In a Trans-European Manner of Speaking (video)

A brilliant video by Mistah Pok for my collaboration with Celebrity Murder Party - In a Trans-European Manner of Speaking, our contribution to last year's Kraftwerk tribute, Bootwerk. Thank you Mistah! Great work!



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Missed the track? D/L here:
- In a Trans European Manner of Speaking



Tracks used
Tuxedomoon: In a manner of speaking
Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk: Metall auf metall
Kraftwerk: Metropolis
Señor Coconut: Trans Europe Express
The Aggrovators - The Jehovah Version
Ennio Morricone: The man with the harmonica
Duran Duran: Save a prayer
Harry Belafonte: The banana boat song

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Copycat on Toronto Star's Anti-Hit List

Happy to announce that my latest remix, "Stand by for the floor" (Hot Chip vs Ben E King), made it to no. 7 on Toronto Star's Anti-Hit List. Hell, it even managed to beat the latest single from good ol' Mozfather, a dear long-time fave of mine.

Says the editor, Mr John Sakamoto:

"Stand by for the floor" - On which DJ Copycat, the mind behind last year's standout "Fade to Pretty Vacant" mash-up, pairs up the former's "Ready for the Floor" (from upcoming Made in the Dark album) and the latter's enduring "Stand by Me" (a.k.a. that song sampled on Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls"). The result is a propulsive dancefloor track imbued with nostalgic melancholy.

Thank you John, and thank you Toronto Star.

Here's the track in case you missed it.





- Stand by for the floor (A Copycat Mash)



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Fade to pretty vacant - Bootleg of the year

You might know that the World Famous Audio Hacker's been keeping scores on the "Most active bootlegs of the year". Yesterday he published the final list for 2007.

Happy to say that this cat's "Fade to pretty vacant" - a blend of Visage, Sex Pistols, Charlatans, Nouvelle Vague, and Fun Lovin Criminals made it all the way to the top.

At #13 you'll find another one of my boots, a personal favorite in fact, "Ever fallen in love with a martyr?" (Depeche Mode's "Martyr", Nouvelle Vague's cover of "Ever fallen in love", and the Reverberi Brothers' "Nell cimitero del Tuscon", the track that Gnarls Barkley sampled for their monster hit, "Crazy").

Also "Knowing the rhythm is right" (ABBA x 2 vs Nelly Furtado vs Sagi Rei and more) and "I feel love is a stranger" (Eurythmics vs Donna Summer) are among the top 100. As are the compilations Bootwerk - A tribute to Kraftwerk and Block Rockin Boots - A tribute to the Chemical Brothers; both with contributions from me.

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Here' s the top 10 - head over to Daftest for the rest of the list.

Daftest 2007 Ever

1 Fade To Pretty Vacant - Copycat
2 LCD Remixed: Sounds Like Silver - Various
3 Umbrella (Divide & Kreate Remix) - Rihanna
4 Say It Right (Divide & Kreate Remix) - Nelly Furtado
5 The Hello Colour EP - Team9
6 Whole Lotta Sabbath (Black Zeppelin) - Wax Audio
7 Children Say It Right - Martinn
8 Bootie Traxx (Vol. 2) - Party Ben
9 BootWards - ToToM
10 The Good, The Bad & The Who Boys - The Who Boys

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Missed anyone of my tracks in the list? Go on, son...

- Fade to pretty vacant (A Copycat Mash)
- Ever fallen in love with a martyr? (A Copycat Mash)
- I feel love is a stranger (A Copycat Mash)
- Knowing the rhythm is right (A Copycat Mash)
- Chemical Brothers: Where do I begin (A Copycat Remix)
- I always begin without you (A Copycat Mash)
[Chem Bros/Beth Orton vs U2 x 2 vs Donna Lewis and more]

And finally, my own absolute favorite among my 2007 tracks, the gravely underestimated boot I did for Bootwerk together with Celebrity Murder Party

- In a trans-european manner of speaking
[Kraftwerk x2, Tuxedomoon, Ennio Morricone, Duran Duran, Señor Coconut, Harry Belafonte, The Aggrovators]

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Attuworld's Mashup of the week & Top 3 on the Daft Chart

Hey - some great news today.

Firstly - Attuworld chose my "Stand by for the floor" as their Mashup of the week. How cool is that? Thank you ATTU & Simon!

Secondly - the same track reached no. 3 on WFAH's "Daft Chart". Thank you Hacker!

Missed the track? Download below.

- Stand by for the floor (A Copycat Mash)



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Hot Chip vs. Ben E King - "Stand by for the floor"

I'm in love.

Been listening to the new Hot Chip for a while now - especially "Ready for the floor" - driving mrs. Cat crazy. One day I was standing in the shower - with the song on. While pogoing away amidst my ablutions, I could hear the muffled, filtered sound of the track, mainly the bassline. That's when I got this idea.

The bass chord progression in the chorus reminded me very much of Ben E King's "Stand by me". Naturally, I had to look into the matter. Unfortunately that part wasn't instrumental in any of the (many) mixes I had - so I had to improvise. Or compromise, might be a better word...

I de-constructed the lot - and tried to build it up again in my usual half-arsed way, with quite some appropriation and effing up along the way, mind you. But finallly I managed to get it somewhere near what I was aiming for.

Here's the result. It's not 'ready' anymore - it's "stand by". Hope you like. And... do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it NOW! ;-)

- Stand by for the floor (A Copycat Mash)



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Copycat on Bootie's Best of 2007 CD

Happy new year, folks!

Bootie, the biggest mashup event in the world with parties in six cities on two continents, just released their Best of 2007 CD. Proud to announce that my "Fade to pretty vacant" is on it, together with 19 other top tracks of 2007. Thank you Bootie and A plus D!

Grab the entire lot over at Bootie.



















You can also download my "Fade to pretty vacant" here.


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