More Than A Boy

I hate leaving things unfinished. This one began life some months back (end of last year? I can't remember now), but with only a DIY pella doing the rounds, I feared it would never see daylight.

Roll forwards several months... Beyonce delivers an AMAZING performance at this year's Glastonbury, and I around the same time, receive a little help from my friends (namely, The Reborn Identity) in supplying a vastly improved DIY.

That Holy Grail of the masher...a studio pella for the Beyonce track....still eludes us all, but hopefully this will keep you going for a while.

More Than A Boy

Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
Extreme - More Than Words



Coming next...more typical Colatron fare...

Love In The Asylum

No, not the band, nor the Dylan Thomas poem. No - this is inspired by a) seeing Kasabian in concert the other week and b) fortuitously finding a BUNCH of Kasabian instrumentals :)

Love In The Asylum

Kasabian - West Ryder Silver Bullet
Florence and the Machine - You've Got the Love



Plenty more to come in the next couple of weeks - keep 'em peeled Cola-fans!

Summer Booty 2011

It's that time of year again when the Sun is high and the tunes chilled out - compilation maestro DJ Useo has once again gathered a bumper harvest of summer-based tunes from the likes of Solcofn, Chocomang, ToTom, DJ Zebra, mARKYbOY, rillen rudi, The Reborn Identity, Voicedude and many more. I'm on there too!

Revere the Ride

The Calling - Flowing Time
Ludovico Einaudi - Reverie
Morcheeba - Enjoy the Ride
and various summery samples

available for download exclusively on the 3-disc album at

http://www.summerbooty.com/

You can preview the track here



Time to grab a dandelion and burdock, kick back and chill in the sun

Every Rose Needs Salvation

Time for me to head back to my beloved mash-step with a classic sing-a-along...

Every Rose Needs Salvation

Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Apotheist - Salvation

Fissunix & Colatron - Moonlight Sonata Mashed

Here's a rare treat for you all!

It's not often that I get involved in collaborations - I enjoy the idea, but in practice it can be quite challenging to organise and keep all those different ideas in check and as one cohesive track, especially when communicating around the globe with all those talented producers.

However, on receiving a request from top French masher Fissunix to contribute to his new idea for a Beethoven-based mash, I just couldn't say no. Especially since he's in my top 5 producers of the moment... :)

So, here it is - the result of our combined efforts (though in truth, my part is small!)....

Moonlight Sonata Mashed

The Wrestler (movie dialogue)
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Sterling Barnes remix)
Phoenix - Everything is Everything
Radiohead - Nude

MP3 Direct Download

MP3+Cover Art (RAR)


And of course, please do go and check out all of the other tracks from Fissunix (he really is one of the best!) at his website

http://bootleg.fissunix.com/

Enjoy the Silents

Or "Silent Night (Unholy Night)" to give it an alternative title.

I've hit a dry patch lately - despite all the generous help and donations from friends and peers, I've just been struggling to put anything with half a melody together. It happens. Fortunately, a couple of Youtube views reminded me of a wonderful batch of Morcheeba acapellas I have via The Reborn Identity. One night later and I unfortunately have 5 options for the same vocal. Life can be funny that way.

So, what's a guy to do? Put a question out on Facebook. I liked the answer, but whilst my head said go with the balearic chill (don't worry voters - it WILL appear at some point in the next month, I'm sure), my heart said sparse piano with the first clever title I've come up with in maybe 2 years or more.

So here it is - a nightmare ride through survival horror classic gaming, with a last minute addition of a brilliant d'n'b remix of one of the all time classic dubstep tunes (and lord knows, I've been itching to complete a d'n'b mash for some time now). When the siren hits...it's time to hide.

Enjoy The Silents

Akira Yamaoka - Theme of Laura (reprise) [from console game Silent Hill 2]
Morcheeba - Enjoy the Ride
Benga and Coki - Night (Breakage and Shy FX - Digital Soundboy Mix)
various samples from Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill: The Movie



Pyramid Head owes me a beer....

Hang Me Out To Die (video)

I'm still struggling to finish a tune at the moment folks (Masher's Block is rife), so to keep you ticking over in the meantime, here's another video, for an old personal fave of mine - the wistfully nostalgic "Hang Me Out To Die"

Hang Me Out To Die



Kasabian - British Legion
Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry

Audio available from
http://soundcloud.com/colatron22/hang-me-out-to-die

Or elsewhere on the blog (Dec 09 as I recall)

Enjoy the happier times in life!
CLT

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...