Track of the Week: Ghislain Poirier “Madder Dan Dat” Remix

Ghislain Poirier’s new remix compilation, Bounce Le Remix vol. 3 just came out and it looks like another slammin’ one. In honor of the release, and the fact that he’ll be here in Chicago to rock with us this Saturday we present the following Track of the Week. If you’re looking for some crazy soca that’ll mix with 150 BPM…

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Ghislain Poirier, DJ C, Murderbot, Zebo @ SubT, Chicago

Ghislain Poirier (Ninja Tune, Montreal) Saturday, March 8 @ Subterranean With DJ C, Chrissy Murderbot, and resident DJ Zebo Here’s what the press are saying: Canadian beatmaker Ghislain Poirier offers music to suit many tastes, but whatever he touches ends up with overflowing bass and plenty of bounce in the rhythm. Hailing from the musical incubator known as Montreal, he…

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Warrior Queen and The Heatwave; “Things Change (DJ C Remixes)”

If you heard The Heatwave’s England Story DJ mix for the Bloggariddims podcast you’ll no doubt be excited to hear that the Soul Jazz record label is about to release the tracks from the mix as an album. From the Soul Jazz Records website: An England Story – The Culture of the MC in the UK 1983-2008. Featuring a who’s…

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Track of the Week: “Jesus Walks” Rmx.

You may have heard this one in a couple of my mixes; I’ve been spinning it for quite a while now. It’s stayed in my crate through thick and thin while numerous others have been tossed aside. You may have already found it too; it’s been available for free for at least a couple of years over at Soulchampion.com. The…

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Two New Mashups: Starkey vs. Missy/Ginuwine

Hi all, sorry it’s taken me so long to get around to writing on here…things have been super-busy. I’ll be on more often in the near future–promise! Anyway, today we have two new mashup’s of Starkey’s “Corner Store” feat. Xploder (get the original here). This first one is Corner Store + Ginuwine’s “Pony”: [audio:uggc://jjj.fyrnmrgbar.pbz/oybt/fgnexrl_tvahjvar(zobg_oyraq).zc3] Download: Starkey vs. Ginuwine; Pony Store…

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Mashup(s) of the Week(s)

OK, it’s officially been over 5 weeks since we posted a “Mashup of the Week” here. Our bad! Today we’ll try and heal the wounds. Our own wounded blog activity since the o-so-hectic holiday season, and the gaping holes we’ve left in your lives since we haven’t been providing you with a weekly dosage of Mashit mashups. First of all,…

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Mashup of the Week: “Ain’t No Other Man” Blaerg Remix

Blaerg sent in this bangin’ remix of Christina Aguilera’s Ain’t No Other Man. As is often the case here, this track is really a remix rather than a combination-of-tracks mashup. Blaerg does however mash-up Amen and Think breaks, and stirs them in with a chopped-up version the DJ Premier produced Aguilera pop number. Download: Christina Aguilera; Ain’t No Other Man…

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Mashup of the Week: “Lexie La”

The very first Mashup of the Week that I posted on this blog was a mix of 50-Cent’s I Get Money with Lexie Lee’s Woman Run It Vocal. It was a weird one. I had to pitch up Lexie’s vocals to get them to work harmonically with the beat. You can hear it tactfully mixed in to DJ Kowalski’s Tetrachave…

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Mashup(s) of the Week; “Santastic III”

This week I’d like to point your attention to not just one, but twenty-one holiday themed mashups. DJ BC’s Santastic compilation is back for the 3rd year in a row, this time in 3-D. There are tracks by Go Home Productions, DJ Flack, dj BC, yours truly, and many more. You can download all the tracks at the Santastic III…

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Mashup of the Week: “Get Your Bomb On”

Hopefully you’ve had a chance to check out Refusenik’s Kold Krussian DJ mix that we posted a couple weeks back. If so, you may have noticed that there are some original Refusinik rubs in the mix. One of our faves is this mashup of the Argentine cumbia band Los Palmeras‘ song Bombon Asesino with Missy Elliott’s Get Your Freak On.…

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