Recycled Remixing

"Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -- something that exists into something that didn't yet."
-Bob Dylan

Remixes, found sound, unintentional audio, autotuned news and politicians speeches.... There is a proliferation of new art forms focused on altering audio that any consumer, viewer, streetwalker -- anyone with hearing -- might have already heard. These kinds of 'real-life' remixes are bursting out into popular culture.

A popular artist involved in this new genre has been hired by corporations like Disney and Pixar, is an Australian who goes by Pogo. Initially, this man's work was made popular by a song remix that he created from the movie "Alice in Wonderland." Using only micro snippets of audio from that film, he created a stand-alone music track with a video to match. From that point on, his popularity grew.

As his popularity grew, so did the quantity of content that he created. More music tracks using recycled audio popped up from movies such as "Hook", "Mary Poppins", "Terminator," and more. Pogo's work soon became well-known enough to warrant a copyright infringement claim by at least one major studio. Pogo was forced to remove some of his video and music tracks from public viewing.

However, the initial negative reaction that Pogo received from major studios did not remain that way. Soon, he was hired to produce his unique brand of music for promotional purposes, with the approval and cooperation of the major studios themselves.

Here are a couple other examples of remixes using recycled audio:

Double Rainbow song: A musical remix of a video that went viral.

Christian Bale rant remix: A musical remix of a briefly popular angry rant by actor Christian Bale.