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remix

remix

22 3.5
A new version of a song or other work made by changing parts
  • noun
  • /ˈriːmɪks/
translation icon : remezcla
  • MIRIAM: Ninety-nine Australian tour, with the Girl I Love Your Jeans remix.
  • remix videos
  • remix contest
  • Remix exhibition

So that's actually the remix to EI right?

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Examples

  • As the art form of video remix has evolved, distinct subgenres have emerged.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Does the remix change the way you see or feel about either text?

    Academic text (2013)
  • It's probably the worst remix I have ever heard.

  • The exploration of video remix allows for important ideas to be introduced and questions to be asked.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Is this a remix of the Disney Afternoon theme song?

  • Ask students to analyze why and how the remix critiques the original.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Other students viewed remix as a new form of cultural production that required new ways of defining authorship.

    Academic text (2013)
  • However, discussions about the ethical responsibilities of the remixer and the effects of remix were more heated.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Pitbull is on a remix of Gasolina, and Bass is always about the remixes.

  • The DJ played a popular remix of the song that had everyone dancing.

Synonyms

remake
vsremix
70 4.1

A new version of a film or song made from an earlier one

alters, combines, or rearranges original material instead of fully reproducing it
mashup
vsremix
5 4.6

A new piece made by mixing parts of different songs or videos

is made by changing or rearranging a single original source, not mixing different sources
remaking
vsremix
2 4.1

The act of creating a new version of a film, song, or story

focuses on changing and rearranging existing elements rather than recreating the whole work
recomposition
vsremix
7.2

Creating a new song or artwork by changing a well-known piece

is the produced new version rather than the creative act itself
refix
vsremix
  • Jargon
7.9

A new version of a song made with changes by the artist or a DJ

is made by any creator, not specifically by the original artist or DJ
re-edit
vsremix
4.4

A new version of a text, film, or recording changed after its first release

focuses on creative rearrangement and combining, not just later editing

Antonyms

2.8

Not a copy and existing as the first form

How Different

mashup
5 4.6
to rework
30 4.0
remix
22 3.5
arrangement
62 4.2
edit
57 2.8

Surface Forms

remix singular
remixes plural

Morphology

remix = remix (semi-transparent) = re + mix

If a learner knows the verb 'remix', the noun meaning 'a remixed version' is a straightforward zero-derived result noun.

Etymology

Remix comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and mix meaning 'to combine'. A remix is literally a 'mix again', like when a DJ or artist mixes a song in a new way to make a new version.