On request of people I created an Extended version of the mashup Get your freak on 75 Brazil Street.

Beside my passion for music I also like James Bond. In the past artists like Modjo and Ben Liebrand created already mixes of James Bond music.

Today I discovered Dance Valley Back Into Time. A very nice looking web application that takes you on a journey through all the Dance Valley editions.

Another mashup that recently popped into my head while driving home. My good old car radio was playing 75 Brazil Street while I was hearing some vocals from Missy Elliot in my head. Once at home I skipped through the records from Missy Elliot, which brought me to Get your freak on.

Mostly because of my Drive-in past I’ve been working for a long time with BPM Studio and the accompanying RCP-2001-B controller. I mostly used it for quick try-outs of ideas for mixes and mashups. Unfortunately the software didn’t receive much updates lately and started to lag behind in functionality. So it was time for a successor of BPM Studio.

I had this mashup for some time on my idea list. And since that list was starting to grow a little too much it was time to workout some mashups in Ableton, starting with Leger And Lake VS. Real 2 Real.

One of the better Dutch female artists when it comes to singing talent is Trijntje Oosterhuis from Total Touch. Her I’ll say goodbye song made a great intro for the TMF Yearmix of 1998. The more up tempo song Touch me there is still played on the dance floor and the acapella is used in many mix tapes, live sets or mashups.

Oversoft has done another great mix with Ableton Live, using the Xone 4D in combination with an iTouch Midi Application on the IPhone for optimal control. This set-up has worked great in the past and also this time. Watch the video’s or download the mix.

The vocals of this track should have a warning sign on them saying, “Danger, powerful stuff”. I’m talking about First Choice – The player, the best acapella TNT on the market.

Yesterday Oversoft and I had a try-out of something new. We created a setup with two laptops running Ableton Live 7, the Allen& Heath Xone 4D and a Pioneer DJM-600. The two laptops with Ableton Live 7 we’re linked together using the MIDI signal from the Xone 4D. It was the task of the Xone 4D to keep everything in Sync. The DJM-600 and Xone 4D were also linked like in a normal battle setup.