ɹᵻmˈɪks sˈɜːvɪsᵻz wɜːɹ ˈɔfɚd bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚ tə pɹəvˈaɪd mjˈuːzɪk wˌɪtʃ wʌz mˈoːɹ ˈiːzili bˈiːtmɪkst baɪ dˌiːdʒˈeɪz fɚðə dˈænsɪflˌoːɹ.
Remix services were offered beginning in the late 1970s in order to provide music which was more easily beatmixed by DJs for the dancefloor.