“Anti-pop Consortium” (Used 5 times)

We're very excited to announce the winner of the Anti-Pop Consortium "Reflections" remix contest! It was extremely difficult to pick -- we received 50 submissions from all over the world that reimagined APC's innovative hip-hop in a kaleidoscope of styles and unclassifiable genres. And this was not an easy song to remix, we're very impressed by all of the talent that's out there. Here's a note from Anti-Pop Consortium:

Thanks to all of the artists that took the time and effort to create these hot remixes. Each remix had a different approach which made it difficult to decide on a winner. The arrangements and attention to detail were very impressive. And if you were brave enough to incorporate the "tempo change ending" we salute you!

It was a pleasure to listen and we wish you all much success in your future musical endeavors...Thank you.

-Anti-Pop Consortium

drum roll please....

Grand Prize:


1st thru 5th place:

Honorable mention:



>> All remixes can be heard here <<

Back on November 16th, the Free Music Archive announced our first official remix contest featuring NYC's legendary hip-hop innovators Anti-Pop Consortium. Last night was the deadline, and we've got everything posted now so take a listen, because these remixes are incredible!

The original song "Reflections", from Anti-Pop Consortium's new album Fluorescent Black, is just brimming with potential -- hints at styles and sounds that could be infinitely expanded. And 50 remixers from all over the world have gone and done just that, expounded on the idea like a fractal!

Two weeks ago, we posted multitracks from Anti-Pop Consortium's song "Reflections" and asked you to remix [original post].

With 20 days left to go in the contest, we've already received a great batch of remixes by talented artists from all over the world. Some familiar faces like junior85 and Salakapakka Sound System, as well as new ones like Mongoose out of Hungary, Malaventura from Spain, and Noventa from France.

You can check 'em all out so far here -- there's a great range of sounds from ambient, dubstep, 8bit, some bangin hip-hop and some seriously off-kilter avant-garde.

The remix contest is ongoing until Dec 20, more info, prize-lists, and multitracks can be found here.

WFMU and The Free Music Archive are incredibly excited to announce a remix contest featuring Anti-Pop Consortium! NYC's legendary hip-hop innovators are sharing hi-fi stems & a capellas from "Reflections", a cut off their brand new album Fluorescent Black (Big Dada). After five exploratory years apart, Beans, M. Sayyid, High Priest and Earl Blaize have re-joined forces to craft what may be their finest work yet. Now they're making multitracks from "Reflections" available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, and we can't wait to hear what you do with 'em!

You've got until December 20th to get in the running for prize packages courtesy of WFMU, the Free Music Archive, Anti-Pop Consortium and Big Dada. The members of Anti-Pop Consortium will pick the winners, and we'll post the remixes on the Free Music Archive for further remixing and deep listening. Materials + details after the jump...