dunproofin'

You Can't Take That Away From Me

2011-12-16T22:03:00.001Z

I have a lot of respect for Trent contrary to what you may think after listening to this ... let's just say it's not one for the purists.

NIN - Hole (Dunproofin's Disco Hole Remix) by dunproofin Enjoy.
Download links are here.

Well Worth It

2011-12-13T22:37:00.000Z

A real departure for me now ... an original track, albeit one completed with Epic Fail. Inspired and created after many big beers.

Dunproofin' vs Epic Fail - Kill Jester by dunproofin Enjoy.
Download links are here

It Takes Years

2011-12-10T01:02:00.000Z

Quite a radical departure for me - a cover version than bares only a passing similarity to the original but there's no point in making it karaoke ... one of New Order's finest I reckon.

Dunproofin' - All The Way Free by dunproofin Enjoy.
Download links are here

We Love You All

2011-12-04T00:41:00.001Z

Clearing the metaphorical decks for 2012 - this was the lead track from the forthcoming E-Jitz album - and I guess it still is. Features vocals from Richie Deluxe, Starsky and myself - you'll have to work out where the samples are from ....

E-Jitz - Def Con Wan by dunproofin Enjoy.
Download links are here

You're My Best Friend

2011-11-20T01:54:00.001Z

Depeche Mode goes Acid House

download Never Let Me Down Again (Dunproofin' Remix)

Don't Do It

2011-09-17T01:40:00.002+01:00

Frankie On Stanton by dunproofin

Frankie says dubstep !

A Twist In The Fabric Of Space

2011-04-06T22:33:00.001+01:00

The more computers advance, the less I can do .... consider this a stop-gap.

Download Dunproofin' - Uptown Way

Enjoy.

Khannnnnnnnn !

2011-04-02T22:36:00.001+01:00

So I was asked to remix Soul Khan's track "Fe La Soul" earlier this year.

I'm always very nervous about going near hip-hop as the flow is way more important than the music - thankfully Soul Khan has some seriously good flow, so once the idea was formed (the difficult part) as to where I could take the track, the actual production was, for once, relatively straight forward. I don't think I've ever had such a clear idea what I wanted to do with a remix until this track - usually the end result differs significantly from the target set, but not so in this case.

What pleasantly surprised me more however is how well the whole resultant remix / mash up album fits together. Needless to say I'm in some very good company on the production side, but I would urge you to judge for yourselves. Get it for the whole experience.

Being the generous chap he is you can download the whole original album for free also. Please do both and spread the word.

Link to Soul Khan - Soul Like Khan: Starve The Ego, Feed The Soul (the remix album)
Link to Soul Khan Website (contains original album free downloaded)

Whilst I'm here ... here's the video for one of the standout tracks ...... Frail Limb Purity's take on Brown Bag Allstars' "Undeniable" and Glitch Mob's "Animus Vox" with video by Instamatic.

Thinking Of A Masterplan

2011-03-01T00:03:00.000Z

Thinking about how I could make some Dead Presidents ....

Download Dunproofin' - So Long Hip-Hop

Enjoy.

Extra Extra !

2011-01-14T21:56:00.000Z

Not everyday there's a juicy EP let out in the open is it ? Five tracks and 2 videos available for your perusal. It goes a little something like this .... links lead to an external multi-upload site so please click as if a normal link rather than save as !

Audio
01 - Dunproofin' - Papped
02 - CjR Mix - The Niton I Love
03 - Angels & Filth™ - Eric Prydz vs Megadeth vs Unkle
04 - CjR Mix - Bring Me Back To Niton
05 - Dunproofin' - Reordered

Audio + Video
01 - Dunproofin' - Papped
02 - CjR Mix - The Niton I Love
03 - Angels & Filth™ - Eric Prydz vs Megadeth vs Unkle
04 - CjR Mix - Bring Me Back To Niton
05 - Dunproofin' - Reordered
06 - CjR Mix - Bring Me Back To Niton (CjR Mix Video)
07 - Dunproofin' - Reordered (Instamatic Video)

Big shouts out then to CjR Mix, Angels & Filth™ and Instamatic. Nice one guys !

And down here's CjR Mix's video ...

Cherry ... Cherry Baby

2010-11-16T00:19:00.002Z

Mix drunk ... Master Sober .....

Download Dunproofin' - Don't Mess

Enjoy.

Rock It To The Rhythm Of A Groovy Beat

2010-10-24T16:00:00.010+01:00

I've been busy ... ok ? Bit of a bumper update coming up - almost an album's worth of new and not so new music for you. First up, Goldfrapp meets Bag Raiders & Lazy Jay ...

Download Dunproofin' - Rock It

The next couple of tunes were created for weekend GYBO challenges - only have 48 hrs to work on them, so of variable quality, but that's the challenge. Bonus points if you can work out what music has been mixed up in these ones.

Download Dunproofin' - Rock Star
Download Dunproofin' - Just Do It
Download Dunproofin' - Just Do It Instrumentally
Download Dunproofin' - Just A Band

I managed to recover from another website some older tracks from about 5 or 6 years ago (yeah ... that long) So here they are re-tagged and with current artwork for your iPods ...

Download Dunproofin' - Beautiful & Foolish
Download Dunproofin' - Boys Of Death Metal
Download Dunproofin' - Danii In The Manger
Download Dunproofin' - Little Fluffy Ashanti
Download Dunproofin' - Nasty Rhythm

Homeward Stretch ... an official remix of The Young Punx new single given away free for y'all next:

Download The Young Punx - Rock Star (Understand (Dunproofin' Remix)

And finally ... Thriftshop XL has been at it again: a great video for All The Lovers Fade To Grey (George M's rework)

Swings & Roundabouts

2010-09-05T16:20:00.003+01:00

With huge apologies to P&P for this one but it just leapt out at me when I heard Underworld's new single.

Download Dunproofin' - Heaven

Last time I was here I was hoping that Mr Price would leak those Kylie acapellas. Turns out he now has. I would go and revisit the Visage / Kylie mashup below but it turns out that DJ George M already has ... and a mighty fine job he's done on it tweaking it for maximum dancefloor devastation. Thoroughly recommend a visit to his website actually - there's lots of good things on there.

Download Kylie Minogue & Visage - All The Lovers Fade To Grey (George M & Dunproofin' Mash Up Mix)

Re-Record Not Fade Away

2010-07-06T23:09:00.004+01:00

Ever so slightly obsessed with Kylie's lead single, All The Lovers, from her rather good Aphrodite album. It did click pretty much immediately that this followed a similar structure to the Visage classic Fade To Grey also ... et voila. Those audio-kleptomaniacs over at APC had a drop on this also but it's now time to put on here also.

Download Dunproofin' - All The Lovers Fade To Grey

Now if only that lovely Mr Price would leak those Kylie acapellas. Speaking of lovely people, Thriftshop XL has come up trumps again creating some visual delights. Both tracks are still available for download also if you look for the right clickers, erm, on the right. Hope you enjoy as much as I did !

You Little Wonder

2010-05-16T00:03:00.001+01:00

Another big up to Gutthell for filling in a request with this video. Isla ... hope you like it.

The audio of this can be download from here ...

Download: Dunproofin' - Casbah Wonder

No new music for a while from me ... real life getting in the way ... it's Wedding Season !

Saturday Night's Alright

2010-05-03T16:35:00.007+01:00

Dunproofin' - Black Saturday Mix by dunproofin

Another in the occassional series started in 2005.Seems difficult to believe Friday was in December 2007 .... Here's the tracklisting:

01 - Phuture - Acid Trax (Plum DJ's Edit)
02 - Maurice Joshua - This Is Acid (Boys Noize Rework) (Drop)
03 - Hatiras - Digital Doom 2010 (Drop)
04 - Indo - R U Sleeping (Lee Mortimer's Warehouse Music Rerub) (Drop)
05 - TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Mix) (Elite Force Refix) (DJ Version)
06 - Double 99 - RIP Groove (Pirate Soundsystem Remix)
07 - Uberzone - I No You
08 - Big Deal - 99 In The House
09 - The Gossip - Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)
10 - Hostage - Skin Out
11 - Calvertron & Rico Tubbs - Stamina
12 - A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Stanton Warriors Remix)
13 - The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (Adam F & Horx Remix)
14 - Slyde - MGMT Booty (Drop)
15 - Paul Harris - I Want U (Club Mix)
16 - Rye Rye & M.I.A. - Bang (Stanton Warriors Remix)
17 - Big Bang Breaks - Miami Bitch
18 - Slyde - MGMT Booty
19 - Baymont Bross Feral - Hold Tight (Miles Dyson Remix)
20 - Natural Born Chillers - Rock The Funky Beat (Remix)
21 - Wardian - Clandestine Chinese (Original Mix)
22 - Indo - R U Sleeping (Lee Mortimer's Wearhouse Music Rerub)
23 - Maurice Joshua - This Is Acid (Boys Noize Rework)

You can download from the Soundcloud option in the player above, or from the direct link below.

Download Dunproofin' - Black Saturday Mix

Another bit of Young Punx news for you also - IP kindly created a video for SugarCandySuperChic (which is below) - you can download the track here - or you can download the whole album here. Cheers IP.

RvsT

2010-04-19T22:23:00.003+01:00

I'm not the first, but having done the work ...

Download Dunproofin' - RvsT

All The Young Punx (New Boots / No Contracts !)

2010-04-17T00:21:00.008+01:00

Very proud and humbled to be a part of APC's latest project. London Bridge's finest, The Young Punx, released their album "Mashpop And Punkstep" at the start of March this year - and mighty fine it is too - I suggest you all go buy it.

However ... you can now download the promo mashup version for nowt. Free. Gratis. It's a full 12 track album featuring 12 unique mashup artists such as Pheugoo, Lobersterdust, B.A.R.T.O., Copycat, Phil RetroSpector, Simon Iddol, DJ Schmolli, A Plus D, DJ BC, Divide & Kreate and The Young Punx themselves. And there's also some bloke called Dunproofin' on it. It's all good y'know.

Anyway ... you can download MASHED POPPED PUNKED here .... or you can listen to it in this widget thing here ....

Ford Perfect

2010-04-12T23:59:00.005+01:00

Continuing my Weatherall obsession by having his Two Lone Swordsmen fence with Kanye West. You may recognise both parts if you've ever watched commercial UK TV.

Download Dunproofin' - LoveShackdown

Feline Groovy

2010-03-21T21:19:00.010Z

Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n' roll, lotta soul he said.

Download Dunproofin' - Only Mashups Can Break Your Heart

What better excuse do you need to roll out Sarah Brightman ... she lost her heart to a startship trooper. Apparently .....

Small Update

2010-03-12T22:01:00.008Z

SVC Records are very wonderful people. Keen viewers will have noticed Ringo Deathstarr popping up in the Dun Radio charts opposite with alarming regularity. You can blame SVC Records for bringing them to my attention. And it's the same case for the exquisite Lord Numb, albeit crashing in from a completely different orbit around planet SVC.

I'll fully admit it's lazy journalism to just copy and paste their musical influences to from the Lord Numb Myspace page. However, as I'm no journalist I'm going to do it anyway - We're talking Suicide, Prince, New Order, Human League, Ram Records, Metalheadz, Death In Vegas, David Cronenberg, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Orbital, The Clash, George A Romero, Squarepusher, LCD Soundsytem and Bjork amongst others. And a fair bit of Bowie. Don't take my word for it though - go and grab Lord Numb's latest album ("Numbskull") for free, or download my remixes of album track "Little One".

D/Load: Lord Numb - Little One (Dunproofin' Remix)
D/Load: Lord Numb - Little One (Dunproofin' Beatless Remix)

P.S. Don't forget either - Billie Ray Martin's Crackdown Remix Project Part 2 is out on Monday 15th March featuring a plethora of remixes - you can buy it on iTunes UK, Beatport, Amazon UK or Juno for starters at various prices depending on your preference.

Keep Feeling Fascination ... again

2010-02-28T14:58:00.005Z

It's the bootleg that wouldn't die ... big up to Gutthell who has come up trumps with this video.

The audio of this can be download from here ...

Download: Dunproofin' - Alphaboot

In other news ... there's a new Dunproofin' track (Gimmie More Pay TV) floating around just now which can be found on Sugamotor's "Sex Mashine" compilation. It's exclusive to that compilation so if you want to download it you need to download the whole album. And you should. It's very good and features the likes of Ben Double M, DJ Fac, DJ Giac, LeeDM101, Marc Johnce, Mighty Mike, RoM1RoM, ToToM, ZoOm and Sugamotor himself.

A Message To You

2010-02-07T02:06:00.013Z

The Specials hold a very, erm, special place in my heart. Their 1979 cover version of Dandy Livingstone's "A Message To You Rudy" is the definitive version as far as I am concerned, and nothing has come remotely close to it yet.

Consider yourself warned - this is not remotely ska.

D/Load: X-Press 2 - A Message To You (Dunproofin' Remix)

X-Press 2 covered the track back in 2007 also - and they did a damn fine job. Faithful enough to not ruin the vibe, but careful enough to update it to make it relevant. In fact, those of you with iTunes can actually download an interview with the trio, including their version, free of charge. And this is where my remix comes in - using the X-Press 2 vocals.

It's hopefully not where the story ends however.

Some people who had the misfortune of meeting me personally will know after a few shandies I've been known to provide my own masterful rendition of the classic. However, I would love to turn this remix into a cover version - so if you think you can sing this give me a shout.

Crackdownload

2010-01-20T22:50:00.007Z

Small update on the Just Fascination / Crackdown remixes now available for pre-order over at Play (Part One / Part Two) and Juno (Part One / Part Two) - there will be more to follow, and you'll get an update as soon as I know. Juno currently has previews of all of the remixes online. Meantime however, courtesy of mixcloud there's a minimix (mixed by Celebrity Murder Party) of some of the remixes. You can either download it ...

Download Billie Ray Martin - The Crackdown Project Minimix

Or you can listen to it in this widget thing here ....

The Crackdown Project Minimix by Billie Ray Martin on Mixcloud

Keep Feeling Fascination

2010-01-10T13:51:00.012Z

The press release says ....

When Billie Ray Martin told Stephen Mallinder she had just finished the job of selling out Cabaret Voltaire to disco, he burst out laughing. The legendary head of famed electronic band Cabaret Voltaire saw no reason to stop her. Instead, he agreed to deliver his first vocal performance in years on Billie’s cover of the Cabs’ song ‘The Crackdown’. Produced by top Berlin tech-house act Maertini Broes, this production brings Billie Ray Martin back to her cutting-edge house music roots.

Second in line to be out-discoed was the song 'Just Fascination'. This time, the UK's finest Nu-Disco producer Lusty Zanzibar delivered the production. The result is a no holds barred epic groove fest with a Balearic touch.

Remixes were delivered not only by Billie's 'Your Loving Arms' co-writer David Harrow (under his Oicho moniker), but also by super-blog Audio Porn Central's top remix team:

Celebrity Murder Party, Copycat, Divide and Create, Dunproofin', Flying White Dots, Phil RetroSpector, Year Zero have all delivered something that goes beyond mere remixing but they have created stunning artistic reworks of these classic songs.

Released on Billie's Disco Activisto label, which she has re-launched for this and all future releases. In an 'industry-first' Billie is collaborating with torrent-site Mininova.org and will be releasing free exclusive mixes on January 25, leading up to the official release of the first EP. Further 'exclusives' will be released in collaboration with blogs and magazines leading up to the second part of the release.

Stephen Mallinder: "Billie and I had been planning to work together for a number of years and now we finally did it."

BRM: "I could never do justice to the original songs but can have a damn good time trying."

Volume 1 - Sold Out To Disco - 15 February 2010: Cat.no.DAREC1001

The Crackdown (Original / Original Dub / Original Instrumental / Original Radio Edit)

Just Fascination (Original Version / Original Dub / Original Instrumental / Original Radio Edit / Copycat Remix / Copycat Dub / Celebrity Murder Party Remix / Celebrity Murder Party Dub / Celebrity Murder Party Instrumental / Divide & Kreate Remix / Divide & Kreate Dub / Divide & Kreate Instrumental / Flying White Dots Remix / Flying White Dots Dub / Flying White Dots Instrumental)

Volume 2 - Darkness Restored - 15 March 2010: Cat.no.DAREC1002

The Crackdown (Oicho Remix / Phil RetroSpector Remix / Phil RetroSpector Dub / Phil RetroSpector Instrumental / Light Programme Remix / Year Zero Remix / Dunproofin' Remix / Dunproofin' Dub / Dunproofin' Instrumental / Celebrity Murder Party Remix)

Just Fascination (Dunproofin' Remix / Dunproofin' Instrumental)

The Mixes will be available through all good digital retailers, and no doubt some bad ones also. Over the next few weeks mixes will be popping up on blogs no doubt also so keep yer eyes peeled.

That's All There Is ...

2009-12-28T02:49:00.010Z

That's all there is for 2009.

Direct D/Load: Dunproofin' - The One I Love In My Eyes
Mediafire D/Load: Dunproofin' - The One I Love In My Eyes

Stipe is an obscure man at the best of times, but the ubiquitous wikipedia entry on the interpretation of the lyrics has not really captured what I always understood the song to be about. A picture tells a 1000 words. It seems oddly fitting to pit it against the Depeche Mode song in question. You can follow the Chilcot Enquiry here. Wishing you a peaceful 2010.

Shooting Stars

2009-12-18T15:51:00.005Z

I do hope Lord Weatherall doesn't get too annoyed if he ever hears this - he is after all one of my all time heroes. I strongly recommend his 2009 album A Pox On The Pioneers. The track here in use however is "Feathers" from The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice EP,

Download Dunproofin' - DuranDuranDuranDuranDuran

This track was previously featured as an exclusive track on the Ramdom Thoughts podcast - if you have a passing interest in either mashups or remixes I suggest you check it out.

Apparently the track was used in a Volkswagen advert a few years ago but I'm having diffiulty tracking down the advert in question. Here's one of Weatherall's finest ever tracks as compensation .....

Houston Calling

2009-12-11T21:38:00.006Z

Houston holds a very peculiar sentiment for me. Let's get the song out of the way first - this is the seemingly never ageing Houston bluesmen ZZ Top gone breakbeat courtesy of a 4Kuba remix of Miss Napalm. To be honest, the brothers and the amusingly named one could and should remix this themselves and re-release as I've got no hesitation in saying it would be a hit all over again. Big thanks to Simon over at APC for the artwork and initial first play exclusive.

Download Dunproofin' - Zzzz

Houston held long fascination for me in my younger years. Almost certainly because I knew that ZZ Top were from Houston (therefore, it must be a cool place), and definitely because of Jean-Michel Jarre. His 1986 Rendezvous Houston concert convinced me that Houston must be a cool place if it had concerts like this. Approximately 1.5 million spectators saw this live by tuning in on their radios on the gridlocked highway. He uses skyscrapers as projector screens. He uses the Children Of The Damned as a choir. He plays a frickin' laser harp. Had the Challenger disaster not happened, he would have had a live saxophone solo from space. This man eats Daft Punk for breakfast. And it's pompous, over the top, almost certainly played from a CD thanks, but marvellous.

I've been to Houston many times now. Part of me hopes that one day I'll be lucky enough to see something as stupidly great at this.

Dust to dust

2009-12-06T13:22:00.002Z

Just a quick one - genius in both parts.

Download Dunproofin' - Freddie Goes To Hollywood

CabaRayMartinVoltaire

2009-11-14T00:58:00.004Z

Been a good year. There's been a lot of profile building remixes, some good feedback on some bootlegs, and the game thing also. 2010 looks set to be just as good - with thanks to my friends over at APC, I'm very happy to announce forthcoming remixes of Billie Ray Martin's takes on Cabaret Voltaire's "The Crackdown" and "Just Fascination" - current ETA March 2010 but you need to check out Billie Ray Martin's official blog for more details, then join her mailing list.

And yeah .. .this is the first post I've done with no downloads .. but if you look to the "right clickers" on the right hand side of this blog, you'll see there's a heap of back catalog now being made available. Knock yourselves out.

Yes But No But Yes But No But

2009-10-23T16:08:00.052+01:00

Sometimes you want to dirty up a pop song, but despite your best intentions the pop just shines through

Download Dunproofin' - Katy On Boys

Big shout out to Instamatic for putting together the video below for Pjanoo Dance. Nice one Tim - very impressive.

Liam Maher R.I.P.

2009-10-21T00:36:00.002+01:00

Go Out And Have A Good Time. R.I.P.

Little Fat Man Who Sold His Soul

2009-09-22T21:16:00.005+01:00

Bowie. 1983. My summer was dominated completely by this song. Just a little dance floor update here ....

Download Dunproofin' - Pjanoo Dance

Never one to take himself too seriously though ... there's possibly more entertainment in the video below than in the song above ....

You're The Other One For Me

2009-08-14T21:45:00.003+01:00

Just a small update ... the very talented Thriftshop XL did a video for Groove Is In The Girls.

And That was it.

...but I get mine for free

2009-08-04T21:14:00.006+01:00

A birthday present, originally for APC, but now on direct download also ....

Download Bonkers (Dunproofin' Remix)

You're The One For Me

2009-07-09T00:04:00.003+01:00

Just getting ready for this year's annual mudfest at T-In-The-Park. Weather does not look promising. Anyway ... will be listening to this on the drive there.

Download Dunproofin - Groove Is In The Girls

I always wondered where that sample came from originally, so a quick google later and it turns out to be Broken Glass apparently. New one on me - good stuff though.

OK .. .time now for a bit of a rant. I reckon Orbital are possibly one of the most important electronic acts of the last twenty years. So why do they keep ripping off fans by re-issuing best of compilations. True, their latest Orbital20 does have two (or three if you go iTunes) new remixes, but in these download friendly days, is it worth getting a whole album for a couple of new, to be honest not much cop, remixes ? I'm not convinced either that this is still a definitive "best of" but if you're really interested, I've put my personal choice in the comments below. Rant over.

Voodoo, Magic

2009-06-17T23:13:00.007+01:00

I'm pleased to announce yet another free remix for y'all. This time London's Voodoo Trombone Quartet get the treatment - I'd like to think I've turned the original laid back ska into something a bit, erm, orbitalesque in places. Those of you who know Madonna will know exactly which remix I'm talking about, but it was completely unintentional. Honest. Anyway ... go and buy their new album ".... again". It is ace.

Working on some more remixes just now ... but please contact me know if you are in a band or an artist that would possibly be interested in a remix!

Download Voodoo Trombone Quartet - South Westerly (Dunproofin Remix)

Here's some explanation from Paul VTQ himself about the band ...

A'ight, Robot.

2009-05-25T21:41:00.002+01:00

Just a quickie ....

Download Lily & The Robot

Why So Serious ?

2009-05-24T01:16:00.006+01:00

And here's the next remix for y'all. This is a more breaks / old skool influenced version of the original mix up that has the Beastie Boys meeting Franz Ferdinand somewhere in a festival field. Their official website is here.

Download The Anomalies - Margarita (Dunproofin's Mojito Remix)

The single proper is on sale on June 1st - as soon as I have more details I'll post them up but you can get a good idea of the single from this review courtesy of Culturedeluxe.com or the live video down below. Meantime, I'd urge you to go buy their marvellous album, Free Social Soup, from either Amazon, Play.com or HMV. Seriously - it's really very good indeed.

I Want To Be A Part Of It

2009-05-12T21:41:00.014+01:00

Well, this is something I've been waiting to post about for sometime. Glad to tell y'all can now go to many places to purchase the Streetlab - NY Sound (Dunproofin's UK Sound Remix). You can also listen to previews of all the track's remixes on i-tunes, napster, amazon.com, rhapsody or e-music. Or you can download the extended remix (not on the EP) for free, gratis, nowt, below.

Hopefully I'll have some more news shortly, but I'm always looking for interesting additional commissions ... just contact me know if you are interested !

Download Streetlab - NYSound (Dunproofin's UK Sound Extended Mix)

Sunday Morning 3AM

2009-02-09T01:37:00.003Z

'Ave you got that choon that goes ner ner ner ner ne ne ne ne ne ne

Download Dunproofin's Last Choon

Feel The Bass Come Down On Me

2009-02-04T19:53:00.002Z

This is not one of my productions, but sometimes something's so good it's really worthy of bringing to as many people as possible.

Download hXc kitta's rave invaders

wowwow-wow-wow-wow

2009-01-22T23:30:00.003Z

enter in the dance, plug it in and we begin ....

Download Dunproofin's Livin' On Breaks

I Will Not Worry

2008-12-23T22:20:00.003Z

And like that, 2008 is finished. See y'all in 2009 with the return of more bootlegs, even more remixes, and the late arrival of Black Saturday ...

Download You're Not Roxanne

All I Wanna Do Is ...

2008-12-13T13:16:00.004Z

Y'all

Really

Like To

Rock

The

Funky

Beats

Download Dunproofin's Deebee Planes

I Know Where You're Comin' From

2008-11-27T01:04:00.002Z

Call Me For Some Mobile Time.

Download Dunproofin's Bootie Call

Join Our Club

2008-11-16T23:09:00.001Z

This is not a media hype.

Download Dunproofin's Filthy Dirrty

Dreams Are For Dreamers And Dreams Are For Real

2008-09-14T03:33:00.002+01:00

Big. Room. Action.

Download Dunproofin's Electro Sandman

You Won't Like Me When I'm Angry

2008-08-21T00:46:00.002+01:00

Wicked Wicked ...

Download Dunproofin's Incredible

Sue Lawley

2008-08-02T16:28:00.002+01:00

Who would have thunk it ... The Klaxons ripped off the police ?

Download Police Klaxons

Time For T

2008-07-10T01:27:00.004+01:00

That time of year again ... off to the hopefully sun drenched but realistically rain soaked fields of Kinross where this year's 3 day T In The Park festival is being held. One of the acts you'll see there is We Are Scientists. One of the acts you won't see is Leona Lewis. But what if ....

Download Bleedin' Chick Lit

Lsten once and delete perhaps ....

Who Loves Ya, Baby

2008-06-17T21:55:00.012+01:00

RIP Kojak. Long Live Colombo.

What a mad couple of weeks it's been. I go away on holiday, have a week off music completely (refreshing the palette is far more satisfying actually than I thought it would be), safe in the knowledge that the week I would have on my return to prepare for a gig last Sunday would be sufficient time to get my proverbial shizzle together.

So I get back and try to turn the computer on.

And then I try again.

And once more for luck.

So, now Kojak has been replaced by Colombo. And it's Vista. Hmmmm - jury's out on that one so far, but I'll give it a fair shot. I have lost about half of my demos (I seem to remember I had over 200 tracks completed since I started posting online tunes in, I think, 2002), but thankfully it seems to be just the, erm, rubbish ones that I didn't have backed up somewhere.

So Colombo is having, through necessity, new music creation software installed on it currently which will inevitably create a slightly different sound to things that you may hear in the future. I think I'm most irritated at losing my 'pella library and plug ins to be honest, but it's probably a good a reason as any to start trying to hone in skills (or what I'm passing off for skills at any rate) on some different stuff. Rest assured, there will be more bootlegs / mashups, just not perhaps for a little while whilst I regroup.

And that's a good excuse as any to make this compilation available. A cull if you like from the 116 tracks I've managed to rescue (or 9hrs, 38minutes worth to be precise), a "greatest hits" mostly with one or two personal favorites.

LEFT CLICK FOR SHARE ON ALL Wot I Dun (Disc 1)
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The above links will take you to external services.

If you're still reading, here's some blurb ....

01: 01 Dunproofin' - Slave To Fashion (04:43)
Britney Spears & David Bowie (mostly): perhaps the second or third track I made using my last software set up (Acid 4!), and still one of my favorites. Heavily influenced by another bootleggers' track (Dinbot's Wire infused Watchin' 4 U) and attempting to sound as scuzzy as possible with the groove and drums and bass. Got a lot of interest from some unexpected people thanks to a sample of The Beatmasters used for the skank. ...

01: 02 Dunproofin' vs Compact Risk - Work Out Failure (03:35)
Beyone & Skinny (mostly): I was actually really surprised how well this track was received, but it's grown on me quite a lot over the past few years. Rich's keyboard skills were just the extra element this relatively simple mashup required to take it beyond a simple A vs B. A lot of fun putting this one together, and to this day I apologize to Rich for the pain I put him through when I was trying to put together another, now completely lost, unfinished track.

01: 03 Dunproofin' - Your Lovin' Arms (A World Gone Mad) (03:41)
Billy Ray Martin & Dub Pistols: it's pretty rare that I'll recycle a vocal for more than one track, but fairly early on I used Billy Ray Martin's vocals on a fairly up-tempo track. This version however simply fitted too well to ignore and added a much better feel to the vocals than the previous effort. Plus which the Dub Pistols are deserving much wider exposure than they currently get - if one person goes and listens to more Dub Pistols as a result then job's a goodun'

01: 04 Dunproofin' - Rnd (04:39)
Lady Sov & Can't Remember !: so I found out that when you slow breaks tracks down to about 115 bpm, the drums sound pretty huge: in retrospect, there's a lot of sloppy timing in the vocals in places, but I'm so used to hearing the rhymes on the incorrect beats now that the correct beats sound odd to me. Ch-Ching!

01: 05 Dunproofin' - Breathe My Breath Away (06:26)
Blu Cantrell & Sean Paul vs Berlin (mostly): the very first track I posted on the mashup mecca that is Get Your Bootleg On. Must admit the title came before the actual track, but I'm still pretty happy with this, even if it is perhaps a little too long and repetitive for it's own good. Had a lot of fun cutting those drums and that infamous bass line up.

01: 06 Kylie Minogue - Slow (Dunproofin's Pilgrimage Mix Fix) (06:27) (Previously Unreleased Version)
Kylie Minogue & Sourmash & lots of others: there's a common theme in a lot of the tracks I make - I try to make stuff that I can DJ with. The first attempt almost got there, but to be honest I screwed up the ending. This version fixed that problem. And if you don't know why it's called the pilgrimage mix, go and purchase the best of Hardfloor at once. One of the first tracks I completed to get radio airplay.

01: 07 Dunproofin' - Spektrum John (05:39)
Elton John & Spektrum: a bit of an albatross in some respects, as for some unfathomable reason it was unfeasibly popular at the time (I suspect more due to Spektrum than Elton John), but still fun to listen to.

01: 08 Dunproofin' - Hella Stella (06:14)
No Doubt & Jam & Spoon: I'm not beyond trying to put my own spin on other people's ideas. The official Roger Sanchez mix of No Doubt sounded uncannily similar to Jam & Spoon's Stella (albeit in a house rather than breaks style). Yet again however, I managed to create a DJ track that's almost impossible to DJ with (that ending is a bugger!)

01: 09 Dunproofin' - Superquadrophonia (05:06)
Quadrophonia & S-Express: two old school classics mixed up to give a nostalgic rush. And I finally managed to create a reasonably DJ friendly track (the intro's too short though!)

01:10 E-Jitz - Nobody Had A Lemon (04:01)
Chemical Brothers & Orbital (mostly): co-created with Richie Deluxe where, as with most E-Jitz productions, alcohol featured quite heavily. After we'd finished, the honorary 3rd E-jitz, DJ Lumpy, suggested it would be better without the (Yazoo) vocals. He was of course correct. A track I keep meaning to redo one of the days as I keep hearing little things I would change slightly. Like a more friendly DJ version, inevitably.

01:11 Dunproofin' - FU2 (04:42)
Lady Sov vs ED 209 & Ken Mac: another nightmare to DJ with, but a real favorite of mine.

01:12 Dunproofin' - Hard To Boot (Emma Revision) (05:34) (Previously Unreleased Version)
Daft Punk & Hard-Fi: have you spotted the theme yet. The original version of this was whilst fun, not something that was easy to DJ with. This version has some breaks behind it and is far easier to DJ with as well as being a little faster. I'm not 100% happy with it as unfortunately, the track was about 99% completed when Kojak left this mortal coil - this is rescued from a "play in the car and listen to what needs changing" disc.

01:13 Dunproofin' - Pure Moaning (06:07)
Placebo vs The Mighty Baker Boys (mostly): created for the now defunct McSleazy XFM Scotland radio show. Not the first time I used the Baker Boys track, but ending up with a result that's far more interesting than Eminimemememem on the vocals (which I used to cut up live on two turntables). And there's always room for one more drum & bass track.

01:14 Christina Aguleira - Makeover (Dunproofin's Future Sound Remix) (07:14)
Christina Aguleira vs Future Sound Of London (mostly): and a huge guitar sample that to this day nobody's managed to spot. Without doubt my favorite remix completed, as it completely changes the original and has an energy absent previously. The weird thing is I didn't listen to the original version until after I finished the remix. I got lucky.

02:01 E-Jitz - Two Magdalene F***ers (07:13)
De-Lacey & The Smiths (mostly): more alcohol. By this point, a working method had been established for the E-jitz. Get sh*tfaced, make daft suggestions, do a very rough mix on the spot to see if it the track will work at all, and then Richie will let me finish the track. One of these days we'll get around to finishing more tracks, but frankly the first part of the process seems to take up most of the creative process now. Which is how it should be.

02:02 Dunproofin' - Just Don't Care (04:00)
Corine Bailey Ray & Grandmaster Flash: truth be told I was bored on a Friday night and set myself a challenge to mashup a top ten hit at random. Thank your lucky stars it wasn't Chico's "It's Chico Time" that I picked at random. The introduction is a cut up of the Grandmaster Flash vocals, and the only 'pella used in the track.

02:03 Dunproofin' - Casbah Wonder (02:45)
Stevie Wonder & The Clash: influenced after a visit to the legendary "Bastard" club night in London (DJ Riko, Loo & Placido & DJ Zebra were performing), and completed within a couple of hours from starting. A total bastard to DJ with, but still love it to bits.

02:04 Dunproofin' - ldnwkd (03:00)
Chad Jackson, Lily Allen & Missy Elliot: as I said earlier, I'm not shy in putting my own spin on other people's ideas - the Missy Elliot part of this song is a slightly reworked version of another bootlegger's idea (Churchill I think?). I'll take the blame for the Lily Allen portion of this however. Not the easiest of tracks to actually put together in some respects thanks to the musical aspects of Ms Allen's vocals, but I think it was hidden reasonably well.

02:05 Dunproofin' - Never Win (Got To Have Your Love) (04:31)
Fischerspooner & Liberty X: Fischerspooner are vastly under-rated. Liberty x are long departed. The track was quite difficult to put together (a lot of stitching going on in the tracks), but as as pop statement goes, I'm still really happy with this one.

02:06 Dunproofin' vs Aggro1 - Pussy Cat Party (03:31)
Bloc Party & Pussy Cat Dolls: the only track on this compilation where I had no input on the original concept - that genius belongs to Aggro1 who sent over a demo of the track using a different mix of Bloc Party. I redid the track using the original version of the Bloc Party track. Job done, instant indie-disco filler created. Still a great track even if I say so myself, and full credit where it's deserved is due to Aggro1.

02:07 Dunproofin' - Booty Of Choice (Edit) (04:02)
Fatboy Slim & Jackson 5: you would think it would be difficult to go wrong with this one, but there's so much extra work required on young Michael's voice. I still wonder if anyone noticed I repeated the same line twice at one stage also to make the structure fit. Always good to play at a party however.

02:08 Dunproofin' - Standing In The Way Of Felix (04:46)
Felix & Gossip: Of course, you would think I would have learned by now, but no. Another DJ track that's actually really difficult to DJ with. This was actually the second crack I made at the Gossip vocal - the first attempt issued under a pseudonym was ironically enough far easier to DJ with - but musically I was happier with this version. The lift of "we are you friends" is also a reference to another bootlegger who, to be honest made a far better class of bootleg than this, under another perhaps obvious pseudonym.

02:09 Duffy - Mercy (Dunproofin's Thankful Mix) (05:11)
Duffy: At this point, you really should have had the unreleased and DJ friendlier extended version which about three people have a copy of. I'm not one of those three people. And neither is the cheeky f*cker who pressed up a white label of this - there is a certain irony in having to buy back your own creation though. Very simple if truth be told, just beefing up the drums & bass and keyboards, and giving it a more club friendly style.

02:10 Dunproofin' - Alphaboot (03:26)
Alphabeat & The Futureheads: one of the few exceptions where I've revisited a vocal - the opportunity to use both chorus from both songs was really too good an opportunity to miss. A small part of me feels that I sold my soul to the Devil on this though, or to the Pop God depending on which day of the week it is.

02:11 Dunproofin' - Rock & Roller Blade (05:41) (Previously Unreleased Track)
Oasis & New Order / Public Domain: again, rescued from a demo disc, and made specifically for a recent gig. Public Domain nicked the Pump Panel's remix of New Order's "Confusion" and decided to call it "Operation Blade" in deference to the film "Blade", in case you were wondering.

02:12 Dunproofin' - Can You Feel Magik ? (05:26)
Todd Terry & The Klaxons: finally managed to create a DJ friendly track. Perhaps one of my proudest moments to date was hearing a report that the wonderful MSTRKRFT had played this out at a gig of theirs.

02:13 Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (Dunproofin's Dun Sympathy Mix) (07:56)
Primal Scream (& a host of others which I ain't telling): and this is possibly my other proudest moment to date, not specifically this track but the whole Primal Scream remix album which this is taken from. Without doubt my favorite album to come from the "bootleg scene", even if the majority of the content consisted of remixes rather than bootlegs. I'm biased naturally, but I feel it's just simply very good.

02:14 Dunproofin' - Join The Prayer (04:30)
Bloc Party & Sub Focus: which brings us bang up to date. The last gig I played was pretty surreal in a lot of respects, but one of the odder moments was hearing Cyantific playing out the (vocal free) Sub Focus track, and wondering what had happened to the vocals. Too much free booze.

Hope y'all enjoy !

I Think You're Ready ...

2008-05-24T23:20:00.004+01:00

As promised, the wonderful Essexboy Podcast is now online with the latest episode featuring a 30 minute guest mix from yours truly with tracks and remixes from the likes of The Ting Tings, Justice, The Streets and Inner City. Here's a hint - go to the comments section on his blog ....

You Gotta Have Faith

2008-05-18T02:03:00.002+01:00

There's not enough hours in the day from drum & bass is there ?

Download Join The Prayer

Really must try and finish off some of those remixes though ....

There May Be Trouble Ahead

2008-05-11T17:48:00.002+01:00

My continuing obsession with the finest rock 'n' roll band, ever, period continues. Add a dash of peak period Chemical Brothers and you'll have this.

Download Go Beats

(I apologise for the quite frankly dreadful photoshop skills)

In other news, there will be an exclusive (you won't even get it here) 30 minute dunproofin' mix over on the wonderful Ebrotunes podcast within the next short while. Keep your eyes peeled.

Pop of the Tops

2008-05-03T03:34:00.002+01:00

ahem

Can You Feel It ?

2008-04-19T12:57:00.009+01:00

Ever realised that Faith No More's Epic & Primal Scream's Loaded are virtually the same track - one has an ascending chorus, the other has a descending chorus ?

Download Loaded Epic

I've also got quite a few video's in process now ... they'll get more complicated as I learn the software, but here's a simple one - just cut up the original video to match the bootleg I made a while ago ...

Stupid Cupid

2008-04-04T00:56:00.003+01:00

Uum ... It's Green Day & Ronson innit.

Download Boulevard Of Broken Gods

Duffy remix is going a bit mental ... another couple of video's have turned up, and someone pressed a cheeky white label possibly - let me know if you know about this please !

I'm Going Down ...

2008-02-24T22:42:00.005Z

Alphabeat have been big in Denmark for some time apparently. Their new UK single looks certain to go top ten, and although on first listen it sounded like the love child of David Bowie's "Modern Love" and Katrina & The Waves "Walking On Sunshine", who would have thought that it shared so much in common with one of Sunderland's favourites exports, The Futureheads.

Download Alphaboot

Eagle eyed viewers may have spotted the Duffy remix below on the Popbytes and Pop Justice websites recently. A nice and unexpected surprise, which can also be said about the video that misterDgr created also ! Cheers one and all....

May we ?

2008-01-26T23:40:00.000Z

This song has been going through my head for days now. It's just 12 bar blues, but there's just something about that voice. Deserves to be absolutely massive. Please go and buy the single. In fact, buy the album when it comes out also. This single, and the previous ("Rockferry"), have been pretty spectacular. This remix is just an attempt to get something a little more in a club style on the track ....

Download Mercy (Dunproofin's Thankful Mix)

... and club style give me an excuse to post up the best Vic Reeves moment ever .....

... unless his name is Madagascar

2008-01-04T19:56:00.000Z

Y'all should go and purchase the Demon Days Live DVD - it is very very ace. D-Sides is also well worth a listen. What if Stevie Wonder had joined Sean William Ryder also at Damon Albarn's invitation though ...

Download Superstitious Gorillaz

In other simian related news, is Monkey Island the most addictive game ever ... ?

Think!

2007-12-30T23:51:00.000Z

Without Lyn Collins breakbeat (and drum and bass) would be a poorer place. I've become a little obssessed with 4 bars ...

Time to clear the drives for 2008 ... two last tracks then .... one from a tribute to Joe Strummer which you can find over at Mutant Pop, one from a project that didn't happen (I'll do another track if it does happen!)

Download This Is Radio Clash (Dunproofin' Remix)
Download Situation (Dunproofin' Remix)

Hope your 2007 was a good one. Here's to 2008 ...

Catchphrase

2007-12-12T21:59:00.000Z

There's almost no pictures of the Velvettes on the interweb. Oddly enough, there's too many of Britney. Very strange really.

Download Sayin' Somethin' Toxic

In other news ... one of the small projects I've been involved in recently was a bootleg tribute album to the Chemical Brothers which you can find over at the Block Rockin' Boots website ... the other three projects I've finished tracks for I can't tell you about yet, which is pretty frustrating. Anyway, Gutthell did a video for my contribution which I think is pretty ace as well as being an unexpected and pleasant surprise for me.

Anyway, if you liked the video, you can download the music also. I'm good to you like that.

Download Salmon Mash

TFI (Black) Friday

2007-12-01T12:16:00.000Z

It might be Sunday in 2009 at this rate. Another in the occassional series started in 2005 ... Download managers at the ready ....

01 3" Porn Stars - Rockit Fuel (DJ Sissorkick Remix) 02 The Ragga Twins - Everybody Hype 03 Voodoo Chilli - Look What You've Done To Me 04 VNDLSM - Velvet Justice (Breakz Mix) 05 Phil Kieran - Reject 06 Mad Tek - X 07 187 Lockdown - Gunman (Calvetron & Bailey Mix) 08 Detect - Danse Division (Yusek Remix)
Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You (Bassilleuro Remix) 09 Deekline & Red Polo - No Other Booty 10 Von Sudenfed - The Rhinohead (Pilooski Edit) 11 Deekline & Wizard - Ghetto Blast 12 Real 2 Real - I Like To Move It (Real 2 Real Dub) 13 Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes - Wind It Back 14 Seal - Amazing (Thin White Duke Dub) 15 Cirez D - Tigerstyle 16 Chemical Brothers - Electronic Battle Weapon 9 (Segue Remix) 17 Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat (MSTRKRFT Remix) 18 Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman (VNDLSM Remix)

Gary Rowe's Black Mix website is still active for Monday through to Thursday - I believe Friday will be up there soon also. Again, many thanks Gary.

Download Black Friday Mix
Visit Gary Rowe's Black Mix Site

Juicyfruit

2007-10-21T22:16:00.000+01:00

Bloody murder to make this one - so many edits going on. A little Bassbin Twins magic over some Stefani ...

Download Holla Revolution

Can I just say also how much I'm lovin' that Counterstrike rerub of Size 9's "I'm Ready" since I'm here.

Something Old

2007-10-18T18:51:00.000+01:00

Party like it's 2004 ! Some older tunes which I reckon still sound good today. And there's just not enough Jesus & Mary Chain in anyone's day really.

Download Jesus & Mia Chain
Download SubPretty
Download Get Over

Remixes still going well ...

Over And Dun

2007-10-05T00:36:00.000+01:00

Haven't done this kind of thing for a while, but trying to pimp myself around a little so have given the drop to some other web places rather than on here. Time to bring the first batch back though, so some former exclusives for you today: one from the Sin Fin compilation, one from the Faces In The Sand blog.

Download Bootystyle
Download Everything But Class

The remixes are going well - I'm not quite ready to let all those babies fly yet though. Keep your eyes peeled around the net though - some more exclusives kicking around shortly ...

I want My MTV

2007-09-27T20:19:00.000+01:00

Just a short post this time to say mega-thanks to Thriftshop XL who came up with these videos in between becoming a dad for the first time ...

Download ldnwkd

Download FU2

Smart Systems

2007-09-15T18:04:00.000+01:00

Time was that I used to listen to very little except the work of Dougan & Cobain: under their Future Sound Of London guise, their track "Cascade" got a little lost at the time due to it being buried in a either a superb album or single that was comprised of an album length's of variations. It remains however to be quite simply stunning.

I've tried not to vary too far from the original: just toughened up the percussion and added some spot bass and effects. Hope you enjoy!

Download FSOL - Cascade (Dunproofin's Slight Breaks Mix)

(Back) 2 (The) Future 4 U

2007-09-10T00:07:00.000+01:00

From stolen hub-caps to stolen cars in one post.... Listening to a lot of Armand Van Helden just now - nobody knows basslines quite like he does, especially in the speed garage days. Anyway, way back he released what amounted to a loop of Gary Numan's "Cars" as "Koochy". One of the stupidist, and therefore most enjoyable tracks he ever released if truth be told. Structurally it was all over the place though (which may have been the point). This is a little re-edit I've done - nothing fancy at all, but if nothing else a reminder of how much fun a loop can be.

sendspace Armand Van Helden - Koochy (Dunproofin's Re-Edit)

To Cap It All

2007-09-05T22:32:00.000+01:00

So, if you live in or around Aberdeen and fancy something to do on a Saturday afternoon this weekend, you could come along to see, erm, a load of hubcaps. Hehe. No - seriously an interesting group of thiefs / artists (every poet is a thief as, erm, Bono once said afterall) are featured in exhibition in the Peacock gallery. And then I'll be there also telling you how you can make a bootleg. You can even steal a cd from me if I get them all burned in time.

visit Lifting...Theft In Art

Seedy Arr's

2007-08-19T22:52:00.000+01:00

Slightly odd going to play a gig, and taking only a couple of discs as you know you're not going to be playing for long, and it'll be a very specialised set. No less fun though, and saves on potential stress of losing the all important set of discs. That's the discs though. Two tracks on there, are now down below.

Download Superquadrophonia
Download Folk Prayer

Last ones for a short while whilst I work on some more remixey rather than bootleggy stuff.

You Know The Score

2007-08-08T20:53:00.000+01:00

Slipmatt is a legend.

Ah well, no Candyman effect but you never know until you try.... not a lot to this. Anyone know where the piano sample was from originally - I'm not so sure if it was Congress' "40 Miles", but that's where I remember hearing it first. Answers in the comments if you know please !

Download 'Ardkore Outkast

You Were Working As A Waitress ?

2007-07-29T22:42:00.000+01:00

Perhaps this is a little too obvious. Dunno. Something to do on a Sunday afternoon. By request, two very slightly different versions to chose from. Quite a lot of editing going on actually, but I hope it's not too noticable.

Download Standing In The Way Of Felix
Download Standing In The Way Of Felix (No Friends Mix)

Oh ... and apparently I've got over 1,000 friends now over on myspace.

Is It Worth It ?

2007-07-24T22:11:00.000+01:00

This was something that came to me a little while ago, but I didn't bother making it until recently as I had a difficulty ... the backing track (ironically enough a reworking in itself by Chad Jackson of the 45 King's "900 Number") had already been used on one of the "classic" bootlegs (props to Churchill) many years ago. Pow Will Eat Itself though ... it's no accident then there are direct references within this poptastic mash ...

Download ldnwkd
Visit Andy Churchill

The Needle And The Damage Dun

2007-07-15T01:27:00.000+01:00

Sometimes there are records that sound good at either 33 rpm or 45 rpm (remember "Casual Sub" ?). This track has a similar effect - The Whip's wonderful "Divebomb" and DJ Dan's excellent "Needle Damage" (Chris Ortega and Thomas Gold remix) get edited together here to make up Bomb Damage. I can't make my mind up on this - today I'm erring towards 110 bpm, tomorrow it may be 130 bpm ...

Download Bomb Damage 110
Download Bomb Damage 130

Let's Get This Party Started

2007-07-10T22:07:00.000+01:00

Always a pleasure when something like this turns up ...

Big shout out to the creator, Mistah Pok: top job well done, and an unexpected pleasure.

Myspace Mistah Pok
Download Dunproofin' vs Aggro1 - Pussy Cat Party
Website Aggro1

T Breaks

2007-07-04T21:22:00.000+01:00

Off to Scotland's annual beer fest that is T In The Park this weekend. A very quick post for a couple of tracks first though. CSS are playing ... erm, but not like this.

Download Lets Make Horny Love

And just so you don't think I'm going pop on yo' ass, here's an extract from the (fairly) recent Black Thursday mix, which I've rather imaginatively decided to entitle "Streetboot": it's MSTRKRFT's erm, masterful "Street Justice 07", mixed up with Trabant's "The One" (Para One Remix). Probably the most cut up and restructed track I've ever done actually, and more DJ friendly than the version in Black Thursday (still available at Gary Rowe's Mini Black Site).

Pray for the sun for me ....

Visit Gary Rowe's Black Mini Site
Download Streetboot

Edit Or Bootleg

2007-06-25T23:47:00.000+01:00

Jury is out on the Editors' new album - I saw an interview with them on the MTV where they said they wanted to try something a little different from the first album, but to my mind they have only managed to bland themselves out a little. Still - I respect them for not trying to repeat the same trick again, good trick though it was. I'll give it time - hopefully it's a grower.

Bullets was one of the highlights (both as re-re-released single and album track) from The Back Room. On this version, the Birmingham group take on the mighty Koma & Bones although it has to be said it's the least Koma & Bones track I've heard for a while. A little different anyway from the guitar-centric moves of the original.

Download Bulletstory

Robots In Disguise

2007-06-24T22:33:00.000+01:00

Possibly the toughest musical challenge I've had yet - I mean how do you approach one of the most complete and well known techno-pop tracks ever made. You can't possibly do it justice. Still - although not a complete disaster this may be one of the tracks that you should perhaps listen to only once in a blue moon as it just doesn't do Kraftwerk any favours.

Anyway - the rest of the album is suitably irreverent which is only a good thing: it can be found over at mashup industries website. I'm pleased to report there's some good stuff in there also.

Download The Robots (Dunproofin' Remix)

Enough Is Enough

2007-06-01T00:21:00.000+01:00

Must admit I was a bit baffled by DJ Shadow's last album - a real departure in places from his previous genre but after a couple of months, it's actually shaped out pretty well. One of the standouts was a smooth R&B track featuring Q-Tip & Lateef called Enuff.

This reworking was actually finished in November 2006 - sorry for keeping it back as a secret weapon, but I hope you think it was worth the wait. The beats come courtsey Bobby Lorenz Kristoph who I must admit I don't know much about - let me know if you do !

Download Twitchy Enuff

Oh My God

2007-05-08T01:18:00.000+01:00

I'm really really sorry ...

Download FiddyFiddyFiddyFiddy

This Beat Is .....

2007-04-17T00:07:00.000+01:00

Well, it's kinda obvious really ....

Download Simian Tronic Disco

Bring The Noise

2007-04-04T23:08:00.000+01:00

I've said it before but dammit I'll say it again, there's a lot more to the Klaxons than meets the eye. It's all in the lyrics: Possibly their finest (re-released) single, "Gravity's Rainbow" takes on the work of Thomas Pynchon which I will have to look out for now. It seems that his book of the same name polarised opinions completely. It also seems to be as readable as James Joyce. Completely unpenetratable then.

Anyway, a pinch of Soulwax, a hair of Rex The Dog, a teaspoon of Sounds and a riot of Klaxons. It's all in there ...

Wikipedia Thomas Pynchon
Download Gravity's Beat

And a little bonus on this post: you may recognise LFO's "Goodnight Vienna" as being the theme music to many a Film4 trailer - it had been bugging me for years, so when I finally re-listened to LFO's fine "Advance" album again I was pretty overjoyed (not the least because I forgot what a fantastic album it was). Not a lot to this track other than some additional beats courtsey of Poxy Music and slight re-editing going on.

Wikipedia LFO
Download Goodnight Pretty

Thursday's nearly the weekend ...

2007-03-29T00:01:00.000+01:00

This has been quite a long time in the making actually. It's a sort of longer term plan do do a series of mixes, but it was pointed out to me the previous mix in this series was made in December 2005. That's just too long ago. Again, it's a pretty accurate representation of the stuff I'm playing out just now, but I've also done a fair bit of editing and looping on this to give the mix a bit more excitement in places and afford some tracks a completely new structure. Despite this, I have also tried to keep it to sound like realistic: it's not impossible to do any of these transitions live with some mixers that are out there now. Crank it up loud and enjoy. Download managers at the ready ....

01 Klaxons - Atlantis To Interzone (Yukski's Saucisses Wanna Dance To Dance Remix) 02 Rose & Sinden - Me Mobile (Dukbeats Ringtone Riddim) 03 30Hz - Space Age (Alex Metric Remix) 04 Drummatic Twins - Pumped Up Funk 05 CJ Bolland - Riot (Remix) 06 Trabant - The One (Para One Remix) 07 MSTRKRFT - Street Justice 07 08 The Loose Cannons - Raw (Kissy Sell Out Mix) 09 Hadouken! - Tuning In (Remix) 10 Simian Mobile Disco - It's The Beat 11 Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko (Boys Noize Fire Dub Mix) 12 Dorp - Extreme (Kissy Sell Out Mix) 13 Mantrix - Smack My Beat Up 14 Unique 3 - The Theme 06 15 Plump DJ's - Mad Cow 16 DJ Killer - Acid (Plaza Da Funk Remix) 17 Funk D'Void - Diabla (Funk D'Void's Heavenly Mix)

And another thing ...I want to thank, and you ought to visit Gary Rowe's Black Mix website: he did this off his own back, unprompted, which is flattering to say the least, and which is why some people have "discovered" this mix has been available at his website for the last week. Cheers Gary, and I'll try to make sure Friday arrives faster than Thursday did.

Download Black Thursday Mix
Visit Gary Rowe's Black Mix Site

Star And Nuttin' Less

2007-03-27T22:43:00.000+01:00

It's been more than a few months in the making, but gawd bless 'er, Holestar has come up trumps ...
Some of you may know that I'm a part time e-jitz: a while ago me and fellow hoodlum Richie Deluxe came up with a little ditty featuring La Moz et De'Lacy (amongst many many others - too many to mention). Take off the vocals, e-mail it to the UK's (the world's?) premier drag-not-drag act (is that fair J?) and you get this. What's more, you can buy this.

Purchase Trannyshack UK (CD & DVD)

... All Through The Night

2007-03-12T21:38:00.000Z

Visit LCDRemixed.com

You know you wants to ... Geek Chic, Atom, Shokkaboy, Amigaman, Go Home Productions, Team9, McSleazy & Hearing Double all in one place .... and some bloke called Dunproofin' ...

Get Teenage Kicks ...

2007-03-09T23:23:00.000Z

I've really got the good people at gothrobot to blame for this one ... which is why they got the heads up on it first. It's that man James Murphy doing his best Phil Oakey impression on vocals with the joyful bleeps of BSOD providing a counterpoint. Ten bonus points if you can name the track the "tick tock" vocal sample comes from. Expect more Murphy related shennanigans very very soon ...

You should also go visit the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death?) myspace also - some pretty darn good tracks there: I'm especially keen on the most excellently titled "Roflcopter".

Visit BSOD Myspace
Download Sketchy Silver Bootleg

A Simple Prop

2007-02-17T01:55:00.000Z

Seems like years ago now, but a couple of weeks ago I played at Nottingham's Ambush and followed it quickly with Newcastle's Rouge Pulp a few days afterwards. I was asked by Ambush to put together a 20 minute mix as a freebie to give away to guests, which is what you have here. Hopefully more gigs lined up over the next few months, but this mix is not a bad representation of the kind of stuff I'm playing out just now. And yes, it does end very suddenly, but that's why it's a twenty minute mix! Download managers at the ready ....

01 Altern8 - Activ8 (Come With Me) (Vix Vapo Mix) 02 Agaric (aka Noisia) - Sugar 03 The Bucketheads - The Bomb (Aquasky Mix) 04 Madox - Movin' (Drum Monkey's Mix) 05 808 State - Olympic (Eurobass Mix) 06 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Dirty South Mix) 07 LFO - Tied Up (Sweep Mix) 08 Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Stanton Warriors Dub Mix) 09 Lady Sov - Love Me Or Hate Me (Acapella) (10 The Winstons - Chopped Up Amen Breaks) 11 Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (Gangster Boogie Inc Mix) 12 Switch - A Bit Patchy (Beat Thieves Mix)

Download Ambush Mix

Noize Annoys

2007-02-11T12:48:00.000Z

I'm not sure Timbland has managed to do anything quite as intricate as Justin Timberlake's "My Love" although reports of his own album bode well - I guess we'll just have to wait and see if he has saved the best tunes for himself. Meantime, Boys Boize archly name their current track "Don't Believe The Hype", and I'm pretty certain it's nothing to do with Public Enemy. French Distortion Filter House (is there a genre label for this yet ?) to the max and maybe, if you like that kind of thing, you should believe the hype.

Download My Hype

Hopefully a remix or two getting blogged next time...

Easy As 1,2,3

2007-02-05T21:00:00.000Z

So ... a mate of mine has a little time on his hands, and after a little bit on nagging, produces this. Not bad at all for a first effort I reckon. Cheer IP !

And in case you want the music only, well you can grab it just down there ...

Download Booty Of Choice (Edit)

... If You Hate Me Then F*** You

2007-01-23T22:39:00.000Z

Turns out the album's out in the UK, finally, at the end of January. It's very good, if a little over familiar from all the previous singles. It is however, whatever some people might say, one of the best pop albums to come out from a UK artist for some time. I love it. Sov's "Love Me Or Hate Me" has been all over the media - no doubt helped by this video ...

All over MTV like the proverbial rash. I've also heard the song used as incidental music on, erm, Ugly Betty with the chorus replaced with "If you hate me then ... I hate you too". Noooooooooooooo - just total wrongness. Anyway ... any excuse for a repost in my book. FU2 is an alternative take on the original "Love Me Or Hate Me", and you can grab it below.

To be honest I've been a little disappointed with the official remixes, with the notable exception of the new Missy Elliot version: new rhymes from Missy Elliot, new rhymes from Sov ... how can I resist. A bit of a large one with a big sample from a rave classic. Have an FU2 remix on me ...

Download FU2
Download FU2 (Remix)
HMV Purchase Love Me Or Hate Me

Please go and buy the original though (out on January 29th) ... it's very good and I'd love Sov to have a top ten hit on her own steam for once.

Mash Up Da Place

2007-01-13T02:32:00.000Z

This is the sound of the old skool breaks of Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era meeting the nu-skool breaks of Coburn. It's not big, it's not clever but watch yer bassbins I'm tellin' ya. And that's what's the most important thing really. The kind of stuff I like to play out ... speaking of which...

Nottingham's Ambush at The Social on Thursday 25th January (see the flyer down below ...) and Newcastle's Rouge Pulp at The World Headquarters on Tuesday 30th January. Don't forget there's also the next of Aberdeen's Kitsch Bitch nights is on Sunday January 28th also. Yeah .... busy.

Download We Interrupt This Groove

No Time For The F**king Haters

2007-01-01T20:07:00.000Z

Lil' Kim really has quite a way with words. Filthy, really, but good fun nonetheless. It's just a brag-rap over some fun breaks courtsey of the magnificent 30Hz.

January English gig dates coming soon....

Download Can You Hear In Your Ear ?

Last Of The Winter's Whines ...

2006-12-31T18:40:00.000Z

Download Access (On My Back)

I Just Want To Get Away

2006-12-29T21:54:00.000Z

Any old excuse for a re-posting as far as I'm concerned. A question was recently posed - what is your own favourite bootleg / remix to date. It's actually a question that I can readily answer for once as I really had a lot of fun putting this one together a few years ago. I still think it stands up today.

It also manages to combine my love for The Future Sound Of London and, erm, well I'm not going to tell you where the guitars are from. I'm especially happy that the chorus doesn't appear until around 5 minutes into the track. Not the most familiar of tracks perhaps (I don't think it got a single release in the UK), but the fact it sounds significantly different from the original matters not one jot to me. (I hadn't listened to the original when I made the remix ...) This is also the first time it's been available in super loverly juberly quality 320kps download.

Download Christina Aguilera - Makeover (Dunproofin's Future Sound Remix)

Friendship Is Universal

2006-12-17T20:14:00.000Z

Download Series V

She's Got It

2006-12-10T14:44:00.000Z

Download Yet Another Mylo Mashup

Do What Thou Wilt

2006-11-11T13:13:00.000Z

The Klaxons are probably equally adored and abhored in the UK just now. Although described as being the vanguard of Nu Rave, there's more substance to them than the genre label implies. Go track down and listen to the words on their current single, Magik. The video's quite memorable also.

Can You Feel Majik is a mix of a two remixes however - the Philipe B remix of Todd Terry's Can You Party (Can You Feel It), and the Simian Mobile Disco mix of the Klaxon's Magik. I guess it could be descibed as old rave meets nu rave. It's also in the nearly completed Black Thursday mix I'm working on, so a taster if you like.

Download Can You Feel Magik ?

Kinda Shady

2006-11-06T22:17:00.000Z

Download In My Name