People like the new mixed in with the old
you can get smells like teen spirit, creep , killing in the name, wonderwall, heaps of linkin park, a couple of korn tracks and two muse albums in studio instrumentals, that's what I use when the need arrises, and chuck acapellas over the top.
You can get all of the tracks acapellas then put those over a hiphop or dance beat to make a full on rock hop mash up set.
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heres a vid of me playing a nirvana mashup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVbpi...3&feature=plcp
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I use a lot of old remixes. Eric Prydz remix of the old Queen song. DJ Panic City remix of Don't stop believing. I also throw in the Clash, Madonna, Michael Jackson etc. in my sets at the club I DJ at. People eat it up.
Not sure how long you have been DJing, but I have been doing this off and on since the late 80's. Been a club DJ since the mid 90's. Pop music have gone up in BPM. When I first started, most of what you hear in the clubs were in the range of 110-125BPM, 128 being the fastest. Today they are somewhere 123-135BPM due to the continuing popularity of Electronic music that seeps into todays Pop music. Given that, it lends itself to being able to go back and using some of these faster BPM/faster tempo songs from way back when and recreating them. Remember these are the roots of music today. New Wave/Synth Pop can be attributed to today EDM. 80s/90s rock BPM meshes well with today Electro sounds.
Also if you look at the club go'ers of today. They were born in the 80's/90's. Which means they grew up listening to these songs. You add an updated track behind it and you are sure to have a reaction.
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Bassjackers remix of "take me home tonight" kills when you bust it out around 1am in a college dance club.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BTx1NG-vrI
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Gotta love a bit of Pixies - Bassnectar style...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUXsWcwjwvw
Also Ratm - Team Awesome remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjzEds12NX4
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I play a lot of rock tunes, but mainly stuff thats extra dance-able. I know we all have our own tastes, but to me a lot of the mainstream 90's is awful, and not very danceable. I love the Pixies, but not really like that. The Clash, mos definitely make some danceable rock tunes.
Joan Jett works great with Peter Piper, and Rock the Bells
Mazzy Star mixes well
The Dammed early stuff
Ramones
Gary Numan so much good stuff not just "cars"
B52's - "Legal Tender"
Alice Cooper - "Clones"
Thurston Moore - "Hang Out"
Missing Persons - "Words"
Bloc Party
She Wants Revenge
Six Finger Sattelite
Devo
Lou Reed
etc...
I have found that I can get away with playing outside of the cusp of mainstream memories without totally going for the top of the charts stuff, and people really love it, no matter what the age group is.
def not a new trend. some of my favorite older breaks bootys are:
Geek Ghastly - Rage Against Terror (RATM vs PE) (geek ghastly = freq nasty)
Adam Freeland - Smells Like Teen Spirit
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One of my dreams is to do remix of "Live and Let Die" from Paul McCartney and Wings into a great dubstep number. I think it could work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK2hKzZss5Y
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wow, great vids everyone, and thanks for the clarifications. Anyone interested in making a special thread for remixes we all do and also ones done by other artists?
Once I'm finished with finals I'm really interested in making a scar tissue or how to save a life bootleg. Just to find the acapellas is the tricky part.
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