Review
Genre and Mood
Faul & Wad and PNAU are the credited artists, but Changes - Pretty Pink Remix belongs to the German DJ and producer Pretty Pink, whom German Wikipedia credits with a special low, bass-heavy deep house style. The feelings, nostalgic and groovy, come from the song it reworks, a dance hit sung by a children’s choir; how far the remix keeps that mood, no source we found says.
Song Summary
Changes began as Faul & Wad Ad’s track around the refrain of Pnau’s 2008 song Baby, sung by a children’s choir. Released by Four Music on 15 November 2013, it went to number one in Germany. The art track of this remix credits Pnau’s Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore as writers and Pretty Pink as remixer. The remix runs five minutes and sixteen seconds, shorter than the 5:43 original mix and longer than the 3:22 radio mix.
Musical Breakdown
No review or analysis we found describes the Pretty Pink Remix part by part or gives its tempo, so this section keeps to what can be checked.
Main Section
The original had two hooks, the children’s choir and a saxophone line. Listen for which of them Pretty Pink keeps, and how heavy the bass sits beneath them, given the style she was known for.
Concepts in Focus
A remix is a new version made by reworking a recording’s parts, often by another producer, and Changes collected many. The digital release of 6 December 2013 that Discogs lists carries remixes by Tocadisco, Stefan Dabruck and Robin Schulz beside the radio and original mixes, but not this one. The art track of Pretty Pink’s remix gives the same date, while MusicBrainz first lists it on a Four Music Remix EP of January 2015, shared with remixes of Faul’s Something New. When sources disagree, report both.
It is also a lesson in sampling at one remove. Faul & Wad Ad built Changes on a sampled refrain from Pnau’s Baby, so Pretty Pink reworks a track that was already made from another track. Hear Faul & Wad, PNAU – Changes first, then this version, and listen for what survives two rounds of reuse.
Artistic Context
Pretty Pink is Anne Karolczak, born in Blankenburg in the Harz. She came to electronic music through art and played her first DJ set in December 2009 in Ilsenburg. From late 2013 she began bringing German-language artists into club-oriented deep house, as in Schöner Moment, an original by the indie-pop band Chapeau Claque. She later founded the labels Deep Woods and Wanderlust and played Tomorrowland, Nature One and Lollapalooza; Wikipedia files her later work under melodic house and techno. Faul & Wad Ad are the Paris DJs Maxime Ledu and Camil Meyer.
Impact and Reception
The original topped the German chart and reached number three in the United Kingdom. We found no chart entry or review for this remix. Its life has been on streaming and on compilations: Kontor’s art tracks also place it on Poolside Grooves #11 in 2020, and MusicBrainz on a 2019 Changes release that gathers its versions. Play it after the original and choose your favourite.
