Competition Results
As each competition ends the public get to listen and vote to help decide the winner. The winners get posted here, along with some detail about the prize and about themselves too. Have another listen to the tracks that these remixers have produced.
Dan McKie - Sharpe Mafia Remix Competition
Winner: Lee Buxton aka Filthy Biscuit (UK)
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Originally from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, Lee has been a professional DJ for over 16 years. Starting off in clubland during 1991's 'the summer of love' rave scene playing a vast selection of club music from garage (US) & house through to techno and full-on hardcore. Early musical influences include acid house, hip-hop, Chicago house, Detroit & Belgian techno, Italian piano house and even hip-house. Over the years, Lee has worked with many dj's including DJ SS, Fergie, Farley ' Jackmaster' Funk, Pete Gooding, Dave Pearce, Darren Tate (aka Jurgen Vries), Danny Slade, Rob Tissera, Paul Taylor, John Da Silva, John Kelly, Artful Dodger, DJ Luck and MC Neat plus many others.
Lee has worked clubs in various towns and cities including Bristol, Manchester, Oxford, London, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Swansea, Reading and Swindon. During his time in Bristol, Lee was invited to perform various live guest mixes on Galaxy 101 FM and Vibe 101. In 2002, Lee was unknowingly entered into the Stoke-on-Trent "Smirnoff/Archers DJ of the Year 2002" competition by a well-meaning friend. After his initial surprise, he went on to beat 71 other dj's (including local superclub 'Golden' residents) to take the title and the cash-money prize. In 2006, Lee collected an award as part of Luminar Leisure's 'Entertainment Team of the Year 2006' for the Park End nightclub in Oxford after spending two years there as the main-room resident.
Lee has dabbled in music production for some time. Before buying his first PC he made tracks on his playstation, three of which were given air-play on Galaxy FM. Previous to winning this competition, the closest he had ever come to getting anything signed was his Arctic Monkeys sampling drum'n'bass bootleg 'When the Bass Goes Down' which was played on BBC Radio One. DMC wanted to sign it but, unfortunately, Domino Records refused to give permission to use the sample.
Currently a full-time student studying towards a degree in Sound Technology and Digital Music at Oxford Brookes University, he also holds a four-night residency at Oceana nightclub in Birmingham playing varying styles of music. His latest musical alter-ego is 'Filthy Biscuit' and you can find him online at myspace.com/filthybiscuitmusic and also at myspace.com/leebuxton.
"I am obviously over-the-moon with winning this competition and getting my first ever actual release! I'd like to extend many millions of thanks to everyone who voted for my mix and also Dan McKie at 1980 Recordings along with DMC for giving myself and others this opportunity. It was a pleasure to remix this track as I felt the original riff was quite an infectious hook-line exuding boundless energy."
Photo by Andy Marsh Copyright enuffsaid.com 2007
1980 Recordings Remix Competition
Winner: Herman Simpson (Norway)
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Herman
Simpson is a 22 year old producer from Norway. He has always been a big fan
of music in general and has a passion for the electronic genre. At the start
of middle school, he developed an interest in music production and soon noticed
that it was something he enjoyed and had a talent for. Back then, his main
influences were trance and hardhouse from which his creativity developed,
but as the years passed, his influences swayed more towards house. The
DMC / 1980 Records remix competition will be his first released production.
Herman's house productions mainly go under the subgenres synth, disco, retro, latino, funky and uplifting house. Lately, he's been experimenting with his love for the sound of dirty house and combining this with twists of electro. 2007 is proving to be an exciting year for him. Not only has he won this competition but he has also made various contacts within the house scene and has some intersting projects in the pipeline. Check out his website www.hermansimpson.com for more details.
"I would like to say thanks to all the people that voted for my remix. Big thanks to DMC and 1980 Recordings for the arrange of this competition, DMC is a great place for unknown producers to show themselves off. The other 2 entries that made it into the voting stages were also great productions, so it will surprise me if that's the last thing we'll hear from them."
Look out for the 'Digital Filth - Do You Understand' release. Also drop into www.hermansimpson.com. It's currently under construction, but you can also visit www.myspace.com/hermansimpson
"I'm really happy about winning this one. Best regards to everyone, and thanks again for all the votes."
Born To Dance Remix Competition
Winner: Richard Goulet aka Dj Reska (France)
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Richard
Goulet aka Dj Reska remixed Perky & Ashman ' Good Lovin''
and has won himself back Catalogue, 1 year on Born To Dance mailing list & VIP
tickets to a few of the Born To Dance events along with a profile & biog
on the Born To Dance website.
Dj Reska is a relatively unknown french producer and remixer even if he's been working for several years for many Hip Hop and Metal bands.
He started mixing and scratching Vinyl since 1996 when he met the Double H Dj Crew with the famous Dj Cut Killer from who he learned most of his techniques by following him at his DJ sets.
Since this connection, he decided to work hard on his turntables and started producing Hip Hop beats and House. Through all these years he designed his style as well as many beats. Now looking for distribution labels who give interest in many styles : Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Electro and House, searching for the best way to make his work spread to the masses.
He worked at ADO FM in 1997, a reknown french Hip Hop and R n B radio as a Hip Hop DJ.
Based on grimey yet groovy beats, Reska's core work is very moody, dark and raw but as versatile artist he can create bouncy tunes with evolving and detailed melodies by sampling but also combining this with acoustic instruments to give a real vibe to his sound. Recording musicians with several influences as Oriental, Disco or Classic. The result is a wide range from Ambient, Abstract, Hip Hop Funk or "Storytelling" Hip Hop to Dance Hall, Ragga or even House music.
For example Radio Nova chose two of his productions "What's Yo do rap" and "Mafia" which you can hear (see the Podcast) from "Homeradio" on novaplanet.com.
After Perky and Ashman - Good Lovin' remix which won the DMC Born to Dance remix competition he's working for an up and coming Electro Metal remix for INTERRIA, a brand new french Metal Band (see the official website) think Evanescence.
He also finalise his first album with D. Proz, french rapper featuring on some of the productions. It's not a simple succession of Rap titles but a complete journey in sound with indeffinissable music style.
"This was my first competition and I'm so glad to be the winner, because I've been working as a sound technician for twelve years and beside my participation to several CDs as a Dj, it's the first time that my own work is rewarded. So it's a great pleasure and I'd like to thank everyone who has voted for me including especially my whole family who supported me as far as I can remember.
I'd like to thank the DMC who gave me the turntablism passion, since I was a teenager and this opportunity, as the Born To Dance Crew who gave me my chance.
I would say "See Ya Everybody", keep an eye for the forthcoming official website djreska.com. I love ya. "
Born To Dance Remix Competition
Winner: Ticiano Paludo (Brazil)
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Ticiano Paludo remixed Hernandez VS DJ Tyo 'Let’s Get Down' and has won himself a digital download release & back catalogue, also 2 VIP tickets to the Born To Dance club nights in Brighton.
"The number of entries we had for the remix competition was great & the standards were pretty high. It was a close call to pick the final 3 with the differing ideas sent in. There's a whole host of talent out there waiting to break through & they will do!" Dave Bonner - Born To Dance
After
receive 3 national prizes and produced a lot of artists, singers, soundtracks,
advertising sound design and bands in different styles like world music,
eletronica, rock, pop, eletrobossa, folk and reggae, "Lounge TP" is the debut
album from the brazilian musical e-producer Ticiano Paludo.
As an artist, Paludo works with downtempo and lounge textures.
He plays many instruments and his songs are inspired in artists like Moby, Mylo and modern producers. Mixing elements of brazilian music, bossa nova, folclore and a lot of different music schools (like jazz, samba, indie rock, ...) Ticiano creates an unique sound. He´s the owner of Wav Label and is right now selling your songs as digital releases in places like Juno, 3 Beat and Release Records.
“I would like to thank the DMC Team, the Born To Dance crew and all those listeners out there who voted for me. I´m very happy to be part of it. You made this dream come true. Let´s the music talk”
Artist Page: www.myspace.com/ticianopaludo
Contact the Artist by e-mail: tpaludo@uol.com.br
Infamous Light Recordings Remix Competition
Winner: Nylon (Brazil)
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Nylon remixed Lucifer 'Mistaken' and has won himself professional mastering of the remix (www.audiosourcemastering.com), release of the remix as a digital download on all the big mp3 sites (eg Juno, Beatport, DJ Download, 3 Beat and DMC and promotion of their release on the Infamous Record Pool (www.infamouslightrecordings.com/RecordPool) - with feedback forwarded directly to the winner. DJ Set OR Live Performance Recording from the winner to be featured as an Infamous Podcast (www.infamouslightrecordings.com/infamouspodcasts).
Nylon is Rafael Araujo, Dj, producer and remixer. He is one of the pioneer of the electronic music scene in the south of the Brazil, when he started to Dj, back in 1998.
Rafael has been putting out tracks as a producer since the year of 2002, when he established his own label in Brazil called BR909 Records.
After this, many releases has been out, new labels appeared and this was a great experience to work and learn how the music industry works.
His latest project is an artist and a Live PA performance, playing the disco, electro and house side of music. This project is called Nylon.
The sound of Nylon is very groovy, and a great example of dancefloor friendly electro, tainted with a disctinctive disco flavour.
Recently, Nylon has released tracks in such labels like Emotive Sounds (Italy) and Eletrodomesticos Records (Brazil). Future releases includes a remix of Lucifer - Mistaken, that Nylon won on the remix competition out of the DMC world website.
"Hello everyone. I am Nylon, from Brazil. I really enjoyed to participate in this contest. This was actually my first contest ever and I am quite happy to be the winner. Thanks for everyone who voted for me, really appreciatte.
And obviously I would like to thank for the DMC team and the Infamous Light Recordings crew to provide a competition like this and put out some really wicked tracks. Hope you guys rock out in the dance floor. Viva Brasil!!"
"We liked the Nylon remix, Rafeal made great use of the parts available to create a simple but effective re-creation of the original that should work great on the dancefloor" PJ - Infamous Light Recordings
Born To Dance Remix Competition
Winner: Olivier Guy
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Olivier
Goyet aka Olivier Guy is a French producer based in the area of Birmingham
(UK).
Oliver remixed Gav McCall 'I'm Alright' and has won himself the chance to be featured on a remix EP (subject to approval) and possible download release, Born To Dance back catalogue on CD or Vinyl and mix CDs.
An all rounded classically trained musician, Olivier started to play in several rock bands before turning towards electronic music. He has been producing for the past 10 years and also contributing to other projects.
He has collaborated with Lysergene (Birmingham, UK) to produce mainstream trance and hard trance (featured on the Ben Turner show on BBC radio West Midlands).
He has been playing as a keyboard player for Esoteric (Birmingham, UK) an extreme doom metal band which toured Europe in 2004 and 2005 (www.bereft.co.uk).
Dead Beat Project is his most recent single project representing the more chilled industrial side of him (www.deadbeatproject.com).
Olivier enjoys also remixing as it gives him a way to present other people's work the way he likes to hear it.
“I would like to thank the DMC Remix team, the Born To Dance crew and all those listeners out there who voted for me. I will definitely contribute again. Watch this space.”
West Records Remix Competition
Winner: Phil Jay
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Phil
remixed Switchshift 'Good in your Soul' and has won himself 1 years upfront
West promos and exclusive remixs and all back cat either as vinyl (if available)
or mp3 otherwise. His remix will either be used as vinyl or exclusive
download release.
This is the second time Phil has won a Remix Competition. He won the first competition, you can read all about him at the bottom of this page as the winner of the Stress Remix Competition.
"I would like to thank DMC for providing a global platform and audience for these remix competitions, and each record company for providing quality track parts. All the feedback I've received so far has been great, and good for getting momentum for channeling into new projects."
Lowered Remix Competition
Winner: Jeremy Keating
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Jeremy, who is from Australia, remixed Fresh 27 feat. Vicky Fee 'Point of View' and has won himself a year on the Lowered promo list, as well as the Lowered back catalogue.
"I was born and bred in Melbourne, Australia and usually produce/remix under JEREMY K. I have been writing for several years now. I use logic 6 on a G4 power Mac. I enjoy many styles including house, progressive and electro.
Also a thank you should go out to DMC World for their support in competitions like this one. It gives producers all over the world a chance to be heard"
Maelstrom/Nebula Remix Competition
Winner: Andy Drage
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Andy remixed Dogzilla 'Without You' and has won himself an exclusive Beatport download release, a year on the New State (Nebula / Maelstrom / Mob, etc) mailing lists and VIP tickets to a Marco V gig in the UK.
"My
name's Andy Drage and I'm originally from Nottingham, UK. I started DJing
in Hull in 1995 where I was supposed to be studying at university, I then
went on to start a monthly club night with a couple of mates which went on
for two years, DJing alongside Shades of Rhythm and Blue Amazon's Lee Softly.
After that I moved to Leeds for a year and then to Barcelona where I ended
up staying for 6 years playing at parties and bars. There
I started to really get into the production side of things, learning the
basics from scratch. I moved back to England just over a year ago
and am now studying an HND in music production at Confetti Studios in Nottingham.
I've started a new monthly night here where I play progressive house and
breaks. I also play breaks at London's Rocksteady. I love music with
a bit of depth and emotion as well as driving rhythms and the stuff I produce
under the artist name 'Farce' is along the lines of progressive house and
breaks as well as some more downtempo stuff."
DTPM Remix Competition
Winner: Ian Donaldson
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Ian remixed Steve Edwards 'Thru The Night' and has won the DTPM back and current catalogue on vinyl and a years membership to both Fiction and DTPM, the DTPM weekly club nights at The Cross and Fabric.
Ian's remix will be available as a download, more news about its release to follow.
“We were very pleased with the entrants we got to this DMC remix competition, it was a hard choice between the Alex Celler mix and Ian Donaldsons so we decided to use Alex’s for the vinyl and Ian’s as a downloadable only, both mixes are a great addition to the package!” Guy Williams DTPM/Blue Cube
"Ian
Donaldson a.k.a. Sordid Soundz spent the early part of the nineties travelling
the world as part of a band and the second part of the nineties saw him DJing
at many prestigious clubs including Heaven, Cafe de Paris, Turnmills and
Crash to name but a few. On top of that he has in recent years headlined
in Russia, Portugal, Brazil and Spain. Now firmly back in the production
seat he has been working on his own material as well as remixing for
other acts which will see release in the near future. Expect the unexpected
as Ian has several projects on the go which see him delve into electro, funky,
tribal house and anything in between!"
Gutso/Galaxy Remix Competition
Winner: 
Bernd
Loorbach (Holland)
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Bernd, who is from Holland, remixed Hi_Tack 'Say Say Say (Waitin 4 U)' and will be offered a development deal with Gusto Records, as well as a professional studio recording session, an M Audio Trigger Finger MIDI control surface (see pic) and a chance to remix forthcoming Gutso releases, as well as an on air featured appearance with Andi Durrant on Galaxy Radio.
The runners up (Jay DC, Darren Flinders, Standard Form and Tri.D) will receive mp3 music players.
"Project
X (artist name of Bernd Loorbach) started producing Dance Music in 1997.
In addition to producing, he also mixed music: he was not only a DJ in a
club in Groningen (Netherlands) called The Subway, he also mixed music for
different national radiostations like Avro (Robin Albers) and Veronica (Ferry
Maat).
In 2004 the first single release was a fact, Project X made a remix of the single 'Ritmo de Loco’s' by Drummboys, released by Double Dance. This single features different remixes made by Project X. In 2005 more productions of Project X were released by Xing Records and Double Dance. The productions 'Spicey Meatball' and 'Streaming Summer Love' were released on a single as well on an album. Even the famous Dutch mixer Ben Liebrand used the track 'Streaming Summer Love' in his Grandmix 2005. In the meantime Project X made several remixes, among them remixes of 'Leave' and 'Run To Me' by Fruehbel. These two remixes were also released on an album. In the same year, the 100th broadcasting of a Project X mix in the Netherlands was a fact. Even international his remixes were broadcasted, e.g. in the USA (Mixdown911) and Denmark (Radio Horsens). During the same year, he obtained the 6th place at the Dutch Mix Championships in Amsterdam, RAI.
This year, 2006, the latest single of Project X (feat. Leonie) is called 'El Tambor Alegre' and will be released by Double Dance. DMC will release the 'Project X Megamix' mixed by Hens Zimmerman on their 'Commercial Collection' CD's also in May this year."
Stress Remix Competition
Winner: 
Phil
Jay
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Phil Jay remixed Full Intention 'America (I Love America)' and has won himself a fantastic pair of Technics SL-DZ1200 CD decks supplied by Panasonic UK/Technics UK.
We will also be featuring his remix on a DMC DJ Only release, and will be considering releasing the track over the internet.
"My
name is Phil Forsythe recording under Phil Jay I'm 28 and from Belfast N.Ireland.
I've been djing for around 10 years playing soulful/classic/funky/tough house. In 2001 with a residency spot in the students union at University of Ulster in Coleraine I played warm up sets for Col Hamilton, Lisa Pin Up and Johan Gielan. From then I moved to a bar in Ballynahinch in Northern Ireland called McNulty's putting on funky house nights in summer 2004.
Over the last 2/3 years I've been playing at Thompsons in Belfast at a night called Hustle, a night set aside for new talent in Northern Ireland which has proved a big success.
I recently got some production equipment in Oct 2005 trying to add an extra dimension to my sets, & for sending out demos to local radio stations/labels etc. I've been getting to grips with it recently & am now at a stage where I feel confident enough to enter compitions like this one with out worrying about making a fool of myself!!
Hopefully I would like to continue in both djing & production avenues, a lot of hard work ahead but its hard to call it work when you enjoy it so much. I have also been doing a bit of research into putting together a record label - initially it was just to release my own stuff & that of a few mates - to see how far we get. Winning the competition is fantastic - I though it would be one of those things you always hear of someone else winning, but it has given me more confidence to get out there doing more of what I love."