Sample recreation for remixes (2013-onwards)

Many times a DJ wants to remix a song but they can’t use the original tracks (for a myriad of reasons), so an obsessively-crafted replica needs to be made in order for their reinterpretation of the song to see the light of day. 

These are some of my favorites, done by a coordinated effort of Copycats and Replay Heaven. 

Original by Sixto Rodriguez here.

Original by B.B. King here.

Original by Angus & Julia Stone here.

The Wolf: first worldwide hit

It was early 2015. I was living in Buenos Aires and my friend, ex-bandmate and back-to-back-DJ Juan Kokollo was temporarily living in Paris. It was before the age of WhatsApp and we communicated through e-mail, exchanging news, anecdotes and song ideas. 

Somewhere along that process, bouncing ideas back and forth, we found The Wolf, and we knew we had something. We decided it suited his band Siamés, that was being rebuilt at that time. 

Then Fer Suniga and Rudo&CO animators came up with an amazing video that went viral. It’s over 150 million views on youtube now, spawned countless covers, reactions, video analysis, remixes, etc.