I discovered Le Volume Courbe recently by reading that they were supporting My Bloody Valentine on their new tour. I was intrigued and quickly purchased the single and made this video from public domain footage.

Le Volume Courbe - Freight Train (youtube)
Le Volume Courbe - I Killed My Best Friend (youtube)
Le Volume Courbe - Through This Time (youtube)

Le Volume Courbe - Myspace
Le Volume Courbe - Wikipedia
Trouble Records

Ok, here are a couple more mashups. I have other things I need to work on, so I really should stop, for now.

  Jay-Z - All I Need / Cyrstal Castles - Magic Spells

  Beyonce - Naughty Girl / Daft Punk - Voyager

Between projects I’ve managed to make a few more hip-hop mash-ups. I realize it’s not a very productive use of my time, but it’s just so fun.. and I’m learning audio production techniques. This time I ditched the 8-bit sounds and tried mixing some french/canadian music. I’m not saying they’re good, but there should really be more hip-hop like this.. except, you know, mixed by real producers.

  DMX - No Love For Me / René Aubry - Sette Bello

  Tupac - How Do U Want It / Miracle Fortress - Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart

  Dead Prez - Police State / Sébastien Tellier - Le Long De La Riviere Tendre

First The Small is Beautiful, now an Islands album, and Clues have been recording, it’s like cutting a unicorn into three pieces and ending up with a yeti, a vampire and an elf … Anyway, Islands’ new album Arm’s Way is out now.

Islands - The Arm
• Live at SXSW 2008
• Anti Sample

Islands - Pieces of You
• Live at Little Brother’s Columbus, Ohio. 11-21-06

Islands - J’aime Vous Voir Quitter
• Live at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, PA. 05-23-08

Islands - Abominable Snow
• Performed as the encore by just Nick and Jamie at the Knitting Factory NYC December 2006
• The Unicorns - Live at Rhino, Election Night ‘04
• Anti Sample

Islands - Creeper
• Live at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. 5-23-08
• Anti Sample

Islands - Kids Don’t Know Shit
• Live at Hailey’s 2006

Islands - Life In Jail
• Live at Little Brother’s Columbus, Ohio. 11-21-06
• Th’ Corn Gangg - Life In Jail - Live at The Glasshouse in Pomona

Islands - In The Rushes
• ANTI sample

Islands - We Swim
• Live at Continental Army Plaza 10-20-07

Islands - To A Bond
• unavailable, so here’s this instead.

Islands - I Feel Evil (Creepin In)
• Live at SXSW 2006

Islands - Vertigo (If It’s a Crime)
• Live at SXSW 2008
• Fuck SXSW

Islands’ Official Website
Islands - Wikipedia

One of my favorite ever internet finds is a musician who calls himself Birdie Hilltop. I first heard it on Said the Gramaphone a few years ago and ordered the two cds available from Frigital Records soon after. They came as a handmade, glued and spray painted package, the best kind of limited edition. For six months or more the album Surround The Birthday was in my cd alarm clock. It’s one of my favorite albums now, it sounds like waking up. Birdie Hilltop is currently working on a project with Chauchat and has recently posted all his music online for free, so now you can wake up to it too.

 Birdie Hilltop - Bucket of laughs
 Birdie Hilltop - Watch out
 Birdie Hilltop - Looking for your hat
 Birdie Hilltop - As kids
 Birdie Hilltop - Leaf me alone
 Birdie Hilltop - Running queens
 Birdie Hilltop - Megaphone
 Birdie Hilltop - That’s my girl
 Birdie Hilltop - It’s raining out
 Birdie Hilltop - Under the Covers
 Birdie Hilltop - You know the dance
 Birdie Hilltop - She’s a liar
 Birdie Hilltop - Hippie charms
 Birdie Hilltop - Party
 Birdie Hilltop - Quoi

The video for School (high quality / low quality)
Birdie Hilltop’s Website

A new Ratatat album comes out July 8th called LP3, I guess because it’s their third proper instrumental album, not including the two hip-hop remix albums, the second of which you can still download for free here: Ratatat presents Remixes Vol. II

Ratatat - Mahalo (youtube)
Ratatat - Mirando (youtube)
Ratatat - Shiller (youtube)
Björk - Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix) (youtube)

Ratatat’s Official Website
Ratatat - Wikipedia

Jamie Thompson has released his first mashup album, with a second volume in production. He’s best known as the drummer from The Unicorns and Islands, but he was always overshadowed in those bands, so I’m glad he’s making his own name now. I was just a little sad to see no Subtitle remixes on this volume, still I can’t wait to hear more.

Dead Prez - (Bigger Than) Hip-Hop (The Small is Beautiful mashup)
Ludacris - Stand Up (The Small is Beautiful mashup)
Bone Crusher - Never Scared (The Small is Beautiful mashup)
3 Six Mafia - Stay High (The Small is Beautiful mashup)

The Small is Beautiful’s Official Website, where you can find a link to download the whole album for free, donations accepted.
The Small is Beautiful on last.fm
Jamie Thompson - Wikipedia