Just another electronic track for you. I really like this one with all the weird and wonderful samples thrown in. A couple that i randomly stumbled across (“thirty one seconds”) and a couple from that i thought were awesome and deserved to be chopped up and music-ified. enjoy!
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One of my new tracks. Not a mashup like the last one just a stodgy electronic jam. I hope you enjoy!
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Ive been getting into mashups lately. This is my latest one. Adele’s Set Fire To The Rain with Nas’s The World Is Yours with a litlle bit of Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club slipped in there. It’d be cool to get some feedback.
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Listening to this wanting to watch this:
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This video is of the singer/songwriter Liam Finn playing his song “Last Chance” on the Later…with Jools Holland show. Liam Finn is the son of Split Enz and Crowded House’s Neil Finn. Liam is an awesome songwriter and an incredible showman on stage. On stage it is just him, his one backup singer and his guitar. With this ( and the help of a few effects pedals) he manages to create a sound scape of an entire band by looping different parts. Finn energetically bashes away at the drum kit to finish up the set. Very Entertaining.
This song is featured on Liam Finns 2007 debut album “I’ll Be Lightning”. He has this year released another album called “FOMO”. Check out more of Liam Finn’s music here: http://www.liamfinn.tv/
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Opossom’s “Getaway Tonight”
The other Nielson brother, Kody’s new band with legendary singer/songwriter, Bic Runga on drums!? and ex Mint Chicks bassist Michael Logie. All three musicians are incredible and this band does show that the whole is as good, even better than the sum of its parts. Opossum opened for Unknown Mortal Orchestra when they played their New Zealand shows late in 2011. Bic Runga is a surprisingly competent and energetic drummer keeping up with Kody Nielson as the band blast through the catchy and aggressive Pop/Punk influenced tunes typical of Kody Nielson. This song is the latest single of their debut album “Electric Hawaii” set to be released in April. This track is available for free download on the bands Bandcamp and Facebook page. -
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Just something i threw together that i thought the people might like. Rap taken from Biggy Smalls’ “Juicy” and chorus vocals from The Beatles’ ” A Day In The Life”.
Thoughts?
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DJ Danger mixes The Beatles with Jay-Z’? Yes! Titled “The Grey Album” due to combining The Beatles classic “The White Album” with Jay-Z’s equally important “The Black Album”, this entire album utilises samples taken from The Beatles “The White Album” and melds them with rhymes of Jay-Z’s “The Black Album”. This album is a breath of fresh air and a good listen for Beatles fans who want to dabble in some Hip-hop and Jay-Z fans who want to expand their listening. DJ Dangermouse, most well known for being part of Gnarls Barkley with Cee Lo Green. Dangermouse is a prominent producer having produced albums for Gorillaz, Beck and his own band Gnarls Barkley. He has been nominated five times for Producer of the Year at the grammys and won it in 2011.
check out the video for Dangermouse’s Encore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXLp2z6xL4
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This is an amazing tune that uses samples from the already awesome Radiohead song “Paranoid Android” and and mixes them into Jay-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”. Produced by Max Tannone. There are heaps of these available for free download from his website as instrumentals or with vocals. Other notably well crafted mashups are “No Karma” and “99 Anthems”.Download instrumentals and Vocal versions at Max Tannone’s website:
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Kids These Days are a fresh bunch of musicians blending some good old fashioned Blues and Soul with Hiphop. These very talented “kids”(most of them still being in their teens) have in the last couple of years built up a fan base of over ten thousand on facebook alone and 2011 saw them release an EP entitled Hard Times. These handful of songs showcase the bands unique sound of Blues,Jazz,Hiphop and Classic Rock. This song, called “Darling” is track two on their EP.
Buy the EP off itunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hard-times-ep/id443433414
and check out more Kids These Days on their facebook:
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Bic Runga’s new album “Belle” has been described as her best music yet. That sounds about right. She has strayed away from her singer/songwriter sound for this album, with collaborations from James Milne a.k.a. Lawrence Arabia and ex-Mint Chick, Kody Nielson in the producer chair. There is definitely a sense of Mint Chicks pop sensibility in this record mixed in with Bic Runga’s distinctive playing and singing style. One highlight is the song ” This Girl’s Prepared for War”. Co-written by James Milne, is a step away from Runga’s normal approach at a love song. “Belle” is a marvellous album that shows Bic Runga developing her style and sound. This makes for a nice change and very good listen.
Buy the album here:
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Another ex-Mint Chick making some amazing music. This is an incredible one-man cover of The Beatles tune “A Day In The Life” performed by ex-Mint Chicks bassist Michael Logie in a dinosaur costume. Enjoy!
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More free( and legal!) music from the hip hop world. Hoodie Allen is a rapper/songwriter from New York. He has two mixtapes that are definitely worth checking out. The first, Pep Rally, was released in 2010 . The second, Leap Year, was released in 2011. Both are really good listens and are free so there’s no reason not to check them out.
Download both mixtapes free here:
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One of the best Beatles covers I’ve come across. One of the band members is heard at the begining saying ” shut up Al Green”. Brilliant!
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Home Brew Perform “Ffunny Ffrends”
Home Brew are a Hip Hop group hailing from Auckland, New Zealand. Here they cover Unknown Mortal Orchestra song “Ffunny Ffrends”, modifying the verse with Tom Scott’s intense added lyrics. The guys kick off the performance by stepping off the stage to where the audience is comfortably having a meal and taking drinks and food from the people of the table nearest the front. Home Brew obviously have no shame but it does make for a more entertaining start to the show. This cover keeps the sound of the original (except for the added alto saxophone) with the addition of the new lyrics and changing the title to “Ffunny Ffiends”. This is a very enjoyable rendition of an already amazing song
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