How Imanbek Remixed ‘Roses’ and Changed His Life

When Imanbek Zeikenov came across SAINt JHN’s woozy 2016 track “Roses” last year, he felt the singer-rapper’s vibe but thought that something was missing. “I listened to the song and heard that it could be something else,” he says, speaking through a translator from his home in Aksu, Kazakhstan.
Zeikenov, who produces music under his first name, dramatically spiked the tempo, added a propulsive bassline and pitched the vocals up beyond recognition —