"Beyoncé" Remix Season is Underway

Unless you've been living your life Internets free, you've at least seen the dust that was kicked up on December 13 when at 12:00AM, Beyoncé quietly

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Unless you've been living your life Internets free, you've at least seen the dust that was kicked up on December 13 when at 12:00AM, Beyoncé quietly released Beyoncé, a 14-track album that was also released with 18 music videos... with no promotion whatsoever. Something like a revolutionary, and judging by the shitload of thinkpieces that emerged (and could've emerged), something like a feminist. DAD's not going on about that, though; we've seen producers kicking out remixes of the album's tracks, and we can't avoid collecting them for your enjoyment. We'll continue to update these on a regular basis, so just sit back and find out what happens when the EDM scene takes hold of Beyoncé's source material and siphons it into a dance music soup.

Beyoncé - "***Flawless (Madeaux Remix)"

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Flipping a beat like Hit-Boy's on "***Flawless" is a tall order, but Madeaux found a way to inject his emotional vibes all over this, while keeping Bey's "bow down, bitches" refrain front and center. Don't get it twisted.

Beyoncé ft. Drake - "Mine (Kid Cannibal Remix)"

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Trying to hear a 128BPM electro house rendition of the Drake-featured "Mine?" Kid Cannibal has you covered.

Beyoncé - "Liquor Dance (DJ Madd OD Moombahton Remix)"

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"Partition" already had a fat bass and a live vibe to it with all of that percussion, but throwing it up to 108BPM and giving it a proper moombah-flex is exactly what we needed.

Beyoncé - "Heaven (KIMFU Remix)"

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"Heaven" is definitely one of the softer tracks on the album, with nothing much being done aside from a soft drum that's being lead by a strong piano, and of course Bey's vocals. K!MŦU sped it up a bit, did some proper chops and edits to Bey's vocals, and threw this one into the chiller trap realm.

Beyoncé ft. Drake - "Mine (DJ Doddy Jersey/Bmore Bounce Remix)"

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This bit starts out in a place that just makes you think "am I really going to sit through an oddly-pitched up version of "Mine?," but once this thing drops it's a problem. Hypnotic bassline, Bmore-centric breaks thrown in for great measure, and a number of movements that will have you rocking in the club. Doddy got it.

Beyonce - "Partition (Wongo Edit)"

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Wongo with the superb vocal edits on this one. Really kicks this cut up a notch.

Beyonce - "Mine (Ryan Hemsworth's Notwist N Shout Version)"

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Taken from his RYANPACKv1, Ryan Hemsworth does some magical things with that percussion, especially the way he threw in those reverses. Mid-set masterpiece.

Beyonce - "Heaven (80Fitz Remix)"

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80Fitz turns the emotional "Heaven" into an even bigger movement with this massive dubstep take.

Beyoncé ft. Jay Z - "Drunk In Love (Gant-Man Footwork Rework)"

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Gant-Man has reworking a number of big tunes on the low into footwork masterpieces, and his taken on "Drunk In Love" and applied some proper pressure to it. This isn't some "let's chop a line or two and make an entirely different track" mix; Gant-Man eased in some juke drums and flavor into this, keeping the original in tact while adding his own flair. Proper turn up.

Beyoncé - "Drunk In Love (DJ Cable Edit)"

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Gotta love how Cable flipped this. Instead of reworking Beyonce vocals or snapping Jay lyrics, he flips the hypnotic wail in the original track into a loop to get down and dirty to.

Beyoncé - "Drunk In Love (Lemi Vice x Action Jackson Remix)"

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We're surprised we've not heard many Jersey club edits of Beyonce tunes, so leave it to Lemi Vice and Action Jackson to throw their hats (and bed springs) in the ring, flipping "Drunk In Love" in a proper club-ready vibe.

Beyoncé - "Drunk In Love (TigerBeat & Terror Dactel Remix)"

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Steady house riddim with a nod to the '80s? We're all about it, especially with the number of trap'd out "Drunk In Love" remixes we've been hearing. Oh wait, you say there's some REAL TRAP SHIT in the middle? Yeah, we noticed. It's gone in an instant, though.

Burial x Beyoncé - "Hiders In Love (Its Overture Bootleg)"

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The Constant Gardner put us onto this bootleg, and let us know that it felt kind of like the some proper warehouse rave business. Its Overture blending some new Burial and "Drunk In Love" feels almost like a scene out of Trainspotting.

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