Late last year R+I Creative produced a fantastic short film, Influencers. The film interviews successful New York creatives about what it means to be an influential and how trends become contagious . It is a great watch, but as an added bonus French DJ Baptman produced an incredible accompanying soundtrack, ‘Under the Influence’.
For the last three months I have been traveling, making my way from Auckland to Vancouver. Time spent traveling is an excellent oppourtunity to reflect. I found myself coming back to this mixtape on a regular basis as my mind wandered. It has an exceptionally crafted, laid back, soulful vibe. The mix features Baptman’s unique edits of tracks from artists like Common, Miike Snow, Aloe Blacc, and Jay Dee interspersed with quotes from the film. Clocking in at just under half an hour it is perfect for a brief inspirational excursion.
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It is fair to say that November got a little out of hand. Between getting stuck in at &some & version3.0 taking a week long unplanned (& extremely frustrating) outage I completely neglected the November mix of the month. Never the less, we have got there eventually.
It seems fitting that a month into which I crammed so much stuff I made Girl Talk’s brand new mashup opus the mix of the month. All Day, Girl Talk’s follow up to the extremely popular ‘Feed the Animals’ that saw him become the party DJ du jour, was released mid-November and has been getting a tonne of play. You have probably heard, or at least are aware of Girl Talk’s sound by now. It isn’t subtle. It tends to divide people. Provided you don’t take it too seriously there isn’t too much here to get upset about. I find it is hard not to smile at the audacity of some of his combination’s.
Whatever you think about Girl Talk, this mix is a definite crowd pleaser. Those who don’t enjoy it probably don’t enjoy much.
Girl Talk – All Day
There isn’t much point in posting a tracklist (despite the fact there is a version that splits it into 12 distinct tracks), with the whole album clocking in at 373 different samples. Just run the whole thing, it is worth it.
Right click and stick this in your computer.
If you are interested, you can see the full list of samples over on Illegal Art, or check out the excellent All Day Samples which breaks each track down by the samples that make it up in real time.
If you have a chance you should also check out the excellent RIP: A remix manifesto which takes a critical look at copyright, using Girl Talk as the subject matter.
Martyn is one interesting producer. I first came across him through his beautiful (but slightly left field) drum & bass, much of which was right at home on Marcus Intalex’s experimental Revolve:r imprint. Tunes like Cloud Convention & I Wonder Why were among the highlights for me. From his early releases he very evolved his sound into really interesting dubstep, and launched his own label 3024 (as well as getting releases on a handful of dubsteps more interesting labels).
More recently he has been touted as one of the leaders of producers and DJs refusing to be confined by genre. This mix (recorded for the excellent XLR8R podcast series) is a pretty good representation of that eclectic sound. Drawing on classic house & techno, along with a bit of dubstep-ish stuff, hip hop and even some Prince for good measure.
His excellent Fabric 50 mix CD is well worth picking up if you dig this sound.
- Washed Out “Get Up” (Mexican Summer)
- Lukid “Veto” (Werk)
- King Midas Sound “Lost” (Hyperdub)
- Rotating Assembly “Orchestra Hall” (Sound Signature)
- Anthony Shakir “Shake it Up Dub (Remix)” (KMS)
- Robert Owens “Bring Down the Walls” (Trax)
- Lone “Once in a While” (Werk)
- Jacob Korn “Grosskariert” (Permanent Vacation)
- Joy Orbison “The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow (Actress remix)” (Aus)
- Prince “When Doves Cry” (Warner Bros)
- Dez Williams “Abandoned Emotions” (Cheap)
- DJ Duke “Future Blast” (Music For Your Ears)
- Glass Domain “Interlock” (Clone)
- Drexciya “Lost Vessel” (Tresor)
- The Future “Daz” (Black Melody)
- Aardvarck “Tulti” (Eat Concrete)
- Motor City Drum Ensemble “Raw Cuts #5″ (Faces)
- Basic Soul Unit “Hopy Unity Vision” (New Kanada)
- Adonis “No Way Back” (Trax)
- K-Alexi “Vertigo” (Transmat)
- J Dilla “Nothing Like This” (Stones Throw)
Don’t hesitate, get amongst [right click, save as].
