Monday, May 9, 2011

Night Cry (Early Bird Edition)

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Dark sinister clowns have stolen the country music from Johnny Cash, which has made Johnny very very sad.

But with the energetic help of some old Yello, and a few additional funky loops/stems I found lying around (including some sounds from an old pinball machine), Johnny's Cry Cry Cry can be heard in a whole different funktronic light.

Night Cry (Early Bird Edition) was originally released on Envision's The 3rd World: Annual Genre-Smashed compilation. Unfortunately, the IFPI had the album download removed.

Fortunately, you can still enjoy my funktronic mash-up track here using the Official.fm player below. You can also enjoy the funky mash-up video I put together for this track (available on YouTube and Vimeo for everyone's global viewing pleasure).


Night Cry (Early Bird Edition)
Johnny Cash - Cry, Cry, Cry
Yello - Night Flanger
Qubic - a few sound loops/stems I found lying around
3:07 / 320 kbps / 7.3 MB


Monday, April 25, 2011

The 3rd World Annual Genre-Smashed Compilation

The 3rd World Annual Genre-Smashed Compilation

The 3rd World Annual Genre-Smashed Compilation mash-up album, compiled and presented by Envision, was officially released earlier today, containing 44 tracks from 29 DJ's and mash-up producers. The theme... Smash the genre and bring the track(s) into a new world of sound.

What is the real meaning of the theme? The idea is to take two or more original songs and combine them into a mash-up production such that the resulting genre is different than the genre of the original songs. Or more commonly... the resulting mash-up production is a different genre than the original genre of the predominant vocals.

Why am I promoting this compilation? I produced a zany psycho funketronic mash-up track, called Night Cry (Early Bird Edition), as well as a video to go along with it, which have both been released on this compilation.

You can watch my video and download the entire album (with my zany mash-up track) at http://www.envisiondesign.com.au/compilations.html

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Q-Picks 2010

Q-Picks 2010 - 400

It's been a couple of years since I posted my yearly favourite music picks. I'm not sure why I didn't post one last year, but here's my favourite picks of songs and albums that were released in 2010...


Favourite Mash-up Songs

  1. LeeDM101 - Roxanne's Tainted Fly [link]
  2. [MMM] MadMixMustang - You Rock My Rock [link ]
  3. DJ Lobsterdust - Steady Romance [link]
  4. DJ Clive$ter - Mas Que Amor [link]
  5. Simon Iddol - We are in the Go-Go Club [link]
  6. G3RSt - I've Seen That Paranoid Face Before [link]
  7. KrazyBen - Hypersonic Sweet Music [link]
  8. Tweylo - Personality in Bloom [link]
  9. PiotreQ - Good Times Bite the Dust [link]
  10. Stay Away Music (S.A.M.) - Boiled Hamma [link]
  11. mARKYbOY - The Rain Thief [link]
  12. Chocomang - One Chair [link]
  13. DJ Morgoth - Stylo It's No Good [link]


Favourite Commercial Songs

  1. Laurie Anderson - Only an Expert
  2. Diane Birch - This Corrosion
  3. k.d. lang - Hallelujah (Vancouver Winter 2010 Version)
  4. Laurie Anderson - Transitory Life
  5. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Save Me
  6. Holy Fuck - Red Lights
  7. Laurie Anderson - Lost Art of Conversation
  8. Goldfrapp - Rocket
  9. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Pulse
  10. Bryan Ferry - Alphaville
  11. Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass
  12. Goldfrapp - Head First
  13. Sarah McLachlan - Loving You is Easy


Favourite Albums

  1. Laurie Anderson - Homeland
  2. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - History of Modern
  3. Diane Birch - The Velveteen Age (with the Phenomenal Handclap Band)
  4. Goldfrapp - Head First
  5. Mashup Industries - Café del Mash Vol. 2 [link]
  6. Holy Fuck - Latin
  7. CjR Mix / Bynar - Dangerous Power (The Boot EP) [link]
  8. Tangerine Dream - Booster III
  9. Bryan Ferry - Olympia
  10. Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion
  11. Sound Unsound - Chillax [link]
  12. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back