Archive Series Vol. 5: not-I-podcast-03: GYBO Mixtape Edition

In the final days of the great GYBO website ("Get Your Bootleg On" version 5), the original hub and long-time host of mashups, bootlegs, bastard pop, and great banter before it was shut down by threats of corporate lawsuits), Jez of Celebrity Murder Party initiated a new challenge (after having kicked off the long-running GYBO Weekend Challenge, which was directly responsible for the mashups on my Challenger and Challenger II albums). This new challenge was to make an old-school mixtape as one side of 90-minute cassette (i.e. a 45-min. mix) of some of our favorite tunes.

This was my response (now available in a special edition < DOWNLOAD). Enjoy!

Previous podcasts available here (hip-hop edition) and here (Latin edition). New podcasts coming soon...

Collected Mashups Vol 4: The Videos (Part One: Hip-Hop)

Before releasing Collected Mashups Vol. 4, I had produced a few videos for selected singles off the album, and somebody else did one as well. Some of them have become relatively popular. In the meantime, particularly since Sebwax's exclusive album feature on French radio, I've produced several other new videos and there are even more in the pipeline.

This is a good opportunity to feature four of five of them at a time in a series of blog posts, organized by genre, and without specific regard to chronology. This is the hip-hop edition. Let's begin!

1. Michael & Janet Jackson featuring Treach vs. Buffalo Springfield vs. Public Enemy & featuring KRS-One: He Got Scream

This is the most recent video to date, released on April 12, 2015. Like all the others in this series the original audio mashup was produced in 2009, this one a week or two after Michael Jackson's death. The audio blends the acapella from the Naughty By Nature remix of "Scream" (including a rap by Treach) with Buffalo Springfield's seminal sixties folk-rock hit "For What It's Worth," and heavy breakbeat interventions on the refrains sampled from Public Enemy's "Bring The Noise" and "Rebel Without A Pause." I think I may have used P.E.'s Buffalo Springfield-sampling "He Got Game" for the main loop, adding another beat from KRS-One's "You Must Learn" as support on the verses, but as I recall, this was made mostly from scratch. The video of course borrows heavily from the original Jacko/Janet joint, which I didn't want to mess with much, since it was pretty awesome back in 1995, and I think still is.

2. Mobb Deep vs. Wu-Tang Clan vs. Kool & The Gang: Kool Shook C.R.E.A.M.

   

Featuring two of my favorite mid-90s hip-hop groups (Mobb Deep & Wu-Tang Clan) and the jazz-funk grooves of the 70s formation of Kool & The Gang, the mashup itself used strictly vinyl sources and was produced as a throw-back to my early work. This video was produced by Jason Patrick Chavez.

3. Faith No More vs. Queens Of The Stone Age: Epic Wit Chu



Faith No More's cross-over rock-rap from 1989/90 blended with a desert rock ballad from 2007 by Queens Of The Stone Age. Cycling home this evening, the strains of FNM's "Epic" hit me out of an open car window, and there was a much younger person at the wheel. I gave him the thumbs-up and he nodded. This mashup is so simple, yet utterly compelling. I consider it to be one of my best works.

4. Birdman & Lil Wayne vs. Muse featuring Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: 100 Million Butterflies



This video is another very recent one I made (published on March 29, 2015) with the main vocals supplied by Matthew Bellamy of the English pop/prog-rock group, Muse ("Butterflies and Hurricanes") supported by the instrumental of Birdman's "100 Million Dollars," Lil Wayne's very Dirty South rap from the same tune, and spoken extras by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa.

5. Dead Prez vs. Eastenders: Vino Hip Vino Hop



I've blogged this one before (the original audio blend is actually off Collected Mashups Vol. 3), but I posted this video and remastered audio version for the Sleeper Album. While the audio blends the acapella from the classic "Hip Hop" by Dead Prez with a remix (by Bassface Sascha & Franksen) of German beatmakers, Eastenders, the video is lifted almost entirely from the Dead Prez original.

That's all for now. Stay tuned for the next edition - an electronic music special, or just check out and/or subscribe to my Youtube and/or Vimeo channels to get all my new stuff immediately. Or just check my Twitter or Facebook page to receive the latest news.

Love,
DJ not-I

In The Ghetto Tonight - Big Time Blogging - A Statement

[NEW UPDATE, Feb. 25, 2015: World Star Hip-Hip replied to my e-mail and have updated their blog post! See below.]

First of all, I would like to thank Ambrosia For Heads (AFH) for blogging the original video of an old blend/mashup of mine and giving my early work some shine, while including some link love!

I started following AFH on Facebook when this pre-Wu-Tang GZA/ODB improv showed up on my wall and have been following them ever since. In the meantime, I've become utterly convinced that AFH is a quality site - dedicated to real hip-hop, with intelligent and articulate commentary, respect for the history of the genre (back to the old school), and openness to new developments. If you like quality hip-hop, I have no reservations about recommending Ambrosia For Heads to you.

When I first saw this post on my personal Facebook feed, I couldn't believe it. I thought someone was ripping me off. But no...yes, this was/is my work. Before we go any further, let's watch and listen (Don't worry, there will be some download links at the end of this):


DJ not-I: In The Ghetto Tonight (Eric B. & Rakim vs. Phil Collins) from DJ not-I on Vimeo.

Here are the basic facts and some details about "In The Ghetto Tonight":

1. The audio blend/mashup was produced back in 2006 and is featured on Collected Mashups Vol. 1: Mashanthology.
2. I produced the video in 2012.
3. This mashup blends Eric B. & Rakim's "drumapella" with Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" - both the latter's extended mix and the '88 remix.
4. All sources are vinyl, but the mix was constructed with an early version of Acid. I digitalized everything, then cut the Collins tracks into loops, arranging them to form a new backing track with additional editing to highlight certain lines of Rakim's lyrics.
5. This was produced for a Phil Collins Challenge on an earlier version of GYBO.
6. Based on the sources, I knew the vibe would be a throw-back to the late 80s/early 90s, and I very much intended it to be that way. To me, it's like taking a journey back to another place and time, or better yet, to a timeless place. "Mind keeps travellin'..."
7. I feel the interplay between Rakim's verses and Phil's refrains is lyrically perfect. Rakim is rapping about how we humans got to where we are (referencing Five Percent philosophy), but also about how he had gotten to the place he was at the time. "I can feel it coming in the air tonight; I've been waiting for this moment all my life" provides lyrical tension and anticipation of what's to come: "Since I made it this far, can't stop now..." While Collins' full lyrics might be about something else entirely, bear in mind that I used only his refrains, thus creating a new song to be judged on its own merits.
8. This was not an empty exercise. I didn't make this blend/mashup because I was expecting any fame or fortune. I made it because I wanted to hear it. If other people liked or like it, all the better! I felt very passionate about this at the time and still do.
9. I'm technically an "old man" and to me, Rakim was The MC who turned hip-hop/rapping from party-raps into social commentary, political message-making and a conscious art-form, inspiring KRS-One, Public Enemy, Nas, Tupac, and many others to speak truth to power.
10. This blend/mashup was only ever intended for true heads and conscious cats: "I come correct and I won't look back 'cause / It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at!"

Now, as the story continues, AFH's original post of Feb. 12 was re-blogged almost verbatim by the much more popular World Star Hip-Hop on Feb. 14. Because WSHH has so many more followers and readers, someone messaged me on one of my sites to say, "You're about to blow up!" Well, no, I haven't "blown up," because unlike AFH, WSHH didn't provide any links. While they credited "DJ not-I," they uploaded my video to their own player without linking to my original video, this blog, or any of my sites. [This has been rectified. See below.]

Again, here are the two posts for direct comparison:
Ambrosia For Heads vs. World Star Hip-Hop [now updated!]

In the interest of fairness, I've written to World Star Hip-Hop about this. I'll post another update if or when I receive a reply.
[I have received a positive reply, see below.]

While I've seen plenty of new visitors and downloads on my sites, most of the traffic has come from Ambrosia For Heads. World Star Hip-Hop followers can of course google "DJ not-I" or "In The Ghetto Tonight," but that's not the same thing. I understand we live in a "blog-eat-blog" world, but when it comes to blogging about hip-hop, a genre in which "biting" is frowned upon and "giving props" (i.e. proper respect or credit) is key, I might be forgiven for expecting a hyperlink, especially when the WSHH post has received almost 86,000 [now 89,500] views and 700 comments.

Don't get me wrong. Because I made the blend/mashup and video a long time ago, all of this comes as a wonderful surprise to me. I am truly grateful to Parfit of AFH for digging up the blend, writing a nice piece about, and showing mad love for it! And even though I'm a bit unhappy about the way Persist of WSHH did it, I'm still thankful for the exposure. [...and now some links! See below.]
 
My blends and mashups were always intended to be timeless, and although I've never (or hardly ever) made them to please anyone but myself, I've always been sincerely thankful for feedback of whatever kind and have been waiting a long time for some larger recognition. So, at the end of the day, it's all good.

Peace! Love, not-I

Bonus blogging (with links!):

Eric Woods
Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness
Street Knowledge  

[UPDATE: World Star Hip-Hop have replied to my e-mail, ending with "Thanks for writing in. [...] Keep up the good work," and added not just one, but two links to their original post. Communication is key! BIG THANKS to WSHH!]

And now for the downloads (song/album):

DJ not-I Full Feature on French Radio

[UPDATE 20.9.2018: New Mixcloud and download links!]

On Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, French bootleg/mashup legend and radio DJ, Sebwax, dedicated an entire episode of his live radio show ("P comme Pirate" on PFM 99.9 / Arras, France) exclusively to DJ not-I mashups from Collected Mashups Vol. 4: Sleeper and plugged them, the album, and various not-I websites like crazy.

Here is the show:
P comme Pirate par Sebwax - S08E17 - DJ not-I Special

Here is the show, re-uploaded to my Mixcloud. If you don't understand French, it doesn't matter, it's mostly (my) music anyway. And if you do, it's even more fun. Enjoy!

 
Sebwax has been doing his radio show, which highlights quality mashups and bootleg culture with expert insider commentary, as well as been producing his own beautiful mashups for almost more than ten years now, so it was a great honor to receive a full feature. You can check out several of his latest shows on Mixcloud.

Tracklist:
1.   Epic Wit Chu (Faith No More vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)
2.   Three Skies A Lady (The Commodores vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)
3.   He Got Scream (Michael & Janet Jackson ft. Treach vs. Public Enemy vs. Buffalo Springfield)
4.   Kool Shook C.R.E.A.M. (Mobb Deep vs. Wu-Tang Clan vs. Kool & The Gang)
5.   Aunt Jackie’s Sexy Pickup (Jason Fox vs. Justin Timberlake vs. Average White Band)
6.   Ready Or Not, Let Me Go (Fugees vs. Heaven 17)
7.   Ain't Got kNOw Home (Clarence “Frogman” Henry vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)
8.   100 Million Butterflies (Rap Version) (Muse vs. Birdman & Lil’ Wayne)
9.   Nanafushi Bulletproof (La Roux vs. Gloria Gaynor vs. KODO)
10. Spin Shout Right Round! (Tears For Fears vs. Dead Or Alive vs. Crookers vs. Michael Jackson)
11. Knockout On The New Frontier (Lily Allen vs. Donald Fagen)
12. MORE Cowbell! (The Sisters Of Mercy vs. NAPT)
 

DOWNLOAD
(alternate/better DL link in first comment below) 

Merci beaucoup!

Love, not-I.

Live at Crumplebury 2015

Crumplebury 2015 was an international all-day online DJ festival organized by Pom Deter and broadcast live on mixlr.com. It showcased an accomplished team of DJs from Australia, Austria, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the US, most of whom have known each other since the heydays of a previous version of GYBO. The sets were highly eclectic, dropping anything and everything from breakbeats, drum & bass, electro, and techno to blues, jazz, and dub/reggae to indie, pop, rock, and metal.

Unsurprisingly, one of the festival's connecting threads was quality mashups (or, as they used to be called, bootlegs); the other was the crumplebanger ethic or (better) attitude/mindset of bending expectations, genres, and "rules" of music-making by just not giving a damn about them.
 
Crumplebury started on Jan. 31, 2015 at noon, British time (UTC+0) and ended on Feb. 1 at 6 AM. Amazingly, only one tune got played twice during the entire 18-hour event. It was truly a blast and I'm glad to have been a part of it. I did two sets, one at midnight and the other as the closing festival chill-out. Here they are. They're downloadable via the players. Love, not-I.



P.S. 1: You can check out all the individual DJ sets HERE or, if you have the time and courage, listen to or download the entire festival in one giant go:
 
And here are some links to all the DJs if you'd like to check out their other work (in alphabetical order):

BudTheWeiser
Dan Untitled
DJ Cougar (extra Facebook hot-dog)
DJ Forge 
DJ not-I
Eddie Pedalo
Grave Danger
KrazyBen
NeoPink (DeFunkto)
Oki
Pilchard 
PomDeter 
Scott Cairo

P.S. 2: And here are the Mixcloud links to my sets for streaming (no download option, but with tracklists):

Live @ Crumplebury 2015: Midnight Set by Dj Not-I on Mixcloud

Live @ Crumplebury 2015: After-Party ChillOut Set by Dj Not-I on Mixcloud

Collected Mashups Vol. 6: Challenger II

Happy Holidays! Here is a gift. Challenger II features all of the mashups I made in 2011, most of them for various challenges, plus three bonus tracks. Many of them have never been "officially" released. Now they are here. Here they are. Enjoy!

Love, DJ not-I.

DOWNLOAD

(alternate DL link in comments)


















Tracklist:

DJ not-I
Collected Mashups Vol. 6: Challenger II

1. Galvanize The Truth (The Chemical Brothers vs. Najat Aatabou)
2. Rebel Rhythm Circle (Arabian Radio) (Zeb vs. Azeem vs. Rakim vs. Public Enemy vs. M-1)
3. Smells Like Bee Gees (The Bee Gees vs. Nirvana)
4. Downtown (New York/Tokyo/Vienna) (Petula Clark vs. Alicia Keys vs. Yellow Magic Orchestra)
5. Interruptor Principal de Cricuito
    (Don Omar, Fat Joe, N.O.R.E. & LDA vs. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl)
6. Sympathy For Sexy (The Rolling Stones vs. Right Said Fred)
7. Phone Me Till You're Blue (Lady Gaga vs. Alan Hawkshaw)
8. Killing Chaos (Edo B & The Melody Maker vs. Yellow Magic Orchestra vs. My Bloody Valentine)
9. Take It As It Bangs (Mark Ronson & The Business Intl vs. Concord Dawn)
10. Where Eagles Have Been Lost (Redux)
11. Smells Like Bee Gees (Original Rough Mix)
12. (Ready For) Love In Kashmir (Original Mix)

Complete list of sources in mp3 tags.

Produced by DJ not-I @ Mexikotrax, 2011.
Compiled with additonal production in 2014.
For promotional use only!

DOWNLOAD

(alternate DL link in comments)

Playlist:

Collected Mashups Vol. 5: Challenger

Challenger is a double album of 36 different mashups comprising over two and a half hours of quality music produced in one year (2010). Every track was made for a challenge of one sort or another, hence the title.

Download:
   
Disc 1 & Disc 2

Alternate links in "comments."

Tracklist:

Disc One:

1.   One Love Plunge (Cool Calm Pete vs. Nirvana vs. Talib Kweli vs. The Herbaliser/DJ Food) *
2.   Dear Proud Prudence (John Fogerty vs. The Beatles) **
3.   Bloody Red Killing Jar (Siouxsie & The Banshees vs. Vin Gordon) **
4.   Psycho Chillin’ (Talking Heads vs. Tego Calderón & Don Omar) **
5.   ToxicToxicity (Britney Spears vs. System Of A Down) *
6.   Steez (Guruji Remix) (Guru/Gang Starr vs. Dan The Automator vs. GZA/Genius) ***
7.   Apollo Mambo Request Single (T. Rex vs. Macy Gray vs. Ghostface Killah vs. Beyonce) **
8.   Welcome To The Game (Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush vs. Coheen and Cambria) **
9.   Simon The Overlord Says Bang (Pharoahe Monch vs. Lazerbeat vs. Rye Rye & M.I.A.) +
10. Buddy Holly's Mosquito Bite (Weezer vs. Queens Of The Stone Age) **
11. Heavy Metal Dead Man Dance (Dr. Dre vs. Motion Man vs. Jedi Mind Tricks & Ill Bill vs. Lady
      Gaga vs. System Of A Down) ++
12. (Would You) Do The Right Thing (?) (Redhead Kingpin vs. Usher vs. Paris) **
13. Teardrop Adirim (Elizabeth Fraser/Massive Attack vs. Balkan Beat Box) **
14. Lotus Milk (Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi vs. Nichiren Chanters vs. Lazerbeat) +
15. Freeland Band (On The Run) (Paul McCartney/Wings vs. Freeland) **
16. Gritty Money (Ol’ Dirty Bastard vs. David Holmes) **
17. Mercedes Under Fire (Miss Platnum vs. The Prodigy) **
18. 1000 Heart-Shaped Boxes (Nirvana vs. MSTRKRFT) **

Disc Two:

1.   Peninsolar Steppin' (M.I.A. vs. Noetics) **
2.   Lady GaGa Eats Madonna's Rays (Madonna vs. Collapsed Lung vs. The Beatles) **
3.   Really Love One Thing (Amerie vs. Freelance Hellraiser/Paul McCartney) **
4.   (Ready For) Love In Kashmir (Candido vs. Crookers vs. The Four Tops vs. Led Zeppelin vs. Puff
      Daddy vs. The Temptations) +++
5.   Right Drunk Back Around (Flo Rida vs. Riva Starr vs. Justin Timberlake) **
6.   Back In The Casbah (The Beatles vs. The Clash) **
7.   In Digital Bloom (Nirvana vs. Daft Punk) **
8.   A Pop Rhapsody (Jay Sean vs. Flo Rida vs. T.I. & Rihanna vs. Shakira vs. Taylor Swift vs.
      Soulja Boy / Sammie vs. Lady Gaga vs. Beyonce vs. Katy Perry vs. Kelly Clarkson vs.
      Coldplay vs. A-Trak) §
9.   Keep On Rockn (My Rebellion) (The Steve Miller Band vs. Arcade Fire) **
10. Burst Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac vs. The Chemical Brothers) **
11. Hot Cold n Ill (Katy Perry vs. Mayer Hawthorne) **
12. Linus, Lucy and James (Metallica vs. The Vince Guaraldi Trio)
13. Telstar In Love (The Beatles vs. The Tornados vs. The Beach Boys) **
14. Live A Little (T.I. / Rihanna vs. Dreadzone) **
15. Drop Your 99 Guns (Jay-Z vs. Control Freak) **
16. California Giveth (Über Alles) (Dead Kennedys vs. Queens Of The Stone Age) **
17. My Favorite Allez (Nothing Else Matters) (Metallica vs. Eastenders vs. Diana Ross/The
      Supremes) *
18. Skillz (D&B Remix) (Guru / Gang Starr vs. Drunken Masters) ***

Challenges:

*       Produced for Off The Beaten Meter: Mashups Beyond 4/4 (compilation).
**     Produced for GYBO Weekend Challenges
***   Produced for the Guru Tribute Mixes
+      Produced for the GYBO 8-Bit Challenge
++    Produced for the GYBO 72 Mash Cup Challenge
+++ Produced for the Mashstix Stanton Challenge
§       Produced for the Mashstix 2010 Pop Challenge

Complete list of sources in mp3 tags.

Produced by DJ not-I @ Mexikotrax, 2010.
Compilation: 2014.
For promotional use only!

Central cover image by Cromenon, under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-NY-ND-3.0).

Download: Disc 1 & Disc 2.
Alternate links in "comments."

Enjoy!

Love, DJ not-I

Playlist:

Collected Mashups Vol. 4: Sleeper

Good Morning! The next installment of the Collected Mashups series has finally arrived! I've called this collection "Sleeper" because of: 1.) "Sleeper (noun): someone or something unpromising or unnoticed that suddenly attains prominence or value"; 2.) Klaudia Gottwald's portrait of me featured on the cover; and 3.) My love of deep sleep whenever I can get it. Download it: Disc 1 Disc 2 (alternate links in "comments").

These mashups are all from 2009. This was a great year for me in terms of my development and new place in the mashup game. My previous work was finally getting recognized, as was my new stuff. I performed at Bootie Munich and at Bootie Vienna and played out several of the mashes featured on this album live, including "Nanafushi Bulletproof" and "Chop Synergy Dare," which are being released here for the first time. I ventured back into the 80s with the popular "Spin Shout Right Round!" and "He Got Scream," and explored uncharted territory with epic jams like "MORE Cowbell," "100 Million Butterflies," and "Raising The Small Things In Life." My mashups had decisively shifted to the melodic. I still showed love for hip-hop, but also for the pioneering adventures that had come to define my style (e.g. "Three Skies A Lady," "Phantom Sanctuary").

Despite my occasional pop stylings and apparent pangs "to be liked", I think most of these mashups are utterly uncompromising, and all the better for it.

Don't make music you think people want to hear, make music you want to hear!

Love, DJ not-I

P.S.i I couldn't decide how to order these mashups, so I (mostly) arranged them according to increasing beats per minute (BPMs).
P.S.ii Don't "sleep on" Disc 2. It's not filler and includes two previously unreleased tracks.

Download: Disc 1 Disc 2 (alternate links in "comments")

Tracklist:

DJ not-I

Collected Mashups Vol. 4: Sleeper

Disc One:

1.   Epic Wit Chu (Faith No More vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)

2.   Kool Shook C.R.E.A.M. (Mobb Deep vs. Wu-Tang Clan vs. Kool & The Gang)

3.   He Got Scream (Janet & Michael Jackson vs. Public Enemy vs. KRS-One vs. Buffalo Springfield)

4.   Aunt Jackie’s Sexy Pickup (Jason Fox vs. Justin Timberlake vs. Average White Band)

5.   Ready Or Not, Let Me Go (Fugees vs. Heaven 17)

6.   100 Million Butterflies (Rap Version) (Muse vs. Birdman & Lil’ Wayne)

7.   Knockout On The New Frontier (Lily Allen vs. Donald Fagen)

8.   Nanafushi Bulletproof (La Roux vs. Gloria Gaynor vs. KODO) *

9.   Spin Shout Right Round! (Tears For Fears vs. Dead Or Alive vs. Crookers vs. Michael Jackson)

10. MORE Cowbell! (The Sisters Of Mercy vs. NAPT)

11. Phantom Sanctuary (Dawn Til Dusk Mix) (The Cult vs. Justice)

12. Ain't Got kNOw Home (Clarence “Frogman” Henry vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)

13. Three Skies A Lady (The Commodores vs. Queens Of The Stone Age)

14. Raising The Small Things In Life (Tracey Thorn vs. Blink 182 vs. Robot Redford)

15. MORE Cowbell! (No Mercy Mix)

Disc Two:

1.   Jingle & Mashup Medley (DJ not-I)

2.   He Got Scream (Original Mix)

3.   100 Million Butterflies (Muse vs. Birdman)

4.   Chop Synergy Dare (Gorillaz vs. System Of A Down vs. Fingathing) *

5.   Spin Shout Right Round! (Original Mix)

6.   MORE Cowbell! (Radio Edit)

7.   Cinco De Mayo (War vs. Free vs. Deee-Lite vs. Beyonce vs. Pitbull vs. Ween)

8.   Phantom Sanctuary (Dusk Til Dawn Mix)

9.   Vino Hip Vino Hop (Video Version) (Dead Prez vs. Eastenders)

10. My Favorite Allez (The Supremes vs. Eastenders) *

11. MORE Cowbell! (Sisters Of Cowbell Mix)

12. He Got Scream (Instrumental)

* previously unreleased

Complete list of sources in mp3 tags.

Produced by DJ not-I @ Mexikotrax, 2009.

Additional production: 2014.

Cover painting by Klaudia Gottwald.

For promotional use only!

Download: Disc 1 Disc 2 (alternate links in "comments")

Playlist:

Two Exclusive DJ not-I Mashups on Nu Blends Compilation 13

Hey People!

Here is the Nu Blends Compilation Vol. 13, including two new blends/mashups  by yours truly, "Cold Flush Five" (Luniz vs. The Cure vs. Big Boi and André 3000) and "Hot Shit Dinner" (The Beatnutz vs. ZZ Top). The whole thing is available for streaming and free download HERE!

Go get it! 

It's an awesomely eclectic collection, assembled by my good friend, DJ Romano Gemini and I enjoy listening to the whole thing again and again.

Love, DJ not-I

P.S. If you want to hear my tracks, here you are:

Again, download the compilation HERE!
It's worth it.
~I

Collected Mashups Vol. 3: The Videos

Here are all the videos for Collected Mashups Volume 3a (Of Love, Hate and Change) and Volumes 3b and 3c (The Shinobi and Enso EPs). Some were made by friends and/or people who liked my work, but I made most of them myself. All of these mashups are available on the albums in the above links or individually on Heartthis.at Enjoy and stay tuned for the next collection in the series as a double album: Collected Mashups Vol. 4! 

Love, DJ not-I


1. Smells Like Futurama (Nirvana vs. Futurama Theme Song)
 


2. Who Do You Love (In The Night)? (Bo Diddley vs. Eagles of Death Metal)
 
 

3. Freaky Undone Hombre (M.I.A. vs. KoRn)



4. Heavy Metal Amour (Jedi Mind Tricks & Ill Bill vs. Rachid Taha)



5. (W)right America (Eminem vs. Optical vs. The Beatles)



Ten more videos after the jump! (Featuring Alicia Keys, Bo Diddley, Cléan, Coldcut, Dead Prez, DJ Vadim, Eastenders, Gwen Stefani, Hexstatic, Jill Scott, Kanye West, M.I.A., Mr. Scruff, Rage Against The Machine, Talib Kweli, and The Go-Gos.)

Collected Mashups Vol. 2: The Videos

Following up on my last post, here are all the extant videos for Collected Mashups Vol. 2a and Vol. 2b (no videos have been produced for Vol. 2c). I made two of these myself, but most were made by people who liked my stuff enough to make fan videos and/or use them as soundtracks to whatever cool things they were doing, and were decent enough to credit them. To me, there is no greater compliment, and I have duly credited these video-makers.

All of the featured mashups are available for free download as part of the albums in the links above or individually via hearthis.at.

Enjoy & Have Fun! Love, DJ not-I

(P.S. My three recommendations are marked with *)

1.* Trans Planet Insomnia (Kraftwerk vs. Faithless vs. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force) (Video by not-I)


Six more videos after the jump!

Collected Mashups Vol. 1: The Videos

Following the release of volume three of the Collected Mashups series, and with volume four on the way, I thought this might be a good opportunity to post some video retrospectives, starting with the videos for volume one. Many of these were made by me, many were made by others, some of them have been blocked on Youtube in certain countries, and some of them are only available on Vimeo, all of which is duly noted below. 

All of the original audio mashups are downloadable as part of the Collected Mashups Vol. 1 double-album or individually at hearthis.at. Now let's get this party started!

1. Heart-Shaped Sky (Blackalicious vs. Nirvana) (video by GonzoJam)

 
Prom Night Of The Dead (DJ Not-I AMV) from MindlessGonzo Productions on Vimeo.

2. Feel All Apologies (Blackalicious vs. Nirvana) (video by Chrysler76)

 

3. Shimmember Me (Ol' Dirty Bastard vs. Blue Boy) (video by me)

  
   Vimeo version here

Seven more videos after the jump!

Collected Mashups Vol. 3b & 3c: The Shinobi & Enso Pop EPs

In addition to the mashup "singles" I released in 2008 (available here), I produced two special projects as mini-albums: The Shinobi EP and The Enso Pop EP. The former featured seven mashups utilizing instrumentals by artists signed to one of my favorite labels (Ninja Tune), while the latter demonstrated my ability to make (more-or-less) straight "pop mashups" whenever I felt like doing so. Despite having divergent intentions, I believe both EPs share a common thread or signature (in the music, not just the artwork) that makes you say, "These are DJ not-I mashups."





This is one of the reasons I've compiled both EPs as a single download in volumes 3b and 3c of the Collected Mashup Series. Enjoy!

Love, DJ not-I.

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Tracklists:

The Shinobi EP (Seven Ninja Tune Boots)

1.   Get Your Hello On (The Doors vs. David Bowie vs. Amon Tobin)
2.   10th Together (The Beatles vs. Clifford Gilberto)
3.   Random Nyash (Lady Sovereign vs. Antibalas)
4.   Whatcha Waiting For, Get A Move On (Gwen Stefani vs. Mr. Scruff)
5.   Auto Temp Crash Test (Sean Paul vs. Hexstatic)
6.   Timber Freq (Dead Prez vs. Coldcut & Hexstatic)
7.   Jude's Drunken Trumpet (The Beatles vs. Kid Koala)

 

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The Enso Pop EP

1.   M.I.A.'s Lips Ain't Sealed (M.I.A. vs. Hilary & Haylie Duff)
2.   Back To Karma (Alicia Keys vs. Amy Winehouse/Mark Ronson)
3.   Rihanna's Troubled Moths & Bees (Rihanna vs. Chris T-T vs. Shampoo)
4.   Gangsta's Foundations (Kate Nash vs. Coolio/Doug Rasheed)
5.   No One's Lockdown (Kanye West vs. Alicia Keys)

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Collected Mashups Vol. 3a: Of Love, Hate and Change

2008 was a watershed in many respects: The mashups of this collection mirror both the anxious global mood before the U.S. elections and the sense of measured optimism that arose afterward, even in the midst of an economic crisis of vast proportions. The long, dark (inter-)national nightmare of the Cheney-Bush regime's reign of terror was finally over. (Unfortunately, though perhaps predictably, the Obama administration has continued, and even expanded, many of the same policies.)

Several of these mashups are overtly and unabashedly political. They range from Eminem's and The Beatles' unintentional (and Reverend Wright's explicit) advocacy of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton during the primaries ("(W)right America") to the conspiracy theories of Immortal Technique ("Infra-stition"), Jedi Mind Tricks ("Heavy Metal Amour"), and M.I.A. ("Under Paper Planes"), to the full-on partisan endorsement of Obama against McCain/Palin and the unprecedented dirtiness of their campaign ("Change The Hate"). Even one of the 'dance' tracks is infused with politics ("Vino Hip Vino Hop"). I had made political mashes before, but perhaps never with such passion and intensity.

Yet this album also features several non-political tracks expressing, among other things: love (the Bo Diddley Tribute Mixes), optimism ("Just Might Be Big Love," produced after the elections), awareness of death ("6 Feet Under The Bitter End"), rock 'n' roll ("Freaky Undone Hombre"), and just good, clean fun ("Smells Like Futurama" and "Rihanna's Troubled Bees").

Many of these mashups also gave me the opportunity to utilize and juxtapose more diverse sources than previously, including blues, drum & bass, indie, and nu metal. In this collection, I've included a few first versions and alternate mixes. I believe this collection is representative of my work's diversity and is quite a decent album too (hence the cheeky cover). I hope you agree. Enjoy! Love, not-I

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.zip file, 163 MB, 19 tracks, high-quality mp3s
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Tracklist:

1.    Smells Like Futurama (Nirvana vs. Futurama)
2.    Who Do You Love (In The Night) (Bo Diddley vs. Eagles Of Death Metal)
3.    Freaky Undone Hombre (M.I.A. vs. KoRn)
4.    Heavy Metal Amour (Jedi Mind Tricks & Ill Bill vs. Rachid Taha)
5.    (W)right America (Eminem vs. The Beatles vs. Optical)
6.    Vino Hip Vino Hop (Dead Prez vs. Eastenders)
7.    Rihanna's Troubled Bees (Rihanna vs. Chris T-T vs. Shampoo)
8.    6 Feet Under The Bitter End (Placebo vs. Thomas Newman/Photek)
9.    You Can't Judge A Boom Sumting (Bo Diddley vs. DJ Vadim)
10.  Under Paper Planes (M.I.A. vs. Cléan)
11.  Infra-stition (Immortal Technique & Busta Rhymes vs. Stevie Wonder vs.
       Placebo)
12.  Change The Hate (Jill Scott vs. Rage Against The Machine vs. Talib Kweli)
13.  Just Might Be Big Love! (Lupe Fiasco & Gemini vs. Fleetwood Mac)
14.  No One's Lockdown (Original Mix)
15.  (W)right America (Original Version)
16.  6 Feet Under The Bitter End (Original Version)
17.  Infra-stition (Demo Version)
18.  Just Might Be Big Love (Demo Version)
19.  Change The Hate (Single Edit)

Full list of sources in mp3 tags.

Mashed, mixed and produced by DJ not-I @ Mexikotrax, 2008
For promotional use only.


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