Mashups are great.  It’s all about the novelty of hearing a song in an entirely different context, bringing attention to different elements that you wouldn’t notice.  True, a lot of mashups are nothing but functional dancefloor fillers, but there are also some really good works of art in the mashup world.  Here are some examples.  They are both from mix CDs but still highly listenable as songs.

The Beatles vs Kraftwerk – Tour Da Elenor Rigby (Soulwax Remix)

Chicken Lips – Zeefungk Clap Slap ft Ciccone youth – Me and Jill

PART OF THE WEEKEND NEVER DIES — the DVD!!

coming in August

WWW.SOULWAX.COM

This song was featured in the critically acclaimed flash game “Frank’s Adventure 3″

Powerpill – Pac-Man

this version has a pretty cool intro

Powerpill – Pac-Man (Choci’s High Score Mix)

This song is way better and uses less pac-man gimmicks

Arkade Funk – Tilt

There are a few new things happening in the Bmore world. This Hollerboard thread pretty much says all there is to say. If you like Bmore, support the artists by buying some digi-EPs here or here. (The Unruly online store seems kinda sketchy, but i’ve bought stuff from there before.. it works)

This is an mp3-free post.

I was on Ministry of Sound a couple weeks ago looking for some hetero-electronica cheese videos (girls working out, girls playing soccer, girls working out, girls playing sax, girls working out, nurse-girls cloning guys and testing them to make sure they’re heterosexual). I wanted to see if there were any new ones that topped the pinnacle of the genre, Benny Benassi’s Satisfaction.  Didn’t find anything, however I was pleasantly surprised by this amazing peice of work (DIY net culture electro steez?).  Awesome song too.

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If you live in the UK you can buy this single on iTunes UK.

Frank Musik – In Step

Frank Musik – Three Little Words

FRANK MUSIK MYSPACE

Metro Station – Shake It

Lady GaGa – Just Dance

Katy Perry – Kissed A Girl ( <–on fire )

Friend is unsigned!   ……so what.. right?  Well, not only that.. he is not even on hypemachine!!    

Unsigned,unhypemachined,.. aka FRESH MEAT!!! Bloggers, you know what to do. If you’re not a blogger…..

ADD FRIEND AS A FRIEND

This disco edit shit is trendy as hell right now, but something about this stuff suggests that this individual transcends trends………. although his song titles are kinda cheese-tastic..  His artist title is a good gimmick though b/c bloggers can make jokes and make readers laugh, which is important, but not extremely important.

Friend – Secret

Friend – Stomp it to the Ground

Friend – Dreams

Friend – Celebration

FRIEND’S MYSPACE

What’s going on winnie cooper?? Special thanks to the boys for having me on board.

I will start with some words. Scott was picking my brain for justification on why bmore still needs to be talked about, and i promised him i would post what i told him, so here goes:

Baltimore Club is a totally new genre of music with new rules and new ideas, but no matter what, it is closer to house then hip-hop. Baltimore City was unique in its urban musical development in that they embraced house instead of rejecting it. While most cities, by the time the 90′s arrived, lost house to hip-hop’s homophobia, in Baltimore they had a drag queen MCing at one of the biggest clubs. Bmore loves house. Go to DJ Technics’ site and see how many mixes he has dedicated to house (can’t find that section right now but it’s there somewhere).

So, yeah, bmore club = new black house, and to me it’s an exciting departure from Whitey’s stronghold on the genre for the past decade or so.

Here’s a fresh summer house jam from Baltimore:
 Jamma Quadrant one – Summertime ft Tapp

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not all my posts will be this wordy ;)