Magnar - Thats the Way It is

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Arranged by:
Magnar Remixer
Member profile:
Magnar Harestad (Magnar)
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Jeroen Tel
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Duration:
2:57
Released:
17/08/2020
Charts position:
32. in the year 2020
598. in all-time charts
Score:
89%
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Poppykuk shouts:
Nice! Catchy! Red Smiley Remix!
tw1l1ght shouts:
JTs SID is one of my alltime favorites! <3 The way Magnar went for his interpretation is most likely the ONLY I can NOT find some tiny detail to complain about - still catchy as hell with a whole new vibe!
MagicMosher shouts:
It started well, got better in the middle and the more said about the end, the better <3
Ryrynz shouts:
Love both parts to this, the 80's tv style intro (Cheers and Alf come to mind) and the guitar although I wish the latter had some more meat to it.
Review by Poke16384
18/08/2020

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This is a slick remix by Magnar. It caught my ear on the competition and having now had a chance to re-listen, I haven't altered my opinion. It's a nice interpretation of JT's original and the instrumentation gives it a great 90's feel, (to my ears at least). The 'hooks' are nice and there's some great use of phasing & frequency-manipulation to get some real 'cut' on the licks. I'm gonna -1 you for repeating the wolf-whistle. Catchy as hell and well mixed & mastered.
Review by LaLa
20/08/2020

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A really, really well-crafted remix! Upon hearing the slow intro I got very excited, I thought it's going to be like that all the way. Unfortunately, it's not, but then it switches up the tempo, an excellent bass guitar lick appears, and it just blossoms into an amazing piece. Unlike Poke16384, I will actually give you a +1 for the wolf-whistle, because it appears in the original SID, too, and I thought that was a nice touch. 😉