It holds true to the themes, ideals and driving forces of the original while creating something entirely new.
RAC does many great remixes of its own accord, but it's great to see them open up their music to other artists for different takes on what is a fantastic song. RAC's "Let Go" is probably one of my favorite songs of the past 6-8 months. Robert DeLong takes a great song and puts a pretty trippy remix beat into it, making the overall "feel" much darker. Which, in a certain sense, corresponds quite closely with the lyrics of the song itself.
Metric's "Gold Guns Girls" is another great song. Mike Shinoda, made famous primarily because of Linkin Park, spun this remix out quite nicely. It's a lot more frenetic and hurried, which makes it very useful as a pump-up song with a super strong rhythmic pulse. Keeping Emily's great vocals completely intact is imperative in any remix of a Metric song.
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