The Ultimate Mash-up

January 30, 2006 7:01 AM

The Ultimate Mash-up: 153 songs in 5 minutes by Dj Aquasky
posted by empath (30 comments total)

Unfortunately, the yousendit link is only going to last a short time so anyone looking to download will have to go elsewhere (themixingbowl.com has it)

This is the Annie Mac show from BBC Radio1 broadcast on January 26, 2006.
posted by jeffmik at 7:18 AM on January 30, 2006

sorry: mixingbowl.org not .com
posted by jeffmik at 7:19 AM on January 30, 2006

full of frenetic goodness!
posted by MetaMonkey at 7:20 AM on January 30, 2006

That's how the link was sent to me, i'll find the link to the mixing bowl version of it.
posted by empath at 7:20 AM on January 30, 2006

Cool feat. A bit too ADD for me to appreciate it as anything other than an excercise, though.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:21 AM on January 30, 2006

Oh, and:

"Ohw. Moy. Godt." ;)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:22 AM on January 30, 2006

Mixing Bowl Link:

Free sign-in required to download the torrent.
posted by empath at 7:23 AM on January 30, 2006

Brought a smile to my face.
posted by sourwookie at 7:27 AM on January 30, 2006

Yeah, I liked this in spite of myself. And the yousendit link is still working fine.
posted by smackfu at 7:30 AM on January 30, 2006

Has anyone tried to ID all the songs?
posted by smackfu at 7:32 AM on January 30, 2006

This made for a fun listen. I remember trying to put together something like this as a teenager, armed with only a stack of CDs and a portable radio with a pause button. I didn't get very far.
posted by you just lost the game at 7:33 AM on January 30, 2006

There's a full tracklisting in the Mixing Bowl link, if you don't mind signing up for an account.
posted by empath at 7:40 AM on January 30, 2006

Neat.

Any legal implications about doing something like this?
I want to see the lawsuit...
posted by slimepuppy at 7:45 AM on January 30, 2006

If he was distributing the mix, there would be legal issues. But this was done for BBC Radio 1, so it falls under the same rules that any dj playing music on the radio does.
posted by empath at 7:48 AM on January 30, 2006

Here's the song list, for those who don't want to create an account just to see it.
posted by smackfu at 7:51 AM on January 30, 2006

Isn't this just a beat with 150 odd vocal tracks one after another? I was expecting a bit more of the original songs to remain. Maybe I don't know enough of the the songs used to recognise them.
posted by Orange Goblin at 8:01 AM on January 30, 2006

It's not just one beat through the whole song. But yeah, he does keep the music going from some songs for much longer than others.
posted by empath at 8:09 AM on January 30, 2006

About 15 years ago some friends and I decided to try to catalog every sample in The Beastie Boy's Paul's Boutique. I'm pretty sure we never even came close.
posted by sourwookie at 8:37 AM on January 30, 2006

See also: Osymyso's Intro-Introspection, 101 song intros in 12 minutes.
posted by duende at 8:52 AM on January 30, 2006

Obligatory "John Oswald did it first" links.
posted by monosyllabic at 9:30 AM on January 30, 2006

I bet DJ iTunes-Signature could kick his ass.
posted by jenovus at 9:44 AM on January 30, 2006

Glad theres 2 Atari Teenage Riot tunes in there if only because of Alec Empires use of the gabba bass drum.

All in all - its a bit rubbish. Perhaps a bit interesting and then boring real quick - these people need something better to do with there time.

I agree with jenovus.
posted by 13twelve at 10:14 AM on January 30, 2006

bug me not.
posted by howling fantods at 10:20 AM on January 30, 2006

It's just Aquasky, no DJ - it's (at last count) three chaps.

Ableton Live has made it far easier to do things like this nowadays. Not to detract from what they've done - it's still fun.

Oh wait.. The Killers just arrived. It's like they just shat in my coffee. Oh well.

I still prefer Freddie Fresh's far less technically accomplished and super-obscurist 500+ tune full length mixes, though.
posted by coach_mcguirk at 11:26 AM on January 30, 2006

sourwookie, perhaps you'd be interested in this work of Paul's Boutique scholarship.
posted by box at 12:37 PM on January 30, 2006

Small quibble: The name of the Osymyso track is actually "Intro-Inspection". It's a much more enjoyable track as opposed to a technical challenge.
posted by dhartung at 1:07 PM on January 30, 2006

Ableton Live has made it far easier to do things like this nowadays. Not to detract from what they've done - it's still fun.

Serously, let's see it with vinyl guys...
posted by iamck at 2:42 PM on January 30, 2006

It was interesting to listen to once. Not something I'd play at a party either, unless the crowd was hyperactive.
posted by Eideteker at 6:04 PM on January 30, 2006

If you enjoy mashups, try out Party Ben's stuff. He is part of the staff at KITS 105.3 (in San Francisco); amongst the more enjoyable stuff he's done or been part of (imho) is the Subsonic show (hosted by Aaron Axelsen that is, sadly, no more.
posted by hyperlith at 8:58 PM on January 30, 2006

Bah, all the kids are doing it these days. Here's Trevor Jacksons take: Playgroup - Partymix vol 1
posted by inpHilltr8r at 10:56 AM on January 31, 2006