Then to create a drop for a song that didn’t have one, I wrote in brass stabs with the original chord progression of the song, as well as my own 808 drums with a kick, hi-hat, and snare pattern to create a groove. I sliced that part out, put it on a new audio track, and pitched it up 12 semitones, and then 24 semitones, adding compression, a low cut EQ, Valhalla Vintage Reverb, and a Kickstart to add that ducking feel. “I listened through a few times, and found the one part of the song where it was just a group vocal with no instrumentation. I knew the chances of doing an official remix for the biggest artist in the world were far-fetched, so I downloaded the full song and dragged it into Ableton Live to see what I could do with the original and how I could flip it.
“As soon as I heard ‘Shape Of You’ the day it was released, I immediately knew that a) I loved it and b) I had to make some sort of remix for it.