Hey friend - I am checking out all your tracks but mostly responding to the ZHU faded remix. You did a really good job overall man! Because of how the Steve James remix has blown up you kind of have a tall order in front of you remixing this track but you did take it in your own direction. I may be able to offer a few ideas:
The intro was actually my favorite part, largely because of the width you achieved and how you filled out the frequency spectrum. When the filtering stopped the holes in the frequency spectrum became more apparent. Try compressing that piano pretty hard (in the range of 6 - 12 db, maybe more if you like the sound) and running it through some saturation or subtle distortion. That will thicken the track sound.
I would also make that bass stab have more of a pluck to it. Try to make the cutoff open more at the attack and close quickly like it's doing now. For the upper melody lines, try layering several patches playing the same music, and pan them around the stereo spectrum. Carve at them with EQ so they don't get muddy, but you will get more width and a more unique sound with several well chosen patches. It will help you get that BIG sound with energy.
I also would recommend compressing some of the drums more, but that's only if you were to stick with this mix. I have a feeling if you start layering more samples you won't need to compress the drums much, just bring them forward in the mix and maybe layer in a few more samples over the snare to make it fatter.
Overall great work – keep it up my friend!
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