Phonocratic Records

Today, a new Lost Shadow single has been officially released on iTunes, TuneTribe and Emusic. It will soon also arrive to 7digital, Amazon, Spotify and Bandcamp. The single is released as a digital-only and has the following track listing:

1. The last song we will sing (Oraku Remix)
2. Crystal Garden (The Argyle Raver Remix)
3. The last song we will sing (Lost Shadow’s 7” Mix)
4. The last song we will sing (!PAUS3 Stutter Remix)
5. The last song we will sing (Long Version)

The single precedes the forthcoming remix album “Same Problems – Different Solutions” that is due for release in September. We thank Oraku, The Argyle Raver and !PAUS3 for their fantastic work on this release! You can buy the single using the following links:

iTunes, TuneTribe, Emusic

We have spent the last week going through the collection of entries we received for the remix contest, and we are now very happy and proud to announce that we have selected a winner. In the end, it became a very tough race between our two personal favorites, Oraku and The Argyle Raver. Complicating the matter further, after we selected Oraku’s remix of the track The last song we will sing for the digital single officially released today, Oraku provided us with a stunning remix of The last love affair, which we also just love. This should be compared to the Argyle Raver’s remix of Returning to the Crystal Garden, which grows fabulously in its extended version. All in all, this became an extremely tough choice.

However, we needed to pick a winner, and we have settled with naming Oraku as the winner of the grand prize of the remix contest, for his work on The last love affair, which can be heard on Oraku’s Soundcloud page. Congratulations to Oraku, great work!

This track was, however, not finished in time to be selected for the Lost Shadow single released today. Instead, Oraku’s remix of The last song we will sing will be the leading track of the single, with The Argyle Raver’s short version of Crystal Garden as a b-side.

Finally, we have selected a number of remixes that will be included on the upcoming Lost Shadow remix album. These are (in no particular order):

The remix album will, in addition to these remixes, contain mixes by The Trance Line Project, Aragorn and Shane Wittig. More news to follow on the remix album soon, so stay tuned!

Lastly, we would like to thank everybody who has participated and submitted entries to the contest. Most entries we have received have been of very high quality, and it wasn’t easy to only select a few for the album. Thanks for your contribution, we look forward to collaborating with all of you again.

Remember that tomorrow is the last day to submit your remix to us if you want to be included on the promotional single. Send your creation to: phonocratic (at sign) gmail (dot) com
We prefer that you send you file via some kind of sharing service, in as high quality as possible (maximum quality should be CD-quality: 44.1 kHz, Stereo, 16 bit). Any normally used format is okay, but AIFF, WAV, or FLAC is preferred. If you send the file attached to an e-mail, be sure to compress the file to be no larger than 10 MB, and we will get back to you so we can agree on how to send an uncompressed version of the remix. In your mail, please state how you want to be credited in the liner notes, your complete name and artist name, the complete name of the remix, and whether you’d like to be considered for being selected for the promotional single. The deadline to be part of the remix album is still the 15th of August. Good luck!
Tomorrow is also the last day to submit remixes to the !PAUS3/Lost Shadow/Richard Sander remix contest. See all the info on that remix contest here.

There are now 15 days left to finish your remix and send it to us if you want to be on the promotional single released before the remix album, scheduled for a September release. If you just want to be on the album, the deadline is still the 15th of August 2011, which in other words is within one month. We’ve got some really nice mixes already, but we’re eagerly awaiting the last tracks for the contest. For stems and rules, click here.

In other news, we note that there is a nice mix tape containing one Lost Shadow song remixed by !PAUS3, and one Lost Shadow remix released here. Also, note that there is another remix contest running on Project Nothing Productions, for more info, click here.

Time to get mixing again! Project Nothing Productions is hosting a remix contest with the objective to turn ambient tracks into trance tracks. Original tracks are provided by Lost Shadow, !PAUS3 and Richard Sänder. This release is going to be really cool, be sure to check it out and make the best remix you can! Lost Shadow participates with the completely new and original track Farewell and Beyond. The original Farewell and Beyond track can be heard here.

The first prize is $250 and a spot on the upcoming Project Nothing 12” to be releases, featuring ambient and trance remixes by Lost Shadow, !PAUS3 and Richard Sänder. There’s only one rule: Turn ambient into trance. Go to the contest page, fill in the form and download the stems. E-mail the resulting remix to projectnowhere@me.com. The deadline is the first of August!

Also, add !PAUS3 (@PAUSE_MUSIC) on Twitter and Like !PAUS3 on Facebook to get updates about the contest! All info on the contest can be found here.