Really Really Weird Remix Contest

THE REMIX CONTEST IS NOT ACCEPTING ANY NEW ENTRIES. THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES WAS NOVEMBER 30, 2008.

The list of winners (and mp3s of all of the entries) can be found here.

What was the Really Really Weird Remix Contest?

The raw multitracks for The Simple Carnival's Really Really Weird song were put online, and electronic artists were free to remix, mangle, and manipulate the song to make something new. Here's the original song:

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The grand prize consisted of a Simple Carnival t-shirt, a Girls Aliens Food CD, and one of the actual instruments I used on Really Really Weird: a circuit-bent Casio SK-1 sampler.

There were three runner-ups. Each runner-up prize consisted of a Simple Carnival t-shirt and a Girls Aliens Food CD.

Who were the judges besides yourself?

They are (in alphabetical order):


Mathieu Bournazel from Purple Submarine Orchestra	Rob Gibson from Mister Fusty	Pea Hix from Optiganally Yours	Missy Kulik & Raoul De La Cruz from The French Toasts	Mike Langlie from Twink	Matt Williams from The Brigadier

How were the entries judged?

The four winning remixes were determined by the highest scores from all eligible entries received according to the following criteria:

"Enjoyableness" (how fun the remix is to listen to) - 40% of overall grade
Creative Re-use and Transformation of Samples from the "Really Really Weird" original multitracks - 30% of overall grade
Originality - 30% of overall grade

AGAIN -- THE REMIX CONTEST IS OVER. THE LIST OF WINNERS (AND MP3S OF ALL OF THE ENTRIES) CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Miscellaneous

The official contest rules can be found here.
The "Really Really Weird" multitrack files can be found here. (You can still download these and remix the song, as the files are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.)
To understand how the multitrack files are constructed, read this helpful article.

Even though the deadline for entries has passed, you're still free to remix the song. However, I don't plan to be dedicating much more time toward the MySpace remix page or promoting the artists who have submitted remixes. A big thank you to everyone who participated, though!