Veracocha & The Rocketman - Carte Blanche [Armada]

[Progrez]

Im more surprised at Ferry approving this trash....VdM must have his head in his hands

..or his hemet. Maybe Vincent IS Rocket man - now that would be a twist hahaha...

Nah it's this guy apparently. His IG is private. Stijn van Dijken mystery solved.

Instagram

www.instagram.com

https://www.discogs.com/artist/10841269-The-Rocketman-3

 

[PegaSus]

I can imagine you're hiding your face and IG after producing such diabolical shit.

 

[Magdelayna]

I don't think Armada needed anyone's approval to keep thrashing their classics with new remixes. I remember Solarstone mentioned he wasn't aware of some new remixes of his classics dropping by Armada.

Also there was some hype a few years ago that Armada is buying out copyrights for a lot of trance classics from the other labels, including those not active anymore - they were putting it out it's to make those classic tracks available on streaming platforms coz some weren't there due to the original labels being inactive for many years. But what really was their intention is to collect some extra $ and put out more shitty rocketman remixes.

No need to get all serious - im aware of all that shite....but you still see Ferry dancing along to it in the studio..

 

[Mikey]

This remix is fine, just a bit of fun for me and would work in a club, I’ve heard way worse. Though I don’t think it’s much more than that and it ofc doesn’t top the original for me. I quite like some of his originals though: PAIN, Mind & Brain and Secret Voices are pretty fun. However I wouldn’t really class him as Trance artist, more of a Big Room Techno artist with a bit of 90s influence in there.

And at least The Rocketman can actually produce, there’s some of that on his Insta. He’s also credited as a co-producer on some other tracks as well, so it’s not like others who would have everything all ghost produced and would get others to make them vote for them for the DJ Mag Top 100! And I don’t mind having a DJ/producer behind a mask, I guess it gets people talking about who it could be (though we know), and it’s nothing new since there have been artists like Marshmello, Ginchy or even Angry Man that have done this

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

you still see Ferry dancing along to it in the studio..

I guess they (Armin, Ferry etc) just don't care after all, I doubt they do much about the tracks selection of what to be played on ASOT these days, at least Armin for his hour - 60% is armada upcoming and recent releases, the rest are promos from some inner circle/familiar names and labels.

 

[Pokkryshkin]

It’s interesting that all the new "remixes" on Armin’s labels are now being labeled not as "Remix" but as a Co-production, listing the remixer as a co-author of the track. I wonder what the hidden meaning is here? Is it to present it to the younger generation as something original, rather than just another trash remix of a classic, so they don’t rush to find the original only to be left confused about what a mediocre remix it is? Although, the financial aspect is probably more significant by being a co-author, they receive more royalties and gain promotion as an artist. Does anyone know any famous hits by The Rocketman? And here he has written an entire "Carte Blanche" and "Strange World" together with Mike Push incredible!

 

[Borys]

It seems to me that this is also about streaming services like Spotify. If it were tagged as a remix, it might not appear on the remixer's main profile. By listing them as a collaborator instead, it ensures it shows up there.

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

It seems to me that this is also about streaming services like Spotify. If it were tagged as a remix, it might not appear on the remixer's main profile. By listing them as a collaborator instead, it ensures it shows up there.

this exactly, simple marketing trick. although that feels kind of unfair to the original producers to make it look like their collabs with all those rocketmen trash. I'm not even sure if that's 100% legal, that would depend on the terms of the contracts signed between the original authors and labels. but even if that's a violation of the contacts, noone in sane mind (especially artists that are retired long ago) would waste their time and money for a legal dispute over that, and Armada knows it.