mash-up

Mash ups are by no means limited to the web. Way back in 2004, i discovered The Kleptones‘ A Night at the Hip-Hopera, where the Kleptopes mixed mashed stuff with songs by Queen. Still good stuff. Way, way back in Vinyl Time, i bought a Def Jam sampler record (yes, on 12 inch LP) with, amongst others, “The Word/Sardines Segue”, which apparently was a mash of two tracks. And way, way, way back i still remember being stunned, in my teens, at a music show where DJ Kaippa (presumably) mixed Jingle Bells with a hip hop beat right in front of my eyes. Heck, even i’ve mashed AC/DC with hip hop on my cassette tape player in my days (i wonder where that tape is now, and what i could have been doing with today’s technology?)

Anyways, so this feller DJ Earworm has made a thing by mashing stuff up. A pretty decent sum-up of what you can hear on commercial radio these days is his mash of the 2007 US Top 25 tracks according to Billboard. You can take it as a Statement if you wish, or just good old diggable pop. At least you won’t have to listen to them separately when you have this. Shame that the law doesn’t really support art like this. Get it while it lasts I’m going to spin through his other track right after i’ve hit the Publish button below.

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