0329 - Mash It Up and Bring It Back

As much as it pained me to get rid of mashup day a few months ago I had to, good mashups were so few and far between and hard to find.  I wish I could find more quality ones like the ones I have for you today!  Oh and I guess this also is the return of Free Friday since both have free download links!

Pompeii was a huge song for a long time because it was so different, and the Audien remix was just incredible.  Sleepless just was a beautifully done unique track.  Combining them never crossed my mind, until I found it.  Done by Lost Kings, this mashup is really beautifully done.  The vocals from Cazzette fit flawlessly over the great tonality of the original.  Then the switch back to the original vocals happens and I fell in love.  I would have liked to hear a bit more of Sleepless since it seemed to only be in the beginning but overall its a phenomenal mashup!

Also for your listening pleasure today a mashup featuring Dirty South, Alesso, One Republic, Nervo, and Sebastian Ingrosso.  A big line up that comes together beautifully.  The vocals from One Republic are surprising but they work extremely well!  Overall just a really beautiful syncing of these artists and songs.  Easily one of my favorite mashups (although I like Sleepless Pompeii more than this one) of the year so far!  Give it a listen and support Lost Kings and DJ Trademark!

Sleepless Pompeii (Lost Kings Mashup) - Cazzette vs Audien vs Bastille (Free Download)

Diamond In The Rough (Dirty South x Alesso x One Republic x Nervo x Sebastian Ingrosso) - Trademark (Free Download)

061 - Don't Ever Stop

Mondays are rough, for real.  Before into today's song, I want to talk about something.

Over the weekend, my friend Chris challenged me to find a tolerable remix of "What the Fox Say" by Ylvis, which slowly caused me to loose both my sanity and my threshold for that song.  I will likely post the song as an add on to either Tuesday's or Thursday's song because I would never subject you all to just that song, but that is not the point that I am looking to make.  In my search, it blew me away how many people had taken one particular remix, and reposted it as their own, generally with few ( the only one that had a change was a small change in speed) to no changes.  Are people really that desperate for attention that they are willing to steal someone's remix and claim it as their own?  Say it gets big, and the community wants more...what then? steal more remixes from little known DJs?  Lie your way to the top only to get called out by such an insignificant community that it doesn't matter?  No one that I know has performed music theft to this degree (thank god) but this kind of activity really makes me sick.  Music is all about taking your own twist on a song through a remix, not stealing another person's work.  Thankfully the people of youtube and soundcloud have been putting these stolen remixes out in open through comments and the posters remain silent.  I hope that this continues and that people who steal music and put their own name on it get weeded out and put on public display.

I may start a rant like this once a week, not sure when though.  I have one about rap music too, not sure when I can get it down though.

OK.  Onto the music!  Today's mashup comes to us from J Flash with a very good remix of Calling by Sebastian Ingrosso and Don't Stop Believing by Journey.  They are mixed very well together and flow with the significance of an original song.  I hope you enjoy it, and see you back here tomorrow for the next track!

061 - Don't Stop Calling (J Flash Mashup) - Sebastian Ingrosso 

 

011- Bang Bang 3LAU

Welcome back everyone! I hope that you had an excellent weekend! Monday is humpday and is especially tough, even over the summer, so today I bring you something with a little extra umph. 3LAU (pronounced Blau) is one of the top tier mashup artists, making unique things that would blow you out of the water. This is one of his longer sets, totaling about 30 min and is full of non-stop beats, awesome drops, and never before contemplated mashups. Enjoy!

 011 - 3LAU live set with Porter and Ingrosso