Getting right to the point, I hope you enjoy this remix I made for Silver Atlas:

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When I remix a song, I tend to approach it as a new arrangement of the song. So to answer my own question about “what is the purpose of a remix,” for me it’s an exercise in writing and arranging. Maybe some people don’t need, want, or enjoy such practice. But I do, and it only makes me better at what I do.