holy shit my thursday just got kicked in the ass. the benny hill bit at the end is faberge egg levels of priceless. apparently this thing was around the radio back in 2002, but i never heard it till now. is this thing ancient news to everyone but me?

can you believe that dj danger mouse has been doing his thing for almost a decade now? i was a sophomore in college when the grey album dropped and pretty much fried my brain and induced me to write tons of words about sampling laws, copyright, audio collage, etc.

i've been listening to some of his early pre-grey mixes and they're consistently blowing my mind with how smooth he was with mashing shit up while others were pretty much banging two sings together and hoping it didn't end up sounding like wet shoes in a dryer.

t.r.o.y. (follow these guys if you have ANY love of hip-hop) has a succinct sampling of strictly remixes he was behind, and grilled steeze has the four full discs danger mouse put out between 1999 and 2000 and a white label ep from 2002. i'm still sorting through all of this as i type this and highly recommend these, if even to see some interesting early experimentation from this guy.

here's some proof that he had been mixing it up with the beatles for a little while before jay-z retired, and that he had a little ways to go till he'd perfect the model.

A Day in the Life (DM Mix)


Cream (DM Mix with The Beatles' 'Come Together' Beat)


interestingly: "He also remixed work by several local artists, including Neutral Milk Hotel" which isn't on the mixes above.

Neutral Milk Hotel: The Fool (Pelican City Remix)

yeah yeah yeah... mashemups are as dead as dillinger. i get it. the medium has pretty much exploded itself into the mainstream and with the ease of use granted us by computers, anyone with a copy of audacity can get their smash on. whatever. DJBC is still some unheralded shit.

philip glass on top of hip-hop? this could have sucked so hard and instead come out about as shiny as free gold.



yeah, throwing the beatles on top of anything is a little bit played out, but when it's done as stylishly as this it's more than worth your time.



the djbc site has stopped hosting either of these albums, but glassbreaks is readily available over at the WFMU blog, and the beastles album can be had on just about any torrent tracker.

remember when everyone lost their shit when radiohead and trent reznor let the internet-having music-purchasing public determine what they wanted to pay for their albums? everyone was going on and on that this was the beginning of the new way to distribute music int eh post-napster, post-piratebay, post-p2p, post-menstrual world.



do you also remember when girl talk released feed the animals the same way? well, the label behind girl talk since way back when he was rocking pittsburgh basements, illegal-art (that's their office in the topper-most pic), is baby-stepping their way towards releasing their entire back catalog of audio collages in this forward-thinking, pay-what-you-will fashion. so far, there are five albums available, and more are on the way.



i've been a fan of steinski's for a while now, and i cannot speak highly enough about the compilation that illegal-art has available. steinski is the grandpappy of every epicly awesome culture-loaded remix album that is out there today. dude also maintains a superb website with tons of info/opinions about intellectual property, music, and general musings.



i know next to nothing about the bran flakes, oh astro, or realistic, but if they're anywhere near as awesome as girl talk or steinski, i'll swing back through and drop some cash to support them putting this sort of stuff out!

remember kids:

PARTYPARTYPARTYPARTY!


in honor of daft punk being the dudes who will score the tron sequel (tr2n!) as well as the official unveiling of the new blog layout (heads up Zita!) there's gonna be a DAFT PUNK centric dance party at my place this thursday night march 12th. i'm not gonna be giving out my address on here, but send me an email or whatever via the link on the left asking nicely to get the info.

if all goes as planned, then a future traveler person has come back in time and posted footage of the party on youtube for all to enjoy: