Ziphoid - Comic Bakery

Composed by Martin Galway
Arranged by Ziphoid
Guitars by Magnus Högdahl
Mastering by Thomas Detert

After starting to remix Chris Hülsbeck's "Baby of Can Guru", I realized that it would be a truly hard thing to squeeze an 8-minute track into something that would fit on this CD. Therefore, I abandoned the idea and started looking for something else instead. I'd always thought that "Broken Wings" from Mr Mister was a great little track (not entirely true, since I actually hated it back in the 80s and started to like it some years later) and thought that I could do something with it. The only track that popped into my mind was "Comic Bakery" from the God that is Martin Galway. Even though it has been remixed quite a few times I thought that one more couldn't hurt and set out to try and do something good of it. Since the guitar is an essential part of the original "Broken Wings", I called in a favour from Magnus Högdahl, a dear friend of mine, who went the distance and just added some beautiful licks which makes the whole track complete.

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JLD shouts:

Superb!

Eivind Sommersten shouts:

Love the original take and the production is great!

monty shouts:

I would really like to hear about the thought process behind putting CB into a BW environment because I don't think it's a natural fit... However, it works because of the outstanding production.

Marcus shouts:

I thought there are all Comic Bakery remixes out there yet. But this new approach is really outstanding. I don't know the 2008 Version but this one is really a red smiley.

Psychonaut shouts:

Wonderful 1980s-style production.

Ryrynz shouts:

Perfect remix.

DMC shouts:

So you did this track in 2008 and uploaded it to RKO 2020, right? This is fresh as morning dew and could've been from 2020 right away. F***ing awesome production in every aspect. K*U*D*O*S!!!

bastard shouts:

God damn!

Tomsk shouts:

Always loved this, from hearing Ziph give me a early preview in a pub in London! The merging of both tunes gets better as the remix progresses. Wonderful stuff even now!

Ahriakin shouts:

Stunning then and now.

omoroca shouts:

Sounds a little different than the Syntax Era version. Great stuff, dude!

Review by Subzero

12/02/2008

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There is nothing bad about ziphoids work here, everything gels together superbly, however comic bakery as a tune for me has lost most of its appeal as its been done to death. Im hoping for no more comic bakery remixes as the tune never seems to change.

Review by LaLa

12/12/2020

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Ziphoid published this remix in 2008 on the 'Syntax Era' album - I liked it back then, and I still like it now, 12 years later! The intro is a spot-on recreation of Broken Wings - after which the appearance of the Comic Bakery melody line feels tacked on. But this remix gets better as it goes on and it gives you that unmistakable slow tempo 80s ballad feel throughout. Especially noteworthy in this tune is the delicate guitar work of Magnus Högdahl, which lends a lot of authenticity to it.