Gee, this was a tough one! We received almost thirty remixes for our “Din Daa Daa” remix contest, and we got quite a few big remixes in our Dropbox. Naturally, about one forth of the contributions were Moombathon remixes, but then we also received a lot of housey reworks and a few pretty crazy ones. All in all it was great to get this great feedback, a big thank you to all remix contributors: Fed-Ant, O.live.R, HVK Remix, Hüpersonique, Laundrymix, Shantaram, DJ Smooch!, Gimmix, Sven S, Rootkitt, Nagumo, Ducks On Repeat, K.T.I.T., DJ Avatar, Hac Mac, Playground Bounce, Vidám, EJ Flores, Frederic De Varvalho, Hung Like A Horse, Chong X, Hush Hush Pony, Veit B , Keos Peet, Teazz, LA Yute and Technobears.

Some remixers immediately published their remixes which kind of spoilt the nomination procedure, nevertheless, after listening to the remix contributions all weekend, it was eventually clear who were the stand out remixers:

Our #1 is by Boogaloo

Our #2 is by Chong X

Our #3 is by Teenage Mutants

Boogaloo´s remix will be officially released on the “Rambazamba Remixed” compilation, out April 6th on Man Recordings!

My “Rambazamba” album will be released in a redone version in April as “Rambazamba Remixed” with remixes by Oliver $, Jan Driver, French Fries, Chrissy Murderbot, Big Dope P, Kry Wolf, El Dusty, Urbs and a handful other hot tickets.

To warm up for the “Rambazamba Remixed” release, we´re starting a remix contest today for which you can rework my version of “Din Daa Daa”, the seminal 1980s club tune by German drummer extraordinaire, George Kranz. The winning remix of the contest will be officially released on the “Rambazamba Remixed” release and will receive the “Rambazamba” double vinyl, CD and some Man Recordings extras .

The deadline for submissions is February 3rd 2012, that´s in two weeks from today.

Here´s the rules for the contest:

1. Listen to “Din Daa Daa” below.

2. Download the stems from here: http://tinyurl.com/7hgthjb

3. Once you completed your remix, drop it into the Man Recordings Soundcloud dropbox: http://soundcloud.com/manrecordings

4. The winner will be proclaimed on Feb 6th on www.manrecordings.com

5. The 2nd and 3rd winning remix will receive a “Rambazamba” double vinyl, CD and some Man Recordings extras.

Now you can do the Trommeltanz!

Daniel Haaksman – Din Daa Daa by MANRECORDINGS

Ayobaaaa! We are proud to present the winners in the “Ayoba” remix contest today. After receiving more than 100 contributions from all over the globe, we spent hours and hours going through our Soundcloud dropbox. We received a lot of halftime pounding dubstep and wobbel remixes (in fact, a bit too many), there were seriously far-out remixes (the heavy metal remix of Chernobyl, the “Schnitzel” dub remix of Jah Power), a lot of Kuduro inspired remixes (One Man Ben, Barney Iller) and some very well produced remixes (PPP Refix, BamR, DJ Alarm, DJ Densen). In the end, we had to make some tough decisions, there were more than a dozen really good remixes, but we had to cut them down to three. So here´s our nominees:

Jakob / Schlachthofbronx:

Bros Before Hoes
Hood Regulators
Sabbo

Bene / Schlachthofbronx:

Bros Before Hoes
Hood Regulators
Africa Raver

Daniel / Man Rec:

Barney Iller
DJ Chernobyl
One Man Ben

After the jury´s selection was clear, we decided to announce two winners:

BROSBEFOREHOES (France)
AYOBA (BROS BEFORE HOES Remix) by Bros Before Hoes

and

HOOD REGULATORS (Switzerland)
Ayoba! (Hood Regulators Remix) by hoodregulators

CONGRATULATIONS!
And many thanks to all who have participated! This was a truly amazing contest with a lot of new, and unknown talent contributing, which we hope to engage in future projects. The winning remixes will be added to the “Ayoba Remix” EP after they´ve been mastered, expect them to be available end of March.

Thanks to everybody who has participated in the “Ayoba” remix contest. We received more than 70 (!) contributions from all over the planet, even pros like Tommie Sunshine from New York and Bonde Do Rôle producer DJ Chernobyl contributed their interpretation of the big Bavarian-South African tune. And from the first listenings we made it will be a tough one to choose the #1.

We are currently in the process of listening and evaluating all sent-in remixes, we´ll announce the winners next week. Until then, stay tuned to the blog – there´s a lot of hotness coming up!!

“Ayoba!” by Schlachthofbronx feat. Spoek & Gnucci Banana has become a serious hit on dancefloors and blogs around the globe – now Man Recording gives you the chance to remix one of the big tunes of 2010!

RULES:

1. Download the parts of the original here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/71f4le

2. Remix the song the way you like!

3. Upload your remix on the Sound Cloud drop box of Man Recordings and name it AYOBA! (your remixer name) and add “Ayoba Remix Contest” in the tags. The link to our Dropbox is:

http://soundcloud.com/manrecordings/dropbox/profile

4. The winners will be selected by Man Recordings and streamed on this website.

PRIZES:

1st prize: Official digital release on the “Ayoba Remix EP” alongside remixes by Ku Bo, Beataucue, Daniel Haaksman, Top Billin, Phon.O, Beware + Motorpitch amongst others. (Man 046, released March 1st)

2nd & 3rd prize: limited edition Man Rec surprise parcel + Schlachthofbronx T-Shirts.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT REMIX: 12th of February 2010

www.myspace.com/schlachthofbronx
www.myspace.com/manrecordings
www.manrecordings.com

My track “Kid Conga” feat. MC Miltinho is getting a lot of love these days. When Fairtilizer approached us to iniate the “Kid Conga Remix Contest” two weeks ago, the love for the track started to increase even more. We counted more than sixty (!) contributions from all around the world when the remix contest submission deadline ended yesterday. I carefully listened to all remixes, and in the end I divided all contributions in four categories picking the two best remixes in each particular style. Standing out were in the categories:

Big room bangers: SobEr, DJ P@app
Minimal: Juke Boyz, Daniel Farley
Ghetto bass: Dirty Monkeez, Kappy
Global beats: Bert On Beats, Tim Turbo

It was hard to decide on the ultimate finalist, but in the end there can only be one winner and it´s…….ramtatata: BERT ON BEATS a.k.a. DJ Critikal

His remix impressed me the most. The “Bert On Beats Remix” is a Kuduro inspired rework which is well mixed and engineered, it has a fantastically programmed half time break-part, plus the beat is bananas and the bassline is just killing it. Congratulations, Bert, err Critikal!

Many thanks to all contributors and to Fairtilizer, you can check out all remixes here.

And here´s the winner remix:

Ok everybody, my “Gostoso Remix” EP is about to drop in one week. To warm you up a little for the release with remixes by Edu K, Zombie Disco Squad, Sharkslayer and many other top cats, we´d like to challenge your remixing skills and are initiating another remix contest, this time with Fairtilizer. It´s for “Kid Conga”, one of the main tunes from the “Gostoso EP”, featuring the six year old MC Miltinho. Can you beat Edu K and the other remixers?

THE RULES

1. Download the parts & original HERE

2. Remix the song the way you like!

3. Upload your remix on Fairtilizer and name it Kid Conga (your name Remix) and add “Kid Conga contest” in the tags.
 Note: You have to register to Fairtilizer to be able to upload a track (it takes 30 seconds and it’s free)

4. The winner will be selected by Man Recordings.

5. More infos here: http://fairtilizer.com/track/kidconga

Prize:
Best remix(es) will be released in digital and featured Man Recordings blog & newsletter + get bonus goodies package by Man Recordings
 & Fairtilizer.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT REMIX: September 15th

The deadline for submissions in the Crookers / Funk Mundial remix contest ended last night. Spreading out in the blogosphere like a wildfire the remix contest was featured on many blogs and websites, even XLR8R magazine featured it in its online version. Thus, the results are truly mundial. We received a reggaeton remix from Puerto Rico, a banging Tecno Brega mix from São Paulo and tons of ravey stuff from all over the planet, even from heavy weights like Brabe from Holland or Sticky K courtesy of Dubsided fame.

We are currently in the process of remix evalution – with more than sixty entries, a real challenging job. Until we´ll announce the winners of the contest this Friday, we´ll give you something to play with : The Funk Mundial cube. Download the construction sheet for your own cube here:

http://exiltiroler.net/download/manrecordings/funkmundial-cube.pdf

Special thanks to Analog / Michael Ostermann from Vienna, Austria for designing the cube.

And of course: We´d like to say many thanks to all producers that provided their versions and participated in the contest.

Yo, ever fancied remixing Crookers? Well, here´s your chance. To celebrate the release of the Funk Mundial compilation, containing the best tracks of the vinyl series on Man Recordings, we are giving away original acappella, bassline and drumfills from the Crookers track “Soca Ali Baba” feat. Baile Funk MC Dandão for y´all to remix.

The best three remixes will be officially digital release on Man Recordings and rewarded with Man Recordings goodies and a share in sales.

Please send your remixes to info (at) manrecordings.com. Submission deadline is April 27th, 2009 (we postponed it for one more week). And: It doesnt matter which format you send us your remix. MP3s are preferred, if the remix gets a full release, we´d ask you for .WAV formats.

Download the parts from here:

http://www.zshare.net/download/58089059d64facf2/

Listen to the original track snippet here:03-soca-ali-baba-feat-mc-dandao-snippet