Over the years, I’ve put together a number of unofficial edits—tracks that I’ve reworked for my own sets, layering samples, extending sections, and sometimes even pulling in elements from the original sources of inspiration. While these edits often find a home in my live DJ sets, getting them out into the world can be tricky due to copyright restrictions.

Recently, I attempted to post three edits from my catalog:

Leæther Strip – Testure (Shane Aungst Edit)
Leæther Strip’s cover of Skinny Puppy’s Testure immediately caught my attention. As a lifelong Skinny Puppy fan (and having shared the stage with Ogre when Noxious Emotion opened for KMFDM), I knew their original work inside and out. Since Testure famously sampled the film Plague Dogs, I decided to take it a step further—digging deeper into the film’s audio, extending certain loops, and incorporating additional elements that aligned with the unsettling atmosphere of the track.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to post this one due to copyright limitations, but it remains one of my favorite edits to play live.

Aesthetische – An End In Itself (Shane Aungst Edit)
This is an edit I put together a few years back, and it’s been a mainstay in my sets ever since. I spent a lot of time layering and looping samples, at one point juggling five different loops to shape the flow of the track. Aesthetische’s original version is an absolute banger, and I wanted to bring out even more of its driving energy.

Despite my best efforts, this one also couldn’t be posted due to copyright. You can, however, check out the original track here: Alfa Matrix – An End In Itself.

FabrikC – Angst (Shane Aungst Duck & Cover Edit)
The one edit that did make it through! This was inspired by a few other producers who had sampled the old U.S. government Duck and Cover educational videos. When I first heard Angst by FabrikC, I knew it was the perfect track to build my own version around. I layered in additional samples, extending and tweaking the arrangement while keeping that tense, apocalyptic feel intact.

Interestingly, at one point, a label reached out wanting to include this edit on a compilation. Since it wasn’t my original track, I needed FabrikC’s permission to move forward—but after reaching out, I never heard back (which isn’t uncommon). That said, I’m still glad I can finally share this version with you.

*One interesting note—this edit features an atomic siren sample that I later used in our Noxious Emotion remix of Spankthenun’s track Fuck the Apocalypse. Some samples just have a way of sticking around - Said remix is here: https://spankthenun.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-the-apocalypse-noxious-emotion-remix