Remus Rujinschi “Tears In The Club - No Tears Mix”
Like a sonic shower that immerses your entire existence, filling your eyes with awe, “Tears in the Club - No Tears Version” finds a booming drone that fades and swirls, stirring a cinematic, sensuous, sultry atmosphere. It’s soundscapes are refreshing. Epic, heartfelt and intricate, with every layer and sound addition tuned to perfection. Remus Rujinschi is an artist. He creates an immersive listening experience with wonder and intrigues, placing you under a night-infused canvas.
“Tears in the Club - No Tears Version” doesn’t sweep your feet off of the ground, but it pulls your heartstring and stirs butterflies in your blood and soul. Sensuous, smooth vocal rise and sink in the evershifting, swirling storm of shimmering sounds, flirtatious and visually vivid. Then it transitions into a fluttering, fuzz-edged gentle blow up. The contrast is there, but the sensibility and intricacy remain.
Compare to the original version, the remake is heartfelt, sonically complex and multi-dimensional. Rujinschi explains that the original song was designed as an opening for live show, while the remix calls for a vibrant studio retouch. “No Tears Version” scales effective and imaginative world-building.
Read our interview with Rujinschi below and learn all things music composition and production!
Punk Head: I love how you experimented with the original “Tears in the Club” in the “No Tears Version.” It certain breaks free from the original format. Can you tell us a little about your experience doing the remix of this song?
Remus Rujinschi: I have started a new project and at one point I urgently needed an opening song to have a structure which should fit my needs for my future shows, so the original song is not structured for the online audience nor for the radios. It is meant to reach a younger and larger audience, but not a clear genre, so I was looking for EDM sounds which could fuse with trap high hats or other percussion elements. This version leaves the impression it has been made simply in very few chords and some elements, but in reality it is not, the harmony has been intentionally open for live additions and the theme response has been moved to percussion samples for more space, despite the voice sounds commercial, or the song is underground and experimental.
The remix version started with a new ProTools session opened ad-hoc where I have removed few elements from the previous song—elements which I have considered unfit for the large audience, like for example, the high-pitched voice on refrain and the mix. I have re-processed and mixed the previous sounds and created a list with the results of the mixing and mastering workflow and then sent it with a few guidelines to Metropolis Studios—practically it was my first experience with Metropolis.
PH: What do you like the best about this track?
Rujinschi: What I really like is the voice and the execeptionally touch of this track which belongs to the mastering engineer Andy 'Hippy' Baldwin. Andy has worked with a number of his musical influences including The Who, Blur, The Orb and UB40 and an impressive number of other artists. You can listen online the High resolution and the CD version of this song which sounds better than the streaming version at remusrujinschi.com.
PH: What do you aim to accomplish in the near future?
Rujinschi: I really feel like I need to close the gap of this new project which turned out to be a never-ending chain of a plethora of components which are anything but music composition and production. Most of them are related to project management and specific label activities. I would like to focus on my music in a way that can mean something special to the others.
PH: Who are your biggest influences?
Rujinschi: I have been performing during the years across various genres, but the next 3 songs will include elements of style with a sound inspired by electronic music producers and artists like Ninski, Oliver, Avaion, Illangelo, KSHMR, Rob Late, and Chainsmokers.
My next 3 songs can be described as Pop with guitars and a uniquely fun and funky sound, but in the essence they will contain EDM soundscapes and addressed to live performance.
PH: What is the one thing that you’d like your fans to know about you?
Rujinschi: They should know that I really work hard, and I'm constantly learning and improving my abilitie to provide them quality sounding songs—not the first versions of the songs but professional, experienced releases possible for theirs satisfaction.
