A place for covers of chemical tracks you think are worthy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLrE0xBJ_nc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osx00SL83Ys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPmW5RI1jlg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY3pHY5oMxA
Can we stretch it to unofficial remixes/edits? Here's a Breaks re-edit by a well known Breaks act. Free DL if you want it.
https://soundcloud.com/stantonwarriors/chemical-brothers-saturate-stanton-warriors-reedit
Also the piano playing on this kinda puts a li'l lump in my throat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb5bDrkhLo
Quote from: Csar on Aug 01, 2015, 10:05A place for covers of chemical tracks you think are worthy.
Quote from: Skyscraper on Aug 01, 2015, 12:52Can we stretch it to unofficial remixes/edits?
If remixes of cover-versions are ok, i'm with this one:
Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar (Brookes Brothers Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05XBKfcZnkk
Quote from: Skyscraper on Aug 01, 2015, 12:52
Can we stretch it to unofficial remixes/edits?
Quote from: ThePumisher on Aug 03, 2015, 21:03
If remixes of cover-versions are ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W7c8QghPxk
But as for the remix, I prefer the "original" cover by Shinchi Osawa. This is a heck of a cover version that really pays tribute to the original!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABJKo9uqbI
Midnight Madness cover-that-also-samples-the-original by Future Rock:
https://soundcloud.com/futurerock/midnight-madness
Slaves - Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TtbRDPeitI
Well that's one way to suck all the magic out of a song...
Jesus.
Quote from: Csar on Aug 01, 2015, 10:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY3pHY5oMxA
This one is incredible !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZ2FmX4ttc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqT6RUZsRSo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10oa4Vm-Zgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7GVsP3dsAE
Cool interpretation of Wide Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv6CLCJpyq0
Quote from: Csar on Jul 06, 2018, 20:57
Cool interpretation of Wide Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv6CLCJpyq0
I know the guy who did this, I remixed one of his tracks when he was doing music as "Sundance". Really nice cover indeed
Would you mind sharing that one? Is it on your channel?
Quote from: Csar on Jul 07, 2018, 09:41
Would you mind sharing that one? Is it on your channel?
It's a little bit off topic for this thread but here you go:
Spoiler
https://soundcloud.com/sbrk/sundance-feat-niamor-what-am-i
Here's a Black Sabbath/Rolling Stones/Zepplin style take
https://soundcloud.com/alexsimons/chemical-brothers-out-of
MAH cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxIpXVtIRo
Quote from: Csar on Apr 14, 2019, 10:05MAH cover
The lyrics are like "I want breakbeat, the chems released an album".
Quote from: UltimatePelmeni on Apr 14, 2019, 11:55
The lyrics are like "I want breakbeat, the chems released an album".
Yeah, I figured the lyrics were different as I thought I heard "chemical" in there. He did a great job.
Doesn't matter acapella
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VttUsGtPyx8
Quote from: Csar on May 05, 2019, 11:18
Doesn't matter acapella
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VttUsGtPyx8
LOL!!
This guy is my hero today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve9dc2ImunA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou9ExV7fzwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfv_BUfiePw
Those were great! I think I need to pick up a TR-09 someday, that looks like a joy to use
Worth it alone for that 909 snare roll :music
Beautiful rendition of Wide Open on strings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0-5cVArBs
Oh, and does anyone remember this gem? Star Guitar on a Nintendo Korg DS 10 "app".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNd-STIYkiE
This one's good, too. badass A Born In the Echoes cover!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJIr_l5uUg
The Test in 16 bit style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdFAbGMbOQc
Quote from: Csar on Apr 25, 2020, 23:08
The Test in 16 bit style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdFAbGMbOQc
Amazing. It also low key sounds like a start up jingle for an old windows computer.
Quote from: Csar on Apr 25, 2020, 23:08
The Test in 16 bit style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdFAbGMbOQc
OMG
THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR!
https://youtu.be/NgBfpKkp1kE
Not sure whether to post this in Chemical Spotting or Covered Chemicals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSqKMn2kZII&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=POGPALE
Deep Sea Arcade - Let Forever Be cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBX0Pq8X_4w
HBHG cover (not perfect but great effort)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L1sk-pC7GY
Star Guitar piano cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8zRKnUOXM
AnalogMonks - Saturate cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z58KhNIsHWA
Salmon Dance drum cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi0YK-rpQ3w
The Test rock cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5SrQry6YKg
Base 6 covid cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCegEz-5rZ8
YOOOO THAT BASE 6 COVER
Quote from: Csar on Jan 26, 2021, 14:13
Base 6 covid cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCegEz-5rZ8
This is like the "Sweded" version of Base 6 alla Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind. Love it!
I remember stumbling across this a few years ago. Not the best vocal, but I love the potential of turning a Chemical Brothers track into a folk song. 'Let Forever Be' has wholesome lyrics (though I'm not sure it's intended) and the rhythmic, repetitive, group-style hymn you would find in this style of music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdY5AtB-blY
Chemical Beats cover with a Behringer TD3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH4Vzsn2P5s
Tutorial for We've Got to Try on a 303
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQvN9VKzrA
Bass player plays some Chems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYHyt6K3gI8
Songs:
00:00 Orange Wedge
00:43 Dig Your Own Hole
01:40 Come Inside
02:11 Leave Home
02:29 Block Rockin' Beats
03:04 Let Me In Mate
03:37 In Dust We Trust
04:00 Lost In The K-Hole
04:53 Chico's Groove
05:12 Elektrobank
05:41 Power Move
06:22 Let Forever Be
07:07 Base 6
07:49 Denmark
08:46 Spring
09:40 Surface To Air
10:34 Dissolve
11:04 Get Yourself High
11:42 Go
12:20 I'll See You There
13:06 Swoon
13:37 K+D+B
14:52 Wonders Of The Deep
some of those are really good, and a few nice surprises to be included
something different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnn318JAge0
heats up at about :44
Probably wouldn't sound as great without the actual track overlay, but still a lot better than I was expecting.
check it out
There are some great moments in there. Oh, and I'm a sucker for drum rolls.
Quote from: Csar on May 07, 2021, 09:12Oh, and I'm a sucker for drum rolls.
yeah this basically
Quote from: Bosco on May 07, 2021, 01:12
something different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnn318JAge0
He loses mad points for not mounting a tambourine to his hi-hat for the larger than life tambourine hits in the original. It's the equivalent of skipping the drum fill while drumming along to 'In The Air Tonight'.
Man I miss drumming.
https://youtu.be/FmxIpXVtIRo
Just found the really nice Russian cover of MAH, yeah, the lyrics are in russian, which makes it even more interesting!
Yup, I posted that on page one :D
It's a great cover!
I don't have any video or audio evidence, but apparently Beck covered "Wide Open" in 2018 on his second date at Red Rocks [9/25/2018] for his 'Colors' tour. Was this ever brought up? I've searched on YouTube but I found no hits...
It was played between "Black Tambourine" and "The Golden Age" according to setlist.fm
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/beck/2018/red-rocks-amphitheatre-morrison-co-1be9c168.html
Nice and funny The Boxer cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO2YHGPDJf0
Interesting acoustic take on Out of Control. I like the choice of chords here which give it a different feel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgK1shVbajs
https://youtu.be/Ts3adgC7o_8
https://vk.com/video-115797778_456239563
I'm not a drummer, but the hardest part about this has to be keeping together during the segue between It Doesn't Matter and Don't Stop the Rock, right? Or is that the fun part?
I think we are witnessing the evolution of what should come to the live show.
Well done drummer dude!
Quote from: Bosco on Feb 27, 2026, 01:23I think we are witnessing the evolution of what should come to the live show.
Please no :o
The dumbest idea Liam Howlett ever had was live drums and guitar. Nobody needs that... at least I don't. Maybe works for Moby but not for the Prodigy and in my world also not for our maestros :D
Quote from: ThePumisher on Feb 27, 2026, 17:56The dumbest idea Liam Howlett ever had was live drums
As we've previously established (https://forum.thechembase.com/index.php?msg=37205), Liam doesn't really have live drums. He just has a set on stage and a guy sat behind them doing the pretends
🙃I do think live drums have a place in some electronic shows though. I actually just saw Fox Stevenson the other night - a D&B singer/songwriter guy, who played with a live drummer and guitarist, and I can tell you for certain - the live drums worked really well! Despite being in our absolutely worst sounding venue here in Portland, the live drums, combined with the backing track, really transformed a bunch of already hard hitting tracks.
It has to be done properly. You can't just 1 for 1 them, it has to be a blend (because people come to hear the BRB sampled breaks, not a live rendition) - which is what made the Prodigy situation even more infuriating. If they had mic'd the snare and cymbals, it could have really elevated that set at Coachella, but alas.
All that to say, I think there is a way for it to be done well, and yes, even for The Chems. But I don't think it's something they would ever opt into, given the amount of control it seems they like to have over the entire sound of the show.
If we do ever get to to back to the smaller club shows, it could be a very cool experiment to see unfold!
I do like in the video above that the guy is also not 1 for 1ing them. He's playing his own rhythms on top and working them around the tracks nicely!
Yeah, in no way do I think Live drums should replace the entire show. I do think it should be an accent piece for a segment though.
On the other hand, that's another expense to drag/rent a drum kit during tours...
Test case, here's Future Rock performing Midnight Madness as a three piece with live drums at 8:40:
https://youtu.be/Vqt9tdF5xJA?t=517
and a studio version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WkzgZtLyyM
These guys were a lot of fun. Lots of electronic/rock originals and electronica covers (Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, The Chems), all very jam band / festival set oriented.
^ Love this!
And yes! A live cover band is really what we need.
I always dreamed of forming an LCD Soundsystem cover band (before they released American Dream, which is just not as fun to play along to). Maybe the real play is the Chems cover band!
The Substance Siblings™
Who's in? I call drums.
Red Limo Quartet & Romy - Wide Open