Match Cut Mix Tape Vol 9 - Shake Your Booty 2

[bac0n]

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Download Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/395050971/MCMT9.zip (NEW VERSION!) (http://rapidshare.com/files/395050971/MCMT9.zip)



(hint: try listening to the mix before viewing the track order. it's fun to be surprised!)


It's that time of the year again! Shake Your Booty Time!

Summer is just around the corner, and you wanna look good in your swimsuit, don't you? Of course you do. So that means it's time to shake off the last of those Christmas pounds with some music you can shake your booty to so f'n hard that it just might fall off and go bouncing down the hall, and then you can get some extra exercise chasing after the damn thing.

Last year's Shake Your Booty Mix seemed to be a big hit, so I'm not gonna mess with the formula, which is this: you tell me what songs you want to be in the mix, and I'll mix them all into a continuous DJ set, which I will then post somewhere for you all to download, pop into your favorite MP3 player, and get down to. One request per match-cutter, please.

I'll allow 15 slots to begin with, reserving 2-3 slots for myself, which I will use for songs to serve as glue to hold the mix together, to round out gaps, perhaps to segue into each other, or mash together even. I'm shooting for a 70 minute mix, one you could burn to a single CD. If it turns out I have room for more, I'll open up a few more slots to you guys on a first come, first served basis, with deference given to folks who haven't had a chance to get a song in yet.

So, the schedule. As you're reading this, the list is open for song suggestions. I'll keep it open for a week or until we get 15 songs on the list, whichever comes first. I'll then proceed to gathering any songs I don't have (which I figure will be most of them). If I need help finding a particular song, I'll PM you for help.

I'll then spend a week or so figuring out song placement and putting together a mix, and then you'll see a link from which you can download that bad-boy.

Should be a good ol' time. I've upgraded both my skills and my tools since last time, so my hopes are high that this one will be even better than the last.

And with that, I open up the floodgates. Get those song suggestions in, comrades, and I'll go to work just like Kool Moe F'n Dee.

The List: (locked)

We Are the Ones - The Coup (Kurosawa Fan)
Dear Sheila - Fase (Daniel Davis)
You Ain't Seen Bouncin Back - Mystikal (Ezee E)
Skankenstein - Kora (Winston*)
Dirty Disco Dub - The Orb (Russ)
lady don't tek no - latyrx (Kurious Jorge)
know your enemy - Rage Against The Machine (Raiders)
Cantamilla - Tranquility Bass (Spinal)
Do the Astral Plane - Flying Lotus (Derek)
I Like Music (W.O.S.B.) - Junior Senior (Sycophant)
Kick out the Chairs [Whomadewho Version] - Munk feat James Murphy (Transmogrifier)
Daisy - Brand New (Brightside)
Off and On - Roisin Murphy (Thirdmango)
Marrow - St. Vincent (Dreamdead)
Moaner - Underworld (Chrishnu)




So, the list is officially locked down. Next comes the gathering of the songs, learning their nuances, mix-in, mix-out and mash-up potentials, the figuring out the order in which they should go on the mix.

I'll engage you on a person-by-person basis if I have any trouble locating a particular ditty.

Stay tuned!

[Kurosawa Fan]

"We Are the Ones" - The Coup

[D_Davis]

"Dear Sheila" - Fase (http://airdrop.com/audio/airdropped/airdropped03/previews/03.mp3)

[bac0n]

"Dear Sheila" - Fase (http://airdrop.com/audio/airdropped/airdropped03/previews/03.mp3)

Oooh, this is nice. Can always count on the Double D for some nice minimalist electronica.

[D_Davis]

Oooh, this is nice. Can always count on the Double D for some nice minimalist electronica.

I thought you'd like that. They call it Folkimal - a mix of minimal with folk instruments. All the real instruments are played live and sampled.

[Ezee E]

I still listen to the first one every now and then when it shows up in the iPod. It definitely is great for the first 5-10 minutes.

Mystikal "You Ain't Seen Bouncin Back"

[Winston*]

Kora - Skankenstein

[Russ]

The Orb - Dirty Disco Dub

[D_Davis]

The Orb - Dirty Disco Dub

Nice.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

latyrx - "lady don't tek no"

[Raiders]

"Know Your Enemy," Rage Against the Machine

[Spinal]

Tranquility Bass - "Cantamilla"

[Derek]

Another Electronic Musician - "Simple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exbEA0ORSTc&feature=related)"

Shit's cold, but even Eskimos have to dance.

[Russ]

Tranquility Bass - "Cantamilla"
Instant rep!

[Sycophant]

Junior Senior - "I Like Music (W.O.S.B.)"

[D_Davis]

Another Electronic Musician - "Simple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exbEA0ORSTc&feature=related)"

Shit's cold, but even Eskimos have to dance.

Yeah, that's nice.

[transmogrifier]

Kick out the Chairs [Whomadewho Version], Munk feat James Murphy

if you can't find that version, go with

It's Like That, Jason Nevins vs. Run DMC

[B-side]

Brand New ~ "Daisy"

[Thirdmango]

Roisin Murphy -- Off and On

[bac0n]

Great suggestions so far! This mix is gonna be all over the place.

We got two slots left. Any takers?

[D_Davis]

Great suggestions so far! This mix is gonna be all over the place.

We got two slots left. Any takers?

I've got a second one if no one else has one:

Bi-Polar Bear - "Love Begins to Die"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5SldgLwumc

This is my jam right now.

[Raiders]

Yeah, if nobody else has anything, another one I considered was:

"Eastern Hymn," David Crowder Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw8EZrvv6l8)

[dreamdead]

St. Vincent - "Marrow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN3tx-JYPz4)" will be my vote.

[chrisnu]

If there's a spot left:

Underworld - Moaner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlTK7q6f1k)

[chrisnu]

Roisin Murphy -- Off and On
I dig it.

[D_Davis]

If there's a spot left:

Underworld - Moaner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlTK7q6f1k)

I think I danced harder than I ever had before when I saw Underworld live. That was so awesome.

[D_Davis]

For me, it's all about Born Slippy. I don't care how many times I hear that song, when that main melody parts kick in, and then drums drop out, I get chills. Such a perfect moment.

[bac0n]

For me, it's all about Born Slippy. I don't care how many times I hear that song, when that main melody parts kick in, and then drums drop out, I get chills. Such a perfect moment.

Too many awesome Underworld songs out there for me to count. Every time I hear Cowgirl, it takes me back to a time in my 20s where my friends & I would hit the clubs every weekend, close the places out, get some nachos at a divey mexican joint afterwords and not get to bed until close to 3am. Those were good times.

Underworld has a new song out that's pretty good, Downpipe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbghaUtVfJg).

[Derek]

I'd like to change my pick to Flying Lotus's "Do the Astral Plane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFix7VLor88)". I've been listening to this album non-stop for the past few days, plus this is far more danceable than my first pick.

[bac0n]

I'd like to change my pick to Flying Lotus's "Do the Astral Plane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFix7VLor88)". I've been listening to this album non-stop for the past few days, plus this is far more danceable than my first pick.

locked and loaded

[Russ]

Thank you Mr. bac0n, for what's shaping up to be an annual tradition, hmmmm?

Do you have a DJ name? For the amusement of this forum, you need one. DJ bac0n is just too...bacon-y.

It took Daniel a couple of years (seemingly) to get the perfect avatar, right? Surely we can christen you with a DJ name before you have these songs mixed down.

Now taking suggestions. :)

[Spinal]

DJ Akon B

[bac0n]

i'm kinda leaning toward DJ Macho Grande :pritch:

[bac0n]

Quick Status Update: I got all the songs, and the order is pretty much set. I've been experimenting with ways to mix them together and stuff, and I'll be doing some practice runs over the next few days to see how long this bad boy is going to turn out. If it looks like I have room for more songs, I'll let you guys know.

Fave songs so far:


We Are The Ones (The Coup)
Off & On (Roisin Murphy)
Dear Sheila (Fase)

[D_Davis]

You should definitely check out that whole Fase album. It's really good.

[D_Davis]

Dude - here's another one in case you want more amazing mnml:

"crash" by Hoax

http://www.archive.org/download/qnb009TheInsomniaEp/Crash.mp3

[bac0n]

Dude - here's another one in case you want more amazing mnml:

"crash" by Hoax

http://www.archive.org/download/qnb009TheInsomniaEp/Crash.mp3

Cool, I'll check it out. But in the interest of balance, if we have room for more, I'm gonna request for stuff outside of the electronica umbrella of genres.

[D_Davis]

Cool, I'll check it out. But in the interest of balance, if we have room for more, I'm gonna request for stuff outside of the electronica umbrella of genres.

Probably a good idea.

[bac0n]

Another status update: I'm about done practicing on the transitions - I think I have them down pretty well. I'll try and have a mix out by the end of the weekend.

[bac0n]

An apology is in order, guys. These last few days have been difficult. I won't go into the details, but rest assured the mix will be out soon.

[bac0n]

Okay, dry run has been completed. Tomorrow I'll do take one. Friday I'll do take two. Saturday I will post whichever of the two takes I find sound better.

Get ready to shake that ass!

[D_Davis]

Rock on, London!

[bac0n]

Take One is in the bag, and I'm pleased with the results. Tonight I'm gonna try to do better, and listening to the mix has identified some spots I can clean up. So, look to see a file for you to download late tonight or early tomorrow!

In the meantime, any of you graphic design wizards wanna take a shot at a cover?

[bac0n]

sorry for the constant delays, guys. Weekend got away from me, as weekends can some times. I'll have the second mix done tomorrow night, promise.

[B-side]

Pardon my ignorance -- I've never participated in one of these before -- but are you talking about organizing the songs, or is there something more I'm missing?

[Thirdmango]

He's making them into one good mix. I still think his segway in the first one from Roy Orbison into ELO is one of the greatest things ever.

[B-side]

He's making them into one good mix.

Ah, OK. Just checking.

[bac0n]

The mix is up and ready for download! The link is in the first post. Hope you guys think it was worth the wait!

I'll look forward to hearing your feedback.

In case you don't wanna go to the first page: here's the download link: http://rapidshare.com/files/394500296/MCMT9.zip

[Ezee E]

Shall check it out when I get home. Looking forward to it!

[Ezee E]

Heh, my track is from where Mystikal sampled from. All cool. Listening to it now from the beginning.

[bac0n]

Heh, my track is from where Mystikal sampled from. All cool. Listening to it now from the beginning.

oops - sorry.

[Ezee E]

oops - sorry.
Hence why it deserves last in the mix. :)

[chrisnu]

Thanks for putting this together, bac0n. I know it must've taken a LOT of time. My favorite segue would probably be the trifecta at the beginning, with my favorite individual track being Winston*'s.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

the Rage song stuck out like a gay caterpillar, wasn't feeling it. Even though it was the wrong song, I really dug the last song, good way to end the mix...overall great job bacon!

[bac0n]

Thanks for putting this together, bac0n. I know it must've taken a LOT of time. My favorite segue would probably be the trifecta at the beginning, with my favorite individual track being Winston*'s.

thanks, man. That was one of those wonderfully serendipitous moments, where, on a whim, I wondered, hey, what would it sound like if I spliced these two songs together, and, whattaya know, it worked splendidly.

thanks btw for rekindling my love affair with an album which, until recently, had been languishing in a corner in my boiler room.

[transmogrifier]

Thanks for all the hard work! I'll take a listen asap, report back....

[B-side]

I have it downloaded. I'll try and give it a listen-through here in the next few days.

[Raiders]

the Rage song stuck out like a gay caterpillar, wasn't feeling it.

Yeah, I feel bad now about making that my submission. I wasn't aware people would be choosing all their strange music I don't listen to.

[B-side]

Yeah, I feel bad now about making that my submission. I wasn't aware people would be choosing all their strange music I don't listen to.

I stuck a song by a mainstream band in there just to comfort you, or because I don't know any non-mainstream bands/artists.:D

[Ezee E]

Yeah, I feel bad now about making that my submission. I wasn't aware people would be choosing all their strange music I don't listen to.
I feel your pain.

[chrisnu]

Thirdmango, I'd been wondering about who recorded that song. Thanks for having it included.

[transmogrifier]

Yeah, I feel bad now about making that my submission. I wasn't aware people would be choosing all their strange music I don't listen to.

Let me just say, big thumbs up for the inclusion of Rage.

[Spinal]

Hmmm ... perhaps I misunderstood the assignment. You took the distinctive bass line out of Tranquility Bass. Which was kind of the whole point of me submitting it. If I had known that was gonna happen, I would have selected something else.

[Sycophant]

Y'all dance to weird shit.

[Sycophant]

Thanks for putting this together, bac0n!

[Ezee E]

Y'all dance to weird shit.
This.

[bac0n]

Hmmm ... perhaps I misunderstood the assignment. You took the distinctive bass line out of Tranquility Bass. Which was kind of the whole point of me submitting it. If I had known that was gonna happen, I would have selected something else.

Eeek. I didn't do any low-end stripping of any of the tracks. I must have gotten the wrong remix, perhaps?

EDIT - on second listening, pulling back the mid and boosting the low and high, and there it is. I wonder if I should do another take at this stuff.

[chrisnu]

New favorite track: Moby.

[Spinal]

I don't mean to sound ungrateful. I think you've done an excellent job. I was just surprised that the booty-shakin' part of my submission was absent from the Shake Your Booty mix. :)

[bac0n]

I don't mean to sound ungrateful. I think you've done an excellent job. I was just surprised that the booty-shakin' part of my submission was absent from the Shake Your Booty mix. :)

You didn't sound ungrateful at all. On the contrary, I, in fact, love constructive criticism, as it affords me a chance to improve my game.

See, until now, I never thought of tweaking acoustics on the songs I do. Now, thanks to you, I do. And hopefully it'll show in the mix I post in an hour or two.

:)

[bac0n]

Did a new mix, with a few smoother transitions, more bass on Cantamilla, and the right version of Ezee E's song.

http://rapidshare.com/files/395050971/MCMT9.zip

[B-side]

Heh. I may have missed the point myself. I thought the "Shake Your Booty" title was just kinda there for fun, not indicative of the type of music we should be submitting.

[chrisnu]

Like the new mix even more. Thanks.

[Russ]

Another great job, bac0n.

[bac0n]

Heh. I may have missed the point myself. I thought the "Shake Your Booty" title was just kinda there for fun, not indicative of the type of music we should be submitting.

Aw, you can shake your booty to Daisy, just in a sort of, um, slow and angry way.

:pritch:

[Spinal]

Yeah, I think that's just a different version of "Cantamilla" than I am used to. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ZqMI3AhIg&feature=related) is the one I am familiar with. Sorry for the confusion. :)

[bac0n]

Yeah, I think that's just a different version of "Cantamilla" than I am used to. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ZqMI3AhIg&feature=related) is the one I am familiar with. Sorry for the confusion. :)

Wow, yeah, totally different song. Zoinks. They must have remixed it for that Rebirth of Cool compilation, cuz the version on the album from which I grabbed it, Transmissions From Heaven, is totally different.

I'm not surprised that you're confused - they didn't even bother to say it's a remix on the Rebirth of Cool album.

[Spinal]

The album I have is this one. (http://www.amazon.com/Arabesque-Various-Artists/dp/B00000JAZ3)

[bac0n]

So... thoughts on the songs, anyone?

[Russ]

My intitial reaction was that it wasn't quite as strong as the first mix. However, I think that's more a problem with the material, not the mix; just not enough booty-shaking. I'll have to give it a couple more listens before I can comment on individual tracks more. If you ever do another one, I'm going to submit something other than electronica.

[transmogrifier]

My intitial reaction was that it wasn't quite as strong as the first mix. However, I think that's more a problem with the material, not the mix; just not enough booty-shaking. I'll have to give it a couple more listens before I can comment on individual tracks more. If you ever do another one, I'm going to submit something other than electronica.

I agree entirely. Not many of the songs are actually all that good for dancing. It's quite intriguing that given the task to make a dance mixtape, so many of us here automatically go for mid-groove electronica.

That's why I appreciated the Rage and The Coup, both songs I already new and loved.

Not many of the individual songs stand out to me at all, to tell the truth, but the mixing is awesome, of course.

[Sycophant]

I only liked maybe 20% of the songs. And only like half of that were things I hadn't heard before. *shrug*

[bac0n]

Hrm. Perhaps for SYB3 I'll enforce a "no electronica" rule and see what people are able to come up with.

[B-side]

I'm just gonna go ahead and assume everyone hated "Daisy"? :P

[Derek]

It's quite intriguing that given the task to make a dance mixtape, so many of us here automatically go for mid-groove electronica.

Because we're white and we dance like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwOAeZyC24).

[chrisnu]

I'm just gonna go ahead and assume everyone hated "Daisy"? :P
It's definitely not something I'd normally listen to. Maybe I just can't appreciate it.

I've found myself repeating the first half of the mix much more than the second half, and not just because it's easier.

Where did that remix of "Skankenstein" come from? I looked for the song on YouTube, and the original version sounds nothing like this.

[Winston*]

Where did that remix of "Skankenstein" come from? I looked for the song on YouTube, and the original version sounds nothing like this.

Listening to this now. Hmm yeah that's not the Kora version of the song. Someone turned it into an electronic thing. I don't like it, personally. No worries, bac0n. You can hardly be expected to know what an obscure New Zealand band sound like.

This is the original, well a video edit of it anyway. More booty shaking IMO.

-MDXb51Owaw

[bac0n]

It's definitely not something I'd normally listen to. Maybe I just can't appreciate it.

I've found myself repeating the first half of the mix much more than the second half, and not just because it's easier.

Where did that remix of "Skankenstein" come from? I looked for the song on YouTube, and the original version sounds nothing like this.

I pulled it off of Amazon Mp3 download, actually. It's the only version of the song I was able to find :(

And I agree, the version of the song in that video is much better than the version I downloaded.

[monolith94]

Link broken/dead

[bac0n]

Give me a few days to find some way to get it back online.