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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I love bastard pop!

For those (like me) that are pretty sick and tired of the usual 4/4 electronic barrage... perhaps you might find the world of bootlegs, bastard pop and mashups more aurally and creatively exciting. I've been a fan for quite a while... indulging in it's burgeoning artform of mixing up every conceivable musical genre, era, and style possible. When we first started dropping Snow Patrol vs The Police's "Every Car You Chase" at the end of our regular sets, it created quite a reasonable buzz amongst some punters. OK, we're actually quite sick of that by now. Nonetheless, one of the biggest mashup block party last year on our shores was Fox Knox Five. It was the perfect introduction... sadly, the consistency of such brilliant parties is questionable quite sad.

Anyway, for those yet to embark into this strange and wonderful world of music... the best way to get started is via one of the biggest and unquestionably, the most successful mashup brand night, Club Bootie from San Francisco... emerging in 2003 and have already made their ways to other cities like Los Angeles, New York, Paris and even Munich.

Visit their website and blog. You'll find tons of goodies (if you know what I mean)... or click the album covers below.