Collected Mashups Vol. 4b: The Shitcase Cinema Remixes

My musical collaboration with Johnny Shitcase and Professor Bruce of Shitcase Cinema began in 2009. I don't recall the precise circumstances of our initial contact, but I think it had something to do with my search for Youtube footage of Donald Sutherland's notorious eye-roll scene in Virus, the sci-fi-horror flick of 1999, stumbling across a Shitcase Cinema review of the film in the process, and consequently watching a whole bunch of Shitcase. I absolutely love(d) their humorous, do-it-yourself approach to reviewing (mainly) bad movies, which showcased (and still features) John's well-written scripts and thick Yorkshire accent, Professor Bruce's "science" segments and role as comic foil, their silly over-the-top skits often involving a cast of characters such as Caveman Wayne, a heavy dose of Pythonesque absurdity, and (of course) a propensity for creative cursing.

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This led me to contact Johnny Shitcase, and after some friendly back-and-forth messages, I offered (or agreed, I don't remember) to do some mashups of Professor Bruce's already perfect theme song with some soundtrack tunes. Over the course of the next couple years, I did a total of seven short Shitcase Cinema Theme Song mashups/remixes, six of which were featured in various Shitcase reviews. At some point, with the Google takeover of Youtube and its private message system, John going on a long trip overseas, and me having various other things on my plate, our collaboration petered out, so I thought I'd take this occasion to duly celebrate it with this collection. And what better way to introduce uninitiated not-I fans to Shitcase Cinema than with a series of Shitcase videos that feature my little remixes? (See end of post.) DOWNLOAD (alternate link in "comments").

Collected Mashups Vol. 4b: The Shitcase Cinema Remixes is a mini album (only 36 MB) intended for die-hard not-I collectors and Shitcase enthusiasts, which includes the following mini-maxi mix of all the remixes:

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Tracklist:

DJ not-I: Collected Mashups Vol. 4a: The Shitcase Cinema Remixes

1. Shitcase Cinema Theme (Mouth Of Madness Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. John Carpenter and Jim Lang - “In The Mouth Of Madness”

    As featured in “In The Mouth Of Madness - Shitcase Cinema review”)

2. Shitcase Ninja

    Professor Bruce vs. “Shogun: Total War” (computer game soundtrack)

    Spoken samples: A shitload of shitty ninja movies

    As featured in “Ninja Squad - Shitcase Cinema review” (@ 6:42)

3. Shitcase Cinema Theme (L.A. Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. Shirley Walker & John Carpenter - Escape From L.A (Main Title)

    Spoken samples: Johnny Shitcase

    As featured in “Bad 3rd movies - Shitcase Cinema short”

4. Shitcase Cinema Theme (Crookers Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. Crookers - "Aguas de Parco”

    Spoken samples: Johnny Shitcase

    As featured in “Mars Attacks - Shitcase Cinema review”

5. Who Made Shitcase (AC/DC Theme Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. AC/DC - “Who Made Who”

    As featured in “Maximum Overdrive - Shitcase Cinema review”

6. Shitcase Cinema Theme (Commando Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. James Horner - “Commando (Prologue/Main Title)”

7. Shitcase Cinema Theme (Broken Arrow Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. Hans Zimmer - “Broken Arrow theme.”

    Additional beats: A-Trak

    As featured in “Broken Arrow - Shitcase Cinema review”

8. Shitcase Cinema Theme (Mini Remix Megamix)

    Miix of tracks 1-7 with not-I shout-out.

9. Shitcase Cinema Theme (Mouth of Sadness Remix)

    Professor Bruce vs. John Carpenter and Jim Lang - “In The Mouth Of Madness”

    First version.

Produced by DJ not-I @ Mexikotrax, 2009-2011 (except 8, produced in 2014). For promotional use only!

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And now for some Shitcase Cinema (by the way, they have an official page and a very active group on Facebook. And here's my official Facebook page: DJ.not.I).

Love, not-I

1. Crookers Remix (feat. Donald Sutherland's notorious eye-roll scene @ 1:12)

2. Who Made Shitcase (AC/DC Theme Remix) (feat. John on air guitar)



3. Mouth Of Madness Remix




Three more Shitcase Cinema reviews feat. not-I remixes after the jump!

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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