Re-edits: Elvis Presley - Crawfish (Pilooski Edit), 2008

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Elvis Presley - Crawfish (Pilooski Edit), 2008

What's the matter with this guy. Pilooski. Does he ever sleep?
Besides DJ'ing he has made tons of re-edits of rare forgotten classics in the last 3 years. On top of that he must be crate diggin' like mad to find these rarities.
Anyway, on the new Dirty Edits Vol. 2 you'll find an updated version of Elvis' true 1958 gem "Crawfish" (from the King Creole movie).
French Pilooski's way of re-editing is sheer elegance; he loops the right parts, adds only a supportive kick or hi-hat and top it with an occasional delay. The original never gets lost in contemporary dance drums and what have we...

Btw. If you're a cover freak, check also "Dirty Edits vol. 1." The albums frontcovers has a short cartoon story to tell.
I'm not sure if I wanna see a "Dirty Edits Vol. 3", if uknowwhatimsayin'!

Enjoy this late night groover!

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About this blog

This blog is dedicated to music re-edits.
No remixes. Just re-edits.
Like Eddie Murphy, I got some rules when I throw down:

Re-edits can only contain elements from the original recording.
No new melody or elements must be added, e.g. extra instruments or vocals. That would make it a remix.
Then again: a little kick and a snare to mark things up never hurt nobody.
It's OK to fade, reverse, cut, loop and add delay/reverb/phase fx etc. to the mix.
It's OK to included any version available of the recording: extended, dub, a capella, instrumental, perc-apella, live etc. as long as it is the same artist.
The re-edit must work better than the original. Else it's pointless, Tess!

Feel free to submit your re-edit to the Soundcloud group at the top. If I like, I'll post it here.

Note: Any mp3s are for listening purpose only. If you DL, please delete afterwards and go buy the record.

Re-edits history

Re-edits (or later extended versions) are altered versions of an existing song with repeated and reordered arrangement.

The re-edit was born because pre-disco DJs like Francis Grasso and Walter Gibbons and music aficionado Tom Moulton saw the advantages of longer versions; dancing people are responding to specific instrumental parts of the song (often a drumbreak or breakdown) and they want to stay in the groove for longer than just the usual 3:20 the single could provide.

At first they mixed two identical records on the spot, but later they would use reel-to-reel and cassettes. Eventually, when the record companies saw the sales potential, the DJs took it from the booth to the studio. Since, the art of re-editing has been refined by people like Danny Krivit, Tom Moulton, Walter Gibbons, Yam Who?, Todd Terje Dimitri from Paris and Pilooski.

(Wiki about re-edits)

(Brewster & Frank Broughton: "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The history of the disc jockey", Headline 1999)