Steve James shares remix package featuring artists from his Discord + announces exclusive Audius remix contest

The young and acclaimed producer Steve James is proving his talents and resiliency this year. The artist has lots of momentum behind him - sharing a recent remix of Lyrah’s gorgeous single “Don’t Make Me,” releasing a remix package for his own original “Us” as well as announcing a remix contest exclusively on the Audius streaming platform.

Steve’s take on “Don’t Make Me” highlights his penchant for deep house, as he flips the indie pop track into a groovy and evocative dancefloor remix. Stream the remix here.

In addition, this summer the GRAMMY-nominated producer and prolific remixer set out to start his own label, Butter Beats. After years of producing for top artists in both pop and EDM, the 22-year-old producer moved back to his home state of Pennsylvania to run his own label & rediscover his own sound in the place where he started his career at the age of 16. The first release on Butter Beats “us,” featured Steve’s own eerie vocals and a driving bassline that stands out from the crowd as something a bit different - just what he intended to do on Butter Beats.

A few months and 3 label releases later, Butter Beats is circling back to their debut release with a remix package that is exceptionally diverse and polished. And perhaps the most unique feature of the package is that all four remixers were discovered via Steve’s Discord or Instagram - with this release Butter Beats is pleased to welcome Narayan, Joey Parki, TAPIWA and TWK. Stream the remixes here.

“As someone who got my start remixing songs, I’ve always wanted to make as much of my songs and as many parts of them available to people as possible. That was one of the frustrations when I was signed to a major label: of my whole EP, we weren’t able to release a single remix because of the rights issues and needing so many people within the label to sign off on it. That was a real frustration for me and one of many reasons why I went on to start Butter Beats - to own my own music and help lift up other artists.”

“With Butter Beats, I want everyone to have a chance. I try to listen to everything that comes through the Discord, everything that’s sent my way on Instagram. I’m not trying to start a label with a narrow lane of sounds that young or new artists try to simply replicate, I want to use the label to discover new artists doing fresh things and being themselves - because that’s what has always worked best for me, after all.”

Steve and Butter Beats aren’t done just yet with “Us” remixes though. With the release of this remix package, Steve is inviting producers everywhere to remix his song via Audius, a new streaming platform that’s friendly to unofficial bootleg remixes and edits.

“I love Audius and right now it really feels like somewhere artists can try new things and share whatever they’re working on—works in progress, music that’s a bit different for them, or content that would otherwise get taken down on SoundCloud or YouTube. They’re super remix-friendly and I wanted to give everyone a chance to take the ‘us’ vocals and put their own unique spin on them. “

The contest launches September 16th and ends September 30th, with the winning remix to be released worldwide on Butter Beats. Contest will be live on 9/16 here.