Category Archives: Mashup

Based on “ Love taken over (Quiet Storm Mix)” by Chante Moore that I discovered on the excellent Digital DJs podcast. I added the keyboards and the beats from bits and pieces (no actual keyboard playing – I know my … Continue reading →

Based on “Hangin’ on a String” (Loose Ends), combined with a Groove Armada bass and some drum tracks

Sometimes all you need is some encouragement, some inspiration and some time: some kind words from Penny Pincher the Stewart Copeland appearance on Mac OSX Conference on IT Conversations. 3 hours where I should have been taking care of my … Continue reading →

This is what I would call a ‘quickie’: I rehashed a scratch sample to a groove, recorded (with my GuitarPort) a bass line and a guitar riff to go with it, programmed the drums one beat at a time, and … Continue reading →

This mix was inspired by the first Presidential debate between George W Bush and John Kerry. An MP3 was compiled full of ‘bushisms’, and that was my start material.I combined it with Praga Khan’s ‘Power of the flower’ basically because … Continue reading →

Nothing like an enthusiastic engineer to sell a home entertainment keyboard.A commercial for the Creative ‘Prodikeys’ product features an archetypical Japanese sales guy teaching us how to play rock ‘n roll drums on a MIDI keyboard. This is not the … Continue reading →

I used an acapella from Blue Six (Very Good Friend) and added a drum loop from Barry White

Made from a Lisa Stansfield acapella (‘People Hold On’), but tuned down with a firm delay to get a more bizarre voice. Added some samples from Maxwell and Me’Shell.

Mashup of ‘Step into the dark’ (Marc Moulin) and ‘Ten percent’ (Double Exposure)

Made this on a quiet evening, using samples from the ‘Sampled‘ series. The base beat is from Groove Armada. Had to straighten a 5/4 break to fit my 4/4 format.