ROX RMX – Remixes From The Roxette Vaults

Three separate digital releases of Roxette remixes popped up on 20th, 22nd and 24th June. Altogether 44 remixes are out under this project. Most of them were not available digitally before. Listen here to Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3!

Per Gessle says:

The remix saga of Roxette started early on. We released the “Dance Passion” album which contained remixes of a few songs from our debut album “Pearls Of Passion” in 1987. To tell the truth, I never listened to D.P. that much. And I’m pretty sure Marie didn’t listen to it at all. No, that album wasn’t really our cup of tea.

However, time went by and before long we found out about new amazing DJ’s, remixers and producers doing stunning stuff to original and great songs. We definitely wanted to be part of that journey! It’s very exciting to hear new interpretations of your own music, made by talented people coming in with new ideas from different angles.

Now, after 35+ years, it’s time for the collected works. The Roxette Remixes. ROX RMX.

I’ve put together three digital volumes of my favourite Roxette remixes created by big names, tiny names, on huge budgets and no budgets at all. It’s a pretty cool collection I’m very proud of.

I’m especially happy that we, against all odds, actually found the original masters to all these recordings. It’s been hidden in mirror balls and sweaty underwear, hahaha.

Since the time span is over 35 years you can easily hear the changes in pop. Some of the 80’s stuff suddenly sound very modern. And vice versa. Recent stuff can sound a bit dated already. But that’s the way it should be and what pop music is all about. Communication. Enjoy!

Tracklists

ROX RMX Vol. 1 (Remixes From The Roxette Vaults)

  1. Fading Like A Flower (Roxette + Galantis Remix)
  2. Stars (Almighty 12” Definitive Mix)
  3. Real Sugar (Shooting Star Treatment)
  4. The Centre Of The Heart (Is A Suburb To The Brain) (Stonebridge Club Mix Edit)
  5. The Look (Rapino 7” Remix)
  6. Why Don’t You Bring Me Flowers? (Addeboy vs. Cliff Remix)
  7. Wish I Could Fly (Stonebridge R&B Mix)
  8. Some Other Summer (Alexander Brown Remix)
  9. From A Distance (SingSing Version)
  10. Reveal (The Attic Remix)
  11. Crush On You (Almighty Club Mix)
  12. Dressed For Success (New Radio Mix)
  13. Milk And Toast And Honey (Active Dance Remix)
  14. The Rox Medley – A Remix Medley

ROX RMX Vol. 2 (Remixes From The Roxette Vaults)

  1. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio) (Adam Rickfors Remix)
  2. Fading Like A Flower (Dancing DJs vs. Roxette)
  3. The Look (Big Red Mix)
  4. Stars (X-Treme Extended Mix)
  5. Knockin’ On Every Door (BomKrash 12” Remix)
  6. Speak To Me (Bassflow Remake)
  7. Dangerous (Power Mix – Short Version)
  8. Spending My Time (Electric Dance Remix)
  9. How Do You Do! (BomKrash US Mix)
  10. Opportunity Nox (Hard Act 2 Follow vs. Sharpshooter Extended Remix)
  11. Joyride (Magic Friend Mix)
  12. Wish I Could Fly (Todd Terry – Tee’s Radio Mix)
  13. Why Don’t You Bring Me Flowers? (Patrick Jordan Remix)
  14. Fireworks (Jesus Jones Remix)
  15. The Look (Head-Drum Mix)

ROX RMX Vol. 3 (Remixes From The Roxette Vaults)

  1. Stars (Almighty Radio Edit)
  2. The Look (Rapino Club Mix)
  3. She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio) (Adrian Lux Remix)
  4. Crush On You (Almighty 7 Radio Mix)
  5. Dressed For Success (Look Sharp! Mix)
  6. Milk And Toast And Honey (Shooting Star Treatment)
  7. Some Other Summer (TRXD Remix)
  8. Dangerous (Waste Of Vinyl 12” Mix)
  9. Fading Like A Flower (Dancing DJs vs. Roxette – Hardino Mix)
  10. The Centre Of The Heart (Is A Suburb To The Brain) (Yoga Remix)
  11. Wish I Could Fly (Stonebridge Club Mix)
  12. Reveal (Kleerup Remix)
  13. The Look (Chaps 1995 Remix)
  14. Stars (Almighty Dub)
  15. Chances (Dancehall version)

What is Per Gessle cooking?

David Guetta, Per Gessle, Christoffer Lundquist in the studio - pic was posted on Roxette Official by Per
David Guetta, Per Gessle, Christoffer Lundquist in the studio – pic was posted on Roxette Official by Per

Since that studio photo of Per and Chris with David Guetta was posted on Roxette Official 2 days ago, tons of fans started discussions about what this new project could be. Well, yeah, we are discussing this topic continuously, whenever PG is in the studio. But is it a remix album in progress now or something completely new? Is it related to Roxette or some Per solo stuff?

Mr G said it even in one of the Nordic Rox shows that it’s easy to get stuck in your own style, so for example, he tries writing in keys that he doesn’t know that well. Why not a new genre then?

You might remember our earlier article about Per Gessle featuring Galavant, a house duo from Halmstad. They were together in the studio on 19th September 2013. It’s still not known what they recorded there, but that work must be also related to this new project.

 

Sebastian Atas, Per Gessle, Victor Sjöström - pic was posted by the guys from Galavant at their Instagram profile
Sebastian Atas, Per Gessle, Victor Sjöström – pic was posted by the guys from Galavant at their Instagram profile

One month later, on 24th October 2013, Per posted a selfie from a helicopter, saying he ”talked a lot to DJ Balthazar. Such a generous and talented fella.” DJ Balthazar is a Bulgarian DJ, whose music is something unique between techno and progressive house.

One month passed and Mr G posted a question on 18th November 2013 on Roxette Official:

Had a big “remix-discussion” over dinner….. Do you like remixes of our songs? If so, any favourites from the jolly and colourful Rox-past?

When it comes to remixes, fans are divided into 2 bigger groups. One part of them likes or even loves most of the remixes, the other part is never listening to them. I’m personally not much into remixes, but my ears say Bassflow did magic to ”The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye”. One thing is sure: almost everyone agrees on that anything can be better than ”Dance Passion” (1987).

So now here is this David Guetta piece of info some months later and we still don’t know what it is all about. I think via remixes, PG’s music can reach and be more appealing to the younger generation, so it’s fine to spread the word that way, too. But who knows if it’s really about remixes?

 

© Per Gessle
© Per Gessle

Surely this is not the only project Per is working on, since he was also posting a lot about vintage synthesizers, studio sessions in AGM and T&A studios and all this DJ info. He said it in interviews that he is also working on a soundtrack for a new Jonas Åkerlund film (which Jonas starts shooting this spring) and we know new Roxette material is also in sight in a near or a more distant future.

Hard to be patient when there are so many exciting bits and pieces of news, but again, Roxers are the best at waiting. Hope to hear the outcome of the project(s) quite soon.

 

Roxette’s next single leaked

Of course, this was our April Fool’s 🙂

Yes, it has happened again: Roxette’s next single “Speak To Me”, according to our sources to be released on April 15th, has been leaked. We at Roxetteblog have got a copy of it and what we can already say now is that the song has been remixed and is quite different to the album version.

For example, the duration now is 04:01 min and it features a newly recorded final part in which Marie has a solo sung almost in opera style, supported by heavy rock guitars. And to be honest, the result is quite bad!

Apparently, as it happened in some cases before (remember “Radio” or Per’s single?) someone involved in the production has been careless with the material.

We have contacted Roxette’s management to get an OK to at least share a snippet of the remixed song, it looks quite good so check our website later on today!

For the time being, and as we did when “Radio” or the full album were leaked, we really want to stress out that we don’t support illegal sharing of non-released material and we ask you not to post any links on the comments if you find the song anywhere for download. We also ask you to report such links to us (via contact) so that together, as we did with the previously mentioned releases, can stop the illegal spreading. Thank you!

SGNO remixes on the way

In the next day or so the official “She’s got nothing on (but the radio)” remixes should be available for download.

Here is the tracklist:

1.Adrian Lux Remix Original Version | 05:36
2.Adam Rickfors Power Edit | 03:38
3.Adam Rickfors Dub Edit | 07:25
4.Adrian Lux Remix Radio Version | 02:42
5.Adam Rickfors Radio Edit | 03:31

Source: The Real Roxers Facebook page