Category: My mashups
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Newly rediscovered Northern Soul gem off 7″ – I Heard You Were Ill (So I Brought You Grapes)
I discovered this old Northern Soul gem on ‘Shoot the Piano Player’ records down the charity shop – who knew that Marvin Gaye and Mayer Hawthorne ripped this poor guy off? I ripped it from the original 7″ in glorious original mono just for y’all. Marvin Hawthorne – I Heard You Were Ill (So I…
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The Light of Pleasure (Dionysus vs Apollo) – Captain Obvious
Third act: Our hero Captain Obvious travels to Ancient Greece and Babylon in search of Dionysus, Apollo, Silenus and Bacchus for a Bacchanal and to Xanadu where did Kublai Khan a pleasure dome erect (trans: a right royal knees up). OK it’s not as pretentious as it sounds, but then again not many bootlegs contain…
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Quickie #2 – Captain Obvious Strikes Back – Self Couleur (Laura Branigan vs Crookers ft Yelle)
Another slice of cheesy rather obvious dancefloor fun from Captain Obvious – this time inspired by DJ Schmolli’s excellent Joan Jett vs Crookers ft Yelle mashup, I’d not heard the Crookers track before and immediately thought Laura Branigan’s hand-punching classic ‘Self Control’. So here it is – not exactly genre-defining, full of cheese du guilt…
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Quickie mashup #1: Fela Down The Chippy (Swears He’s Hot) – Fela Kuti vs Hot Chip
First quickie mash as part of Jez CMP’s Weekend Challenge (to create a bootleg in a weekend) and as I don’t release things enough (sit on them for months > years) I thought like the CO bootleg to just get this out there to the usual deafening silence 😛 The instrumental given was Hot Chip’s…
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Captain Obvious Strikes!
New mashup – totally completely fucking captain obvious and the most cheesy mashup I’ve done as inspired by FAROFF’s Dead or Alive vs Lady Gaga ‘Telephone’ mash, this is Right Round by Flo Rida ft Ke$ha vs Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ – so completely obvious and surprised no-one has done it before (maybe they have?)…