Recently YYY</span> was asked to juror a remix competition hosted by 4BB Weekly</a> in which two tracks off of Damn!</em>‘s latest E.P. were given new interpretations. I will say that all the entries sounded great and the artists behind them did a nice job of remixing, recontextualizing and in some instances reinventing the tracks. Lafayette</em> of 4BB Weekly</em> coordinated everything with the competition and was kind enough to send us a quick write up in summary of the contest.</p> In the beginning of October, music blog 4BB Weekly and the Swedish funk outfit Damn! joined forces, and launched an international remix competition, in collaboration with Pope Records and Universal Music. As an introduction, a special EP including previously unreleased material, was posted for download on the blog – “Damn! The Headstone EP”. The Remix Competition began two weeks later, focusing on the two songs “Headstone” and “Get Your Grown Man On” off Damn!‘s latest album “Let’s Zoom In”.</em></p> All in all, 21 entries by 16 beatmakers was sent in to the competition. The jury, consisting of the band, the record label, 4BB writers and several well-renowned blog critics and music industry representatives (Blind I For The Kids, Yes Yes Y’all, Nalden, BeatBattle, Music Super Circus, Calisoulbrother etc), finally agreed on five finalists: Gorque, LP2, C.H., Mofo Trio and Saft Stockholm.</em> </p> On December 1st, young Swedish beatmaker Gorque and his remix of “Headstone” was crowned champion! Gorque’s rendition of “Get Your Grown Man On” came in second, followed by Mofo Trio on 3rd place.</em> </p> The “Damn Remix EP”, including both original songs and the six finalist entries, is now available for download!</p> Download the remix e.p. here</a></p> Get the Damn! Headstone E.P. here</a></p> Check out all the entries here</a></p> Congrats to Gorque for taking first prize! We are fans, indeed.</p> Gorque MySpace</a></p> http://yesyesyall.org/files/music/03 Headstone (Gorque Remix).mp3