that is worthy of a red smilie! Romeo's lead guitar improvs over the bed are just out of this world. But the entire arrangement is top notch, I especially like the instrumentation which is totally spot-on. Absolutely smashing!

Review by Danko

29/11/2024

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This SID is one of my personal favourites and also comes with a backstory where I was personally inserted into part of the narrative at the time back in the days, but I won't get into that here. I heard the work in progress of this remix by LMan and it was smashingly clever, also the guitar playing by Romeo Knight was the best I have heard from him on a C64 remix. As I was initially mastering this track, I found myself forgetting what I was doing and just listening to that guitar solo… Flabberghasted. For reasons undisclosed, LMan threw me not only the final mix but all the individual tracks as well out of the blue and even though we were done with Encore 64 Volume 2, all deadlines had passed and we had a final master of this track, I decided to spend two nights working on an alternative mix hoping LMan would approve it. Turns out he did, and so I feel like breakdancing over having been part of this amazing remix together with two of my idols, LMan and Romeo Knight. The electrical buzzing quality of the sounds in this remix are perfect for the SID, and the raw crunch of the drums keep it transient and smashing. Just the way I like it.