There’s been a bit a dought of truly brilliant tracks uploaded to Mixter but that all changed this morning when CC Mixter’s two best producers, Pat Chilla and teru, posted a collaborative production using folk singer Colin Mutchler’s a cappella.

Castles of Serenades is a beautiful, emotional, technically perfect rendition.

(A special note to singer-songwriters out there: Looking for a good producer? Upload your a cappellas to Mixter. Wait a week.)

Mixter itself is closing in on 1000 registered users (I know, nothing compared to the hoards that flocked to the opening on ourmedia.org but then Mixter is a much more specialized site and it *cough* works) and over 700 samples, songs and remixes half of which is allowed for commercial sampling. The ODB contest this month (judged by RZA and promising a spot on a release later this year) and the Magnatune contest that starts next month (where winners get signed to the label) are sure to take that number well over 1000.

But the numbers don’t mean a thing if the music is just a bunch more of the guy-in-a-dorm-on-his-imac “experimental” crap stuff that jams the archive every night.

Pat, teru and “Castles” is what the whole thing is about.