For several years I’ve been listening to (and loving) the mash-up albums of The Kleptones.
For those of you who are not familiar with mash-ups (including me until recently) it’s where DJs mix different parts of different tracks to create something new – vocals from one song, a bassline from another, guitar solo from another and so on. (I’m no expert and I’m sure DJ Eric Kleptone will put me right).
The latest Kleptones double album ‘Uptime/Downtime’ was released as a FREE download at Midnight (GMT) on 1st January 2010 making it the first album released in this NEW decade (in the UK at least). Uptime is a rocking party mix (featuring the Prodigy, Guns n Roses, Metallica, Nirvana among others) whereas Downtime is the relaxing chill-out part
(Scott Walker, Nick Drake, Neil Young) – great stuff.
Anyway, back to this theme – as I’ve been listening to this album since downloading it I thought I’d take time out to listen to some of the original tracks that Eric Kleptone has ‘borrowed’. There’s a Wikipedia page for the album, listing the samples that fans have spotted. Eric tells me there’s still plenty that hasn’t been spotted yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi.. ki/Uptime_/_Downtime
So why not download ‘Uptime/Downtime’ (it’s FREE) and give it a listen and maybe try to spot a sample that hasn’t been noted yet. Whilst you’re at it try some of the other Kleptones releases. I heartily recommend 24 Hrs and A Night at the Hip-Hopera (yep, Hip-Hop and Queen!)
http://www.kleptones.com/p.. ages/downloads.html
By the way, Eric has been tagged in this note and I’m sure would welcome any comments. He has also accepted the challenge of being my third guest Listening Theme setter, his theme (wait for it!) will be announced in a week’s time.
Cheers,
Paul
Won’t bore you here with what I’ve been listening to this morning – head over to
http://paul-adams.livejournal.com/ to find out.
Some notable tracks though include Nick Drake’s Black Eyed Dog, David Sylvian’s The Healing Place (must check out some more Sylvian) and I haven’t heard Prefab Sprout’s When Love Breaks Down in ages.
Prefab Sprout is wonderful.