I am pleased to select pumpkinSoup by airtone ( @martynbloor) as my top editorial pick for the 2017 Ghost Notes Remix event. (Congratulations to all contributors for your imaginative offerings.)

pumpkinSoup caught my ear, and then my heart, because it expresses aspects of autumn and Halloween that are too often left unexplored in favor of more cliché sonic spookiness. Here we find instead a gently rolling electronica that conjures falling leaves, an atmosphere of off balance innocence, carefree wonder, benign mystery, and cardamom spice. Following an initial section of textured sound, an easy going ostinato emerges and supports several beautifully shaped techno themes. pumpkinSoup makes use of one CCMixter sample, a sustained, amplified event called Edge of Madness by PorchCat.

I hope to make use of this remix in a forthcoming film project. I believe it would also be an excellent addition to podcasts, games, or ambient playlists.

Aussens@iter’s cinematic masterpiece takes us on an intense, multi-layered Edgar Allan Poe journey narrated by Kara Square and accompanied by Keisuke Matsuno, Andreas Klein, Doxent Zsigmond and Abstract Audio. Grand Theater at it’s very finest!

WTH?

If this song doesn’t get your toe’s tapping and your rump shakin’ I’ll eat my hat.

This is a nice little romp and I’m sure a few ghosts and goblins have got up and danced to this mix.

Soultime with Scomber.
What a wonderful souly track Scomber has created. Carefully glued Rebecca’s vocals into a solid rhythm and added Admiral Bobs guitar into a wonderful soundbed of Pads and Synthesizers… Oh..what a beauty this is.

“House on Haunted Hill” is a perfect halloween song made by Texasradiofish. With samples of Greg Baumont and Subliminal he created a wonderful scary ghost track filled with great rythem and guitar licks.
WELL DONE!!!

Lucid is your soundtrack for your nightmares.

A good driving beat and Kara’s vocals makes even Freddy Kruger cringe in fear.

Frankenstein funk in the garden of good and evil. Scomber’s mix truly gets the demons dancing to the Ghost Notes!

Jihfa creates smooth, jazzy and a bit hypnotic feel sprinkled with some urban flavouring. John Louis Kluck’s vocal track taken to the next level.

UK and the big beat
electro Euro dance feat
u ring up Emily
nicely
LoveShadow
smartly done

Martijn be jammin’ with Javolenus and the sharks. This down home retro acoustic guitar and bass instrumental is reminiscent of burning incense in the early daze of Haight Ashbury, San Francisco.

Sad. Ominous. Questioning. Mana Junkie’s “One Life” remix captivates the moment we are in.

Take a listen to this love-filled, piano-drive pop duet of two renowned ccMixter vocalists: Scomber and Snowflake. The interweaving of the two vocals embodies what ccMixter is all about… this connection we share across the world.