ReMix:Pokémon Gold Version "Morning Sunlight" 4:22

For today we've got a relatively mellow folk/rock take on "Goldenrod City" from pu_freak, collaborating with ilp0 on guitars, that's been nine years (!!) in the making; Pieter explains:

"This mix started a LONG time ago. I mean really long, since it was 2009, maybe even 2008. I was part of the Pokémon album (The Missingno Tracks), but, much like my posted Pokéred Gym theme, this never saw the light of day on the album. I made a guitar version of the Goldenrod theme on my (well, not even mine) electric piano, and, suffice to say, it wasn't really up to par. :P

So, I asked ilp0 if he was willing to record the guitars for me. Luckily, he liked the arrangement and was more than happy to not just play the part on his acoustic guitar, but to give me three versions of him playing bass, lead acoustic guitars played strong, lead acoustic guitars played soft, rythm guitars, distorted guitars, and slides, which was awesome! Let's just say I had a lot to choose from. However, my equipment then did not permit me to do his work justice, while the guitars alone were just too little to carry the song.

Flash forward to a about a year ago when I finally got my own high-end equipment. Since the guitar-only part had been on my playlist for all these years, I decided to finally do this justice and added electric piano, regular piano, strings, and drums to the track. I sent it to ilp0 and he really liked the result.

So, after this way too elaborate story, this collab which started in 2009 is finally done! Many thanks for ilp0's enthusiasm and skills, and I hope you guys can enjoy it as well!"

Better Late Than Never: The unofficial motto of OC ReMix ;) Things start off in a relaxed, intimate folk/acoustic space & stay there for a good while, with later introduction of drums, pianos, etc. as the instrumentation blossoms. Liontamer writes:

"Heyyyy, nice to see an ilp0 track again, and nice work by Pieter in enhancing this further, as well as having a "never-give-up/I'm-just-resting" attitude on finishing this. I didn't have any issue with the usage of the piano, as the part-writing remained distinct enough and I didn't feel things clashed. Good stuff, easy call!"

Good stuff; I dig how the first 1'52" keep it folksier, more like a ballad, going in a rock direction after the first two minutes & elaborating further on the melody. Reflective, resonant, rich, and refined (over almost a decade!), I'm glad Pieter stuck with this one, and it's also great to be featuring ilp0's work again; check it out!