Earthly Temple of My Bonnie

It's been a year since I produced a new mash-up. Music/mash-up production is only a hobby for me, so it took a back seat this past year while things got busy for me.

But I'm planning to get back into some serious mash-up production this year. I've purchased a new laptop and new production software, so I'm hoping to work on a few productions this year. And this one is the first mash-up track produced from my new set-up.

In fact, while evaluating the different music production programs I was considering buying, a couple of the test tracks I chose to use for the evaluation process had started to come together while I was evaluating the programs. I made my software selection and then continued to finish off the mash-up track, which was then initially released on The 4th Point of Procrastination compilation mash-up release.

The mash-up track is now available here in this posting, along with an instrumental version, which highlights how well the instrumental sources work together and play off each other.

Earthly Temple of My Bonnie
Imogen Heap - Earth
Janah - Temple of My Body
Cynthia Lynn Douglass - My Bonnie
3:33 / 320 kbps

Earthly Temple of My Bonnie (Voxless Lullaby)
Imogen Heap - Earth
Janah - Temple of My Body
Cynthia Lynn Douglass - My Bonnie
3:33 / 320 kbps

The 4th Point of Procrastination Genre-Smashed Compilation

Once again, Chris "Envision" Manning has released his 4th annual genre-smashed mash-up compilation album, called The 4th Point of Procrastination. It contains 60 tracks from 35 fabulous DJ's and mash-up producers.

I've finally produced a new mash-up track, called Earthly Temple of My Bonnie, which you'll find on this compilation (track #30). It's been a year since I've produced anything, and in fact, my last track was released on last year's smash the genre compilation. I was evaluating new music production software for myself and some of the test sources that I set up for the evaluation had started to come together into an actual mix. It was an ideal track for Envision's compilation, so I polished it off and submitted if for this compilation.

You can download the entire compilation album with my new mash-up track at http://www.envisiondesign.com.au/the4thpoint.html

Night Cry (Early Bird Edition)

Dark sinister clowns have stolen the country music from Johnny Cash, which has made Johnny very very sad.

But with the energetic help of some old Yello, and a few additional funky loops/stems I found lying around (including some sounds from an old pinball machine), Johnny's Cry Cry Cry can be heard in a whole different funktronic light.

Night Cry (Early Bird Edition) was originally released on Envision's The 3rd World: Annual Genre-Smashed compilation. Unfortunately, the IFPI had the album download removed.

Fortunately, you can still enjoy my funktronic mash-up track here using the Official.fm player below. You can also enjoy the funky mash-up video I put together for this track (available on YouTube and Vimeo for everyone's global viewing pleasure).

Night Cry (Early Bird Edition)
Johnny Cash - Cry, Cry, Cry
Yello - Night Flanger
Qubic - a few sound loops/stems I found lying around
3:07 / 320 kbps / 7.3 MB

The 3rd World Annual Genre-Smashed Compilation

The 3rd World Annual Genre-Smashed Compilation mash-up album, compiled and presented by Envision, was officially released earlier today, containing 44 tracks from 29 DJ's and mash-up producers. The theme... Smash the genre and bring the track(s) into a new world of sound.

What is the real meaning of the theme? The idea is to take two or more original songs and combine them into a mash-up production such that the resulting genre is different than the genre of the original songs. Or more commonly... the resulting mash-up production is a different genre than the original genre of the predominant vocals.

Why am I promoting this compilation? I produced a zany psycho funketronic mash-up track, called Night Cry (Early Bird Edition), as well as a video to go along with it, which have both been released on this compilation.

You can watch my video and download the entire album (with my zany mash-up track) at http://www.envisiondesign.com.au/compilations.html

Q-Picks 2010

It's been a couple of years since I posted my yearly favourite music picks. I'm not sure why I didn't post one last year, but here's my favourite picks of songs and albums that were released in 2010...

Favourite Mash-up Songs

1. LeeDM101 - Roxanne's Tainted Fly [link]
2. [MMM] MadMixMustang - You Rock My Rock [link ]
3. DJ Lobsterdust - Steady Romance [link]
4. DJ Clive$ter - Mas Que Amor [link]
5. Simon Iddol - We are in the Go-Go Club [link]
6. G3RSt - I've Seen That Paranoid Face Before [link]
7. KrazyBen - Hypersonic Sweet Music [link]
8. Tweylo - Personality in Bloom [link]
9. PiotreQ - Good Times Bite the Dust [link]
10. Stay Away Music (S.A.M.) - Boiled Hamma [link]
11. mARKYbOY - The Rain Thief [link]
12. Chocomang - One Chair [link]
13. DJ Morgoth - Stylo It's No Good [link]

Favourite Commercial Songs

1. Laurie Anderson - Only an Expert
2. Diane Birch - This Corrosion
3. k.d. lang - Hallelujah (Vancouver Winter 2010 Version)
   
4. Laurie Anderson - Transitory Life
5. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Save Me
6. Holy Fuck - Red Lights
7. Laurie Anderson - Lost Art of Conversation
8. Goldfrapp - Rocket
9. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Pulse
   
10. Bryan Ferry - Alphaville
11. Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass
12. Goldfrapp - Head First
13. Sarah McLachlan - Loving You is Easy

Favourite Albums

1. Laurie Anderson - Homeland
2. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - History of Modern
   
3. Diane Birch - The Velveteen Age (with the Phenomenal Handclap Band)
4. Goldfrapp - Head First
5. Mashup Industries - Café del Mash Vol. 2 [link]
6. Holy Fuck - Latin
7. CjR Mix / Bynar - Dangerous Power (The Boot EP) [link]
8. Tangerine Dream - Booster III
9. Bryan Ferry - Olympia
10. Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion
11. Sound Unsound - Chillax [link]
12. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back

Oíche Suaimhneach, Fir Caoin (HD Video)

Oíche Suaimhneach, Fir Caoin HD from BorisB High Def on Vimeo.

BorisB is working on a new-ish video project these days... He's taking his best mash-up videos of all time and reproducing them in stunning HD video. The first video out of the gate, and just in time for Xmas, is the video for the Xmas mash-up I had produced a couple of years ago, Oíche Suaimhneach, Fir Caoin. (Note: You'll have to watch it from the vimeo web site to get the HD quality video.)

Here's the remastered version of the song file in high-quality 320 kbps stereo for your listening and downloading pleasure...

Oíche Suaimhneach, Fir Caoin
Mediaeval Baebes - Umlahi
Loreena McKennitt - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)
Loreena McKennitt - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Instrumental)
6:05 / 320 kbps / 14.1 MB

World's Greatest Pop Mashups - A Sound Unsound Compilation

Sound Unsound just released an awesome mash-up compilation digital album, World's Greatest Pop Mashups.

If you love pop tunes, there's 18 pop mashups on this album with pop tunes spanning the 80's, 90's, and the last decade. You'll also find a track produced by me containing a little something from the 80's and a little something from this past decade...

You can also visit Sound Unsound to get more details about the album release.