When Did It All Go So Wrong?
Pendulum – Watercolour
Sounds and looks like a Kylie Minogue video.
Awful awful awful.
First Time Treat
Stumbled upon this little mashup today which is described as his ‘first ever mashup’ and it’s really good although the Dre bit is well off the mark. Apart from that, good first try!
Pendulum vs. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre – Grey Episode - download
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The guy who made it (Ninjao) used BMW’s mini-movie The Hire in his YouTube video for this mashup. I’d never heard of it before but it was a mega-budget internet film campaign way back in 2001 starring Clive Owen and some other heavy hitters including Don Cheadle.
Guy Ritchie, John Woo, Ang Lee and Tony Scott were among the directors for each short action-packed film so I’m going to spend the next hour watching them!
The first one, The Ambush, is below.
Here’s the link to Ninjao’s YouTube channel
Donut
I’m not (usually) massively keen on mash-ups from an EP release but Living The Dream Records have comprised what could honestly (almost) be thrown down as an original single mix.
Combining the Radio and Single Edits with remixes from Boy 8-Bit, Logistics, Gui Boratto, Ben Hoo and James Talk, they’ve created a tasty minimal medley.
As the track progresses and merges into another, the tempo raises and it culminates in the Drum and Bass remix by Logistics.
Dandy.
M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade – Donut (Mashup Remix) – download
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Here’s the video for the original single.
M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade – Donut – 
If It Ain’t Broke…
I absolutely love DC Breaks. They deliver a classic Drum and Bass remix everytime which is all I want.
DC Breaks is like a Kit-Kat – they’ve got a proven formula that works and a steady stream of business so there’s no need to diversify or drastically change. If anything, they’ve gotten chunkier in the past few years and sound even better!
Swedish Erik Hassle has been given the DC treatment and it’s given the song some credit.
Erik Hassle – Hurtful (DC Break Remix) – download
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NB: Doesn’t include Kit-Kats in Japan!
Check out more DC Breaks on Mahogany here and here.
Download Erik Hassle’s album Pieces from
Rox Your Sox Off
There are almost too many young London starlets with a voice nowadays and very few manage to catch my ears because they’ve all got synths and their album covers apply far too much photoshopped neon lights for my liking.
Roxanne Tataei aka Rox is one of Rough Trade’s priorities for 2010 and I have a feeling that she’s destined for greatness. Considering RT rarely opt for a commercially pop-fused artist (Rox is however more toward modern soul) so it shows they’re taking her very seriously.
Her single, My Baby Left Me, is out on March 15th and what better way to wet the pallet than a few remixes. One of which is from Drum & Bass favourites DC Breaks.
Delicious.
Rox – My Baby Left Me (Arms Remix) - download
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Rox – My Baby Left Me (DC Breaks Remix) – download
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Rox – My Baby Left Me
Stay Too Long
It’s been a great year for Plan B.
He acted alongside the legendary Michael Caine in the film Harry Brown and featured in the Chase & Status produced track End Credits.
His latest single, Stay Too Long, has been given the remix treatment by Pendulum and it seems they like it so much that they’ve specially edited the music video to make way for it.
This track definitely packs a punch and the video’s great.
Plan B – Stay Too Long (Pendulum Remix) – download
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Get Plugged In!
We’ll start with a new guy in town. Rollz. Quite literally stumbled upon this track last night – it was one of Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest Record In The World’ tracks and thats incredibly impressive for a relatively unknown producer.
Rollz – Plugged In – download
Rollz delivers a dirty high energy tune that further enforces the steady return of underground Drum and Bass back into the mainstream.
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Nero – Do You Wanna – download
It wasn’t long ago since we put up Nero’s incredible remix of the new DJ Fresh tune but now they’ve released a track of their own and it’s getting airplay in all the right places.
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Calvin Harris – Flashback (Goldie Remix)
Stepping into the commercial realms of dance – Calvin Harris’s new album has a few tracks which I like but I’m happy that the old school big boys are getting their hands on his music. Goldie lays down a drum and bass rendition of the new single with a nice bassline inside it.
If anyone knows anything more about Rollz – drop us a line!
Nero ‘Knocks’ Out Another Remix!
The new brand new DJ Fresh tune has been given the ultimate reworking by Nero!
After moving into a brand spanking new studio (opposite Chase & Status!) the guys are now living and breathing music on a daily basis and producing new stuff like this.
This one isn’t as heavy as some of their other remixes – but it’s my favourite so far.
DJ Fresh – Hypercaine (Nero Remix) – download
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DJ Fresh got a nice HD cam for the official music video. Enjoy.
