The Reborn Identity

The last year of the noughties is fast slipping away. With the days turning short, wet and cold, at least there are some top notch bootlegs to keep you entertained on those long dark nights. Here are my favourite picks from the past month.

1. G3RSt - Everlink [MP3]
2. Oki - Is There Anybody Hurt There? [Fairtilizer]
3. Copycat - The Other Wedding Song [Soundcloud]
4. Tiger Mendoza - Missing on the Motorway [MP3]
5. Ben Double M - Russian Nuclear Fusion [MP3]
6. DJ Clive$ter - Too Much Cocaine [MP3]
7. Sugamotor - Bulletproof Dude [MP3]
8. DJ Gizmo - Rebel Madness [DivShare]
9. Voicedude - I Scrubbed the Sherrif [Fairtilizer]
10. Mashup Germany - Down With All The Sober Freaks [Zshare]

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Wow, what a month. With the summer more or less over, it seems many producers are heading back into the studio full of fresh ideas. The range and diversity of top-class mashups has made choosing this month’s top 10 really difficult but finally, here’s my pick of the mashups and albums that have most impressed me this September.

1. Phil RetroSpector - Introversion (album) [ZIP]
2. Dunproofin’ - Pjanoo Dance [MP3]
3. Flying White Dots - When Smokey Sings Again [MP3]
4. Aggro1 - Smells Like Teen Spirit v Amalgam [Fairtilizer]
5. Oki - Up in the Cotton Club [Fairtilizer]
6. Michmash - Ne Le Dis à Personne [MP3]
7. Voicedude - Strange Diggity [Fairtilizer]
8. DJ Schmolli - Complicated Sex on Fire [MP3]
9. DJ Morgoth - Du Hast Mich Again [MP3]
10. Colorebel - If This Girl Were Mine [DivShare]
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August has been another torrent of wind and rain, with barely a charcoal brickette burnt the whole month. Still, at least some blinding mashups have managed to shine through the clouds. Here’s my personal pick of the month’s brightest and best.

1. LeeDM101 - Radioactive Tubular Girls [MediaFire]
2. DJ Lobsterdust - I Will Survivor [MP3]
3. Copycat - Film Girls In Town [MP3]
4. Amoraboy - Uptight Bamba [HTTP]
5. Bynar - The Hunt for Orange Tacos [Album download page]
6. G4Gorilla - Knockin’ on the Sloop John B [Album download page]
7. Apollo Zero - Everyday Moments in Modern Love [MP3]
8. DJ Prince - I DeeLove It [MP3]
9. DJ Clive$ter - Heartbreaking Maps [MP3]
10. Mighty Mike - Not a Teen [MP3]

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July was a bit of a wash out weather-wise but at least the mashup scene could be relied on for some rays of sunshine. Here’s my pick of the mashups that rang my bell this past month.

1. Dunproofin’ - Groove is in the Girls [MP3]
2. DJ Clive$ter - Just A Little More Religion [MP3]
3. LeeDM101 - Disco Fire [MediaFire]
4. Dan Mei - Heartbreak Diana [MP3]
5. DJ Schmolli - The Trooper Believer [MP3]
6. Norwegian Recycling - Wanna Be Mixin’ Something [DivShare]
7. Hi-brid - That’s Not Gay [DivShare]
8. BigBadBaz - Don’t Rock ‘Til You Get Enough (part 1) [MP3]
9. G3RSt - We Will Rock On [MP3]
10. Eve Massacre - Dance to the Sound of Unity [MP3]
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The summer has kicked in with intent and brought with it a teeming swarm of mashups and compilations. There’s been quite a harvest of tracks to sift through this month, but that means you can be certain only the very best mashups have made it into this month’s RE:boots.

1. team9 - Ministry of Sound Chilled [HTTP]
2. Party Ben - Machine Gun Shelter [MP3]
3. MadMixMustang - That’s All Right Now! [MP3]
4. Phil RetroSpector - A Thousand Secrets [MP3]
5. DJ Fac - The Creation That Feeds [MP3]
6. Mighty Mike - Human in St. Petersburg [MP3]
7. Various Bootleggers - 72 [ZIP]
8. Amoraboy - Fuck New York [HTTP]
9. Mashup-Germany - Generation Mashup [Z-SHARE]
10. Hi-Brid - Crazy Satellite [MP3]

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An interview I did for the Some Assembly Required podcast and radio show is online now at the Some Assembly Required blog. If you’re interested in finding out a bit more about The Reborn Identity - how I work, my inspiration and motivations - then go check it out.

SAR’s Jon Nelson has been really supportive of Mashed in Plastic, and the latest episode of the podcast (show 234) features my track Lauren’s Opus. Many thanks, Jon, for all the exposure.

Here’s what’s been frizzing through my mashup cortex this May. 

1. Loo & Placido - Electronic Popstar Killers [ZIP]
2. World Famous Audio Hacker - If U Seek Lucretia [MP3]
3. Eddie Pedalo - Standing In The Way Of Apache [MP3]
4. Elconep - I Believe It’s Not Fair [MP3]
5. DJ Clive$ter - To Lose My Touch [MP3]
6. Mighty Mike - Fall Out Gloria [MP3]
7. CjR - Numb’s Diner [HTTP]
8. Norwegian Recycling - Viva La Viral [MP3]
9. G3RSt - Surfbusters [MP3]
10. Winkar Lopez - Just Silence Gone [HTTP]

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