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

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





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.

Touch It Cigrik (Busta Rhymes vs. Mogollar) Download





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.

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



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)

Download Planet (Sway vs. Leftfield)

This was my first full-on electronic mash-up and blends the smart grime/hip-hop stylings of UK rapper and producer Sway with the fat hammering dance of Leftfield's classic "Phat Planet".

First posted on GYBO, this got spun on XFM Scotland by the great McSleazy.

"Download Planet" was also featured in Soobrosa's eclectic electric Peter K Made Me Do It mix, on Cuts&Mouse Radio, and in the TCRE SoundClash.

Figuring this one might deserve a bump and a bit more shine, especially in light of the lyrics (more relevant than ever), and Sway offering his new mixtape as a free download, i've slapped together a little video for Youtube.

Safe!



Download Planet (Sway vs. Leftfield) Download





As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

Bootleg mash-up & cover: 2006; Video: 2008.

WMD (Perceptionists vs. Eminem)

This was the first of several overtly political mash-ups i've done and blends The Perceptionists' "Memorial Day" with the instrumental to Eminem's "Like Toy Soldiers".

The Perceptionists' lyrics take the perspective of two soldiers in Iraq, while "Like Toy Soldiers" liberally samples Martika's tune of nearly the same name. For this mix, i also sampled statements by George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld as well as a recording of a live firefight in Iraq.

A bit on the 'controversial' side at the time, this tune did receive some blogging and radio airplay.

WMD (Soldiers' Memorial) (The Perceptionists vs. Eminem) Download



As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

mash-up (2005) and cover (2008) by not-I

Chess Without Sobriety (Wu-Tang & Eminem vs. Tanita Tikaram)

This one mixes the hard-core hip-hop of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan with some of the more goofballish stylings of Eminem with a dark 80s classic by Tanita Tikaram.

The juxtaposed tunes are, respectively, "Da Mystery of Chessboxing", "Without Me", and "Twist In My Sobriety". i also programmed and added some 'dancefloor' beats (i guess i was trying to be 'pop').

This received a mention on the personal blog of The Observer's chief leader writer. According to bastard-pop DJ Micky Maaaas, this one is quite popular in Germany, and still continues to get some worldwide shine.

Here's a little video i recently put together to accompany this track:



Peace & stay sober,
~I

Chess Without Sobriety (Wu-Tang Clan & Eminem vs. Tanita Tikaram) Download






As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

(track & cover by not-I, 2005, video by not-I, 2008)

Pollution 500 (Ghostface Killah vs. FunDaMental)

For this track, i delved into my collection of what is sometimes called world music and came up with "Pollution 500", a mash-up that blends Ghostface Killah's classic "Daytona 500" (featuring Raekwon and Cappadonna) with Fun-Da-Mental's "Pollution", itself a mix of Asian-U.K. electronica and the soaring Qawwali song of Rizwan and Muazzam Qawwali.

"Pollution 500" represents a genre of blends/mash-ups/remixes that i would often (and continue to) return to, and i dare say it sets much of my work apart from the typical pop vs. pop A+Bs characteristic of much of the current mash-up 'scene'.

It was never my intention to be 'popular'. I simply mix together music i love to form new tracks i want to hear. If that happens to strike a chord with heads like Ankai or BristleKRS, so much the better!

Peace be with you!
~I

Pollution 500 (Ghostface Killah vs. FunDaMental) Download






As featured on the MashAnthology double LP!

(track produced in 2005, cover by not-I, 2008, featuring Ottoman calligraphy)