During this weekend’s launch of the SENT phonecam photography show (press coverage here), pics submitted by the public were displayed on iMac screens, refreshing automatically every few minutes (link), while iTunes blasted some groovy mashups. Many at the show asked about the tunes, so here is one highlight from the playlist. I’ll post more over the next few days — don’t want to spoil you with a jam overdose.
The tracks people seemed to dig most were all from an amazing mashup album by a group of DJs called Hanzo Steel — remixes inspired by the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volume 2. My favorite track: “Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down” (Link to free MP3 track). The track includes samples from: “Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down” by Nancy Sinatra, “Big Beat” by Billy Squier/”Fix Up Look Sharp” by Dizzee Rascal, “Apache” by the Incredible Bongo Band (as used by Nas), “Take Me To The Mardis Gras” by Bob James/”Peter Piper” by Run DMC and audio samples from many of the original Kung Fu films which are referenced in Tarantino’s movies. I can’t stop playing this track. It scratches the funk spot in my brain.
Here are two more freebies from the same disc: “Twisted Nerve (Biter’s Revenge)” (Link to free MP3). Includes “Twisted Nerve” by Bernard Herrmann and “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson. And “Ironsides” includes “Ironsides” by Quincy Jones plus Divine Styler. (Link to free MP3).
Link to Hanzo Steel home (check the fine cover art! Buy the CD!). Check out SENT in person through Saturday July 17 (12-5pm daily) at the Downtown Standard Hotel in LA. Oh, and the image shown here is one of the 1500 +/- phonecam snapshots submitted by the public. You can never have enough phonecam pics of hot electroclash babes licking themselves in the mirror, I always say. (Thanks for the free tracks, Hanzo Steel!)