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I have a couple of longer pieces to point at today. Like a lot of compilations or sets they've got good and bad points but I hope there's something for everyone here. So as not to overload everyone I'll do two of the big sets and a couple smaller pieces today. There are a couple more big sets I'll blog later.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/illegal-sunday-dj-schmolli-moombahcuts.html
First up, DJ Schmolli's half-hour massive moobahton set. Moombahton is the beautiful love-child of reggaeton and moombah. It's a little more relaxed on the BPM than standard house music and often incorporates unusual and interesting syncopations. There are 11 tracks on this set from ten different DJs and the stand-out for me is definitely Schmolli's own "Ikobahton". I love the New Orleans traditional melody that was popularized by the Grateful Dead and the Neville Brothers (among others I'm sure) and this is a fun if too-short remix. I also like the chop-stop Alvin Risk remix of "Dirty Dancer" though I could do without the electronic bloops and bleeps. The whole set moves along nicely.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/morgan-page-ft-tegan-sara-body-work-the-video.html
I've noted before that Morgan Page is one of those guys I'd love to have DJing a party for me. He's got a great sense of pace and flow. This is the video for his new single "Body Work" which would be a fun if unremarkable track except that it features both visually and aurally the awesome twin-sister duo of Tegan & Sara. It is possible that some day I will find something that is not made better by adding Tegan & Sara to it, but that day is not today. They're beautifully melodic to listen to and they're fun to watch as visual counterpoint to the writhing bodywork dancers.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/illegal-sunday-bref-electro-mashup-compilation.html
Sugamotor presents us with "bref. on a fait des mashups", a 17-track compilation of electro-house goodness with lots of extra fun thrown in. I'm not a huge electro fan but I found myself grinning and bopping along with most of this, even when it gets nearly sacrilegious with Nine Inch Nails. And of course I adore the "Bref funkhop" though it's too short. Anyone but me recognize what he's mixing over?
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/03/sam-sparro-happiness-the-magician-remix.html
Sam Sparro's "Happiness" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2ndDV8cQk) gets a stomping remix from The Magician (http://www.facebook.com/themagicianmusic). Sparro has a brassy almost Motown sound to start with and The Magician adds the beat and a bit of electronica to complement it nicely.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/03/illegal-sunday-dunproofin-narcissistic-freak.html
It's interesting to me how much I don't like Skrillex's work by itself but how well he mixes with others. Here we get a full-on assault from Dunproofin' who takes Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUMHMMZf8L4) and slams it up against Korn/Skrillex. Howard's 1995 tune was full-on stolen from old-school funk and r&b and this mash-up keeps her vocals more or less intact but lays it over a rock/dubstep/scratch backing. The result ought to be a trainwreck but it's not.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/illegal-sunday-dj-schmolli-moombahcuts.html
First up, DJ Schmolli's half-hour massive moobahton set. Moombahton is the beautiful love-child of reggaeton and moombah. It's a little more relaxed on the BPM than standard house music and often incorporates unusual and interesting syncopations. There are 11 tracks on this set from ten different DJs and the stand-out for me is definitely Schmolli's own "Ikobahton". I love the New Orleans traditional melody that was popularized by the Grateful Dead and the Neville Brothers (among others I'm sure) and this is a fun if too-short remix. I also like the chop-stop Alvin Risk remix of "Dirty Dancer" though I could do without the electronic bloops and bleeps. The whole set moves along nicely.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/morgan-page-ft-tegan-sara-body-work-the-video.html
I've noted before that Morgan Page is one of those guys I'd love to have DJing a party for me. He's got a great sense of pace and flow. This is the video for his new single "Body Work" which would be a fun if unremarkable track except that it features both visually and aurally the awesome twin-sister duo of Tegan & Sara. It is possible that some day I will find something that is not made better by adding Tegan & Sara to it, but that day is not today. They're beautifully melodic to listen to and they're fun to watch as visual counterpoint to the writhing bodywork dancers.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/02/illegal-sunday-bref-electro-mashup-compilation.html
Sugamotor presents us with "bref. on a fait des mashups", a 17-track compilation of electro-house goodness with lots of extra fun thrown in. I'm not a huge electro fan but I found myself grinning and bopping along with most of this, even when it gets nearly sacrilegious with Nine Inch Nails. And of course I adore the "Bref funkhop" though it's too short. Anyone but me recognize what he's mixing over?
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/03/sam-sparro-happiness-the-magician-remix.html
Sam Sparro's "Happiness" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2ndDV8cQk) gets a stomping remix from The Magician (http://www.facebook.com/themagicianmusic). Sparro has a brassy almost Motown sound to start with and The Magician adds the beat and a bit of electronica to complement it nicely.
http://audioporncentral.com/2012/03/illegal-sunday-dunproofin-narcissistic-freak.html
It's interesting to me how much I don't like Skrillex's work by itself but how well he mixes with others. Here we get a full-on assault from Dunproofin' who takes Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUMHMMZf8L4) and slams it up against Korn/Skrillex. Howard's 1995 tune was full-on stolen from old-school funk and r&b and this mash-up keeps her vocals more or less intact but lays it over a rock/dubstep/scratch backing. The result ought to be a trainwreck but it's not.
