Changez Changed

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  Changez Changed by Worker Ant

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I dubbed this track for a few reasons:

1) I like the original track (Ce'cile - Changez). I think it's a classic...a female deejay dissing all the top ranking male deejays in dancehall music. It's by far the best song on the Chiney Gal Riddim.
2) Some of my friends also like the original track.
3) I like the riddim, so i sampled a break from it, removed the bass and played my own bassline & melodies over the top of the break. Also added some perc echoes.
4) I wanted to take out all the diss vocals (that diss specific deejays by name) and leave behind almost all the other vocals.

As you can hear at the end of the track, she said "everything cris yo mi nah diss no one, all a we a friends so we still can jam..." I'd like to put emphasis on that. The dancehall scene is full of songs dissing and violently threatening other artists. The conflict between the Gaza and Gully camps has led to various fights and shoot outs. I think dissing should be a fun and playful thing that doesn't have to boil down to real violence. So i really dig the way Ce'cile said that near the end of the track.

The Chiney Gal Riddim is one of my favorites also. As far as i know, this riddim hasn't been released in an instrumental version. I decided to make my own instrumental version by sampling some breaks. My version is definitely less smooth, more filthy, obnoxious and bass-heavy. However, my goal was not to dub the Chiney Gal Riddim, but to make a dub version of Changez by Ce'cile.

Take a listen and let me know how it sounds.

Vybz Kartel - Wah Some Grades (Worker Ant Remix)

  Vybz Kartel - Wah Some Grades (Worker Ant Remix) by Worker Ant

I heard the original track on NotNice Productions' Birthday Riddim and eventually found the acapella sometime last year. I knew i had to remix this track for a few different reasons:
1) Kartel is voicing exactly how i've been feeling in this track (i'm in south korea and there's no herb here);
2) I like the track;
3) I felt like the track needs a better riddim...something to make it feel more like a ganja song.

In the original track, you'll hear a woman saying "in gaza" throughout the track. Gaza is another term for Portmore city, Jamaica where Vybz Kartel is from. I'm living in South Korea where nobody smokes ganja and not many people want to smoke because everybody thinks it's a dangerous drug. Don't ask me "how did that happen" because it baffles me too. I decided to replace the "in gaza" with "in korea." My friend spoke that part for me.

I'm leaving Seoul and moving to Seattle in less than a month, but I really hope that there will be more ganja and ganja-smoking in the future of Korea. Many everyday Korean people seem so stressed, uptight and conservative. I think that people just need to relax and smoke some highgrade sensi for a difference. By the way, that's what Kartel means when he sings "grades"...high grade ganja. "Wah Some Grades" means "I want some high grade chronic" basically.  

New Blog

I'm starting this blog to write about my music and share it. I also might write random blogs about anything from time to time.

I'm pretty new to this blogging website, so I haven't figured out how to make my own templates, upload my own background images, etc. I hope it's more customizable than it appears to be.

Worker Ant: I've been producing multi-genre experimental electronic music for several years. Many of my tracks tend to be remix/dub versions of other track(s). Some of my tunes might be called "dubstep" maybe. Not too sure about genres and often don't feel comfortable categorizing my tracks into established genres, but I try.

I'll use this blog space to give updates on my tunes, the meaning and purpose for each of my (new) tracks, my ideas and their progress, and probably a significant amount of etc. Since soundcloud.com doesn't have a blog option, I'm gonna use this space.

If anyone who reads this can give me some info (or links to info) on how to customize my blog more, please do.