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Van She is creditted in the CD. It's not a remix. It's a mash-up of an unreleased Crystal Castles song with Alice's vocals muted (called "Not In Love"), and the Van She vocals thrown on top. I've heard both versions and they are both great.

The CC version is very different and more catchy than the Van She version.

By  Anonymous, at Thursday, April 3, 2008 2:45:00 PM EST  

Thank you for the feedback!
I completely agree with you. The CC version is definitely catchy (perhaps even better than the original which I said in the article) and CC have definitely changed some elements of the song

Perhaps Van She are creditted on the CD but sadly this online commuinity which we are part of doesn't really seem to endorse buying music. Hypem is treated as a free cd store (but its ok because music blogs contain little disclaimers about buying music which just almost seem comical to me)

Out target audience...the non-cd-buying hypem loving community... don't seem to know that the track isn't an original.

Many bloggers and blog-readers I have talked to have been unaware of Vanished being an appropriation of Sex City.

I'm glad all the genuine music lovers who actually go out and buy the cd will know this...wouldn't it be great if more people went out and got the cd?

Thanks for reading :)

By  Elle Estrange, at Thursday, April 3, 2008 3:35:00 PM EST  

i had no idea
i agree it really does sound like the vanshe version and has so much more similarity with the original vanshe version than most remixes of songs

By  Anonymous, at Thursday, April 3, 2008 3:40:00 PM EST  

Crystal Castles took the Van She melody and gave it a MUCH better backing track.

By  Anonymous, at Thursday, April 3, 2008 3:52:00 PM EST  

I completely agree with you anonymous #3 CC have done a great job!!

(sometimes late at night I imagine itd be really cool if my readers had names)

By  Elle Estrange, at Thursday, April 3, 2008 3:55:00 PM EST  

completely agree with you elle estrange. it sounds exactly like the van she track. a mashup and a remix are the same thing. whoever think they are different is an idiot.

By  chris, at Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:28:00 PM EST  

a mash up & a remix are not the same. a mash up is taking two pre existing tracks and combining them into one track often with very little manipulation of the original tracks. a remix on the other hand is taking ONE pre existing track and arranging it both structurally and sonically two create a new version.

therefore the CC track is in-fact a mash up of two pre excising tracks.

By  petpop, at Friday, April 18, 2008 4:17:00 AM EST  

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By  petpop, at Friday, April 18, 2008 4:18:00 AM EST  

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By  petpop, at Friday, April 18, 2008 4:18:00 AM EST  

well then its a remix not a mashup

By  Anonymous, at Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:11:00 PM EST  

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