Like, Rebel Yell, Billy’s single from the same year, Eyes Without A Face never enjoyed a 12″ single mix. But unlike Rebel Yell, no multitrack is available in the wild to draw from for a new mix. There have been many ‘extended’ versions on the internet that are just edits of the album version, but for mine I decided to test my stem isolation skills and see what I could do about doing a TruStyle mix.
Ultimately, I think the result was worth it. I wanted to achieve two goals with my mix. As for all the TruStyle remixes, I wanted to make it seem authentic for the period. What I ended up getting was a dreamy, airy and dubby style remix that sounds like something Julian Mendelsohn would have done — which I’m not sure is entirely reaching the goal, as I don’t believe Julian was remixing (at least not in this style) in 1983. But I’m happy to have this effect, as it’s appropriate for the song.
The second goal was regarding the AI multitrack isolation. Because this was one of the first remixes I had done without proper stems, I wanted to make sure the overall sound of the mix didn’t have any artefacts as a result of the AI. So EQ and dynamic processing were used on those parts and the drums/percussion were entirely resequenced using high-quality samples rather than the muddy-sounding isolated drum track.
Eyes Without A Face (Earl Three’s Human Disgrace Remix)
Billy Idol
CREDITS
written and arranged by Billy Idol, Steve Stevens. produced by Keith Forsey. additional production and remix by Earl Three.