Not sure if this is finished but I haven't changed anything in ages, so I thought I'd let it go. This is a remix of parts of Linkin Park's 'Reanimation' a remix album of 'Hybrid Theory'. Listen/Download here.
UK rapper Dizzee Rascal's 'Sirens' from Maths + English goes up with Justin Timberlake's 'Like I Love You'. You may notice as well the small KRS-1 sample - which I just couldn't resist.
Listen/Download here
I've been working on a few old mashups perfecting them but realised that I needed to put something out again....
This is the first of two mixes of Shady Records' (Eminem) Obie Trice. I've always liked Obie's 'Got Some Teeth', however this in this mix I take him down tempo and jazzy by throwing in UNKLE's Rabbit in the Headlight's (a b-side to the Ian Brown classic 'Be There') with a little drum sample from Radiohead's Reckoner which they kindly released the stems for (I have another two projects with that but more of that later).
Listen/download here (cover/pix to follow)
I also have another mashup due for release on 16th December 2008 which is my Xmas message to the world and timed with Bill Hick's birthday. It's called Children of Violence (it's Just a Ride). So stay tuned....
Rob E C is unlucky in love and has had his heart broken. He is in a right mess as he sings along to Seal's 'Prayer for the Dying'. Lothario Pharrell takes pity on him and with a few words shows him how to win with the ladies and sends him back out into the world a lovegod. As you can probably tell this is one to file under 'humour' although it's a track in it's own right and a million miles away from the simple cut and paste job that was 'Riding Bearback is Just Wrong'
Tracks used:
Rob E C - Freak 2 Nite (Acapella)/Free (Acapella)/Give it Up (Acapella)/I'm Sure (Acapella)/You can Try (Acapella)*
Seal - Prayer for the Dying (Instrumental)
Busta Rhymes ft Pharrell - Light Your Ass on Fire
and a small sample from Pharrell & Gwen Stefani - Can I Have it Like That
*Rob E C released these acapellas on the Sony Acid pro site.
Listen/Download here*
Read legal notice down bottom
Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, this is my first mashup release (actually the seventh track I'm working on, but first to be finished) .
I've had the instrumental track 'Bareback' (a B-side to Growing on Me) from late band The Darkness (who I absolutely loved!) for quite sometime and always wanted something to go with it. With the help of Notorious BIG (who I hated his music, but liked his rapping style tho' the words leave something to be desired) 'Dead Wrong' and Eminem on toking duties.
It's really just a cut and paste job with a few tweaks and I left the guitar parts open because they rock! Turn the volume up on this one and pretend you're Angus Young.
Riding Bareback is Just Wrong! [MP3] [Listen]
The Darkness - Bareback vs. Notorious BIG - Dead Wrong
Also featuring an Eminem sample from 'Just Don't Give a Fuck
Enjoy - comments (constructive please) also welcome.
You may have noticed a lack of posts on here of late this is for two reasons.
The first is I am now a member of the AudioPornCentral family and have been featuring my posts there. I wish to express my gratitude to Simon Iddol for the opportunity. APC recently came #26 in the BT Digital Music Awards 08 as well as being a TypePad featured blog. This is what they had to say:
"WIth a troublemaking title and bursting with talent, music blog AudioPorn Central takes DJ's, designers, and mashup geniuses and throws them all in a blender. Featuring all sorts of mashups, remixes, and delightful tunes and images, it's incredibly popular among those-in-the-know."
Even before I joined the APC family I checked the site daily because there was always something to listen to/look at. The only problem with the site is the word 'porn' may prevent you from looking at work (unless you know someone in the IT department) otherwise you have NO excuse!
The other reason is I am busy in the studio making mashups (6 at the last count) which will appear here. I have a pile of old instrumentals and sounds I'm working my way through, but in the meantime, I've uploaded some older material at Sound Cloud which can listen to/comment on.
Another feature due is an exclusive interview with Dlay who Laurent Garnier said of a recent soapsudcity compilation "I like Dlay tracks 1 and 2, I will present this on my radio show."
In the meantime AC/DC have released a new album which I shall part cash for as soon as I let myself out of the studio. Until then here's a preview:
Norwegian Recycling
[what a great name for a mash-up artist] has been doing exactly what he says on the tin and has recycled two tracks by Norwegian hip-hop crew Karpe Diem and thrown them in with Justin Timberlake's (feat. T.I.) track 'My Love', along with Swedish Rapper Promoe's 2004 track 'Winona Ryder' to err... recycle them too!
NR has also recently featured in the Philippine Daily Inquirer discussing music, mashups and his future plans. It's definitely worth a read for being a nice open piece on the art of mash-ups and go to his website to download the rar or torrent files for these mash-ups.
This is definitely worth viewing and hearing. Virtual DJ has spent the last three months working on a video for the mash-up War of Confusion he did back in March. You can see it's been a labour of love and the message is brutally honest.
"Do I have a political agenda with this video?' he says in his blog post to accompany the video 'No, but like any sane person I am disgusted by the atrocities and accompanying cynicism that occurs on our planet. And we grow indifferent to many of the news about it. I hope this video shows that wars, neglect, famine, etc are no trivial matters at all and definitely not glamorous."
Although this mash-up is a little bit on the noisy side, the cover (right) is utterly brilliant.
Artists featured on the mash include include: faith no more, fergie, house of pain, jay-z, kelly clarkson, oasis, sean paul
I was saddened recently when I heard the Violent Femmes classic 'Blister in the Sun' on a Fosters advertisement. I had to do a double take and the Violent Femmes, an Alternative rock, underground band (that sold more than most underground bands) who were massively influential (their songs have appeared in tv shows, movies, video games and have been covered widely) greatly went down in my estimation as complete sell outs.
The Violent Femmes are not a struggling or emerging band and so having one of their songs used in a commercial reminded me of a Bill Hicks quote:
"Here's the deal, folks, you do a commercial, you're off the artistic roll call forever, end of story ... If you do a commercial, there's a price on your head, everything you say is suspect...You know, if you're young and struggling, OK, I'll look the other way. Still, you do a commercial and you're off the artistic roll call forever and that goes for everyone ... except Willie Nelson. With a $30 million dollar tax debt, Willie's pockets were a little deeper than the rest of ours."
I have included a video of the advert below for anyone reading this not in the UK who may not have the foggiest what I'm on about. For the rest of you - don't watch this shite (it's rammed down your throat anyway).
However despite my chagrin that the VF sold out and had climbed the ladder to become suckers of Satan's scaly black pecker (yes another Bill Hicks quote - I keep doing them but I can't help it, honestly) I then found out that the song had been used in a Wendy's (the burger chain) advert beforehand. Yet, just as I thought all hope was lost I saw a comment by Violent Femmes' bassist Brian Ritchie, in reply to a blog that shares my disgust of such a great song being 'prostituted'.
Feb. 22, 2007, 1:51 a.m.
For the fans who rightfully are complaining about the Wendy's burger advertisement featuring Blister in the Sun. Gordon Gano is the publisher of the song and Warners is the record company. When they agree to use it there's nothing the rest of the band can do about it, because we don't own the song or the recording. That's showbiz. Therefore when you see dubious or in this case disgusting uses of our music you can thank the greed, insensitivity and poor taste of Gordon Gano. It is his karma that he lost his songwriting ability many years ago, probably due to his own lack of self-respect as his willingness to prostitute our songs demonstrates. Neither Gordon (vegetarian) nor me (gourmet) eat garbage like Wendy's burgers. I can't endorse them because I disagree with corporate food on culinary, political, health, economic and environmental grounds. However I see my life's work trivialized at the hands of my business partner over and over again, although I have raised my objections numerous times. As disgusted as you are I am moreso.
Sincerely,
Brian Ritchie
I could not have put it better.
Unfortunately whilst trying to locate the Fosters advert (above) I had the misfortune to view this complete piece of shite, which is trying to sell Fosters to the Aussie's (hint: they do not drink this fizzy piss water).
It is truly an utterly appalling advert. It tries to be all 'matey' but it's just an advertising exec trying to appeal to patriotic sensibilities and failing miserably. I was born Down Under and I'm offended by this bollocks. It starts by trying to dispel the myths of Aussie's being crocodile wrestling, Kangaroo pet owning and then tries to build into a patriotic fervour. Mash Up DJ Wax Audio who I have mentioned in previous posts commented:
We're not racist in Australia BUT... when we gather in drunken mobs of 5000 to bash "lebs and wogs" in "defence" of our beaches it's OK for Alan Jones (Sydney's number one shock-jock) to spur them on - especially when the country's top politicians back him up. The message to these "middle eastern grubs" is simple: "I come from the land down under, you better run, you better take cover".
After viewing this advert and the type of people it is trying to appeal to (despite the 'normal' looking bloke at the end) I would suggest that the drunken mob, could, very possibly have been drinking Fosters.
Is this the kind of Australia that John Howard created whilst he bent over to take George W's wiener?
No wonders Australians couldn't give a XXXX for Fosters!
Blister in the Sun
I have fallen in love again with music! Thanks to some creative mash up artists, I have rediscovered why I love rock/metal - all by mixing with lectro or any other thing that comes to hand for that matter. And it works! You see that is the beauty of mash ups, from the cheesy and smirk inducing AC/DC go mashing with Ray Parker Junior (Ghostbusters), to The Chemical Brothers meet the Empire (Star Wars not Bush & Co.) and Bloc Party can take on the Pussy Cat Dolls (I loathe PCD but this mix is sublime!) With most of the mixes at first I was incredulous but then I had a huge smile creep across my face. It has introduced me to artists like CSS and reintroduced me to Depeche Mode and Frankie Goes to Hollywood (who go rather well with Iron Maiden!!!!!!)
Unfortunately many of the labels try and suppress this innate creativity and to be honest I see no reason. These tunes are free, there is no profit involved and they are if anything doing a far better service than the stale radio stations we are subjected to these days (Kerrang! being a fine example where a metal/rock magazine play mainstream indie all fucking day long and the hardest thing you will feel is the off button after you have heard the Kaisers for the umpteenth time). Mash Ups make me more likely to buy/download the work of an artist than being force fed some bland, soulless piffle or the dirge of hip hop artists with nothing to say beyond their obvious penile deficiencies, misogynistic overtones and the now passé fixation with violence. Mash Up artists have reaffirmed my faith in music and introduced me to a mixture of new artists and classic tracks that had passed me by! Go spread the word!
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There are so many 'outlets' I could recommend but I will restrict it to the following:
The Bootie series compiles the best mash ups of the year and is a great place to start from (scroll down the page top the best of bootie section).
Mash Up Town provide a selection news and the finest mash ups on the web. The extensive archives are a very rewarding place to search through to find some mash-up nuggets.
Plus there is:
Aggro1 mixes hardcore electro/d&b beats and other insanity with the likes of AC/DC, Judas Priest & Oasis. The Led Zeppelin vs. Kelly Clarkson 'Behind these Immigrant Eyes' is truly masterful.
'AudioPorn Central is a music blog, dedicated to hot, sweaty, juicy sounds and tools. The site is updated daily, we have about 12 new posts at weekdays, 6 new posts at Saturdays and Sundays....What is supposed to be free (mashups, free legal downloads, promo mixes etc) we give away free to download.' Nuff Said!
Divide & Kreate - cruel and unusual punishment from this Swedish mash up artist and his ego- I particularly like the Jamelia vs The Killers mash 'Killing Jamelia'. If you have a favourite tune he will most likely already have ruined it.
LeeDM101 a.k.a Audio Lego, demolishes and then reassembles offering up an eclectic mix of mash ups, remixes and original material. His mash up of Reign in my Awakening Eye (Depeche Mode vs Unkle vs Dead Can Dance) is total aural pleasure.
San Francisco based Party Ben provides fun times and is also the "The Dumbest Name in Showbiz". He spotted the similarity between Oasis's 'Wonderwall' and Green Day's 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' even before Noel Galagher did. The resulting mash up "Boulevard of Broken Songs" (2004) received a fair bit of airplay and he's appeared in both the music and tabloid press for his efforts. Is it silly or is it just parody? Who cares it's fun!
Wax Audio not only mashes but includes some rather concise political commentary too. The cut and paste versions of speeches by Bush & Howard are enlightening, however it's the cutting up of what the rabid media that just shows what the people in charge are like [see Imagine This post for more info]. Overall WA provides a good broad mix that will make you laugh, cry and hurl - especially when Metallica go to the Punjab!
These are excellent places to start and you will find all the links you need for more mash up mayhem from there.
I've been waiting all day for this to be available on Audio Porn Central after hearing a few of the tracks beforehand. The essence of the idea is to mash-up different songs to Katy Perry's smash hit I Kissed a Girl
It did not disappoint, even though I was worried that some of the artists featured (Flo Rida, Aqua [yes that f***king Aqua], Spice Girls, Fergie) would cause a great ball of bile to collect in my throat, (since they are purveyors of bland soulless piffle). But it didn't happen. The tracks I feared most, I loved (even if it was with a wry smile)! This is soooo good!
What mash-up artists do is make you look at tracks in a new way. After everything I recently posted about the Plague of Euro-Pop, I should be forced to eat my sweat ridden hat because I was even bloody singing along to Barbie Girl (this version deserves to be a kitsch class of its own). But since it was a mash-up I'm excused.
Guilty Pleasures indeed.
Guilty Pleasures - Volume One, We All Kissed A Girl, The Ultimate Katy Perry Mashup Compilation
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