The modern DJ seems to struggle to express an individual voice these days. Whilst building upon the fundamental basics of modern mixing laid down by Coldcut with their revolutionary mix, ’70 minutes of Madness’, the art of mixing as a whole has failed to do anything really new and different to Coldcut’s formula. This last year, however, I have heard some mixes that have got me very excited in certain body parts, that unfortunately aren’t excited enough these days.
Seeing Girltalk play at Meredith was one of those exciting times. As a child bred on mash-ups and ‘2 Many Dj’s’ he took the already schizophrenic culture of modern mixing and upped it a level many thought a few years ago would be un-listenable to a general audience. But today’s general audience can take a lot, and Meredith took all that Girltalk had to offer and begged for more.
The other DJ with a truly distinct sound that excites me these days is a man named Zilla. Already we’ve directed our ‘The Living is Easy’ audience to one of his early mixes in this blog. However it’s his most recent mix that is truly, one of the greatest, if not the greatest mix I have ever heard – and I don’t say that lightly.
Zilla’s ‘Grinted Teeth’ is a true work of genius. It combines England’s hardest electronic beats with the US’s hardest raps. This mix is angry, there’s no doubt about it, but you walk away smiling at the pure brilliance of its creation. Acapella’s are reworked and re-written; this man doesn’t just mix songs he re-writes them all.
Buy the mix NOW! from here!
Thank-you to Bos Bos, who first offered the world the chance to download this mix, visit Bos Bos, the man has plenty of goodies.
Seeing Girltalk play at Meredith was one of those exciting times. As a child bred on mash-ups and ‘2 Many Dj’s’ he took the already schizophrenic culture of modern mixing and upped it a level many thought a few years ago would be un-listenable to a general audience. But today’s general audience can take a lot, and Meredith took all that Girltalk had to offer and begged for more.
The other DJ with a truly distinct sound that excites me these days is a man named Zilla. Already we’ve directed our ‘The Living is Easy’ audience to one of his early mixes in this blog. However it’s his most recent mix that is truly, one of the greatest, if not the greatest mix I have ever heard – and I don’t say that lightly.
Zilla’s ‘Grinted Teeth’ is a true work of genius. It combines England’s hardest electronic beats with the US’s hardest raps. This mix is angry, there’s no doubt about it, but you walk away smiling at the pure brilliance of its creation. Acapella’s are reworked and re-written; this man doesn’t just mix songs he re-writes them all.
Buy the mix NOW! from here!
Thank-you to Bos Bos, who first offered the world the chance to download this mix, visit Bos Bos, the man has plenty of goodies.
Tracklisting:
1. Chef Raekwon - Knowledge
2. Organised Konfusion - Interior Assasin’s Car
3. Jurassic 5 - Swing Set
4. J-Zone - Smoke Theory
5. Beanie Sigel - Wanted (On The Run)
6. Organisation - Tone Float
7. Redman - Psycho Dub
8. A-team & 50 Cent - Gunz 4 Hire
9. Person - Deeproid Pre
10. Trillville - Get Some Crunk In Your System
11. Aphex Twin - Saw 2
12. Lyrical Giants - F*** !!!
13. AFX - Unknown
14. Three 6 Mafia - Mosh Pit
15. Sammy Sam - Knuckle Up
16. Tru - Where U From?
17. Lil Jon & Tha Eastside Boyz - Roll Call
18. Modeselektor - Turn Deaf
19. Polygon Window - Supremacy 2
20. Codename John Feat. Grooverider - Warned
21. Matrix - Mute
22. Dave Angel - Bump
23. Lil Scrappy - Be Real
24. Ice Cube - The Drive-By
25. Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
26. Drop The Lime - Drunk In Broklyn
27. Twista - Budunkadunk
28. Kid 606 - Site Specific Sound Installation
29. Kid 606 - Juvenile Hall Roll
30. Modeselektor - Modeselektor’s Rave Anthem
31.Crime Mobb - Knuck If You BuckBme
32. DJ Funk - Whip That Pussy
33. DJ Assualt - Ass & Titties
34. DJ Surgeon - Crunk In Yo System
35. DMX - The Kennel
36. Aphex Twin - We Have Arrived
37. DJ Nasty - King Of Kings
38. Jim Jones - Get Crunk Muzik
39. Juelz Santana - Welcome To Dipset
40. Sektor Vs Dick Nixon - Rhythm Tech 140
41. Doc Scott - Here Come The Drums
42. DJ Assault - Tear The Club Up
43. Luke (Feat. Lil Jon) - Head Tonight
44. T-power Vs. DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited
45. David Banner - Like A Pimp
46. Squarepusher - Come On My Selector
47. Dead Dred - Dred Bass
48. John Cale - The Second Fortress
49. Goldie - Manslaughter
50. Doc Scott - Dark Angel
51. Autechre - Second Bad Vibel
52. 4Hero - Mr Kirk’s Nightmare
53. LFO - Combat Drinking
54. Splack Pack - Shake Dat
55. DJ Smurf - Ooh Lawd (Party People)
56. Autechre - Flutter
57. Aphex Twin - 54 Cymru Beats
58. Human Resource - Dominator
59. Clay D - Give Me A Bottle
60. LTJ Bukem - Horizons
61. Rufige Cru - Terminator
62. Lil Jon & Tha Eastside Boyz - Throw It Up
63. Sudden Def - Method To My Madness
64. Mike Jones - Still Tippin’
65. Autechre - Eutow
66. Trick Daddy - Nann
67. AFX - Unknown
68. Wu Tang Clan - The Closing
69. Wu Tang Clan - Dog
70. Wu Tang Clan - Little Ghetto Boys
71. Kid 606 - Buffalo 606
72. Organised Konfusion - Somehow Someway
73. DMX (Feat. Mase And The LOX) - Niggaz Done Started Something
74. Transatlantic Icefloe - Strait Of Juan De Fuca
75. AsphodelIconz (Feat. Trick Daddy) - We Thuggin’
76. DMX - Prayer
77. Kid 606 - Hardcore
78. DJ Whitelightning (Feat. Serf 400) - Crack White
79. edIT - Twenty Minutes
80. Three 6 Mafia - Sippin’ On Da Sizzurp
81. Team Shadetek - Menthol
81. Team Shadetek - Hard Dragon
82. Funkstörung - Perto
83. AFX - Children Talking
1 comment:
Thanks very much for the kind words!
Dyl / 'ZILLA'
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