Jamie Swoon

Part-inspired by the Reborn Identity's "I Shoulda Been There" (cheers RI for the vocal!), part-inspired by Fissunix's magnificent use of Imogen in his "Between Breath" mash, part-inspired by my nickname for the maestro when I introduce his beautiful breath-taking music to various friends and family, and ALL inspired by Jamie himself.

Jamie Swoon

Jamie Woon - Shoulda
Imogen Heap - Swoon

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Dedicated to Ms. Sadie P and my beloved Hollybear

Freedom Mac

Here's a quick n' easy track from me, a birthday present from myself to myself and anyone else who'd like to listen.

Featuring local girl done good, the sublime Clare Maguire (fun CLT trivia fact #74: it was listening to her album in the car one day that I came up with the title for CLT megamix The Last Dance), mixed with the equally sublime vocal talents of Stevie Nicks.

I'll meet you up the bar, mine's a glass of fizz....

Freedom Mac

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Clare Maguire - Freedom

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Is This Distance?

Following on from The Last Dance, here's the video and standalone track for a personal fave, inspired by future Mrs. Smarts, past, present and future...

Is This Distance?

Eleven8 - Colours of Distance
Datsik - Havoc
Bob Marley - Is This Love?



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The Last Dance

I'm sorry dear friends...I've been away for too long.

But I'm back with this - the final part in my mashstep trilogy which began with The Physics Disco (auto-biographical 'heartache and lost love'), continued with A Year In The Life (auto-biographical 'moving on') and now, The Last Dance - just mashing for the sheer love of it (with hidden auto-biographical subtext).

The usual Colatron experience, we begin with a journey through the Cosmos (hey Vrillon, it's been a while!), continuing via some blazing vocal pop, old skool 80s punk, electro-indie, 70s rock legends, contemporary electro-balladry, 60s love songs, serial killer song writing unexpectedness, 80s pioneers, sublime reggae, 80s unknowns turned rave legends, 60s pop princesses, cheesy Canadian diva-ship, indie shoulda-been-biggers, electronic pop warblers, legendary crooners remembered by my man David Lynch, 90s acoustic hair ballad purveyors, and finally a CLT sample frenzy with some old CLT standards meeting the guy that started the CLT revolution those couple of years ago. All mashed to a dubstep beat. Featuring my own take on my beloved Luvstep. With the usual sprinkling of CLT sampling extravagance.

There is only The Dance.

The Last Dance

The Opening Number
Starfleet X-Bomber (Episode 1 - Scramble X-Bomber) [1980]
Carl Sagan - Cosmos [1980]
Library Tapes - The Sound of Emptiness Part 1
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Polyrytmi
The Voice of Vrillon [1977]
Interview with WB Smith - September 6, 1957
Yuri Gagarin - Poehali! [1961]
Carl Sagan - God, the Universe, & Everything Else [1988]
Chase & Status (feat. Delilah) - Time

Cosmic Hearts [CLT v. The Reborn Identity]
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Polyrytmi
Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love
Florence and the Machine - Rabbit Heart (SLOF MAN Dubstep Mix 1)

Killing Time
Siouxie and the Banshees - The Killing Jar
Chase & Status (feat. Delilah) - Time
Dom Hz - Blue

Dance With The Devil
Fenech-Soler - Demons (Sigma Remix)
Fenech-Soler - Demons
Silent Hill [2006]

Haemophobia
Feed Me - Blood Red (Original Mix)
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Magnetic Man - Anthem
DJ Shadow - In Tune and On Time (Live) [2004]

Chew & Status
Chase & Status - Saxon
Chew Lips - Gold Key

When I Luv You 2 Times
Starfleet X-Bomber (Episode 2 - Super Power Imperial Alliance Fleet) [1980]
Emalkay - When I Look At You
The Doors - Love Me Two Times
The King of Kong [2007]

Dark Nostalgia (Remembering My Life)
Drifta - Into the Dark
Dexter - Season 2 [2007]
Deadmau5 - I Remember (Caspa Remix)
Billy Joel - My Life

12 Again
Project Bassline - The Twelth Step
Eurythmics - 17 Again

Is This Distance?
Eleven8 - Colours of Distance
Datsik - Havoc
Bob Marley - Is This Love?
And There Will Be Blood [2007]

A Lesson In Luv
Tom Di Sapia - Northern Cry (Cottonmouth Dubstep Remix)
New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss [1973]
The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometimes

A Downtown Knees-Up
Tom Di Sapia - Northern Cry (Cottonmouth Dubstep Remix)
Skream - Pick Ya Knees Up
BBC Look East Report [unknown]
Petula Clarke - Downtown

The Dance Goes On
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Vibez - I Want Breakfast (Audiak Remix)
Electronic Underground by Henry Hoffman [unknown]

The Silent Comeback
Xilent - Choose Me II
The Hours - Ali In The Jungle

Cannonproof
Flux Pavilion - Bass Cannon (Zomboy Remix)
Star Fleet X-Bomber (Episode 11 - Farewell to the Eternal Battlefield) [1980]
Taken [2008]
La Roux - Bulletproof

Stick To The Kerb
Grifta - Curbside
The King of Kong [2007]
Angelo Badalamenti (feat. Jimmy Scott) - Sycamore Trees

This Is Distance?
Distance - Night Vision
Alan Black [2010]
Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Ital tek - Satellite

The Final Dance
Burial - In McDonalds
The King of Kong [2007]
BBC Look East Report [unknown]
Acclivity - School Playground [unknown]
One Hour Photo [2002]
Blade Runner [1982]
The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951]
Burial - Untrue
Library Tapes - Fragment V
Star Fleet X-Bomber (Episode 11 - Farewell the Eternal Battlefield) [1980]
Claire Maguire - This Is Not The End


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The Last Dance

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As always, a huge thank you to the Reborn Identity for his inspiration and for allowing me to re-mash my fave track of the last 12 months, to Fissunix, LeeDM101 (yeah, you know I like you really!), Sam, Becky, DJ UMB, Kristin BassNinja (who's choices of tracks have seen me through many a glum night), my original muses Phil Retrospector and Flying White Dots (without whom I wouldn't be who I am today), Dirty Joe South & Flufftronix for providing inspirational mixes (that drive me on in the gym...when I do actually go), Scott J for his continued enthusiasm and love, Alan for (unknowingly) letting me record drunken voicemails, thus providing my fave sample of the year, all my friends, colleagues, idols and peers at both GYBO and Mashstix, and of course... that certain lil' redhead that captured my heart, took it all away, and inspired 17 months of great (I hope!) CLT tracks and mixes. Love ya maestro.

I promise you...this is not the end?

Starlights (video)

I absolutely love it when people enjoy my tracks so much, that they feel moved to make a video for them, so I'm absolutely stoked that the incredibly talented GRAPHIQ put this little beauty together for my Starlights mash (see below)...



Brilliant

Starlights

Why is it, whenever I think of she, I end up making a Muse mashup??

Starlights

Ellie Goulding - Lights
Muse - Starlight
movie dialogue - The Straight Story [1999]

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Big thanks to Dylan for the 'mental, and to Gav for the 'pella. And to she for the memories

A quick word from our sponsors....

Hey Cola-fans,

I rarely post anything other than tunes or videos here (because after all, we're all here for the music are we not?), and I'm so not in to shameless self-promotion, but tonight's news has left me smiling...

Thanks to a great mashup of the week posting over at Popbytes from DJ Paul V Spins, I somehow have been blogged by the MTV Buzzworthy crew....

http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/07/08/extreme-beyonce-more-than-a-boy-mashup/?xrs=share_twitter

Seriously, I began this what 3 - 4 years ago? I was rubbish. I only started making decent-ish tunes maybe 2 years ago. I don't make popular mashes. I'm going to bed with a huge smile on my face.

Thanks to you all for the continuing support.

Yours truly,
Andy CLT

Happiness Hurts

Sometimes, it pays not to become too happy in life

Happiness Hurts

Blow [2001] (movie dialogue)
Kasabian - Happiness
Christina Aguilera - Hurt
He's Just Not That Into You [2009] (movie dialogue)



Many thanks to madeofGray.com for the fab artwork for the track. And a wallpaper (1680 x 1050 widescreen) is available for download

HERE

Enjoy
CLT

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!