Showing posts with label ralphi rosario. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ralphi rosario. Show all posts

5.10.2007

Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know (The Ping-Pong Song)

The title may be a little off-putting, but it's not as bad as it sounds. This is a really nice comeback single from the soft-voiced crooner.

Ralphi Rosario with Craig CJ and DJ Dan do the remixes for this one.

Ralphi provides a simple, yet accessible mix. It is easily the mix of choice. He preserves the chords from the original version, keeping it all familar.

DJ Dan goes for a much more electro, 80's new wave sounding mix. It's a lot more dubbish. It bears a striking resemblance to "Don't You Want Me" by the Human League.

Go straight for Ralphi and Craig's mix.

4.10.2007

Lustral - Many Years From Now

Although they rose to prominence over a decade ago with the song "Everytime" which has been remixed and reinvented many times over, there was really no proper followup that garnered the attention that "Everytime" had.

This new one called "Many Years From Now" sounds like a more sophisticated version of "Everytime" without the similar lyrics and stuff. This one sounds like the vocals are by Tracy Ackerman who did vocals on "Everytime."

There's remixes by Ralphi Rosario as well as other mixers, however, it's all about Rosario's mixes. He has two flavors of vocal mixes, a dub and an instrumental. The Remix features only some vocals, while the Full On one features many more vocals. The Dub has some vocals. The vocals just float beautifully over this borderline lounge/circuit mix. This sounds good at all times of the day and night. Dazzling mixes.

1.22.2007

Beyonce - Irreplaceable (Ralphi Rosario Mixes)

There had been much excitement when it was announced that Ralphi Rosario had done remixes of "Irreplaceable", the 3rd single off of Beyonce's B'Day album.

Unofficial mixes of the smash hit only began to surface during the last couple of weeks just as the official mixes were finally sent out, at the height of the song's success on radio and in digital sales.

The BPM of the original version is in that dangerous 75 to 90 BPM range at 87 BPM. Speeding up the vocal could potentially make the singer sound like a chipmunk on speed and slowing it down could make it feel like seasons have changed during the course of the mix's play.

Ralphi Rosario chose to slow down the vocal. The result is a laidback house mix. The lush production really complements Beyonce's voice. He upped the BPM to 133 to make it not sound that slow. The laidback production heavily covers up the fact that the vocals are slowed down so much.

The Dub loses most of the vocals. It is much harder and darker than the club mix. It is more what the main club mix should have been like, but we have the dub .

These mixes are suitable.