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This is an interesting two-part upload built around the stems Adam Freeland released for Ableton's 10th anniversary for his track Morning Sun. On screen, the video holds a static text note from Freeland detailing the stem session—noting Joey Santiago's guitar contribution and Twiggy Ramirez on bass—until around 05:18, when it switches to a text slide introducing your own remix. Musically, the first half presents a driving alternative-electro groove anchored around 120 BPM, balancing live alternative rock guitar riffs against a pulsating synth bassline. The vocals enter early with a clean, melancholic delivery on "Morning sun, grace the sky", bringing a reflective, almost spiritual sentiment over the rhythmic electronic backdrop. Around 01:34, the arrangement breaks down with vinyl scratching and vocal chops, shifting the mix into a darker, dub-infused breakdown before building back into the full band electro-rock groove.
The second half, starting at 05:18, flips the track on its head with your custom rework. The groove becomes far more aggressive and chaotic, replacing the steady mid-tempo bounce with squelchy synth bass, heavily chopped drum edits, and stuttering vocal glitches. Where the original stems maintained a cohesive song structure driven by Santiago's guitar hooks, your remix leans heavily into electro-house and breakbeat distortion, pitch-shifting vocal fragments and overloading the low end for a deliberately restless, abrasive feel.
Taking on a track with such a distinct pedigree is ambitious, and there is a lot of raw energy in how you chop up the Ableton stems in the second section. That said, keeping both the original stem playback and your full remix in one continuous eleven-minute video creates an awkward listening experience; the five-minute build-up of the original mix makes your remix feel like an afterthought appended to the end rather than a standalone piece. Furthermore, while the glitch edits and overdriven bass at 07:06 give your version plenty of teeth, the mix gets overly congested in the midrange, burying the guitar textures that made the source material special. Trimming the video to focus solely on your remix and giving the guitars more room to breathe against the heavy electro bass would make the track hit much harder.
The second half, starting at 05:18, flips the track on its head with your custom rework. The groove becomes far more aggressive and chaotic, replacing the steady mid-tempo bounce with squelchy synth bass, heavily chopped drum edits, and stuttering vocal glitches. Where the original stems maintained a cohesive song structure driven by Santiago's guitar hooks, your remix leans heavily into electro-house and breakbeat distortion, pitch-shifting vocal fragments and overloading the low end for a deliberately restless, abrasive feel.
Taking on a track with such a distinct pedigree is ambitious, and there is a lot of raw energy in how you chop up the Ableton stems in the second section. That said, keeping both the original stem playback and your full remix in one continuous eleven-minute video creates an awkward listening experience; the five-minute build-up of the original mix makes your remix feel like an afterthought appended to the end rather than a standalone piece. Furthermore, while the glitch edits and overdriven bass at 07:06 give your version plenty of teeth, the mix gets overly congested in the midrange, burying the guitar textures that made the source material special. Trimming the video to focus solely on your remix and giving the guitars more room to breathe against the heavy electro bass would make the track hit much harder.
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