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Oakenfold Rocks!

hal — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:32:34 +0000

Comedy Gold…

Monkey Gone To Opera

hal — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:19:17 +0000

Simply beautiful video and audio mashup by Phil Retrospector taken from the awesome MASHED POPPED PUNKED mashup album, which you can download here. 3 songs, 2 movies, creating something new and moving.

The Young Punx – Mashpop and Punkstep

hal — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:55:40 +0000

The Young Punx return for their second studio album, a startling and inventive exploration of the deliberate destruction of genre boundaries in electronic music. Probably the first album in history to have toyed with drum and bass, heavy metal, electropop and cuban timba within the first 5 minutes (!) “Mashpop and Punkstep” is a vibrant manifesto for the next generation of mashup music. Featuring the epic collaboration with Memphis hip hop Don ‘Count Bass D’ – “Ready For the Fight” (already heard as the theme music for EA Games “Fight Night 4″ and as official entry music for world middleweight champion Arthur Abraham), the J-pop electro disco of SugarCandySuperNova and the Ragga House of “Juice and Gin” the album spans Puccini Opera, Punk rock, hip hop, synth pop, Japanese rock and much more…

“[The Young Punx are...] jubilantly shredding genre boundaries, swooping like crack crazed Magpies to grab their favourite shiny bits with maniacal gusto” – Clash Magazine

“It’s like a cross-section of contemporary music, totally amazing” – Disco Demons Blog

“I think Mashpop and Punkstep is already one of the best party albums this year!” – Extra New Music Blog

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Find out more about Mashpop and Punkstep and BUY NOW.

Cyndi Lauper in the Cocaine Factory (AKA the Plymouth Duster commercial)

hal — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:39:05 +0000

I do declare I have discovered the most 80s thing in existence. This appears to be the high water mark for eightiesness. The one moment in which every 80s cliché invented is rolled together into one giant, non ironic monstrosity, after which the wave broke and stage was set for grunge and acid house to burn down the party. Essentially what you are about to see looks like a world where a Cyndi Lauper / Madonna clone and Billy Idol spend their time driving a slightly lame car through a dry ice laced cocaine factory. It’s an MTV advert for the Plymouth Duster, a car that was actually pretty cool in the early 70s, but by 1985 couldn’t be saved by a desperate attempt to surround it with every single signifier of youth cool the guys at the ad agency could rustle up. Brace yourself.

Chat Roulette Piano Improv

hal — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:15:29 +0000

Chat Roulette + Dude Improvising Songs on the Piano= WIN

Phonat -”Love Hits The Fan (Bestrack Remix)” VS Michael Jackson “Smooth Criminal” video.

hal — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:02:13 +0000

Awesome fan generated video mashup here with the incredible Bestrack remix of Phonat Love Hits The Fan cut to Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal video. A great idea but really well executed too!

Per QX – DJ Mix for Time Out

hal — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:37:32 +0000

Per QX

Big Room ravey disco electro action from the heart of the London Underground. Dalston gay mafia sounds!

PER QX DJ MIX JAN 2010 FOR TIME OUT by nastyhabits

The Young Punx FM – Episode 29 – Generally Speaking (with special guests the Newham Generals)

hal — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:10:07 +0000

This month Newham Generals, upcoming grime superstars from Dizzee Rascal’s posse, drop by the studio for live PAs, freestyles, drinks, a laugh and the best in new electronic music…

Music in this show : The Young Punx – ‘Ready For The Fight (Phonat’s Punkstep Mix)’, Example – ‘Time Machine’, Phonat – ‘Love Hits The Fan (Bestrack Remix)’, Breakage – ‘Hard (Feat. Newham Generals)’ LIVE PA, Newham Generals – ‘Head Get Mangled’ LIVE PA, Lorenze Rhode – ‘Something Hot feat. Snax (Savage Skulls Mix), Phoenix – ‘Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)’, Sub Focus – ‘Rock It’, Footsie – Freestyle, Count Bass D – ‘Dwight Spitz’, Starkillers – ‘Bitch Ass Trick’, Dee Double E – Freestyle, Newham Generals – ‘Dat Guy’ LIVE PA, Warrior One – ‘Bad Like Jimmy Cliff’, Newham Generals – ‘No Matter’ LIVE PA, Amanda Palmer – ‘Leeds United’, MVSEUM – ‘French Jeans (Dada Life Remix)’, Ocelot – Our Time (Calvertron Remix), MC Paul Barman – ‘Excuse You’, Boy George – ‘Amazing Grace (Acoustic Chillout Version)’, The Vapours – ‘Turning Japanese’, The Young Punx – ‘Final Destination’, Gotye – ‘Learnalilgivinanlovin’

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Example – on Radio 1 Live Lounge

hal — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:36:08 +0000

Big respect to Example and his band for their Radio One live lounge performance including an awesome cover of Kesha Tik Tok. I was music director for this gig and worked with the band on the arrangements and rehearsals, but couldn’t make it to the gig as I was at MIDEM. But they did really well and rocked the show!

Example and Vula on the live lounge

D Double E from Newham Generals freestyle with a car theme…

hal — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:53:02 +0000

Check out D Double E from the awesome Newham Generals on a roll here delivering every car related rhyme and pun under the sun. Sweet. DIRTEE STANK IS THE LABEL!