About year or so ago, all-girl Greek synth duo Marsheaux, having previously covered New Order’s 1993 single Regret on one of their albums, made the multitracks available as part of a remix competition. The prize as I recall was that the winning mix was to featured as a future b-side. I don’t know what the outcome was as I never saw much said about it once the closing date passed but the other day I stumbled across my own humble attempt which has been gathering virtual dust on my hard drive ever since and couldn’t help thinking it wasn’t all that bad in its own little way. So rather than let it fade away to a sad and lonely death, I thought I’d pop it online for a while for anyone who is interested in hearing it.

I did give it a bit of a ‘polish’ courtesy of some of my recently acquired UAD plug-ins but the remix/arrangement itself is unchanged. All that remains from the original track is the vocals - the rest is me. It’s a deliberately sparse arrangment, and sound wise is a bit of a homage to early Roland gear, in particular the CR-78 drum machine and Jupiter 4 although in truth there is quite a range of synths on the final track. I wouldn’t say it’s the best thing I’ve ever done, but it rattles along nicely so hopefully some of you will enjoy it.

Download the MP3 here.