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November 16, 2007

Aphex Twin Gets Mashed Up

Aphex Twin returned to our headphones via an inspired Andy Samberg/Mahmoud Ahmadinejad affair. If you need another flavor of Richard James in your mouth -- uh, gross -- trip-hop to 100dbs's place, where the man that brought you The Argyle Album offers 10 downloadable Aphex boots (go the zipped route). Sayeth the masher:

How ill is Aphex Twin with the beats? I've been listening to his work for about a decade now and none of it sounds dated. Maybe more heads will recognize if I throw some vocals on top... here we have some quality mashups including verses by Busta Rhymes, Peaches, Nas, TI, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip, Afrika Bambaataa, OC, and Kool Keith. Technically one of the instrumentals is co-produced by Squarepusher, but whatever. That dude is crazy too.
Damn straight. Hey, Peaches shows up on "Fucking In Your Face (Crying The Pain Away)." Between this and her "Wild Thing" remix, kinda feels like Luxx, 2001. Since it seems to be the theme (and meme) of the day, we'd be remiss not to point out "Harder, Better, Faster, Self-Employed," but our favorite's "Touch It While Pissed Up," for its schizo mix of old- and new-school vocal cadences. The title doesn't hurt either.

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thanks for the heads up with this. pretty good so far...

Posted by: hotsauceman at 11/16/07 3:35 PM  | Reply
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Good looks. Thanks.

Posted by: safecracker at 11/16/07 5:10 PM  | Reply
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I love Aphex Twin, and I respect the idea of these mixes. But these vocals are so lame I almost can't listen. At least on this first song "Planet.#####". Ughn.

Posted by: Zayin_451 at 11/16/07 5:53 PM  | Reply
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Yeah I recognize. I recognize that people who make mashups are talentless hacks.

Posted by: dougie at 11/16/07 6:26 PM  | Reply
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Everyone's a talentless hack nowadays, aren't they?

Anyway, though I'm a huge mashup fan, these are definitely underwhelming. A+B in the least sense of the term.

Posted by: flatluigi at 11/16/07 10:40 PM  | Reply
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people still listen to electronic music? i thought the 90's were over.

Posted by: brett at 11/17/07 3:52 AM  | Reply
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Yeah, Brett, they are. So I guess I should stop listening to both of the great Boards of Canada albums that were released in this decade. Thanks for the heads up, pal.

Posted by: kidacomputerok at 11/17/07 10:04 AM  | Reply
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The 70's are over too but we still listen to indie rock which is mostly just 70's rock retread

Posted by: yepyep at 11/17/07 11:14 AM  | Reply
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'70s? Try '60s. Cuz, you know, The Beatles were around then.

Posted by: kidacomputerok at 11/17/07 11:45 AM  | Reply
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"I love Aphex Twin, and I respect the idea of these mixes. But these vocals are so lame I almost can't listen. At least on this first song "Planet.#####". Ughn."

zayin, you just sonned yourself by dissing planet rock. are you realllllly that oblivious?

Posted by: wtf at 11/17/07 5:48 PM  | Reply
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Wow Brett, and I imagine that the fact that most 'indy' bands are just copying each other and the mellower side of grunge (another 90s by product) are completely lost on you?

Not only do people still listen to electronic music, but we don't get shit on our dick when we pull one out of our ass.

Posted by: dr.xnlb at 11/18/07 4:46 PM  | Reply
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That's just gross!

Posted by: jeff at 11/19/07 11:55 AM  | Reply
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So was the ill-informed original comment. ;)

Posted by: dr.xnlb at 11/19/07 6:37 PM  | Reply
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dude you cant say aphex twin is a talentless hack. he doesnt use lyrics in his music. i've seen great rhythms by aphex twin that sound so original for drum machine techno

Posted by: george at 12/03/07 11:11 AM  | Reply
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