drwex | Trying to right my world, musically (Reply)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1cz16pAIc
I'm putting this one first because if I put it last you'll have the damned song stuck in your head for days. Like, say, me. DJs from Mars do their thing on Katy Perry, with the help of some seriously hair-era Van Halen. Further warning: a couple of people have found the video to be even more annoying than Ms Perry, which is going some. Personally I ignore the video in favor of imagining just where David Lee Roth would like to "put his hands up."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uozmvb3yPLc&feature=player_embedded
Toddla T (pronounced a lot like "Todd latte" - http://www.myspace.com/toddlat) is a young UK DJ who lays down here a serious boom-skank tune. High-speed, reggae-rapping courtesy of Wayne Marshall's (http://www.myspace.com/truwaynemarshall) Jamaican sounds. The video is silly but you don't have to watch it; just get up and dance.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/07/dj-earlybird-everyones-on-cocaine.html
DJ Earlybird (http://fairtilizer.com/users/DJVU) puts out an unusual mash-up by combining two older tunes. The famous Clapton "Cocaine" lyrics go with the sounds of Hot Chocolate's 1978 disco hit "Every 1's a winner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-GkwIRbLw8 - check out the PANTS!) What's interesting about this is that re-listening to the Hot Chocolate track, which I haven't heard in probably 25+ years, it sounds a lot like the guitar riffs Clapton used in Cocaine. It's worth remembering that Clapton didn't write Cocaine originally - it's a cover of a 1976 JJ Cale song, recorded in 1977 by Clapton.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/07/ben-double-ms-summer-double-pack.html
Ben Double M (http://belgabootlegs.be/) is a European DJ with some definitive ideas on what's a remix versus what's a mash-up. This here is a double sampler of his work. The first one is a slow, electro-trance feeling mash using Massive Attack's "Teardrop" and some contributions I can't identify from Waterspark (http://www.myspace.com/infynitwaterspark) an Eastern European trance DJ. Ben speeds things up a little bit and adds a beat track to give the tune a house edge that works surprisingly well below the vocals and electronic instruments.

The second track is much more "meh" - I'm not a jazz/soul fan and wrapping disco beats around it doesn't really help.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/07/the-glitch-mob-fistful-of-silence-eskmo-remix-the-remix-it-like-you-stole-it-competition.html
A much better set of beats comes from Glitch Mob (http://www.theglitchmob.com/) who have been running a remix competition to benefit Haiti. They've got an instrumental album out and have invited remixers to go at it; most put vocals on top, which is cool, but here Eskmo (http://www.myspace.com/eskmo) lays down some old-style electro and heavy sounds - shades of Jan Hammer.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/07/sunday-girl-%E2%80%93-self-control-video-and-azari-iii-remix.html
Laura Branigan's early-80's hit "Self Control" gets a very modern makeover here from Sunday Girl (http://www.myspace.com/wearesundaygirl). The single came out early this month in several remixed versions, with this one having an etherial and haunting electro texture courtesy of Azari and III (http://www.myspace.com/azariandiii). The a capella version on Sunday Girl's page is pretty thickly produced, which is a shame. I think her voice sounds better with the effects turned down and instead laid over the Azari beats.