Music Under Fire

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Radiohead's Remix Contest has finally wrapped up the submissions following the end of April, bringing in 2254 submissions to date. The success of the remix contest is overwhelming considering iTunes was the source from which each of the five tracks needed to be downloaded. Although torrents were undoubtedly used to spread, there's no doubt many spent $4.95 only for their rights to remix something which they will never have full rights to.

So how well and fair was the competition ran and will the best remix really win? For newcomers to the remix biz, their hope for top votes would not come so easy. Many websites, emails and comment sections on blogs have been getting spammed with the remixers quiet hopes of gaining some worldwide remix acclaim but simply posting links wherever they could get their slimy links in.

Although Radiohead's remix contest site remains very user friendly, with web-code to post your remix widget with ease, the site itself relies on users seeking out these remixes in a time-consuming venture. In the end, it seems typical that the first page of submissions would get the majority of the votes, which, in-fact, did happen. Not to take any credit away from the DJs who mixed their own versions, but perhaps it could have been done better from the start. The latest addidion to the remix homepage fixed this, although a month passed, you can now choose to have a random selection populate, rather than go through the top ten on your first page load. Perhaps this will bring a new champion by the time voting closes on June 1st?

Below are the current top ten, but we encourage you to randomize your votes, afterall, the world's next best DJ could be right in front of you.

MP3: Radiohead - Nude (Holy Fuck remix)

#1: Spor

#2: Holy Fuck

#3: Minty Fresh

#4: Abrasion

#5: J.B. Featuring Rona Caroline

#6: Lost Memories in Translation

#7: Dublin (Tim O'Driscoll)

#8: DreamTrak

#9: Radio Hawaii

#10: 1997