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Not Here Still
17:21 / 21.02.02
Anyone else notice how bootleg mash-ups of different songs have become so bloody popular it hurts?

I mean, once Kylie is doing Blue Monday v Can't Get You Out of My Head at the Brits, you know you've got a phenomenon.

So what is your opinion of these tunes?

Are they cynical rip-offs, or worthwhile interpretations? Do we really need the Strokes v Christina Aguilera bootleg*?
Or 15 and counting versions of Get Yr Freak On?

If you like your boots - what's the best you've heard?

Must say, I do think the Kylie one is genius...

[*ps I do - if anyone can put up a link to the MP3 that works, I'll be pleased]
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
17:32 / 21.02.02
Yes, we need that Strokes Vs. Aguilera! Thanks, by the way - I was planning on pimping it, and you saved me a turn.

I've been obsessing over that Stroke of Genius mix for the past few days, everyone I play it for just loses it, it's that good. It takes the music from The Strokes "Hard To Explain" and the vocals from Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle", and the combo is a far better song than either of them on their own. It's enough to make a person wish that Christina Aguilera would become the permanent lead singer of The Strokes, or just make an entire record like this. It's really something special, I think it certainly transcends novelty.

Linkity!

[ 21-02-2002: Message edited by: Flux = Triangle Body Mode ]
 
 
videodrome
00:35 / 22.02.02
This guy's got it all.

Never in my life have I had a pop song like Aguilera's in my head....until now.

Freelance Hellraiser does a lot of good work, and Matt's Outkast/v/Autechre track rules. Also like the Windowlicker/Smooth Criminal mix. There's more that I forget.

Oh, and there's very little word of this stuff in the states - we're a little behind.
 
 
No star here laces
06:03 / 22.02.02
We even have a club here in london that plays nothing but boots...
 
 
Not Here Still
15:36 / 22.02.02
And one in Hoxton that has a knitting circle, so I hear...
 
 
suds
16:07 / 22.02.02
wait, theres a really good one that mixes bootilicious w/smells like teen spirit. i only heard it one time, but iiiiiiiii liked it.
 
 
nikon driver
16:09 / 22.02.02
you said you want kylie at the brits.
i'll give you kylie at the brits.
and since this is your first time...
i'll give it to you for free.
you need anything else.
you just call me y'hear. just call. there ain't nothing i can't getcha in this place.

(oh...and i'm just downloadin' it myself, so it might be shit. dunno)
 
 
Not Here Still
16:51 / 22.02.02
suds - it's somewhere on vidoedrome's link, which has changed since I last saw it.

Haven't done the audiogalaxy thing yet, but looks like I will soon now.

And this Strokes/Aguilera bootleg (which I've tracked down) - fuck me, she can really sing, can't she?
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
17:05 / 22.02.02
I've been downloading loads of bootmixes since last night - I've found some really fucking brilliant stuff.

Ones I recommend:

The aforementioned Smells Like Bootylicious and Stroke of Genie-Us mixes by Freelance Hellraiser. Both are on Audiogalaxy and the The Dr. Blog sites.

Other great versions by Freelance Hellraiser:

"Step On Man" (Missy vs. vs. Happy Mondays)

"Musical Know-How" (Madonna Vs. Young MC)

"Lick Pops" (Missy vs. N'Sync)

"Nelly Vs. Grange Hill" - odd version of "Country Grammar"

This guy Matt Tuozzo has six interesting mixes on his site - all of them pop vs. IDM stuff. The best one is Autechre Vs. Outkast ("B.O.B."). The combos are more interesting than the final products, I think - a little to arty and not danceable enough for me.

The finest mix I've found thus far has been the Q-Tip "Breathe and Stop" Vs. Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough". It is mindblowing, and put together seamlessly. It's on The Dr. Blog...

There's a really nice Eminem "Real Slim Shady" vs. MJ "Billie Jean" there too. Nicely done.

The Kraftwerk Vs. Whitney Houston "I Wanna Dance With Numbers" is fun too.

The DJs On Strike stuff is alright, some interesting mixes of "Bootylicious" "Ride Wit Me" by Nelly, some NSync tune - but not crossed with anything, just fucked up electronic DJ mixes.

I am so hooked on this. This is just so much fun, there is a contagious sense of DIY fun in this, and the knowledge that this is all done in the name of LOVING MUSIC, because there is little money and lots of potential legal trouble in making this music.

[ 24-02-2002: Message edited by: Flux b/w Rad ]
 
 
Not Here Still
17:10 / 22.02.02
Originally posted by Flux=Bootleg Lover

I am so hooked on this. This is just so much fun, there is a contagious sense of DIY fun in this, and the knowledge that this is all done in the name of LOVING MUSIC, because there is little money and lots of potential legal trouble in making this music.


Amen to that.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
16:26 / 23.02.02
Just as a note: Dr. Blog/Boom Selection has moved.

In other news - It seems like the fallout from the Kylie/Blue Monday awards show thing could be very interesting. Bootymixer Kurtis Rush is calling it quits. Here's the email posted on Dr. Blog:


From: kurtis rush
To: sheldon@gnutty.co.uk
Subject: please put this up on your site: thank you.
hi,


im giving up the "bootlegs".


its gone too far, what had started off as fun is almost turning into an
industry and a "marketing" tool, and i dont want anything to do with it.


the lovecats track ("Is there a cure for the one minute man?")is coming out
next week and then no more.


thank you for your support,


kurtis rush has now left the building.

 
 
rizla mission
21:28 / 23.02.02
The best one I've ever heard - a shiny coin to anyone who can find it - mixes 'I Wish' by Skeelo with 'Eye of the Tiger', and then mixes them both up with 'Cannonball' by the Breeders, to absolutely staggering effect.

Also, who can tell me something about this one I recorded off the radio that takes the vocals from 'Rebel Without a Pause' by Public Enemy and puts them over this kitschy mariachi dance band song? (the best bit's where he shouts "TERMINATOR X!" and there's a drum roll and a little xylophone solo).
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
14:23 / 24.02.02
mixes 'I Wish' by Skeelo with 'Eye of the Tiger', and then mixes them both up with 'Cannonball' by the Breeders,

that one is pretty good. I've found some others recently that completely rock my world, all of them on Audiogalaxy:

Prince "Kiss" Vs. Daft Punk "Da Funk"

U2 "With Or Without You" Vs. Daft Punk "Da Funk"

Nelly "Country Grammar" Vs. The Trampps "Disco Inferno"

Outkast "Ms Jackson" Vs. Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop"

D12 "Purple Pills" Vs. Depeche Mode "I Just Can't Get Enough" - this one is a thing of genius, done by none other than Freelance Hellraiser. It's title is "I Just Can't Get Enough Pills"

Busta Rhymes "Dangerous" vs. Missy "She's A Bitch" vs. Ol Dirty Bastard/Neptunes "Got Yr Money"

Also, who can tell me something about this one I recorded off the radio that takes the vocals from 'Rebel Without a Pause' by Public Enemy and puts them over this kitschy mariachi dance band song?

That's by Evolution Control Committee. You can find it on Audiogalaxy by just looking up "Rebel Without A Pause", it's the third or fourth result. It's fantastic, thanks for the tip-off.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
13:35 / 08.03.02
Okay, I need some help tracking down a few tracks heard last night at the 'King of the Boots' night at Asylum (with Lyra and Sauron - good to meet you, eyeball kid, by the way...).

1: it's the vocals from that Eric Sermon/Marvin Gaye tune 'Music' over what I could have sworn was the music (maybe chopped up a bit, maybe not) from 'Not Fade Away' by the Rolling Stones, but might well have actually been 'My Generation' by The Who.

2: the vocals from Outkast's 'Ms Jackson' over some kind of rock number... the music is almost proggy/industrially, y'know, it's quite slow and crunching.

3: the vocals from Ol' Dirty Bastard's 'Got Your Money' over some incredibly familiar guitar riff I can't place (sounds sorta 80s).

4: the vocals from Sloop John B over... fuck, I've no idea. I blame the round of double tequilas Lyra insisted on buying.


The Freelance Hellraiser is a young cock, by the way. Looks like he went to a boarding school, but very enthusiastic. Was throwing out free records to the crowd - I believe Lyra went home with one. Unless that was Osymyos or whatever the other guy's name is, in which case he was playing a lot of the Freelance Hellraiser's records...

Anyway, I really love these things, I have to say. Maybe it's the sense of anarchic creativity running wild - free to fuck up and make mistakes and make tracks that don't work, but all done, as Flux says, out of a passion and love for music which you can often hear in the records. Maybe it's just that they sound fucking great when you're drunk (god, that Nelly/Grange Hill one is just unbelievably good like this, it makes you want to giggle and grin and dance all at once).
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
14:40 / 08.03.02
Flyboy, Autopilot etc... you really have to hear the incredible version of Aaliyah "Try Again" vs. some Leftfield track that's on Boom Selection today.... wow. This one is a keeper, for sure.
 
 
The Strobe
16:51 / 08.03.02
Shit. I won an Osymyso cd (Welcome to the Palindrome) about two years ago from Future Music, rag that it is. I dismissed it as mere novelty. And I've left it at home. Arse.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
17:01 / 08.03.02
hey Paleface, would you be willing to burn me a copy of that?

I'll send you something nice in return.
 
 
Red Cross Iodized Salt
09:35 / 09.03.02
You can download most of the Evolution Control Committe stuff from here. Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) is probably the best one - it's Herb Alpert vs. Public Enemy by the way, but 'Hurdy gurdy men' (Donovan vs. Butthole Surfers) is kind of a personal favorite.

[ 09-03-2002: Message edited by: Vote for Iron Man Wang ]
 
 
mondo a-go-go
08:55 / 14.03.02
osymyso interview

what i really want is the mix of the hook from kylie's can't get you out of my head with the vocals from ladytron's [i]playgirl[i] over the top of it. solex played it at the peaches gig on saturday and it was faboo. dunno if it's actually available though. and can't download stuff anyway.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:22 / 18.03.02
Booty alert!

Boom Selection has over 30 brand new mixes online - most of them by Soulwax, one of the best mixers in the business.

Also, I recommend checking out Dsico, if just for the brilliant Pavement "Silent Kid" Vs. Destiny's Child "Bills Bills Bills" mix. It's incredible, and gets better the more I listen to it.

Especially the part that goes "you trifling/good for nothing type of brother/silly me/why haven't I found another?"... Pop bliss!
 
 
enough
04:13 / 20.03.02
Thanks to all for the fantastic links.
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
13:17 / 22.03.02
finally managed to get a copy of Girls Against Boys-I wanna dance with numbers =whitney=+kraftwerk... it's bloody joyous...

I really like alot these too, fun way to hear bits of records you like in new context, the stripes/aguilera one works really well.

And argh, Kooky, think I've heard that Kylie thing as well, he's on a label called Papersleeve, if you can track downa number for them, might be able to mail/ask him?

[ 22-03-2002: Message edited by: Lick my plums, bitch. ]
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
13:47 / 22.03.02
Um, it's Girls On Top, not Girls Against Boys. Girls Against Boys is a punk-funk band from NYC/DC...

Anyway, I highly recommend getting the amazing Christmas day set by Soulwax on XFM that is on Audiogalaxy... it's massive, a 2 hour long MP3, but it's amazing. There's sooooooooooo many songs mixed up in there. It's fabulous. Too bad I can't burn it on a cd and listen to it on anything other than my computer, though...
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
13:48 / 22.03.02
oops, you're quite right. I'm an eedjut. never can remember the names of bands/songs...
 
 
Not Here Still
16:05 / 22.03.02
Anyone heard much by Mr Psyche?

There was a massive bit on John Peel at Christmas which was absolutely brilliant - a half hour bootleg tune/mix/whatever. Absolutely great.

Anyway, I'm going to stop talking about bootlegs now, because the Face says they aren't cool anymore.

Apparently, Freestyle Wheelbarrow is your latest craze...

[ 22-03-2002: Message edited by: Not Me Again ]
 
 
enough
18:55 / 22.03.02
For real fun, punch in "vs." into KaZaa,Morpheus,Grokster or whatever...

Marvel at the results...
 
 
Bear
20:51 / 22.03.02
This stuff is excellent ! I've downloaded most of them now, I need more !! nice one
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
16:33 / 29.03.02
Just a reminder - there's a lot of new stuff on Boom Selection, including a fabulous Nelly Vs. Happy Mondays and Black Grape track that you really ought to hear...
 
 
Utopia
16:58 / 29.03.02
Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love On The Run" is cool, but nothing extraordinary. an interesting thing to have playing on the mp3 player.
 
 
Cherry Bomb
20:23 / 30.03.02
I think I'm becoming addicted to this bootleg concept. My favorite so far is the "Step On Man" that seems to throw in a little "For the Love of Money" along with "One Minute Man" and "Step On." Fucking ROCK! Yes, I'm really loving this concept...
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
17:35 / 15.04.02
I want to alert you all to one of the best new boots I've heard in a bit - it's "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys over the music of "Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop, segued into "Last Nite" by the Strokes, with an outro of "This Charming Man" by the Smiths.

It's really something special.
 
 
wembley can change in 28 days
20:00 / 15.04.02
Oooh, but there's another Slim Shady that's been out for a couple of years, mixed with Enya's Orinoco Flow. I thought, and still think, it is one of the most entertaining things I have ever heard in my life.
 
 
videodrome
20:54 / 15.04.02
I'm a fan of the track by Soulwax w/ Intergalactic mixed over Herbie Hancock's "Rockit", INXS' "Need You Tonight" and, erm, "Back In Black". Funny as hell - fun at parties, amaze your friends.
 
 
mondo a-go-go
09:20 / 16.04.02
so, flux (or anyone else who can download these things and burn 'em for me), how 'bout a cd comp of nothing but "vs" bootlegs? pleeease. i'll burn you a mix of something groovy once my laptop is running again.

oh yeah, and another one i'd like (apart from the kylie/ladytron one) is the big hit by the sugababes mixed with 'the only one i know' by the charlatans. if anyone can find either of those i'll be well chuffed.
 
 
Bear
09:28 / 16.04.02
Weird I'm just listening to Too many DJ's which someone has just burned onto CD - I've got a CD of nothing but boots but its terrible if someone does make a good one I wouldn't mind a copy either (i can supply CD's).....

And that sugerbabe one sounds good - has anyone got it?
 
  

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