the samples did sound kinda bad... mostly the synth sounds and vocals with of background noise in them
i tried to make them as clean as possible, like using a vocoder with the vocals "rockin it" as both the modulator and carrier to remove all the noise... it worked pretty well. for the synth riffs, i just re-made them with different sounds that catch that same vibe.
when i first saw the blogpost mentioning Dom & Roland Remix Competition i almost shit myself! i thought oh man, i hope it's Parallax or Minds and Machines of Moulin Rouge!! not quite, but still it was a really remix to make