You may never have taken the time to wonder what “Smells Like Teen Spirit” would sound like as a trance song- I know I haven't!- but here it is, as re-mixed by DJ Gemini from Osaka, Japan. I am honestly not up on all of the factions and sub-factions in the convoluted world of electronic dance music, but DJ Gemini describes his own work as “progressive psychedelic trance.” As a DJ, it seems he spends most of his performance time as the DJ for various dance parties in Osaka's “psy-trance” music scene.

I don't have anything against electronic music. One of my favorite bands is VNV Nation, and I also enjoy other future-pop and EBM bands like Wulfsheim and Covenant. Still, I would generally describe myself as a purist when it comes to my punk rock (and related genres), so I was surprised to find that I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit. It didn't end up seeming like the blasphemy I thought it would!

It's certainly a different take on what Cobain was going for, but it still retains a lot of the energy and sheer noise of the original while taking it off in a different direction as well. I don't dance myself, but I could see a lot of my old friends from the goth/industrial music night loving this. In the name of keeping an open mind and giving different ideas a chance, why not try it out- you might be pleasantly surprised.