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It's a lot clubbier than Girl Talk, but if you're into mashup/party stuff you'll probably be into Emynd and Bo Bliz out of Philly. They do parties under the name White Tees and White Belts (and have a 12"er out under that name) that's pretty good. Also hot from Philly right now is DJ Sega, who put out a CD called Rockstars and Clubheads pretty recently -- the first half is okay to awful, the second half is great and totally worth price of admission. Also Philly: Diplo was mentioned upthread, but he's got a bunch of buddies that he's been working with for years and years, and they've been putting out 12"s for years under the name Hollertronix (it was the name of their party in Philly for years and years). This is a great introduction to what's up and this series has some PHENOMENAL cuts on it. Some really lovely ones too, but some of them are borderline life changing (I'd recommend #1 and I think #4, for the mash of Gossip Folks by Missy Elliott over Rock the Casbah and the life-changing remix of Golddigger, both by Diplo I think). I wouldn't recommend Diplo's full mixes (other than maybe his Fabric Live disc) because they're weird South American funk -- it's good stuff but it's not in this kind of vein. Flosstradamus out of Chicago are wizards at this craft and put on a hell of a live show. You can find remixes here and there -- my favorites are Act a Fool and whatever the Twista / Sigur Ros mash is called, I forget. They put out a phenomenal full length called Get Outta the Hood, tour pretty often, and still do parties in Chicago. They deserve to be WAY bigger than they are and if you're into this stuff I can almost guarantee you'll like it. In NYC, the Rub are pretty top shelf and have been doing this for awhile. They've been doing a series of party medleys on 12"s for awhile and you can probably come up with them if you have a decent dance/DJ record store around you. One of the guys from the Rub, DJ Ayres, runs T&A Records with Tittsworth from Baltimore and they pretty consistently put out great poo poo. In Baltimore people have been pounding on this kind of stuff for awhile and it's consistently turned out great. Bmore is like at the head of this kind of stuff right now. Supposedly Cex has a mixtape out that's mashup. The heavy hitters from Baltimore right now are probably Tittsworth and Dave Nada, and I'd also recommend Blaqstarr from this crew. Dave Nada (former member of DC hardcore bands Medic and De Nada) has a few GREAT mixes out for free on his website and his remix of that Soulja Boy song is a total must-hear. Other labels you might want to check out: Mad Decent, Money Studies, T&A, whoever's been putting out Blaqstarr stuff lately. Full Disclosure: this is all a lot more DJ/club kind of stuff than Girl Talk is. If you just want laptop beat fuckery, try Shitmat, which is Girl Talk at like double speed. Edit 2: myspaces for everyone! Emynd and Bo Bliz - http://www.myspace.com/whitetshirts Flosstradamus - http://www.myspace.com/flosstradamus Tittsworth - http://www.tittsworth.com/ The Rub - http://www.itstherub.com/ DJ Sega - http://www.myspace.com/djsegatheblackknight Dave Nada - http://www.davenada.com/ Mad Decent recs - http://www.maddecent.com/blog/ Money Studies - http://moneystudiesrecords.com/ Colin Ex Machina fucked around with this message at 00:23 on May 21, 2008 |
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