{"id":446,"date":"2007-02-16T10:06:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T09:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2007-02-16T10:06:18","modified_gmt":"2007-02-16T09:06:18","slug":"mashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"mashed"},"content":{"rendered":"

or to call the album by its proper tag : the beginners guide to bootlegs.<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
from the corny cover artwork, to the complete lack of a mention of go home productions<\/STRONG> on the cover, i should have realised that this opportunity to release a genre defining album was going to misfire by a long way. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
the fact that when word came out a few months ago mark vidler<\/EM> was to release a proper emi<\/EM> sanctioned album i became rather keen to hear the final results. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
after all, <\/FONT>with emi<\/EM> signing up for this would they, like sanctuary records<\/EM> have done for their antidote records<\/EM> mixtape spin offs, open their vast archives and say “mark, help yourself me old mate, have some fun!”, <\/EM>allowing him to become a new dj shadow<\/STRONG> or even danger mouse<\/STRONG> (all the more ironic considering that danger mouse<\/STRONG> received all those emi<\/EM> sourced cease\/desist orders over the use of beatles<\/STRONG> tracks for the ground breaking the grey album <\/STRONG>and yet quietly mark has released several wonderful beatles<\/STRONG> mashup via his website) or, would they in actual fact, dust down a few old dusty remixes (kylie<\/STRONG> vs new order<\/STRONG>), some internet hammered tracks that anyone with a mild interest in the bootleg culture are sick to death of, and generally shoehorn a rather shoddy album out onto the racks.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT>
it pains me to report that this  album is anything but a classic, and actually falls into the second of the two options above.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
the admission is all the more painful, considering that mark, under the go home productions<\/STRONG> guise, has blended together some inspired choices over the years, making visits to his website an essential part of everyday life.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
of course there are some solid examples of the bootleg thing done well here, the ubiquitous rapture riders <\/EM>(the doors <\/STRONG>vs blondie <\/STRONG>track that has been released several times previously), and franz buffalo <\/EM>(malcolm mclaren <\/STRONG>vs franz ferdinand) <\/STRONG>but to be honest, the rest is pretty barrel scraping. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
why can’t we have the excellent bowie<\/STRONG> vs bowie<\/STRONG> track that mark was allowed to release on vinyl only a few years ago, where fore art thou, ray of gob, (<\/EM>madonna<\/STRONG> vs sex pistols)<\/STRONG>, the record that propelled mark into the limelight, or the mind melting brilliance of essex doves <\/EM>(doves<\/STRONG> vs david essex<\/STRONG>).<\/FONT><\/DIV>
instead the albums mainstay is overplayed office party commercial dance tracks that just grate and do little for me. <\/FONT>i mean i really<\/EM> hate that god-awful groovejet<\/STRONG> track, can’t stand the painful clich\u00c3\u00a9 that are the vocals from that bloody mousse t <\/STRONG>record, and iggy pops <\/EM>passenger<\/STRONG> riff is so overused that it has drifted into the i never want to hear that track again <\/EM>vicinity.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
so unfortunately, this album doesn’t stretch the boundaries a la the grey album, <\/EM>nor does it induce smiles and get the party swinging a la 2 many djs, <\/STRONG><\/FONT>instead it’s a cheap-n-not-so-cheerful cashin album, and one that i genuinely hope mark recovers from, as i know he has the capability to release a far more interesting album than this.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
oh well, i’m off to dig out the recent go home productions<\/STRONG> blue room mix<\/EM> from early 2007 that proves the bootleg genre still has some life in it, and eradicate this poor excuse for an album from my hard disk.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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