Tuesday, June 21, 2005

"Sounds For The Sun-Set"

Mashup/remixers RIAA (Really Interesting Audio Adventures) got some surf/drag, reggae, and exotica mixed with everything from Guns'n'Roses to tv kid's show themes:

"Sounds For The Sun-Set (2005 Edition)
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A surf music beach party made up of mostly other people's records. Finest kine, brah!
Song title/sources:

1. HOLIDAY INN: CAMBODIA - Martha & the Vandellas "Heatwave" vs The Dead Kennedys "Holiday In Cambodia" and thrift-store record sound bytes

2. BOP DON'T RUN- The Ramones "Blitzkreig Bop" vs The Ventures "Walk Don't Run"

3. TRICKY WIPEOUT - Run-DMC "It's Tricky" vs The Surfaris "Wipeout"

4. SWEET CALIFORNIA GIRL O' MINE - The Surf Coasters, The Beach Boys "California Girls," The Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey" Guns n Roses"Sweet Child O' Mine," beach movie bits

5. RASTA BISON HUSTLE OFF ILL APE BAND - title is anagram of "Buffalo Soldier" (Bob Marley) and the name of a certain children's TV show...

6. POPEMOBILE: The Customs "RPM," Fatboy Slim "Rockerfeller Skank"
vocals & lyrics: RIAA

7. SEX ON THE BEACHES - Peaches "Fuck the Pain Away," Jan & Dean "Honolulu Lulu," 20 Fingers "Short Dick Man," Sex Club XXX "Big Dick Man"

8. LOVERS' LUAU - Blondie "The Tide Is High," Beach Boys "Surf's Up," Buddy Holly "Words Of Love," "Ramones "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," Petty Booka "I W anna Be Your Girlfriend"

9. DAY-O TRIPPER - Harry Belefonte "Day-O," The Monkees "Mary Mary" and the Run-DMC remake, & The Beatles "Day Tripper"

10. TO THE BEACH! - New Order "Blue Monday," Aretha Franklin "Dr Feelgood",media clips, & James Brown thought he told you to "LOVE" him as...

11. SKAWAII FIVE 0 - Toots and the Maytalls "Dog War," The Ventures "Hawaii Five-0," Desmond Dekkar "007 Shantytown," Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians "Hawaiian Cowboy"

12. CAN'T TOUCH THIS SURFIN' SAFARI - The Beach Boys: "Surfin' Safari," MC Hammer "Can't Touch This," The Astronauts "Baja," some other stuff...

13. SUMMERTIME SAMBA - Los Amigos Invisibles "La Playa Azul" ("The Blue Beach") vs DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Summertime"

14. GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE SUMMER FUN: Cyndi Lauper, The Fantastic Baggys "Summer Means Fun," Beach Boys "Surfin'"

15. RED HOT 110 DEGREES - Jan & Dean "Ride the Wild Surf," Public Enemy "Public Enemy #1"

16. CUZ I ROCK HIGH - Jeff Spicolli, Afroman "Cuz I Got High" vs Johnny & The Hurricanes "Red River Rock"

17. The TONGA HUT - obscure Africana: Chief Bey & his Royal Household "Congo Percussion," Barrister "More Fuji Garbage"

18. ALOHA ROCK: Polynesian drumming, The Chantays "Move It," Hawaiian travel record,


additional bits & beatz: RIAA;
Art work by Pheugoo
RIAA recorded the first version of this album in 2004 (except for "The Tonga Hut," recorded on 8-track in 2001):

track# 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17 are from the 2004 edition - some were remixed/edited

track# 2, 4, 5, 12, 16 are remakes of 2004 versions

track# 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 18 are new



8 comments:

Mr Fab said...

Hey you!

I doubt I'm worthy of Afrika comparisons but thank YOU.

Anonymous said...

Stream don't work pal, sort it out and I might consider telling you what i think of it.

Mr Fab said...

Go to the Webjay page, hit "Play Page" - I just tried it, works for me.

Anonymous said...

absolute brilliance.. cheers, this is VERY original, great use of source material, its all in key.. fuckin ACE. good work man! keep doing this and i'll keep downloading and rockin it for my bbqs!

Anonymous said...

wow, really nice, some of them are trippy, and some really work well together, love it :)

Anonymous said...

Very Nice Playlist !!! Thanks For Share ! Just a Track 08 Is Out !

Mr Fab said...

Track 8 is back up, thanks!

Anonymous said...

Very nice work, Mr. Fab!