The Reincarnation of Rob E C

 The Reincarnation of Rob E C (Rob E C vs. Seal vs. Pharrell) - Cheesy Sex Mix

One that seems to have slipped through the net and was never posted on here (but was on Soundcloud). WARNING CHEESE ALERT: Poor Rob EC had his heart broken as he sings along to Seal's Prayer for the Dying, until smooth talking lothario Pharrell comes along and passes on a few tricks turning Rob into a love god.  As you can probably tell this is one to file under 'not serious'
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.

Licensed to Mash

According to the BBC, killjoys at EMI Publishing have removed from YouTube the spoof Newport State Of Mind, which parodies Jay-Z , “due to a "copyright claim".

I never understand the urge to ban as it often has the opposite effect, for example, the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen is “the most heavily censored record in British history” – but it has achieved near immortality for it. Banning ‘Relax’ didn’t do Frankie Goes to Hollywood any harm either. Maybe this is what EMI want – notoriety and more exposure for an okay song bludgeoned to death by Jay-Z (the solo Alica Keys version is far superior). More frightening would be the possibility that EMI, like most major record companies, are re-enacting the mass panic of peak oil (in their case peak sales) and are going to grab everything they can on the plummet downwards as they deluge us with an ever increasing array of shite music allowing creativity to go down the pan.

I don’t agree with bans but as I have said before this only relates to banning Tweenies from buying records without supervision…but that was merely to sate my aesthetic tastes. Newport State of Mind, a clear parody and tribute, only enhances the original giving it continued exposure, which tends to mean more records sold. If you aren’t being parodied, then let’s face it you or your song really have made it, as a thousand Lady Gaga spoofs and mixes can testify to. Some would contend that banning it draws attention away from the desperate plight of the people of Wales, which my mate Smiffy once described as a third world country (and on that day I found it difficult to argue). 

However on the flip-side EMI’s statement (of repression?) said "when a song is created based wholly on any of our writers' works, those writers need to grant their permission.”

Now this may just be me, but mash-ups are not “based wholly” on a writers work, being made up of two or more parts (especially if you are Earworm or Norwegian Recycling). Earworm has even done official mash-ups which get a fair amount of airplay on BBC Radio One (and cheer up my mornings no end).

I had hoped to release one of my own mashes but, as ever, they are in progress, so I leave you with DJ lobsterdust’s very silly but fun ‘I Will Survivor’ from AudioPornCentral's 2nd Birthday album. Enjoy.

End of Intermission

It’s been almost a year since my last post....

I would apologise but since I have been busy fighting the forces of Evil in all it's forms (including my  dropped hard drive!!!) I won’t. Some things needed to go on the back burner for the greater good, including this blog. But after the untimely intermission....The GingerZilla is back.

My hiatus was not unproductive and there are loads of of other projects I have enmeshed myself in to keep my sanity whilst the forces of evil nibbled away at me. 

These may, or may not, see the light of day. ‘Epics’ (ahem) such as:

Mash-Ups pairing the Black Eyed Peas with Enter Shikari, Mary J Blige with Alif Tree, Notorious B.I.G. with the Dandy Warhols, Snoop Dogg with Team9 and GingerZilla, Herbie Hancock with Busta Rhymes & Obie Trice….to name but a few.

Remixes of Röyksopp, Celldweller, N.A.S.A (an early mix is now on soundcloud), Robert Miles and John Legend (if I can ever replace the ******* stems).

As well as a host of originals and maybe even a couple of mixtapes at some point. There could even be an album, but considering I haven’t released sweet fa in a year it may be worth setting my sights lower...at least musically, cos’ the world is still ripe for takeover, on a Tuesday.

But, normal service has been resumed.

You have been warned.