Mash-Up’s Are Dead, Long live the Mash-Up!

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With a history of ‘megamixing’ and generally messing about with samples and acapella’s myself, you may think I’m a fan of that 21st century audio phenomenon, the ‘Mash-Up’ – and you’d be right: that is as long as they’re done well, creatively stitched together, and contain enough passion and energy to either make the hairs on your arm stand up or make you wish you had a dancefloor to freak out on! With the affordability, accessibility and downright power of today’s music technology, every beat freakin’, DJ/Producer wannabee and ‘already there’ seasoned pro (making bespoke cut-ups & remixes for his club sets) is doin’ the Mash-Up (or ‘Bastard Pop’ as it is affectionately also called). So.. today I found out more about two guys ready to take the crown from the infamous ’2 Many DJ’s’.. Step forward, Loo and Placido…


They first came to my attention about 18 months ago when I bought the ‘Mashed’ compilation CD with their ‘Horny as a Dandy’ production on it. I must admit to focusing a lot of that albums playback on the wonderful UK outfit, Go Home Productions, but most recently I caught their cool Beatle’s, Elanor Rigby reggaefied treatment which reminded me to check them out further..They’re without doubt probably at their peak right now, and easily equaling the sonic manipulation prowess of the eminent ’2 Many Dj’s’, The Streetlife DJ’s and Mark Vidler’s previously mentioned, and stunning, ‘Go Home Productions’ – What makes them any different you may ask?.. I dunno, they’ve just got such a raw vibe and elevated energy level about them 8-)


Using Rane’s Serato Scratch (incidentally now available as a package with Synergy‘s new Portman laptop) for live gigs, goodness knows what in the studio, and no doubt a mountain of vinyl, check ‘em out and download stuff at their fab website or, better still, catch them at a gig somewhere and lose it on the dancefloor!



PS: If you want to check out some more cutting edge Mash Ups on mainstream radio, I’d highly recommend XFM’s ‘The Remix-(where dance rocks!)’, with DJ Eddy Temple-Morris (DAB and Sky Digital), every Friday night, 22.00~01.00, and there’s a cool collection of classic boots ‘n mash-ups over at Good Blimey‘s website.

About Paul Dakeyne

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Paul Dakeyne is a DJ/Producer who has dedicated the past two decades of his life to dance music production and DJ'ing. For six years, he toured globally for the world famous Ministry of Sound and has played DJ sets for the likes of U2 and for the legendary, Kraftwerk, Although remixing around 250 records in his career, as an artist in his own right, Paul landed one of dance music's seminal crossover moments with his "18 Strings' monster hit by Tinman - scoring a UK top ten in 1994. He also co-wrote and produced the music for BBC's Watchdog and Crimewatch when they were both revamped in 2001 and '06 respectively. His other career highlights have included an A&R stint for Mercury Records, lecturing in 'DJ culture and music technology' and creating mash-up mixes for Radio 1's, Chris Moyles. Paul joined the DV group in 2003 leading to his role as blog and feature author here at the DV Mag.

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