Black Sun Empire are hosting a remix competition for their 2004 debut album ‘Driving Insane’. Five tracks off the album will be available to remix, including their hit ‘Arrakis’, also remixed by Noisia. Five winning remixes will be released on the 2020 remastered album and receive a prize package including software, gear and merchandise. The competition will be hosted on Metapop, a Native Instruments platform, and in collaboration with Black Sun Empire’s label Blackout. All companies contributing to the prize package will be mentioned in all written and visual communication and are included on the competition page on Metapop.

Download the stems here

Grand Prize ($$$$$)

• Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL

• Native Instruments Komplete 12 Ultimate Collector's Edition

• Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S49

• Rosson Audio Custom Headphones (worth $2999)

• MeldaProduction MMasteringFXBundle or MMixingFXBundle or MCreativeFXBundle and one instrument

• PreSonus StudioOne Professional and ATOM Pad Controller

• iZotope Music Production Suite

• ADAM Audio T7V Active Studio Monitors

• D16 Group Total Bundle

• FL Studio All Plugins (or $900 IL VCash if you already own that)

• Fabfilter Mixing Bundle (including the new Saturn 2)

• Arturia V Collection

• Sugar Bytes DrumComputer, Egoist and Looperator

• Steinberg Absolute Collection

• Kilohearts Phase Plant + Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap

• Cytomic 3 plug-ins of choice

• Denise.io All Plugins

• Creative Intent All Plugins

• Kush Audio 1 year membership (requires a physical iLok USB generation 2 or 3)

• Black Sun Empire limited edition skateboard

Runner Up ($$$$)

• Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL

• Native Instruments Komplete 12 Ultimate

• Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32

• Rosson Audio $1000 Voucher

• Stealthsonics U4 In-Ear Monitors

• MeldaProduction MEssentialFX Bundle and one instrument

• PreSonus StudioOne Professional

• iZotope Ozone 9

• D16 Group Silverline Collection

• FL Studio Signature Bundle

• Fabfilter Plugin of choice

• Arturia FX Collection

• Sugar Bytes Factory and Effectrix

• Steinberg Backbone Drum Re-synthesizer and Cubase Elements 

• Kilohearts Pluging of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap

• Cytomic 2 plug-ins of choice

• Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice

• Creative Intent Tantrum

Third Place ($$$$)

• Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL

• Native Instruments Komplete 12

• Stealthsonics U2 In-Ear Monitors

• Rosson Audio $600 Voucher

• MeldaProduction MEssentialFX Bundle and one instrument

• PreSonus StudioOne Professional

• iZotope Ozone 9

• FL Studio Producer Edition

• D16 Group 3 plug-ins of choice from Silverline Collection

• Fabfilter Plugin of choice

• Arturia Pigments

• Sugar Bytes Turnado

• Steinberg Cubase Elements

• Kilohearts Plugin of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap

• Cytomic 1 plug-in of choice

• Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice

• Creative Intent Tantrum

Fourth Place ($$$$)

• Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL

• Native Instruments Komplete 12

• Rosson Audio $300 Voucher

• MeldaProduction one instrument

• PreSonus StudioOne Professional

• iZotope Ozone 9

• Fabfilter Plugin of choice

• D16 Group 2 plug-ins of choice from Silverline Collection

• Sugar Bytes Aparillo

• Kilohearts Plugin of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap

• Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice

• Creative Intent Tantrum

Fifth Place ($$$$)

• Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL

• Native Instruments Komplete 12 Select

• MeldaProduction one instrument

• PreSonus StudioOne Professional

• iZotope Ozone 9

• Fabfilter Plugin of choice

• D16 Group 1 plug-in of choice from Silverline Collection

• Kilohearts Plugin of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap

• Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice

• Creative Intent Tantrum