Madonna – Fever [Spiritualised Video Mix]

Remix & Video by Patrick Samuel

This remix of Fever is taken from the Dream Sequences remixes collection. One of the first mixes produced for the project back in early 2008, comprising of synth, pad and string arrangements juxtaposed with a delicious backing beat and percussion to compliment the original elements on the official percapella.

Working with the vocal was nothing less than a migraine inducing nightmare and took several months to complete as the original track was not beatmpapped to a metronome and therefore each bar was as irregular and the one preceding it which resulted in hundreds of millisecond cuts to fit perfectly!

The video was also a similarly hard task and resulted in the audio being lowered from 120BPM to 110BPM and several sections being removed or changed around in terms of the order they appeared in.

The ending is a bit sketchy as it was left raw to allow for a smooth transition into the next video track which is Paradise [Not For Me].

The Fever remix video was premiered at the Celebration London Launch Party back in September 2009 in conjunction with Warner Music UK and MBC and was played as a backdrop on a large screen via projector. Am happy to report that it turned out to be the most popular video of the night together with Frozen, Ray of Light, Rain, Heartbeat and Don’t Tell Me!