Copyright Criminals is an amazing work-in-progress documentary, now available on archive.org.
Details are a little slim, but apparently DJ Muggs is releasing Mash Up Radio Volume 1, a compilation of exclusive mash-ups that have aired on his radio show. Check out the press release for more details.
The folks over at the Majick have put together a great unofficial remix album to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Janet Jackson’s greatest hits album, Design of a Decade. They are calling it Re-Design of Decade, and there are some great remixers on it including DJ br0dy, Solcofn, Andrew Herring, DJ Scenius, Scenick, [...]
There’s a nice interview over at Twenty Questions with mash-up pioneer Dsico.
The WFMU blog has a thoughtful posting about current copyright law and its stiffling effect on emerging musical genres like mash-ups. There’s also a “Creative Commons 101″ explanation in the post, along with a pointer to a great book (released under the Creative Commons) on the subject matter.
The Register is running a nice article on London’s Playlist club. I love the idea of the club: let patrons bring in iPods and program the night themselves. Playlist also recently posted an article on mash-ups to their site and it’s not half bad!
This is pure trainspotter heaven. I mean who really knew that the whistle in Dee-lite’s Groove is in the Heart is from Vernon Burch’s Get Up? I guess this guy did, that’s who!
(Thanks Jon!)
Recess has a thorough tutorial that will certainly help any aspiring DJs out there who want to learn more about beatmixing.
(Thanks to Paul for sending this to us!)
Local mash-up DJs Party Ben, Adrian, and Mysterious D are putting on a mini-Bootie @ Pop Rocks, a one-off club inside the DNA Lounge happening this Saturday, February 26th. It’s kind of a ’something-for-everyone’ sort of event, with local Brit Pop, 80s, New Wave, and Electro DJs spinning in other rooms inside the venue. [...]
Boing Boing is reporting that Beatallica’s ISP has actually pulled the plug on their web site, despite receiving a counter notice from the band in accordance with DMCA procedure. Sony is ceasing & desisting everything in sight that is remotely related to this band, that’s for sure. If Weird Al can do it, [...]