Tuesday, January 22

Mashup Monday (a day late)

This could be a regular feature here if folks dig it. Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes shall we?

If I had to pick a single track to demonstrate to the uninitiated the pure funky joy that is mashup culture I'd be hardpressed to come up with a better example than Sweet Home Country Grammar. This toe-tapping collision of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Nelly is the brainchild of local SF DJ Mwei-Lun. As his alter ego Mix Master Mao Lun was part of the CRFTP collective along with Ean Golden (aka Fidelski) and other like minded spinners. It looks like the bulk of the site hasn't been updated in a couple years but the forums (with plenty of links to other mashups and artists) are still active. I'm really into the whole "music for the masses" aesthetic they have going too. They have their best stuff up on this page but the cream of the crop for me is this track here:

Mix Master Mao - Sweet Home Country Grammar

1 Comments:

Brian Monahan said...

Bring it on Cuppa Joe!