Friday, October 22nd, 2010
The El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Recoil 'Selected' Events 2010/USA - 'A Strange Hour' Recoil/Depeche Mode After Party
Buy your Tickets (starting Saturday, 7/24/10, at 10am) for the Recoil show, and gain entrance to a special Recoil/DM After Party, with DJ'ing by yours truly. From the end of Alan's set, until they kick us out of the El Rey, dance to your favorite Depeche Mode and Recoil songs.
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Depeche Mode - "Mercy In You" (The BRAT Mix)
:: iTunes (digital)
:: HMV UK online (UK XLCD single)
Depeche Mode - "Dream On" (The BRAT Mix)
:: iTunes (part of The Complete Depeche Mode "Rare, Deleted & Promo Only Remixes")
REO Speedwagon vs U.N.K.L.E. - "When Things Explode, Take It On The Run" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
REO Speedwagon - "Take It On The Run" (acapella - unnamed source)
U.N.K.L.E. - "When Things Explode" (instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
After I found the REO Speedwagon acapella, I knew I wanted to go for an emotional feel for the song. After playing with a selection of slow tempo, moody tracks, I went to my reliable standby: U.N.K.L.E.! These tracks went together beautifully. Now, the video for this is another story.
When I was proofing the mix, I had a "Grindhouse" movie trailer DVD playing on another computer. I glanced over as the trailer for "I, A Woman" came on. It was so cool how the imagery matched up with the mash, so I ran over to my local badass obscure video rental place (Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee), rented the movie, and cut up the scenes to match the mashup. Enjoy the video, on Vimeo.
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Boston vs Blur - "More Than Beetlebum" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Boston - "More Than A Feeling" (acapella - unnamed source)
Blur - "Beetlebum" (instrumental - "Song 2" Japanese CD Single)
DESCRIPTION:
This one took a few turns before arriving at Blur as the instrumental. It was late in the mash that I realized the issue was not the instrumentals I was picking, but the fact that the Boston track was a bit "pitchy" (dawg) on the chorus. A few semitones nudges later, and bam! Enjoy the video as well, on Vimeo.
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Journey vs Massive Attack - "Any Way You Want Sympathy" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Journey - "Any Way You Want It" (acapella - unnamed source)
Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy" (Paul Oakenfold Remix Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Journey is not one of the easiest bands to mash. Somehow, I finally found a track that worked. After some time expansion, and a lot of repitching of Mr Perry, you get this mashup. Thanks to Vevo and Youtube user Perryfan4ever for the video clips. Oh...the the snippet in the middle from my Caddyshack DVD. :)
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Roy Orbison featuring Eddie Van Halen - "Oh, Pretty Woman" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman" (re-edited album version)
Eddie Van Halen - "Oh, Pretty Woman" (only the guitar track via unnamed source)
DESCRIPTION:
What would it have been like it Eddie Van Halen and Roy Orbison had a proper duet on "Oh, Pretty Woman"? Well, I try to answer that question with this. This is the original 1964 Roy Orbison recording, with just Eddie's guitar track from the Van Halen cover version. A bit of pitch and time correction, and a lot of little edits, gets you this.
Play loud!
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Dramarama vs Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Give Me Anything, Anything?" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Dramarama - "Anything, Anything" (highly re-edited album version)
Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (Acapella via unnamed source)
DESCRIPTION:
As soon as I got my hands on the Culture Club acapella, I started looking for loud, hard tracks to put Boy George over. After about an hour, I got to the "D" section of my music library...and stopped :)
In a move slightly unusual to the way I normally mash tracks, I let both vocals have their own areas. I usually just wipe one vocal, and replace it with the second track, but I liked the "duet" here. If you really pay attention to the lyrics, It sounds like Boy George and John Easdale are having a lover's quarrel. Sorry John...but it is funny. :)
Before I put the mashup online, I played the mix for Chris Carter (original bass player for Dramarama, as well as host of Breakfast ith The Beatles). You can check out the video of Chris hearing the mix on YouTube!
As is now (apparently) the norm for mashups, there is a video for this mashup (done by yours truly). (No) Thanks to YouTube banning the clip, I am hosting the video file myself (link above). I didn't make a music video for this mashup only to have it blocked by YouTube...AGAIN!!
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Nine Inch Nails vs Peter Gabriel - "Closer To Your Eyes" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes" (Acapella via "Play The Videos" DVD center channel)
Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" (Acapella via "Play The Videos" DVD center channel)
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer" (DIY Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
This mashup has been on and offline, and bouncing around my hard drives, for close to three years now. The only thing was that I never bothered to actually finish it...until now.
Continuing with the trend of making videos to go with the actual audio mashup, I made a music video for the mashup. If you have seen Peter Gabriel'ls music video for "In Your Eyes", you will know he doesn't really sing in the video. In order to make a video, I had to find another video source. Luckily, Mr Gabriel performed "In Your Eyes" on Saturday Night Live. Perfect. I made the video using that footage. Golden.
Only after uploading the re-edited, re-synched music video to YouTube did I get immediately hit with a "your video is blocked worldwide" warning. Apparently the Google/YouTube video filters are so good that they could see through the filtered, re-edited content, and see the source. Impressive, but that ain't stopping me. Click the link above to view the video!
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Duran Duran vs U.N.K.L.E. - "Raging Like The Wolf" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf" (Acapella via RockBand)
U.N.K.L.E. - "Morning Rage" (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Apparently I have been out of it for a while. I did not know that it was possible to hack out the acapellas from Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
I am filthy with acapellas. :)
As my regular "9-to-5" job has been taking up a lot of my time lately (crappy stuff too - moderating trolls on third party sites - BLAH!), I have not had the time to actually do something creative. Well, I took a few hours, and made something...finally!
Since the last mashup I did (below, Rick Astley) had such huge buzz via YouTube, I decided to make a music video for this mashup as well. It is highly re-edited footage from the "Sing Blue Silver", "Arena" and "Greatest" DVDs from Duran Duran. Enjoy!
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Rick Astley vs Nine Inch Nails - "The Hand That Gives You Up" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Acapella)
Nine Inch Nails - "The Hand That Feeds" (Tweaked Instrumental via Garageband)
DESCRIPTION:
In preparing to see the final live show of the Nine Inch Nails "Lights In The Sky 2008" at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, I decided to whip up a mix for the road. Little did I know how evil that mix would turn out...
As is typical, I usually find out about internet "mashup albums" after they already come out, thereby missing the chance to contribute. Recently, thanks to a leaked acapella, there was an entire mashup album devoted to Mr Astley, called Rickrawked. After checking the album out, then scouring the net, I found the acapella.
I was shocked that no one on the album came up with this combination. Then again, mixing Nine Inch Nails with Rick Astley is not something that would come to a normal mind.
Oh...did I mention? I made a mashup music video to go along with this mashup! :)
And for those of you who have been to my site before, yes I know I already used the NIN instrumental once already. In fact, that mashup (with The Temptations) is going through a tweaking at the moment, and will be back online soon!
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The Cure vs The Commodores - "Easy Heaven" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Tweaked acapella)
The Commodores - "Easy" (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Normally, I would put a long blurb here about the process behind creating a specific mashup. The hours spent getting for a perfect match, the hard work of making a 5.1 surround channel vocal track clean enough for mixing use, et cetera.
This time, I am letting the mashup speak for itself.
As heard at the end of many Bootie L.A. club nights, here it is.
Updates (video): Check out video of the mashup being played at Bootie L.A. on September 7th, 2008.
Update (press): "Some mash-ups just work too well, and this is one of those" - Wired Magazine
"Seriously, whatever you are doing, it is not as important as listening to this." - Rolling Stone
Thanks to everyone for all of the press, and also to all the mashup / music blogs (and GYBO5) for featuring the mashup! Glad you are all enjoying it. More are coming very soon!
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Christina Aguilera vs Robert Palmer - "Simply No Other Man" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man (Acapella)
Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
It's been a while, hasn't it? Between work and (what barely qualifies as a) life, I've been too preoccupied to be creative. Well...no more! While taking a four hour break from my real job, I came up with this.
When I do these mashes, I usually just have the acapella cued up in Pro Tools, and I will pull all my instrumentals (vinyl, CD, et cetera), and just keep playing the instrumentals until I find one that matches (within acceptable range). This one almost scared me. These tracks should not work this well!
It's rather straight-forward. A plus B (acapella, plus instrumental), but I did have some fun in the break. On the Palmer instrumental mix, there is actually a drum breakdown, so I took that for this mashup breakdown, and had some fun going "glitch pop" with it (as well as throwing some of the original horn stabs from the Aguilera track).
You are going to find yourself playing this more than you will care to admit. Sorry, in advance. :)
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Billy Joel vs Jay-Z - "Big Shot Pimpin'" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Billy Joel - Big Shot (Acapella)
Jay-Z - Big Pimpin (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
After a nice romantic weekend with the woman in San Diego, we were heading back to L.A. when I took a sidetrip to a fun little shop in Encinitas called "Lou's Records". They had something I've been searching for. Billy Joel SACD's!
This was a hard one to find a compatible song for. I finally pulled my Jay-Z 12", and found the keys and tempo were too similar to pass up. Plus, it gave me an excuse to make Billy Joel cuss in a rap style (see the second chorus). :)
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Maroon 5 vs A Tribe Called Quest - "This Tour" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Maroon 5 - This Love (Acapella)
A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Maroon 5 have a perfect example of a pop song. It's catchy, it sticks in your head, and it drives you insane. I decided that since I couldn't get the words out of my head, I had to change the music a bit. I hope you enjoy the result.
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Beastie Boys vs Jay-Z - "99 Hits" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Beastie Boys - Hold It Now, Hit It (Acapella)
Jay-Z - 99 Problems (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Before I went to the September 11th Beastie Boys show in San Diego, I decided to make a quick car CD. I needed something fresh to start off the CD, so I whipped this up.
Searching the message board at the Beastie Boys web site I found that a DJ named Green Lantern already did a mix of these two songs (albeit not the full song). "Cheap Cologne", another board member, also mentioned that he had done a mashup as well. I thought I had an original idea (especially with the Rick Rubin connection between the two tracks). Oh well - I'm still putting it on the site. Enjoy! :)
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The Romantics vs Depeche Mode - "Dreaming In Your Sleep" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Depeche Mode - Dream On (Acapella)
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
You ever get to a point in the day where you say "screw it - I need a break"? (Un)fortunately for you, I had one of those moments a few days back. :)
The day before my "break moment", I went to Amoeba Music here in L.A. with my friend Chris. While there, I found the 12" of The Romantics' "Talking In Your Sleep", which (to my surprise) had an instrumental version on it. Even though Chris was mocking me for buying it (and Hall & Oates' "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" 12"), I knew it would pay off for mashup fun.
I usually shy away from using any Depeche Mode elements in my mashups, simply because - well - I work for the band. I even did an official, released remix of "Dream On" (the other song in this mashup), so I would definitely (normally) shy away from using "Dream On" in a mashup. I figured there would be a conflict of interest. But - there was a workaround for this. "Dream On" was used in a remix contest on AcidPlanet. There are hundreds of fan mixes of this song floating around the net, and some sites are even illegally hosting all the remix elements (AcidPlanet took the parts off of their web site years ago). So, all I did was download the AcidPlanet acapella loops, and use those (instead of the proper parts the label supplied me when I did the remix). There ya go. Dilemma solved!
I consider this, by far, the funniest mashup I've done. Check the middle break. You have to love how Dave Gahan's vocals compliment the vocal line from The Romantics. ;)
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The Beatles vs All Saints - "Baby, You're A Pure Man" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
The Beatles - Baby, You're A Rich Man (Acapella)
All Saints - Pure Shores (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
This mix:
(a) is evil - kill it! kill it! send it back to hell.
(b) should not be this good.
(c) was made by a mentally ill person.
I mean, seriously. Who thinks of The Beatles, and within the same day (let alone the same breath) thinks of All Saints?
I have a cool William Orbit promotional publishing compilation (I am a huge William Orbit fan - the man is a musical genius). On the compilation was the instrumental version of the All Saints song "Pure Shores" (you know - that track from the movie "The Beach"). Combine that with the acapella of the Beatles classic "Baby, You're A Rich Man" (acquired from the center channel of the "Anthology" DVD - thanks Abbey Road mastering department), and you get this mix. Enjoy!
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Missy Elliot vs The Chemical Brothers - "Lick Chemicals" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Missy Elliot - Lick Shots (Acapella)
Charlatans U.K. - Nice Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers Mix) (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
When I first saw the video for "Get Your Freak On", I noticed the extra song at the end of the video ("Lick Shots"). Immediately, I was wishing I had an acapella. A few months later, $3.00, and some promo CD bin digging got me that acapella.
As is usually the case when I mess with a track like this, I usually grab whatever is around the stereo, and try that first. More often than not, it is usually the best track. This time, it was a Chemical Brothers remix of a Charlatans U.K. track. I also did some serious digital manipulation to Missy's vocal line. Fun times!
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The Beatles vs Paul McCartney - "Say Lady Say" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
The Beatles - Lady Madonna (Acapella)
Paul McCartney - Say Say Say (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Chris Carter (host of "Breakfast With The Beatles") asked if I wanted to do a mash-up for his show. I decided to make both songs Beatles related (thought it might fit better on the show). Digging through my collection, I found my "Say Say Say" 12" single (with Instrumental), and ripped my Anthology DVD for the acapella of "Lady Madonna". Some pitching, some time-expanding, and some editing, and you get this mash up, which works on an almost scary level.
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David Bowie vs David Bowie - "Let's Kill The Star" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
David Bowie - New Killer Star (Acapella)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
David Bowie has a Mash Up contest. Mash one of his old songs up with one of his new tracks from his album "Reality", and get a chance to win an Audi TT. The catch? You have to work from the released materials. There are no separate parts given out (acapella, et cetera).
I managed to get an acapella of the entire album (legally - bought it on Amazon!). Hint: think "special format" disc. I mashed up "New Killer Star" and "Let's Dance". I time expanded David. I re-tuned him (word by word) to have "New Killer Star" match "Let's Dance". I re-edited his vocals to match the flow of "Let's Dance". Simply stated, I put time into this. This (RealAudio link) is what the judges picked.
Granted, I might have a biased opinion on this, but I thought I had this thing in the bag. Oh well.
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Christina Aguilera vs The Prodigy - "Prodigy In A Bottle" (BRAT Mashup)
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TRACKS:
Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (Acapella)
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (DJ Hype Remix) (Instrumental)
DESCRIPTION:
Back when I worked at Groove Radio (dot com), I did a lot of the production work at the station (ID's, jingles, mixes, edits, et cetera), while also hosting my own show. I tagged along one day (back in February 2000) with Swedish Egil as he went shopping for the station at Virgin Sunset.
Since I am always on the hunt for new acapella tracks, I was damn happy to find the acapella of "Genie In A Bottle" on the Christina Aguilera CD single. I had Egil buy it, ran home, and searched for the perfect beats to throw under Christina. Enter The Prodigy.
Not only did this little mashup get a lot of requests during my show, but it was actually added to the playlist! Pretty good for a little hack / mashup. :)
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Depeche Mode - "Mercy In You" (BRAT Mix)
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FORMAT:
"Enjoy The Silence" CD Single (XLCD BONG 34 - Mute Records UK)
Released November 22nd, 2004
Also available on iTunes.
DESCRIPTION:
I was commissioned to do a remix for the upcoming Depeche Mode remix album. In the almost six years that I have worked for the band, I have been trying to get the parts for the song "Mercy In You". Well...I finally got them!
I decided to go against the grain of what most remixers do nowadays, and instead of creating a dance mix with a handful of words, I tried to make a "classic long version". At least, that was the plan. My final mix ended up being a very stripped down version of the track (the original was a bit muddy in production - sorry Alan), with a new funky beat, and a nice re-crafted middle break.
A side note regarding the audio sample. This is from the "middle break" area of the mix. Besides finally getting to hear Martin's whispered vocals clearly, I had some fun with Dave's vocals. In the first part, you'll hear Dave singing with...Dave. I re-crafted the vocal line so that he sang his own harmony line (he did not do this in the original). I also ran the same straight vocal line (not harmony) through a vocoder, merging it with the slowly stuttered keyboard line that is being used in the background. Great alternating effect, and with the slowly stuttered keyboard line, it made for a fresh feel to a classic track. While I did try to stay to the code of keeping this mix as a "classic long version", I couldn't resist having a bit of fun in the middle.
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Depeche Mode - "Dream On" (BRAT Mix)
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FORMAT:
promotional CD (PRO-CDR-100670 - Reprise Records USA)
promotional 12" (PRO-A-100670-A - Reprise Records USA)
promotional CD-R (no catalog number - Reprise Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
In March of 2001, I was hired by Reprise Records to do an official remix of the single Dream On. Since the mix was completed at the latest possible time (read: after all the other remixers had already turned their mixes in), my mix was released on the second promotional only 12" single (and second promotional CD single). It's a good mix, considering I did it in three days, and I had a flu!
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Depeche Mode - "Only When I Lose Myself" (Gus Gus Mix - The BRAT Radio Edit)
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FORMAT:
promotional CD-R (no catalog number - Reprise Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
In October of 1998, shortly after I took over depeche mode dot com, I was hired by Reprise Records to do a radio edit of the single Only When I Lose Myself. While there was already the Gus Gus Short Play Mix, it was still technically too long for radio (ideal radio length is 4:00 or less). I shortened it up a bit.
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Erasure - "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Mix - The BRAT Radio Edit)
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FORMAT:
promotional CD-R (no catalog number - Warner Brothers Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
One of my Groove Radio edits. I did the edit for the radio station, and then the label distributed it to radio stations via CD-R discs. The bonus is that I got a copy of the master mixes on CD-R. Yay me.
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Erasure - "In My Arms" (Dekkard Mix - The BRAT Radio Edit)
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FORMAT:
promotional CD-R (no catalog number - Warner Brothers Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
One of my Groove Radio edits. I did the edit for the radio station, and then the label distributed it to radio stations via CD-R discs. The bonus is that I got a copy of the master mixes on CD-R. Yay me.
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Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" (Club 69 Future Mix - BRAT Radio Edit)
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promotional CD-R (multiple ones - no catalog number - Reprise Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
In April of 1997, I was hired by Reprise Records to do a few radio edits of the single It's No Good. Originally, I was supposed to edit down the BT remix, but since the mix was never released, I was hired to edit down three other remixes instead.
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Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" (Dom T Bass Bounce Mix - BRAT Radio Edit)
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FORMAT:
promotional CD-R (multiple ones - no catalog number - Reprise Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
In April of 1997, I was hired by Reprise Records to do a few radio edits of the single It's No Good. Originally, I was supposed to edit down the BT remix, but since the mix was never released, I was hired to edit down three other remixes instead.
The Hardfloor Edit has been the most played of the three edits. It was in rotation on KROQ FM (Los Angeles), and was featured as background music in the TV show "Friends".
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Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" (Hardfloor Mix - BRAT Radio Edit)
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FORMAT:
promotional CD-R (multiple ones - no catalog number - Reprise Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
In April of 1997, I was hired by Reprise Records to do a few radio edits of the single It's No Good. Originally, I was supposed to edit down the BT remix, but since the mix was never released, I was hired to edit down three other remixes instead.
The Hardfloor Edit has been the most played of the three edits. It was in rotation on KROQ FM (Los Angeles), and was featured as background music in the TV show "Friends".
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Libra Presents Taylor - "Anamoly (Calling Your Name)" (BRAT Radio Edit)
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FORMAT:
Commercial CD Single ("Anamoly" - Libra Presents Taylor) (MNR013CD - MusicNow Records USA)
Commercial CD ("Ten Years In The Life" - BT) (0 8122-78118-2 2 - disc 2 - FFRR / Reprise Records USA)
promotional CD-R ("Groove Soundtrack" 1-track CD-R) (no catalog number - Reprise Records USA)
DESCRIPTION:
While working for Groove Radio in Los Angeles, I did a LOT of radio edits. This track was one of the first ones I did. It was one of the more popular tracks on the station. So popular, in fact, that it actually ended up getting released! That's right people - you can actually go to your local record shop, and *buy* this one!
MusicNow Records (the label that released the edit) had pressed, and shipped, a CD single of the track. After a few weeks, they started receiving calls, wondering why the edit that was on the CD wasn't the same as the version they heard on Groove Radio. After enough calls, the label got in touch with me, and did a second pressing of the CD single. This (and all further pressings) contained a special sticker (see above) on the front sleeve, which promoted my otherwise uncredited edit (they didn't want to have to redo all the sleeve artwork, so the sticker is the only way of knowing if you have my edit).
An interesting note on this edit. The producers of the soundtrack to the movie "Groove" had planned on using my radio edit of this song on the soundtrack. It turned out they were not able to license it, but it did make it to the test pressing stage. I have a test pressing from Warner Brothers of my edit.
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The BRAT Valentines Day Mix - 2005
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Simply put, a CD of love...
Intro (Hugh Grant from Love, Actually")
The Collaboration (Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys) - "Break For Love" (Laroz & Amdursky Mix)
Johnny Mathis - "Chances Are"
Lenny Kravitz - "I Belong To You"
Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes" (BRAT Re-Edit)
Erasure - "You Surround Me"
Roxy Music - "Love Is The Drug"
Elvis Presley - "Can't Help Falling In Love"
John Lennon - "Love" (BRAT's 5.1 < 2.0 Mixdown)
Wings - "Silly Love Songs"
Billy Joel - "She's Got A Way"
Madonna - "Cherish"
Morrissey - "I Like You"
U2 - "Everlasting Love"
Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"
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Star 98.7 - 80's Mix (Demo #1)
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Back around 2003, Richard Blade worked at STAR 98.7 in Los Angeles.
Richard invited me to create a few dj sets of 80's tunes. He said he would give the discs to the program director of the station.
I never did hear from the program director (knowing Richard, I doubt he gave the discs to the station in the first place).
As it seems a waste to just have the mix sets rot away on a backup CD-R, I thought I'd put them here for you all to enjoy. This is mix set #1 (of 3). Mix set #2 was just two songs long (10 minutes), and seemed a waste to upload. Why only 10 minutes? I was instructed to do a 25 minute set, a 10 minute set, and a 20 minute set.
The set is a rather straight-forward mix set, but there were a few spots were I had a bit of fun. I didn't want to scare the program director with loads of Latin Rascal type edits, and extreme mashups. I figured I would hold off on that type of content until I had a meeting. Also, to give the illusion of how the mixes would sound on air, I made special "BRAT Mastermix - STAR 98.7" jingles (thanks to Blade slipping me a CD-R of clean jingles).
Favorite bits: The acapella ABC part, and the re-editing of Duran Duran.
The Track Listing:
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Mkae Lots Of Money)
Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
ABC - How To Be A Millionaire (acapella)
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
Electronic - Getting Away With It
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Star 98.7 - 80's Mix (Demo #3)
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Another STAR demo, like #1 above.
Favorite bits: All of the transitions. To those DJ's who think a segue is just going "wick wick wick" from one record to the next, or simply abusing a mixer's onboard effects to hide your train wreck, heed this advice: learn to blend!
The Track Listing:
Soft Cell - Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd
(truly obscure factoid: Martin Gore bought me the Human League CD. I picked it, and he bought it. The girl at the Amoeba counter asked to see his ID when he put his credit card down. Funny.)
B Movie - Nowhere Girl
O.M.D. - Radio Waves
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Heart Broken - The BRAT 2006 Anti-Valentines Day Mix
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On December 17th, 2005, my girlfriend (at the time) decided to take my heart, and crush it. Think of the scene from The Simpsons episode "The New Kid On The Block, where Sara Gilbert (Darlene from the TV show "Roseanne") plays Laura Powers, a girl Bart is attracted to. Towards the end of the episode, Laura breaks Bart's heart. The scene cuts away to a shot of Laura reaching into Bart's chest, ripping out his heart, and drop-kicking his heart against a wall, where gravity then slowly pulls the heart down to a waiting trash can. That right there was how I felt on December 17th, 2005.
Every year that we were together, I had made a Valentines Day mix CD. Sappy. Cute. Romantic. Me, in a nutshell.
After what she did, I fell back on the only thing that makes me happy - mixing. Here is a mix of where my emotional state was during that post-relationship time. While painful for me to listen to, I have this online for others who have gone through a painful breakup. Get a pair of headphones, download the mix, and let the emotions flow. Pay attention to the words.
The Track Listing: (with links to most of the individual tracks for purchase on iTunes)
keane - we might as well be strangers (brat acapella hack)
elvis presley - don't be cruel
the righteous brothers - you've lost that lovin' feeling
depeche mode - goodnight lovers
tom jones - i'll never fall in love again
elvis presley - heartbreak hotel
the beatles - misery
roy orbison - only the lonely
otis redding - i've been loving you
jeff buckley - last goodbye
information society - think
elvis presley - i'm gonna sit right down and cry (over you)
the rolling stones - miss you
u2 - with or without you
p.m. dawn - i'd die without you
patsy cline - i fall to pieces (brat mono hack - edit)
the beach boys - god only knows (brat acapella hack)
billy joel - just the way you are (brat acapella hack)
nine inch nails - something i can never have
the righteous brothers - (you're my) soul and inspiration
smokey robinson & the miracles - the tracks of my tears (brat acapella hack)
keane - sunshine
weezer - the world has turned and left me here
smokey robinson & the miracles - tears of a clown (brat acapella hack)
nine inch nails - that's what i get
the temptations - can't get next to you
patsy cline - crazy (brat mono hack - edit)
FYI, the real mixing doesn't really kick in until the Rolling Stones / U2 beat matching. It is more of a radio set, with some beat match and mashup elements.
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BBC Demo
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A friend of mine who works for the BBC suggested I create a short DJ set for a demo reel. I had been fooling around with a "mash-up" of Mary J. Blige at the time, so I just kept adding to the mix.
The Track Listing:
Thomas Newman - Road To Chicago
Mary J. Blige - "Family Affair" (acapella)
Beastie Boys - "Slow And Low"
Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"
Suzanne Vega - "Tom's Diner" (Album Version)
Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full" (Coldcut Remix)
Beastie Boys - "Body Movin'" (acapella)
Koji Kondo (Nintendo) - "Super Mario Bros Theme"
Hexstatic - "Bass Invaders"
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St Rhthym Band - "Express Yourself"
N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton" (Kid 606 Mix)
N.W.A. - "Express Yourself"
The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band"
Coldcut - "Beats & Pieces" (multiple mixes)
P.M. Dawn - "Plastic" (multiple mixes)
Hall & Oates - "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (Extended Version)
Simply Red - "Sunrise" (Motivo Hi-Lectro Mix)
De La Soul - "Say No Go" (multiple mixes)
The Beatles - "The End"
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The BRAT Copyright Infringement Requiem (Opus One)
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I usually get a lot of mix ideas in my head. Usually, it's only enough for a minute or so of a mix - not a full remix. With that in mind, multi-artist megamixes are a great place to dump all my little ideas into a continuous mix. This particular mix was originally done for Groove Radio here in Los Angeles back in 1996, but the station died before I could finish the mix. Some of my friends have this mix, and I thought I'd share it with you, the web leeches, as well.
The history - Groove Radio had a show called "The 5 O'Clock Disk Drive", where DJ's (usually Swedish Egil) would spin live for 25 minutes, at 5 pm (hence the name). I guested a few times, bringing mixes that I had pre-created on my Mac (I can mix live, but I wanted to give the listeners something a little more special). Another perk was that, by pre-mixing the tracks, the music director of the station had no idea what I was slipping on. This was the fourth mix in my little series of playlist breakers. Since the station died before I could finish it, I decided to make it an hour long. I would have loved to release it commercially as a real mix CD, but the licensing fees would break me.
The Track Listing:
ERIC B. & RAKIM-"Paid In Full" (Coldcut Remix - Warner Brothers)
DEPECHE MODE-"It's No Good" (Dom T Mix - Reprise)
MONKEY MAFIA-"Work Mi Body" (Chicken Scratch Mix - Heavenly)
INFORMATION SOCIETY-"Charlie X" (from the CD Hack - Tommy Boy)
COLDCUT-"Beats & Pieces" (Mo Bass Mix - Tommy Boy)
INFORMATION SOCIETY-"A Knife And A Fork" (from the CD Hack - Tommy Boy)
BOMB THE BASS-"One To One Religion" (The Simenon-Dom T Mix - 4th & Broadway)
KRAFTWERK-"Musique Non-Stop" (12" Mix - Warner Brothers)
NENEH CHERRY-"Buffalo Stance" (Scratchapella - Circa/Virgin)
RHYTHM HERITAGE-"Theme From S.W.A.T." (from a 7" - ABC)
DEPECHE MODE-"Everything Counts" (In Larger Amounts - Mute)
LEFTFIELD-"Release The Pressure" (Release Two - Columbia/Hard Hands)
DAFT PUNK-"Da Funk" (LP Version - Virgin)
CHEMICAL BROTHERS-"Block Rocking Beats" (from the CD Dig Your Own Hole - Astralwerks)
THE ORB-"Toxygene" (Fila Brazilia Mix - Island)
THE ORB-"Toxygene" (from the CD Orblivion - Island)
LEVEL 42-"Something About You" (Shep Pettibone Mix)
M.A.R.R.S.-"Pump Up The Volume" (UK Remix - 4th & Broadway)
M.A.R.R.S.-"Pump Up The Volume" (US 12" Mix - 4th & Broadway)
COLDCUT-"My Telephone" (Disconnect 3 Mix - Ahead Of Our Time)
PUBLIC ENEMY-"Bring The Noise" (Acapella - Def Jam)
K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND-"That's The Way (I Like It)" (from a 7" - T.K.)
BOMB THE BASS-"Beat Dis" (Extended Dis - 4th & Broadway)
DEPECHE MODE-"Enjoy The Silence" (The Quad:Final Mix - Mute)
C.W. McCALL-"Convoy" (from the LP Big Bear Radio - MGM)
HUMAN LEAGUE-"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (Dub Mix - A&M)
DE LA SOUL-"Say No Go" (New Keys Vocal - Tommy Boy)
DE LA SOUL-"Say No Go" (Say No Dope Mix - Tommy Boy)
HOWARD JONES-"New Song" (New Version - Electra)
HERBIE HANCOCK-"Rockit" (Long Version - Columbia)
HALL & OATES-"I Can't Go For That" (Extended Version - RCA)
COLDCUT-"Doctorin' The House" (Vocal - Ahead Of Our Time)
COLDCUT-"Doctorin' The House" (Speng - Ahead Of Our Time)
THE J.A.M.M.S.-"Downtown" (12" Mix - KLF)
CAPELLA-"Push The Beat" (Remix - ZYX)
THE KLF-"What Time Is Love" (Live At Trancentral - Arista)
LIONROCK-"Packet Of Peace" (Chemical Brothers Mix - Deconstruction/BMG)
THE KLF-"Justified & Ancient" (Let Them Eat Ice Cream - KLF)
THE KLF-"Last Train To Trancentral" (The Iron Horse - KLF)
DEPECHE MODE-"Happiest Girl" (Pulsating Orbital Mix - Mute)
DEPECHE MODE-"Happiest Girl" (Pulsating Orbital Vocal Mix - Mute)
POP WILL EAT ITSELF-"Def Con One" (12" Version - Chapter 22)
MODEL 500-"The Flow" (Jedi Knights Mix - R&S)
FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON-"We Have Explosive" (Mantronix Mix #1 - Virgin)
LIONROCK-"Obviously Oblivious" (from the EP Project Now - Deconstruction/BMG)
SUNSCREEM-"Love U More" (Acapella/Slam Mix - Columbia)
MORRISSEY-"That's Entertainment" (from the 12" Sing Your Life - Sire)
WHITE TOWN-"Your Woman" (The Fights 2000 Mix - Chrysalis/Brilliant!)
THE BUGGLES-"Video Killed The Radio Star" (7" Mix - Island)
ERASURE-"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox - Mute)
ERASURE-"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Dub - Mute)
INFORMATION SOCIETY-"What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (Pure Energy Mix - Tommy Boy)
PET SHOP BOYS-"Absolutely Fabulous" (Our Tribe Tongue In Cheek Mix - Spaghetti/Parlophone)
PROPELLERHEADS-"Dive" (from the CD single Dive - Wall Of Sound)
NITZER EBB-"Let Your Body Learn" (Edit - Geffen)
THE CARDIGANS-"Lovefool" (Tee's Capella - Mercury)
THE SHAMEN-"Move Any Mountain '96" (Beatmasters 12" Mix - One Little Indian)
DEPECHE MODE-"It's No Good" (Club 69 Future Mix - Reprise)
DEPECHE MODE-"Just Can't Get Enough" (Live/from the Love In Itself Ltd. 12" - Mute)
DEPECHE MODE-"Master & Servant" (7" Mix - Mute)
DEPECHE MODE-"Judas" (from the CD Songs Of Faith And Devotion - Mute)
TORI AMOS-"Talula" (BT's Synethasia Mix - EastWest)
SINGLE CELL ORCHESTRA-"The Way" (Out Mix - Astralwerks)
NEW ORDER-"Touched By The Hand Of God" (Biff & Memphis Mix - London)
PET SHOP BOYS-"A Red Letter Day" (Trouser Autoerotic Decapitation Mix - Parlophone)
ERASURE-"Run To The Sun" (Diss-Cuss Mix - Electra)
ERASURE-"Brother & Sister" (from the CD Wild - Mute)
ERASURE-"Guess I'm Into Feeling" (from the CD Erasure - Mute)
ERASURE-"Rapture" (Matt Darey Mix - Mute)
PET SHOP BOYS-"Rent" (Dub Mix - Parlophone)
PET SHOP BOYS-"Discoteca" (Baby Doc Mix - Parlophone)
PET SHOP BOYS-"Single" (Baby Doc Mix - Parlophone)
PROGIDY-"Out Of Space" (Techno Underworld Mix - Electra)
TALLA 2XLC-"Eternal Mystery" (Front 242 Remix - Hypnotic)
PUBLIC ENEMY-"Fight The Power" (Extended Version - Motown)
ELVIS COSTELLO-"Radio Radio" (7" Mix - Radar/WEA)
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL-"Before Today" (Dillinja Mix - Atlantic)
THE BEATLES-"Because" (from the CD Anthology 3 - Capitol)
THE BEATLES-"A Day In The Life" (from the CD Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Capitol)
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Shawn Lee vs Johnny Mathis - Carol Of The Bells (BRAT Holiday Mix) - December 2009
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One of my absolute favorite holiday songs is Carol Of The Bells. For the mix this year, I decided to have Johnny Mathis (and choir) do vocal duties on the instrumental version of "Carol Of The Bells" by Shawn Lee. Enjoy...and play loud!
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Charles Brown vs UNKLE - Please Hold My Hand For Christmas (BRAT Mix) -
December 2008
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On a recent trip to Amoeba, visiting their Holiday section, I stumbled upon a copy of "Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs". For the fellow collectors, it is a clean second pressing, blue King label, and - most importantly - STEREO!
Launching up iTunes, and thumbing through the digital vault (sort by "Instrumental"), I got lucky. By the third instrumental, I found the match to Mr Brown's pseudo acapella. "Hold My Hand" by UNKLE (the instrumental, from the two-disc version of "War Stories").
For those who have not heard the original version of the Charles Brown classic (the re-recording is NOT good), YouTube user "refusedtobesilent" has uploaded a "video" (a still picture, with the original audio recording) of the classic original version of "Please Come Home For Christmas" over on YouTube.
The people who receive the CD version of this Holiday mashup don't have to bother. I put the original version of the song on the disc as well, since finding the original version of the song is a pain in the ass, let alone finding the STEREO version!
The classic Charles Brown Christmas song, brought up to date courtesy of the music of UNKLE. Happy Holidays everyone...
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Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas (BRAT Mix) -
December 2007
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Oh man. I was searching for this acapella for close to a year. I finally found the karaoke CD that had it. For weeks, I just listened to the acapella, saying "wow", and thinking how much of a sin it would be to add anything to the vocal track.
I guess I changed my mind. ;)
This is not a mashup. It is a quick and dirty remix. I did the piano line that starts it off, then programmed the Def Jam type beats.
This mix is just so, so wrong. Enjoy! ;)
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Paul McCartney vs Peanuts - Peanuts Christmastime -
December 2007
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The 2007 Holiday Mashup. A pretty straight-forward mashup. Take the acapella of a holiday classic, and force it over another holiday classic. You'll never hear either song the same way again!
Play it loud, play it proud, and don't sell this! :)
December 10th update! If you downloaded this mix before December 10th, at 1:29pm (PST), grab it again! I accidentally uploaded the wrong version (still had the bad notes)!
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Various Artists - The BRAT Holiday Mix CD - December 2006
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The 2006 Holiday Mix. In a sad new holiday tradition, the mix keeps getting distributed later and later, but oh well. Highlights on this disc include my beats over The Carpenters, as well as excerpts from "Santastic II" (a net mashup compilation). Light a fire, pour some 'nog, and enjoy the mix!
Best track? The Sonics!
The Tracks:
1 - The Carpenters - It's Christmas Time (BRAT Mix, featuring Nat King Cole)
2 - Animaniacs - "The ghost of Christmas past"
3 - The Beatles - The 1965 Christmas Record (outtake)
4 - Rhythm Scholar vs Paul McCartney (Wings) - Wonderful Christmastime (Rhythm Scholar mashup - BRAT Re-edit) - from Santastic II
5 - Jet - Back Door Santa (buy on iTunes)
6 - Animaniacs - "I love you, bye bye"
Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
7 - Billie Holiday - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (buy on iTunes)
8 - The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (buy on iTunes)
9 - Johnny Cash greeting
10 - Velvet Underground vs Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Jingle Jane (Divide & Create mashup) - from Santastic II
11 - Animaniacs - "Burbank"
12 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Christmas All Over Again (buy on iTunes)
13 - Blink 182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas (buy on iTunes)
14 - Dramarama - Run, Rudolph Run (Live)
15 - Billy Idol - Yellin' At The Christmas Tree (buy on iTunes)
16 - The Sonics - Don't Believe In Christmas
17 - Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Starfish - "Practicing For Santa"
18 - Richard Cheese - Jingle Bells (buy a different mix on iTunes)
19 - Guess - White Christmas (excerpt)
Ben Folds - Bizarre Christmas Incident (*)
20 - Animaniacs - "Pinky & The Brain"
21 - South Park - Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel (BRAT Edit) (*)
22 - Coldplay - 2000 Miles
23 - Sammy Davis Jr & Carmen McRae - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (buy on iTunes)
24 - Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas (buy on iTunes)
25 - The Carpenters - Carpenters Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown) (Go Home Productions mashup) - from Santastic II
26 - Harry Connick Jr - (It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus (buy on iTunes)
27 - Canned Heat - Christmas Blues
28 - Detroit Junior - Christmas Day
29 - Kay Starr - (Everybody's Waiting For) The Man With The Bag (buy on iTunes)
30 - The Killers - A Great Big Sled (buy on iTunes)
31 - Smashing Pumpkins - Christmas Time (buy on iTunes)
32 - Jimmy McCracklin - Christmas Time (Part 1)
33 - South Park - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
34 - Astronaut Frank Borman (Apollo 8) greeting
35 - Animaniacs - "Leave a big load"
(*) - contains profanity. If your party guests don't mind hearing the word "fucking" (South Park) or "Ass" (Ben Folds), then ignore this warning.
Another year, another Holiday CD. Play it loud, play it proud, and don't sell this shit! :)
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Various Artists - The BRAT Holiday Mix CD - December 2005
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The 2005 Holiday Mix. The 2005 Mix was a rather limited edition. Since I was in a really bad way around this time, I did not make too many of the CD's. This mix was also never online...until now. There are a few serious rarities in this mix set. Also check out the Freddy King track, taken from a very beat up 45 (and cleaned up). The intro is about all there is for real "mixing", but - oh man. Funky Rainbow Brite, and a Six Million Dollar Man Xmas record. How can you go wrong with that? :)
The Tracks:
01 - Intro (featuring the song stylings of Rainbow Brite)
02 - Billy May - "Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo) (Malibu Remix)
03 - Doris Day - "Here Comes Santa Claus"
04 - Kay Starr - "The Man With The Bag (Thunderball Mix)
05 - Bing Crosby - "Frosty The Snowman"
06 - Booket T. & The M.G.'s - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
07 - The Avalanches - "Winter Wonderland"
08 - Bing Crosby - "Winter Wonderland" (Bent Remix)
09 - Nat "King" Cole Trio - "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" (MJ Cole Remix)
10 - Freddy King - "I Hear Jingle Bells"
11 - The Raveonettes - "The Christmas Song"
12 - T. Rex - "1972 Christmas Greeting"
13 - Cocteau Twins - "Winter Wonderland"
14 - Paul McCartney - "Merry Christmas" (1969 fan club flexi-disc, with a BBC greeting)
15 - Otis Redding - "Merry Christmas Baby"
16 - Go Go Joes - "Cool Yule
17 - Cheap Trick - "Come On Christmas"
18 - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)
19 - Elvis Presley - "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me"
20 - Bit Meddler - "Let It Snow"
21 - Eddie Izzard - "Five Golden Rings"
22 - John Lennon - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (Demo)
23 - Outro
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Various Artists - The BRAT Holiday Mix CD - December 2004
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The 2004 Holiday Mix. It's that time of year again. Time for another Holiday CD. Since last year's compilation CD was enjoyed by so many of you, I decided to make another full-length CD mix of some of the best holiday tunes. Click the link, and get in the holiday mood.
The Tracks:
01 - Intro (featuring Fear - "Fuck Christmas") **
02 - Clarence Carter - "Back Door Santa" (BRAT Mono Mix)
03 - Solomon Burke - "Presents For Christmas"
04 - Ray Charles - "Winter Wonderland"
05 - Louis Armstrong - "Zat You, Santa Claus"
06 - Stevie Wonder - "What Christmas Means To Me"
07 - Mabel Scott - "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus"
08 - Eartha Kitt - "Santa Baby"
09 - Charles Brown - "Merry Christmas Baby"
10 - B. B. King - "Christmas Celebration"
11 - Grandaddy - "Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland"
12 - The Dandy Warhols - "The Little Drummer Boy"
13 - Booker T. & The MG's - "Jingle Bells"
14 - Elvis Presley - "Greeting" / "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"
15 - South Park (Kyle) - "The Lonely Jew On Christmas" **
16 - XTC - "Thanks For Christmas"
17 - Slade - "Merry Christmas Everyone"
18 - Dean Martin - "Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let It Snow!"
19 - Louis Armstrong - "Cool Yule"
20 - Smashing Pumpkins - "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Live)
21 - Pet Shop Boys - "It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas"
22 - Wings - "Wonderful Christmastime" (Live)
23 - Erasure - "Silent Night"
24 - Otis Redding - "White Christmas"
25 - Coldplay - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
26 - Outro
** The reason for the "parental advisory" label. You have been warned.
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Various Artists - The BRAT Holiday Mix CD - December 2003
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The 2003 Holiday Mix. Every year, I send out these Holiday Mix CD's. Every year, I pick one main song, and torture it. This year is different. Since no 'one song' really called out to me, I decided to make a full length compilation CD of holiday tunes. This is not your average CD, however. There are no slow songs (excluding track 30). There are no overly depressing songs (again, excluding track 30). This is a fun party mix. Click the link, and enjoy the tunes!
The Tracks:
01 - Intro
02 - STAR WARS "Christmas In The Stars"
03 - SOUTH PARK (Mr. Mackey) "Carol Of The Bells" (BRAT Mix)
04 - RUN D.M.C. "Christmas In Hollis"
05 - PAUL McCARTNEY "Wonderful Christmastime"
06 - LUSCIOUS JACKSON "Let It Snow"
07 - THE KINKS "Father Christmas"
08 - U2 "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)"
09 - SOUTH PARK (Cartman) "O Holy Night"
10 - NO DOUBT "Oi To The World"
11 - CHUCK BERRY "Run, Rudolph, Run"
12 - THE BEACH BOYS "Little Saint Nick" (BRAT Hack)
13 - THE DRIFTERS "White Christmas"
14 - THE CADILLACS "Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer"
15 - THE BEATLES "Christmas Time Is Here Again" (BRAT Hack)
16 - THE VENTURES "Sleigh Ride" (BRAT Hack)
17 - SOUTH PARK (Mr. Garrison) "Merry Fucking Christmas"
18 - ELTON JOHN "Step Into Christmas"
19 - FRANK SINATRA "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
20 - THE WAITRESSES "Christmas Wrapping"
21 - BING CROSBY "Jingle Bells"
22 - BILLY SQUIER "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You"
23 - ADAM SANDLER "The Chanukah Song"
24 - BOBBY HELMS "Jingle Bell Rock"
25 - FRANK SINATRA and BING CROSBY "We Wish You The Merriest"
26 - KYLIE MINOGUE "Santa Baby"
27 - FRANK SINATRA "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"
28 - ELVIS PRESLEY "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
29 - BRENDA LEE "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
30 - ELVIS PRESLEY "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
31 - Outro
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The Beatles - The Beatles Christmas Record (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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The 2002 Holiday Mix. After spending three weeks of my life re-mastering rare Beatles videos for the recent Los Angeles Beatles Convention (ahem - "Liverpool Days"), most people expected that I was "Beatle'd out". Surprise!
Basically, this is just some of my favorite bits from The Beatles' Christmas records (released to members of their fan club), edited together to the tune "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)", commercially released on the "Free As A Bird" CD single. Enjoy.
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James Brown - Funky Christmas (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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The 2001 Holiday Mix. I was stumped what to do for this mix, until I stumbled across a James Brown Christmas album (who knew?). A rather quick, and funky mix. This was done as the starting track on the special ten year anniversary CD I burned for my friends, in a special limited edition of 30 (hand numbered!). Funny part is no one noticed that all of the discs were numbered "3". ;)
Be on the lookout for the Shrek samples. :)
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Stevie Wonder - The Little Drum Loop Boy (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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The 2000 Holiday Mix. This time, I take a good interpretation of "The Little Drummer Boy", and give it the old school Latin Rascals treatment. Playing on the theme of the Playstation parody cover (see above), I even put the Playstation startup sound at the beginning of the mix. Though you can't make it out in the small picture, the ornament that the Grinch is holding is actually the label of the Stevie Wonder "Someday At Christmas" album I abused for the mix!
In the mix, you'll hear the following artists sampled:
H-TOWN - Knockin' Boots For Christmas
THE BEATLES - The End
BING CROSBY - Do You Hear What I Hear
PUBLIC ENEMY - Bring The Noise (acapella)
ERIC B. & RAKIM - Follow The Leader (acapella)
NEPTUNE - Soul Pride
SHEILA E. - Sex Cymbal (music video)
STEVIE WONDER - Fingertips
PUBLIC ENEMY - Power To The People
PROPELLERHEADS - Bring Us Together (Live)
STEVIE WONDER - The Little Drummer Boy
Since the mix is renamed "The Little Drum Loop Boy", it goes without saying that there are some loops in the mix. At the end, when Stevie is looped saying "me and my drum", listen for the following (in order):
THE INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND - Apache
DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - The Humpty Dance
DEPECHE MODE - A Question Of Time (Remix)...I just had to!
THE BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)
ERIC B. & RAKIM - Paid In Full (The Coldcut Remix)
THE COMMODORES - The Assembly Line
SKULL SNAPS - It's A New Day
RUN D.M.C. - Walk This Way
GUS GUS - Believe
ERIC B. & RAKIM - Paid In Full (The Coldcut Remix)
ABC - Be Near Me (Munich Disco Mix)
KRAFTWERK - Numbers
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Frank Sinatra - Sinatra vs The BRAT - A Sinatra Holiday Spectacular (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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The 1999 Holiday Mix. What better way to usher in the millenium than with Frank Sinatra singing Jingle Bells over some rather unlikely rhythms!
A fun story: A friend of mine is a DJ in a local Los Angeles record store. Apparently he played this mix in the store, as Frank Sinatra Jr. was shopping in the store! From what I heard, Frank Jr. didn't like the mix that much. ;)
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Various Artists - The BRAT's Holiday Skank (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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The 1998 Holiday Mix. This mix was done to be a parody of Fatboy Slim's "The Rockefellar Skank". Since a guy saying "right about now, the funk soul brother" didn't sound quite right for a holiday mix, I took the Fatboy beat, and laid over it a highly re-edited Richard Blade. In other words, I spent a few hours sifting through Richard Blade/KROQ interviews, until I could find the words to make him say "right about now, The BRAT Christmas Mix". Damn funny! Track listing is:
CELINE DION - 1998 Christmas CD commercial
BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD
FATBOY SLIM - The Rockefellar Skank
THE BEATLES
RICHARD BLADE
THE VENTURES - Sleigh Ride
SOUTH PARK
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Deck The Halls
BART SIMPSON - Jingle Bells
TCHAIKOVSKY - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
ANDY WILLIAMS - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
BAND AID - Do They Know It's Christmas
BURL IVES
PERRY COMO - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
HOMER SIMPSON - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
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Various Artists - The BRAT Sings Christmas Shadow (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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The 1997 Holiday Mix. This mix was one of the best ones. Working off a loop from DJ Shadow's "Midnight In A Perfect World", this mix contains:
REN & STIMPY - Have Yourself A Stinky Little Christmas
TCHAIKOVSKY - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
THE BEATLES - Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
DJ SHADOW - Midnight In A Perfect World
PERRY COMO - Frosty The Snowman
THE BEATLES - Live At The BBC
THE BEATLES - The 1963 Christmas Record / Good King Wencesles
RUN D.M.C. - Christmas In Hollis
FRANKIE LYMON - It's Christmas Once Again
RONNIE MILSAP - It's Christmas
CHEECH & CHONG - Santa Claus And His Old Lady
EDDIE FISHER - Here Comes Santa Claus
BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD - It's A Miserable Life
PERRY COMO - The Twelve Days Of Christmas
NATIONAL LAMPOON - The Squalor Show
PERRY COMO - Frosty The Snowman
PEE WEE HERMAN - Christmas Medley
SOUTH PARK - The Spirit Of Christmas
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - Jingle Bells
DEPECHE MODE - Strange Bells
BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD - It's A Miserable Life
PERRY COMO - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
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Various Artists - Chemical Christmas (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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For 1996, my Holiday Mix took this shape. My first personal holiday greeting CD (it was a compilation of the past four Holiday cassettes, as well as this new mix). This mix combines the Chemical Brothers, Johnny Mathis...and Bing Crosby. Definitely different. A favorite during the 1996 Christmas season on both Groove Radio and KCRW FM (both Los Angeles radio stations).
Sadly, in a GAP commercial broadcast during the 1998 holiday season, there was a mix that sounded A LOT like my mix from two years earlier. Alwasy nice when corporate America steals, instead of giving credit. :P
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Depeche Mode - Strange Bells (BRAT Holiday Mix)
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This is "Strangelove", re-edited to the tune of "Jingle Bells"! I sent
this out as an "audio Christmas Card" for Christmas 1994 (and pressed it up on my 5th year Christmas anniversary CD, as seen above). It was even played on
both KROQ-FM (Los Angeles) and KOME-FM (San Jose) back in 1994. This, by NO MEANS, should be considered as a normal representation of my work! It was a quick hack that I did in 5 hours, as a joke, and became a Christmas hit, of sorts. It is kinda cute, though.
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