Another year, another amazing horde of mashed-up music. A load of great releases from all over the musical spectrum, and A+D even brought Bootie to London for a night! After listening to nothing but mashups for the whole of December, here’s my list of the year’s best to fit on one CD-R:
- We R L’Amour [Ke$ha vs Erasure] – DJ Tripp
- Whip Your Hands Outta My Dream Hell Bottle [Avril Lavigne vs The Ting Tings vs Kylie Minogue vs Katy Perry vs Willow vs The Police] – Dan Mei & Marc Johnce
- With L.E.S. Kids [U2 vs MGMT vs Santigold] – Gaston
- Express This Way [Madonna vs Lady Gaga] – DJ Tripp
- You Don’t Know The Reason [Editors vs Eric Prydz vs Oasis vs Depeche Mode] – LeeDM101
- Hello Girl, Let’s Party Til The End [Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette vs Britney Spears vs LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock vs No Doubt vs Sum 41 vs Vanilla Ice] – Titus Jones
- Get Back To Calabria [Alexandra Stan vs Enur vs Bob Sinclar vs Britney Spears vs Javi Mula] – Jarod Ripley
- Killing Days Are Over (Bootie edit) – LeeDM101 vs Party Ben (edit by A+D)
- Lady Judas / I’m In Love With Judas Priest [Lady Gaga vs Judas Priest] – Wax Audio
- Hungry Bit [Duran Duran vs Black Eyed Peas] – DJ Tripp
- The One Who Changed The Way I Love [Example vs REM] – Hifi Banjo Strings
- Best Days Of My Life [Bryan Adams vs David Guetta] – Jarod Ripley
- All Night Long [Ellie Goulding vs LMFAO vs Mann vs Felguk vs Darth & Vader] – 3LAU
- Love’s Gonna Get Your Heart [Britney Spears vs Jocelyn Brown] – Miss Fifie
- Knock This Way [Lady Gaga vs Amii Stewart] – DJs From Mars
- Collide Your Glass [Leona Lewisvs Pink vs Black Eyed Peas vs JLS feat. DEV] – Marc Johnce
- New Genesis Blood [Genesis vs Peter Gabriel vs Cry Of The Owl] – Fissunix
- Who Knew Someone Like You [Adele vs Pink vs 4 Non Blondes vs Ben E. King vs Snow Patrol vs Lady Gaga vs Whitney Houston] – Mashup Germany
- Don’t Stop Believing In This Love On Earth [Lady Gaga vs Belinda Carlisle vs Journey vs Madonna vs Ke$ha vs Bruno Mars vs Leona Lewis vs New York Outlaw] – Titus Jones
A slightly more diverse field of producers than in previous years, which is nice. LeeDM101 would have swept the board if I hadn’t disallowed any of the tracks from his greatest hits collections that didn’t actually come out in 2011 (Medicine Eyes vol 1 and vol 2 are both highly recommended). Titus Jones’ Culture Shock was an extraordinary piece of work – both of his enormous multiple-car-crash-mashup epics on my list were obvious contenders for the top spot…
But I knew it the moment I first heard it back in February – We R L’Amour was the best mashup of the year in my book. Goodness knows I love tracks which throw ten different sources together and make it work, but sometimes simple is best. Add in Erasure’s amazing 80′s synth bass and even Ke$ha sounds wonderful.
As usual I’m now off to see what’s in the Best of Bootie 2011.
(Not strictly mashups, but you owe it to yourself to have a listen to 80′s action-movie-soundtrack-medleys Blood Bros: First Blood and Blood Bros: Heaven 2 Hell – cracking stuff to help your commute.)
