Where Eagles Have Been Lost (Cool Calm Pete vs. Wolfmother)

The second of two mixes for the GYBO T in the Park Challenge 2006, this combines Cool Calm Pete's "Lost" with Wolfmother's "Where Eagles Have Been".

Despite its scrappy ghetto D.I.Y. production values, this track gained a large hearing via Mashuptown.

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by not-I, 2008

Can I Engel Like That? (Pharrell & Gwen Stefani vs. Rammstein)

The first of two tracks created for the GYBO T In The Park Challenge 2006, this one blends the vocals of Pharrell's "Can I Have It Like That" featuring Gwen Stefani with a D.I.Y. instrumental of Rammstein's goth/rock/nu-metal classic "Engel" to form a rock/hip-hop monster inspired by the rhythm of the original backing. Also includes vocal snippets of Pharrell's "Angel".

As spun at DJ Morgoth's Mash Up Your Boots party in Berlin.

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by not-I, 2008

Spin Dis 1 Ting Round (Dynamite MC & Nextmen vs. Amerie vs. Missy vs. Cheech & Chong)

This is a song about sharing!

Elements blended:

The Nextmen: Spin It Round feat. Dynamite MC (acapella & instrumental)
Missy Elliott: Pass That Dutch (acapella)
Amerie: One Thing (Phoreyz rerub & instrumental)
Cheech & Chong: Up In Smoke DVD

As featured on the legendary Smash Mix 103 - 4:20 Edition by DJ Paul V.

Youtube slide-show by Phurdrick:



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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by Klaudia Gottwald

F*cked Up, Right Now (KRS One vs. Fatboy Slim)

Made for the GYBO Fatboy Slim Challenge, this track combines KRS One's edifying "F*cked Up" with the decelerated beats of Fatboy Slim's "Right Here, Right Now" with an additional verse from the Lyrics Born "Pack Up" remix and beats courtesy of Mark the 45 King.

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by not-I, 2008

Early Journey (M-1 & Sticman vs. Squarepusher)

Another experiment, this one blends the conscious hardcore hip-hop of the two members of Dead Prez with the rave pastiche of eclectic electronic "drill'n'bass" mastermind Squarepusher.

Featuring the voices of local feathered friends, the vinyl's scratchy, the sound is ghetto, but I liked this enough to dedicate it to DJ Earlybird.

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by Klaudia Gottwald

G'z Up Funk (Tony Touch & Doo Wop vs. The Meters)

This mixes the Puerto Rican flavored hip-hop of Tony Touch and Doo Wop with the classic old-school funk of The Meters.

Deceptively straight-forward and natural-sounding, it took some chopping and moving to get the raps to flow with the liquid groove of the backing.

Featured on Mashuptown.com, this little ditty has gotten a lot of love in the past couple years.

Been groovin' on DJ not-I recently and had to give him some love today. Check out Tony Touch feat Doo Wop vs. G'z Up (acappella) and The Meters - Funky Miracle. Simple funky A+B Hip Hop pleasure. Keep it real. - mashuptown

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by Klaudia Gottwald

Touch It Cigrik (Busta Rhymes vs. Mogollar)

A return to the world beat vibes of Pollution 500, this was also an experiment in sound.

I took the rap from Busta's hit "Touch It" and mixed with some heavy old-school world funk courtesy of Mogollar, a still-active psychedelic, funk/rock/jazz/world band from Turkey.

While the main loops are sampled from the song "Cigrik" (see the cover for proper Turkish spelling), I sampled and manipulated loops from several other songs off Mogallar's Anadolu Pop album to get the additional sub-bass and percussion effects.

I'm very happy to report that this tune has been spun on Turkish radio.

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Produced in 2006, cover art by Klaudia Gottwald

Temptation in the Bathroom (Swollen Members & Perverted Monks vs. The Beat)

Blending hip-hop, dub and ska with a little bit of Squeeze, this was produced for the GYBO Ska Challenge.

The elements are:
Swollen Members: "Temptation";
Perverted Monks: "Feel This";
The (English) Beat: "Mirror in the Bathroom";
Squeeze: "Tempted".

As featured on "Like, Coolness" with DJ Petrushka.

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As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

(produced in 2006, cover by not-I, 2008)

If I Hail (Dead Prez vs. Tupac vs. Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba)

This mellow mix was made to chill out after the raucous fun of i'M juX tWiSteD.

It blends the conscious and encouraging lyrics of Dead Prez's "If I Fail" with the soothing spirituality of Cedric Im Brooks' reggae-flavored cover of Horace Silver's jazz standard "Song for my Father".

Realizing this needed something special, and taking a cue from DP's shout-outs, i also added a verse from Tupac's "Hail Mary" and dubbed it up with some spacey delay, turning this mix into the first of my Tupac tributes.

If I Hail (Song for my Father) (Dead Prez & Tupac Shakur vs. Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba) Download



As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

(produced in 2006, cover art by Klaudia Gottwald)

i'M juX tWiSteD (Lyrics Born vs. SOAD, KoRn & Dave Grohl)

This track was produced for a GYBO hip-hop vs. rock challenge and its happy intention was to mop the floor with the competition.

Taking the hilariously over-the-top lyrics of Lyrics Born's "I'm Just Raw" as a starting point, i chopped up and manipulated loops from System of a Down's thrash classic, "X" over a drum loop lifted from Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice". Noticing it was in the same key, i added the main riff and breaks from KoRn's "Twisted Transistor".

Unfortunately, i finished the track too late to submit it to the challenge, but it still got some love in other places, like France and Japan.

i'M juX tWiSteD (Lyrics Born vs. System of a Down & KoRn, featuring Dave Grohl) Download






As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

(track produced in 2006, cover in 2008)