I’ve come across a few covers songs lately, so I thought I’d contribute a favorite of mine from DJ Deckstream’s Music Castle. Deckstream is a DJ/producer from Japan who could be classified in either hip-hop or jazz depending on the song/album. In Music Castle, Deckstream covers quite a few different oldies, all with a nu jazz style. Some famous songs include Tom’s Diner, Tripping Out, Just the Two of Us and my personal favorite, Sweet Child O’ Mine.
I chose Deckstream’s remix of Sweet Child O’ Mine because of its dreamy, relaxing take on a classic by Guns N’ Roses. One thing I would’ve loved to have seen on the track, along with a few others, is the original vocals included. It would’ve been interesting to hear Axl Rose’s voice over these instrumentals, but as this album is more intented as background music that may have been why Deckstream had chosen to leave him out.
This song actually brought up an interesting question in my mind: would you consider this a cover or remix? What are the differences? I think of a remix as cutting up a song, rearranging it, adding or removing parts and really making it your own. Compare this to covering a song where the song is relatively kept in its original form, but the performers put a little of their own style into it. As you can tell I marked this as a cover. What do you think?
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_k-8IL_DC0[/youtube]
DJ Deckstream Information::
Genre: Jazz, Nu Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul
Location: Japan
Alias: Monorisick
Label: Lastrum Japan
Albums: Deckstream Soundtracks | Soundtracks 2.0
Similar Artists: TM Juke | Nujabes | Nomak | Shin Ski
Links: MySpace | Facebook | Last.fm | iLike
Sweet Child O’ Mine Information:
Originally by: Guns N’ Roses
Album: Music Castle
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Buy Links: Juno Records (too expensive, hit me up for a link)
