Tag: Pacific State
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BabyLondon mashups: Bob Vylan vs Ruts & The Clash vs Pet Shop Boys vs 808 State
Two very apocalyptic love/hate mashups about my manor…London, and part of a series called BabyLondon WINNER of the 1989 Crumplbangers Discord Challenge! So had to do something with 808 State as both Quadrastate and 90 (both of which I own, on vinyl and cassette respectively) were released in 1989, and back then I was all…
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RC 386: Bagpipes, Big Smoke & Bling
Bagpipes are the new rock n’ roll, as is fiddles, accordions and folk is not a four letter word. From London to Scotland via Ireland, we visit hiphop, mashups, deep house, the new ANOHNI album, new Grove and new-ish AFX, and visit two kinds of Drakes (and don’t talk about one of them). And the…
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Open Your Eyes
In the dark of winter I’ll go for anything that reminds me of the sun, and the exotic deep house of Marshall Jefferson’s Open Your Eyes will do just fine. Apparently this track was the inspiration for 808 State’s Pacific State according to Graham Massey. Proper deep house, not this strange modern version which isn’t…
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Pop of the Tops
OK for once under the vague and wafer thin pretense of being the mashup blog I’m supposed to be, I’m going to start (well for at least one post 😉 to post tunes I’m digging atm with links! woo! First up is Dunproofin – my favourite bootlegger of 2008 (and pretty close to that in…