Tom Reynolds

It’s the end/start of the year and that can only mean mashup season. I’ve been listening to the following almost exclusivley and I honestly cannot think of a better “mash of mashups” (if that’s the collective noun?)

• The Kleptones: Uptime/Downtime.
  Here I was thinking that “24 Hours” would be known as The Kleptones high water mark! At the time of the release,  24 Hours was unique- a concept mashup album. While I’ve only had one full listen to Uptime Downtime, I can honestly say I have never enjoyed a mashup album this much. While jogging with headphones on, I found myself yelling “Oh shit yeah!”at some of the mixes. “Eric Kleptone” is an absolute master of the mashup.
• Best of Bootie 2009.
  At any other time, this would be the highlight of my summer- but it’s been shaded slghtly by The Kleptones (who appear on this anyway!).  If you don’t like Lady Gaga, I suggest you steer clear. (Though the whole nature of a mashp is to turn two so-so songs into a new diamond)
• Team 9 vs Stereogum- Mysplice 4.
  “Australia’s own”, Team 9 from Perth was responsible in part for the classic “American Edit” remixing Green Day’s “American Idiot” (Google it!). This fourth in the Mysplice era continues a fine tradition of excellent mashup work.
• Culture Bully Presents: 2009 Mashed.
  Though he’s just announced a hiatus, Chris De Line‘s Culture Bully site has still taken time out to release a 2009 retrospective of the best mashups. Go check it!

So there you go- some hours of mashup delights await you.

YouTube Doubler allows you to play two YouTube videos together to make…erm… magic.

Here’s one I made. DJ Thomasr presents Guy v Goat:. Go to Youtube Doubler to hear it as it should be

First attempt at this

..tonight.

Here’s what you get when you combine: beat boxing, harmonies, soul music, Phil Collins and the French Metro.

Wicked stuff

I’m off to see this pretty much all weekend. Cameron Reilly has me interviewing Paul Marino in a bar somewhere about Machinima and the progress we’ve seen in the last 12 months.

PERFECT TIMING!!!

The Best of Bootie 2006 mashups mix is out. It’s pretty frikin’ awesome(like last years!)

Download it here [right click "Save As"]

More info at BoB 2006 site here

Here’s the track listing:

1. A plus D – Bootie Intro

2. DJ Moule – Black Sabotage (Beastie Boys vs. Led Zeppelin) – Paris, France

3. DJ M.I.F. – Tricky Sandman (Run-DMC vs. Metallica) – Denmark

4. DJ Jay-R – Sweet Sovereign (Lady Sovereign vs. Eurythmics vs. Shiny Grey) – Oakland, USA

5. Divide & Kreate – Temperaturized (Sean Paul vs. Yaz) – Stockholm, Sweden

6. Party Ben – Hung Up On Soul (Death Cab For Cutie vs. Madonna) – San Francisco, USA

7. A plus D – Love Will Tear You Apart (She Wants Originality) (She Wants Revenge vs. Joy Division vs. Bauhaus) – San Francisco, USA

8. A plus D – Sexy Peek-A-Boo (Justin Timberlake vs. Siouxsie & the Banshees) – San Francisco, USA

9. Arty Fufkin – Crazy Logic (Gnarls Barkley vs. Supertramp vs. Rockwell) – Melbourne, Australia

10. Max Entropy – Short Skirt, London Bridge (Fergie vs. Cake) – Philadelphia, USA

11. DJ Axel – Real Back Poppin’ (Cheryl Lynn vs. Fat Joe vs. Nelly) – Los Angeles, USA

12. A plus D – Beethoven’s Fifth Gold Digger (Kanye West vs. Beethoven vs. Walter Murphy) – San Francisco, USA

13. team9 – The Money Song (Hard-Fi vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. Flying Lizards vs. Abba vs. Jay-Z) – Perth, Australia

14. Go Home Productions – Don’t Hold Back, Sweet Jane (Chemical Brothers vs. Velvet Underground vs. U2 vs. Sugababes vs. MARRS) – Watford, UK

15. DJ Topcat – Dec. 4th, Oh What A Night (Jay-Z vs. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons) – Seattle, USA

16. DJ Topcat – The Safety Booty (Bubba Sparxxx vs. Men Without Hats) – Seattle, USA

17. Pilchard – Fox Problems (Jimi Hendrix vs. Jimi Bo Horne vs. Eric B & Rakim) – Royal Berkshire, UK

18. Lenlow – Work It Out (Beyonce vs. Dave Matthews vs. Jurassic 5 vs. Deee-Lite) – Boston, USA

19. Victor Menegaux – Going Back To Dani (Notorious B.I.G. vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Seattle, USA

20. The Kleptones – Careless Or Dead (Bon Jovi vs. George Michael) – Brighton, UK

21. Divide & Kreate – Always With You (Willie Nelson vs. U2 vs. MARRS) – Stockholm, Sweden

Huge congrats to Artie Fufkin and Team 9 for getting 2 Oz-made mashup tracks on the compilation!!