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'''The Midnight Remix Radio''' was a remix competition put on by [[The Midnight]]. The competition commenced on March 23, 2020, and for one week interested remixers were able to download the stems for the songs [[The Comeback Kid]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Explorers|Explores]], and [[River of Darkness]] to remix.<ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1242097326652448769</ref> The winners were revealed during a live YouTube stream on April 3, 2020.<ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1246121948800671744</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Ph9CvGNyw</ref>

== Background ==

Beginning in March 2020, much of the world was under lockdown and stay-at-home orders due to the effects of [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]]. This led The Midnight to explore the possibility of releasing stems for some of their songs for the general public to remix. On March 16, the band released a poll on Twitter asking fans which song they would prefer to remix.<ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1239676613916127232</ref> The choices given were [[songs/the_comeback_kid|the_comeback_kid]], [[songs/los_angeles|los_angeles]], [[songs/explorers|explorers]], and [[songs/river_of_darkness|river_of_darkness]]. The results were well split among the four options. ''Los Angeles'' won with a plurality, taking 35.7% of the votes cast.

One week later on March 23, the remix contest was officially announced.<ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1242097326652448769</ref> The band decided to release the stems for all four of the aforementioned songs, and prospective remixers were directed to the band's website to fill out a disclosure form after which they could download the stems.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200325201343/https://www.themidnightofficial.com/remix</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200325194530/https://www.themidnightofficial.com/form</ref> Submissions were due on March 30.

== Winners ==

Over 500 remixes were submitted for consideration.<ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1245410755660390401</ref> After three days of judging, the winners were revealed during a live YouTube stream on April 3, 2020, hosted by band members [[Tim McEwan]] and [[Tyler Lyle]].<ref>https://twitter.com/TheMidnightLA/status/1246121948800671744</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Ph9CvGNyw</ref> 20 remixes were selected. The winners, in order of their appearance on the stream, were:

=== SET 1 ===

* The Comeback Kid (Yngvarr Remix)
* Los Angeles (Kalax Remix)
* Explorers (YORU &amp; Dimi Kaye Remix) 
* River of Darkness (Solemnly Remix)

=== SET 2 ===

* The Comeback Kid (Space Tourist Remix) 
* Explorers (Crush Effect Remix) 
* Los Angeles (Filip Janecek Remix)
* River of Darkness (Thomas James White Remix)

=== SET 3 ===

* Explorers (GeoVoc Remix)
* The Comeback Kid (L’Avenue Remix)
* Los Angeles (Index Code Remix) 
* River of Darkness (Falling Islands Remix)

=== SET 4 ===

* Explorers (Tasin Remix)
* The Comeback Kid (Retro Theology &amp; ØM-53 Remix)
* Los Angeles (Crush Effect Remix)
* River of Darkness (Starskey Remix)

=== SET 5 ===

* Explorers (The Universe Remix)
* The Comeback Kid (The Motion Epic Remix)
* Los Angeles (Celestial Aeon Remix)
* River of Darkness (Rockwell NU Metal Remix)


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