The Art of the Flip: How to Make a Remix That Stands Out

A great remix isn’t just a song with a new beat thrown underneath it. It’s a complete reinvention—a musical conversation between the original artist’s vision and your own creative identity. When done right, a legendary remix (like Flume’s flip of Lorde’s “Tennis Court” or Disclosure’s take on Jessie Ware’s “Running”) can easily eclipse the original, defining a producer’s career and taking over festival stages worldwide.

Whether you produce electronic music, hip-hop, pop, or indie rock, the process of breaking down someone else’s art and rebuilding it from scratch is one of the most rewarding exercises in audio production.