Los Angeles-based producer, Jimek, is the winner of BEYONCÉ’s “End Of Time” Remix Competition. The Warsaw, Poland native’s remix was selected the best over nearly 3,000 mixes received over the four weeks of competition, which started on February 8.
Entries were uploaded to SoundCloud, the leading social sound platform with over 12 million registered users. Over 1.7 million fans visited the micro site in the first 10 days of the competition. By the end of the competition, all the stems were downloaded 351,000 times and 1.65 million fans listened to at least two mixes.
The competition was opened to 25 countries including, Australia, Brazil, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Initial voting by fans, DJs and remixers through the SoundCloud community narrowed down the Top 50 entries. All eligible entries were voted on the basis of originality, creativity and musicality. The final winner was selected by an international panel of judges, including BEYONCÉ, British musician Isabella Summers of Florence & The Machine, Dutch music producer and DJ Afrojack, the duo DJ and producing team from Poland, WAWA, New York premier DJ Jus-Ske and Oscar-winning producer and composer Giorgio Moroder.
As the winner, Jimek, born Radzimir Debski, will take home $4,000 USD and will have his remix appear on 4: The Remix. The EP, filled with fan-favorite remixes, including “Countdown” by Isa Machine and an extended version of “End Of Time” by WAWA, will be available digitally on April 24.
Complete track listing for 4: The Remix:
1.“Run the World (Girls)” Dave Audé Club Remix
2. “Countdown” Isa Machine Remix
3. “Best Thing I Never Had” Lars B Remix
4. “Love On Top” DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Remix
5. “End Of Time” WAWA Extended
6. “End Of Time” JIMEK Remix
Jimek, the son of classical and film composer, Krzesimir Debski, has a Masters degree in composition from Chopin Music Academy Warsaw and has studied film scoring and orchestration at UCLA, Los Angeles. He has worked in film and TV and is currently working on a debut solo indie album.
Here is a complete list of the 25 participating countries in the “End Of Time” Remix Competition: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States.
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY ON APRIL 24
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