Icarus (video)

Time for some visuals again...this time for my musical history lesson from last year's Chillax compilation


Icarus



Flex Blur - Fly Me Above The Sea
Chew Lip - Slick
excerpts from Jim Henson's "The Story-Teller"


Audio available over at Soundcloud
http://soundcloud.com/colatron22/icarus

The 3rd World: The Annual Genre-Smashed Compilation

It's that time of year again, when the mash-world pulls together at the request of the indomitable Envision to contribute to his genre-smashing compilation.

This year, sees an incredible 40+ tracks from the likes of G3RSt, LeeDM101, Mash2mix, Voicedude, GaraGara, mARKYbOY, Marc Johnce, The Reborn Identity, Fissunix, Dylan Vasey, Mighty Mike, g4gorilla, CjR Mix, Dan Mei, Envision himself, and many many more. And me.

Seriously big effort on everyone's part, and Envision has put together one heck of a website this year, so be sure to head over and download - it's free folks! There's plenty of amazing videos to marvel at too.

The 3rd World

Wayfaring Passenger

So, today sees the release of hotly anticipated album, Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting - and after a fantastic Jamie Woon mashup last week by The Reborn Identity, I thought what better way to celebrate a great day for music than to make my own darkly neurotic, serial killer-edged Jamie mashup featuring Brazil's finest, and TV's most dementedly heroic.

Wayfaring Passenger

Amon Tobin - Yasawas
Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger
Dexter - "Dark Passenger" monologue sample




Burl Ives' approves...

We Still Miss You (with the Reborn Identity)

So, sometime last year, my great friend (and unofficial partner in music) The Reborn Identity made an incredible track, the sublime I've Never Missed You, featuring Trentemøller vs. Charlene. Inspired, I had to have a go myself, which resulted in my own take with Imogen Heap, Someone's Missing which was very well received in turn.

Well, a few months on, and thanks to my friends at Generation Bass, I stumbled across an incredible, broken future-dubstep remix of the Trentemøller track, which was just too good to pass up.

And so here, for a treat, both the Reborn Identity and I have clubbed together to remake our respective tracks for this special double pack download

We Still Miss You

Track 1
Colatron - Someone's Still Missing

Trentemøller - Miss You (Cubism Remix)
Imogen Heap - Headlock
Vangelis - Rachael's Song
Burial - Stolen Dog (sample)
Burial - Etched Headplate (sample)
Trentemøller - Miss You



Track 2
The Reborn Identity - I've Still Never Missed You

Trentemøller - Miss You (Cubism Remix)
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
Burial - Untitled
Akira Yamaoka - Ghost Town

Available to download as a zipped RAR file

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We Still Miss You

Bite Lip

I'm all for recycling, the eco-friendly chap that I am, so here's some of my fave source files recycled in a new light. And yes, if you hadn't guessed, Slick is one of my favourite songs of the last 10 years...

Title? 3 reasons. 1) I'm rubbishing at thinking of titles. 2) It's slightly 'harder' than chewing your lip, and 3) I've bit my lip for the last 12.5 months in more ways than one.

Bite Lip

Chew Lips - Slick
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps



And in case you were wondering, that is indeed a mannequin head, with hot lips grafted on via Photoshop.

New source material on the way!

Snowdust

Celebrating 12 months....

Snowdust

Antony and the Johnsons - Dust and Water
Clint Mansell - First Snow
feat. Denzil Washington - The Book of Eli (movie dialogue) [2010]

Run Rabbit Run

The evil that men do

Run Rabbit Run

Caspa - Riot Powder Intro
Skream - Arola
UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights
Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator (movie dialogue) [1940]

If You're Not In Tokyo (the video)

Well, thanks to my good friend, The Reborn Identity, I've taken the plunge and had a go at making my own video for one of my favourite, most personal mashups I made in 2010.

The intertwining tales of Daniel Bedingfield, a lonely Stormtrooper and crazy annihilist running rampant in Tokyo come together to pay tribute to a love lost.

If You're Not In Tokyo



Audio:
Magnetic Man - Flying Into Tokyo
Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One
Tokyo! (movie dialogue) [2008]
Magnetic Man - Anthemic (sample)

Video:
Tokyo Dance Trooper
Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One (US video)
Tokyo! The Movie
miscellaneous footage taken from arond Tokyo
home video - 5th November 2009

Video can be downloaded at
Vimeo

Jumpin' Mack Flash

This week, I have mainly being throwing swinging happenings for all the lovedup groove cats, surrounded by lava lamps and incense burners

Jumpin' Mack Flash

Ananda Shankar - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

with additional stereoscopic sound FX from me!

Some Old Mamie

Something a little different from me this weekend. The other day I stumbled across a downtempo mix from ace electronica star Eskmo, and the opening track was a jaw-dropping group acapella prison song from around 1947-'48, called "Old Dollar Mamie".

Having to know more, after a bit of research, I dug out a couple of albums from the marvellous Alan Lomax Collection including the album I was after for this track, "Prison Songs vol.1 - A Murderous Home". There really are some stunning songs on there, so be sure to check it out if you can.

In the meantime, me being me....I couldn't leave well alone...

Some Old Mamie

Alan Lomax presents "22" & Group - Old Dollar Mamie
Goldfrapp - Some People

Preview/Download



And if you're wondering, yes - the artwork is 50s sex bomb Mamie Von Doren, grafted on to Alison Goldfrapp's body....as you do...