1. ADAM ANT - WONDERFUL (Funky Remix) 5:00
Go to the Carty Mixes Volume 1 download page (free log in required)

James Brown - Funky Drummer (Bonus Beats) - Urban/Polydor Records
Adam Ant - Wonderful (Bob Clearmountain's Unedited Mix) - EMI

When I first heard Wonderful back in 1995, I always "knew" how great it would sound with my fave drum loop, taken from James Brown's "Funky Drummer". Probably the most over-used sample in musical history, but always has been a firm favourite since I started DJing in 1987. The closest I got to hearing Wonderful with this beat was on a demo of the track. For this mix I recreated the Funky Drummer loop from the original JB track, and selected Bob Clearmountain's Unedited Mix, for it's superb post-production (compared to the LP mix), and of course, it's full length. (You can hear James Brown at the fade out!)

Execution of the mix itself didn't take that long. This was the first time I had been trying out a new PC software mixing package after many months of frustration in a radio studio! I kept it simple. A drum loop over another track. It took just 10 minutes! Initially I had used a "transformer" effect in the mix, but re-did it as it "sounded crap"! Although I had to adjust the drum loop a couple of times (if you listen carefully!) due to those real drummers who insists on not keeping time! LOL!

This was just a test mix and decided, in my excitement, to tell all!  That same day, this remix appeared on the ANT LIB's MP3 Of The Week page, much to my surprise and delight! (Many thanks to Madam Stan for that one!).

Back to top

2. ADAM AND THE ANTS - STAND AND DELIVER (Light Blue Stagecoach Remix) 9:00
Go to the Carty Mixes Volume 1 download page (free log in required)

Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (Bonus Beats) - Rhythm King
Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver (single version) - CBS/Sony

This happened totally by accident! I had done a demo remix of Persuasion with a dub mix of Beat Dis by Bomb The Bass months ago, using a CD player, a turntable and a tape recorder. Now I had this new mixing software, I wanted to re-create this remix on the PC, but didn't have the right version of Beat Dis!! Thanks to AudioGalaxy and many downloads later, I found it! I created a new loop and thought, "this has the same pattern as the 'Stand And Deliver' drums!". So I increased the pitch of the loop (from 114BPM to 143BPM!), so that it was the same as Stand And Deliver's.

I then created some new loops using the Beat Dis drum with different segments of Stand And Deliver: the guitar riff, the instrumental, and the "da diddley qua-qua" part. Thanks to an answer for a cry of help from Ant Lady (and later, Madam Stan), I was now able to edit all these bits together using a program called GoldWave. This would have been a first for me to edit on the PC! (And if you listen carefully, some of the edits are audible...which explains why this remix has been remade from scratch:  Stand And Deliver (Resurrection Remix) on Carty Mixes Volume 7)

This is 9 minutes long and uses some cool effects with the guitar loops! I was going to add a sample of the guitar riff from Cartrouble at the end, as the two mix well, but was glad to take the break!

Back to top

3. ADAM AND THE ANTS - KICK! (New Pair Of Kickers Remix) 3:47
Go to the Carty Mixes Volume 1 download page (free log in required)

Adam And The Ants - Kick! (Cartrouble b-side version) - Do It Records
Adam And The Ants - Kick! (Antmusic EP version) - Do It Records

This type of mix is called a 'two tracker', in that it uses two tracks combined to make one. I used both versions of Kick! for this: the B-side of the Cartrouble single, and the version taken from the Antmusic EP and The B-sides single, both on the Do It label back in the 80's.

I initially attempted to mix these two using vinyl copies back in 2001, and took the opportunity to update it for 2002. The strange thing about the Chris Hughes produced version is that the tribal drumming parts are at a slower tempo than the rest of the song! But luckily, both versions are close in tempo avoiding any serious key clashes!

This took some editing and quite an number of re-runs trying to match up those tribal drums over the top of the older version (with Dave Barbe's more erratic drumming). I also took the opportunity to use, not just two verses of the song, but double up with the different lyrics and create a four verse Kick!!  This mix has since been completely remade and can found on Carty Mixes Volume 8 as Kick! (Resurrection Remix)

Back to top

4. ADAM AND THE ANTS - PUERTO RICAN (Extended Matchstick Mix) 3:29
Go to the Carty Mixes Volume 1 download page (free log in required)  

Adam And The Ants - Puerto Rican (Peel Session) - Strange Fruit Records

This is just simply an extended remix of the classic John Peel session track taken from the Complete Radio 1 Sessions CD released in 2001. This was a spur of the moment mix after a phone conversation with Millie (quiz hostess on the ALF Forum on Delphi), and completed that same night. It's her fave track and I thought I'd give it a bash! This was done in just one take using loops to extend the non-vocal segments of the tune. Simple but effective.

Back to top

5. ADAM ANT - NAVEL TO NECK (Carty's New Boob Job Remix) 12:20
Go to the Carty Mixes Volume 1 download page (free log in required)  

Adam Ant - Navel To Neck (Strip CD) - CBS/Sony
Adam And The Ants - 'Antmusic' - CBS/Sony
Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (single version) - CBS/Sony
Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (first version) - Sony

Navel To Neck is my fave track on the Strip album, as I just dig those Burundi drums! The idea of combining this track with 'Antmusic' and Kings Of The Wild Frontier was just too irresistable to leave untouched! Firstly, I created instrumental and vocal loops from Navel To Neck, 'Antmusic' and both the single and demo versions of Kings. Eventually I had enough material to edit together a new remix. The amount of material I left out of this mix is amazing...for example, snippets from Mohair Lockeroom Pin-up Boys!! Basically the whole mix either has the basic drum loop from 'Antmusic' running through it, or the Burundi beat from Kings...which kicks in orgasmically!! I have decided to break down the mix below for those who wish to know more about it:

00:00 - Navel To Neck intro
00:11 - "I wanna kiss you" sample 1
00:22 - "I wanna kiss you" sample 2
00:33 - "I wanna kiss you" sample 3
00:44 - 'Antmusic' backing vocals fade in
02:12 - 'Antmusic' guitar loop over Navel To Neck intro
02:21 - 'Antmusic' drum loop over Navel To Neck intro
03:14 - 'Antmusic' drum loop over verse 1 of Navel To Neck
03:45 - Kings burundi drums over Navel To Neck burundi drums
04:35 - Kings burundi drums mixed with sticks intro from 'Antmusic'
04:58 - Kings burundi drums and Kings bass guitar sample loop
05:15 - Kings burundi drums, Kings bass guitar sample loop and "Antmusic is the banner" sample from Kings demo version
05:37 - Kings bass guitar sample loop and 'Antmusic' chorus loop
06:26 - 'Antmusic' chorus loop, "Don't tread on an ant, you'll end up black and blue!" loop and 'Antmusic' drum loop
06:44 - "Don't tread on an ant, you'll end up black and blue!" loop, 'Antmusic' drum loop and Navel To Neck intro
07:12 - 'Antmusic' drum loop over verse 2 of Navel To Neck
07:42 - Kings burundi drums over Navel To Neck burundi drums and chorus
07:58 - Kings burundi drums over 'Antmusic' "don't tread on an ant..." (full vocals)
08:40 - Kings burundi drums only
08:44 - Kings burundi drums and "Down below, I wanna kiss you" vocal segue (from Kings and Navel To Neck)
09:07 - Kings burundi drums and Navel To Neck burundi drums and chorus
09:18 - 'Antmusic' drum loop and Navel To Neck horn section
09:38 - "That's the way the honey goes..." vocal and 'Antmusic' sticks intro
10:00 - "That's the way the honey goes..." vocal and 'Antmusic' drum loop
10:53 - 'Antmusic' drum loop over verse 3 of Navel To Neck
11:24 - Kings burundi drums over Navel To Neck burundi drums and final chorus
12:07 - Navel To Neck fades out and Kings burundi drums to end
12:20 - end

Back to top

6. ADAM ANT vs WILL SMITH - MEN IN BLACK (Black Ant Mix) 3:55
Go to the Carty Mixes Volume 1 download page (free log in required)  

Adam Ant - Puss 'n Boots (12" version) - CBS
Will Smith - Men In Black (acappella) -
Adam And The Ants - Making History (LP version) - CBS/Sony
Adam Ant - Can't Set Rules About Love (LP version) - MCA
Adam Ant - Beautiful Dream (radio promo mix) - EMI
Adam And The Ants - Family Of Noise (LP version) - Do It
Adam And The Ants - Killer In The Home (LP version) - CBS/Sony
Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians (7" version) - Decca
Adam Ant - Crackpot History And The Right To Lie (LP version) - CBS/Sony
Adam And The Ants - 5 Guns West (LP version) - CBS/Sony
Adam Ant - Persuasion (LP version) - MCA

Another spur of the moment mix that wasn't even planned! This idea evolved from trying to explain to TexasAnt how an acappella of Eminem's "Real Slim Shady" mixes over the instrumental to Britney Spears' "Oops! I Did It Again". The thought of such a mix sounded "yuk" to her, until I suggested she downloaded it from AudioGalaxy. She loved it! I explained that it could be possible to do similar mixes with acappellas and, possibly, some Ant tunes. Although, there aren't that many instrumental Ant tunes around!

I have many acappellas of top tunes, but my most recent acquisition was Will Smith's Men In Black. I knew that tune's tempo was 107 BPM (beats per minute), so I just looked at my Ant BPM list for tunes around that speed and looked for the best instrumental bits!

The first thing I noticed was that Puss 'n Boots was very close to the speed of Men In Black, so I headed for the 12" version and straight to the Phil Collins drum solo at the beginning. This had to be the rhythm for the mix!

I then looped 2 bars of the PIB drums and altered the pitch until it matched perfectly with MIB. All I had to do now was match some Ant instrumentals of other tracks to the PIB drums. Over 15 Ant tunes were "demo'd" and that was whittled down to just 10, featuring at least one from nearly every Ant album. I hope I didn't miss one out! (Full studio albums only)

This was the first time I had ever tried this style of mix, and although I was initially very pleased with the result, since replaying it over and over, I have become a little less satisfied. Here's the full order of tracks used for the mix, included how many bars of each were sampled: