2 Million Ways

I was clicking around the other day when I was working on the Modjo post, and I came across a real find on Fluo Kids, an amazing French blog. Ok, I can’t really say that because I would have to know French, but trust me they got it going on. The tracks they host tend to be more towards the pop side of Electronica. When I was clicking through blog links I ran into one of my favorite tracks, remixed by an amazing producer, C-Mos - 2 Million Ways (Axwell Remix). Since downloading it an hour or so ago, I have been listening to it over and over again. I can’t really decide what to think of it.

2 million ways was released a little while ago on E.P.O.S. a sub lable of the amazing Belgian Disco House label Holographic. I was dinking on the web oddly enough when I came across 2 Million Ways the first time. I marched right down to the record store and demand that they order me a copy.

Since then I have dropped the track countless times. It always gets a good response in front of what ever croud I happen to be playing to. I personally prefer the original mix to the dub mix. It's not that I don’t like the vocal drop, just the saxophone in the break has such a more distinct soulful sound in the origional mix. The track has a heavy drum track, bolstered by a heavy baseline, and amazing string and saxophone arrangements layered on top. Add in masterful effects works and this track easily blasts The Strings of Life off the dance floor. The record its self took me a long time to be able to drop successfully. For some reason the drums aren’t a straight forward as they sound, and the record has such a rich sound you have it lined up just right, or the mid level sounds can overwhelm whatever is layered underneath when the main body of the track enters.

The Axwell remix came out on a re-release in 2005 on the Italian label Motivo. His remix features a gliding synthline which slightly over powers the strings. This however works for the most part. And in a particular break in the middle of the song, a hollow flute like parody of the string melody introduces and then rides over the strings. The result is achingly beautiful and gives the track a slightly tropical feel that almost demands that this track be played in the summer. The bass line has been tweaked as well, giving it Axwell’s style while still maintaining its signature. The drums have been a bit more squared as well. Axwell does a good job though you should check out Flu Kids and give it a listen. If you like Axwell you will like this mix. The compression rate on the track also makes it suitable for mixing.


Check out Flu kids to download the Maxwell version.