Aphex Twin Mashups & Pet Sounds
Filed under Experimental, Music.
Some say mash-up artists are “talentless hacks”, unrightfully that is. Technically every song can be mashed, but choosing the right theme and executing a good mash-up is as hard as mixing a good dj-set, and we don’t call them talentless, do we?
How ill is Aphex Twin with the beats? I’ve been listening to his work for about a decade now and none of it sounds dated. Maybe more heads will recognize if I throw some vocals on top… here we have some quality mashups including verses by Busta Rhymes, Peaches, Nas, TI, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip, Afrika Bambaataa, OC, and Kool Keith. Technically one of the instrumentals is co-produced by Squarepusher, but whatever. That dude is crazy too.
As a big Aphex Twin fan I enjoyed Dan “100dBs” Brenner’s mash-up even more knowing that it’s completely free over at 100dbs.com.
This isn’t a mash-up, but also check out Pet Sounds: in the Key of Dee, where UK producer Bullion transforms Beach Boys’ classic 1966 album into a whole new experience in tribute to the legendary J Dilla/Jay Dee. Available free at Bullion’s myspace.
