War Of Confusion (Propaganda vs The Temptations, Edwin Starr and Nas)

The idea for this mashup started when a multiply contact posted a long mix of Propaganda tracks.
I thought Ball of Confusion by the Temptations would match well with this. Then, to get along with the subject matter, War by Edin Starr was added and One Mic by Nas.
The only problem is that I do not have the dirty pella by Nas, so I extracted the muted words from the original but the difference in sound is noticable, (fortunately it's only in the second verse) which I then tried to mask with sounds effect, from the track by Paul Hardcastle - 19.
(Thanks to dj prince for the samplepack).
If anyone has the original pella by Nas, I would like to redo this, because it's still bothering me a bit.
It turned out to be my longest mashup up ever, clocking in at 8:41.

edit 24 Mar: I have added a short version (5 min) today as well

War of Confusion

Propaganda - P-Machinery (Beta mix and album version)
Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Edwin Starr - War
Nas - One Mic
and some sound samples from the track 19 by Paul Hardcastle

time: 8m 41s
bitrate: 256
filesize: 16 MB



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2 Mashups with the Balanescu Quartet covering Kraftwerk

Since Popmusic is a lot about recycling and mashups are the ultimate recycled music it is just a matter of time before covers of mashups will appear.
I don’t know if a cover of a mashup has been made before but here it is.

I was wondering how KrazyBen’s splendid mashup of Kraftwerk and Timbaland, ‘’The Way Models Are’’ (from last year) would sound if the original Kraftwerk backing track would be replaced by the cover The Balanescu Quartet made of The Model.

Lately, when working on my Psycho Robots track, this thought got into my mind again and so I decided to just try it for fun’s sake.

The result was pleasingly enough to me and I decided to give this a go.

Because I considered it a bit lame to post only this track I also went searching into material that would fit with another of the Kraftwerk covers by this quartet.

In the end I settled with Shakira’s Whenever, Wherever with backing of Computer Love by the Balanescu Quartet.
Timing wasn’t easy, the backing track slowed down considerably in the middle section and Shakira started to get overstretched too much,. So after a lot of rearranging parts and snippets I think I succeeded.

So here they are:

Whenever, Wherever Computer Love:
Shakira – Whenever, Wherever
vs
The Balanescu Quartet – Computer Love

(warning: long intro)

&

The Way I Model:
Timbaland – The Way I Are
vs
The Balanescu Quartet – The Model
(based on KrazyBen’s mashup The Way Models Are)

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Psycho Robots - Kraftwerk vs Talking Heads

Two classic tunes from two of my own favorite bands in this mashup:

Psycho Robots:
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (from Stop Making Sense)
Kraftwerk - Robots



the track has been tweaked after some helpful comments

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Empty Islands - Supremes vs Madredeus vs Cardigans

This mashup is in total contrast with the former. This Supremes' track always had a very melancholic mood, but you still dance on the the backing track. I have tried to enhance on the mood of the lyrics by using an instrumental track of the portuguese Madredeus and snippets of Lovefool by the Cardigans

Empty Islands
Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You
Madredeus - As Ilhas dos Açores
Cardigans - Lovefool



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I Put A Spell On Your Ideals - Diamanda Galas vs Digitalism

When I was working on a Halloween track some months ago I was rediscovering Diamanda Galas. For those who do not know her, she has a voice that penetrates your spine and is definitely not your average top 40 singer. For that Halloween work I had used a small bit of her version of I Put A Spell On You. To use the whole track I needed something that sounded a bit dirty and nasty and I think this Digitalism track complements her vocals.

I Put A Spell On Your Ideals:
Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
vs
Digitalism - Idealistic



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Sin Race (Editors vs Robbie Williams)

The acapella for this tune was the first one I ever made by using phase inversion on the instrumental track and adding to the complete track. However, I never found a suitable use for it.
Recently I got the Editors track, complete with an instrumental. A very good rock tune that I immediately liked, and the only acapella that fitted was this Robbie Williams tune. Robbie always sounds better with a good rock backing.

So here it is:

Sin Race:

Editors - Rat Race (instrumental)
vs
Robbie Williams - Sin Sin Sin (acapella)



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Rihanna's Underworld (Rihanna vs Underworld)

Rihanna's Underworld:

Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Underworld - Dark and Long
and a bit of Isaac Hayes and Michael Jackson



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