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, and river_of_darkness to remix. The winners were revealed during a live YouTube stream on April 3, 2020.
Background
Beginning in March 2020, much of the world was under lockdown and stay-at-home orders due to the effects of [pandemic&btnI=lucky|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. The choices given were the_comeback_kid, los_angeles, explorers, and 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. 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. Submissions were due on March 30.
Winners
Over 500 remixes were submitted for consideration. 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. 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 & 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 & 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)