Daniel Vangarde 1971 -1987
I think everyone is a bit Daft Punked out, but not Dazed & Confused it would seem, as they've commisioned super excellent dj overlord CK303 to produce this retrospective mix of Daniel Vangardes works. Daniel Vangarde if you don't know goes by the real name of Daniel Bangalter and is dad to Thomas Bangalter from Daft [...]
Project Tempo – Project Tempo Vol3
The first post I ever made on Interesting Blends was a re-edit by the Project Tempo collective. It was what went on to be their hugely successful "Why Not?" a re-edit of the Carly Simon classic "Why". that was three years ago i think, and since then they've released two EP's and today have released [...]
The Creators Project – Daft Punk The Collaborators
It's been quite hard to miss the Daft Punk hype over the last month or so, and love them or hate them you've got to admire the sheer scale of the promotional process their have followed. The track "Get Lucky" is obviously going to be a huge summer hit, as is the album "Random Access Memories" [...]
Kid Koala – Scratchcratchratchatch
Back in the burgeoning Turntablist scene of the 90's there were a lot of Scratchbased mixtapes floating about. Pretty much everyone of note dipped their fingers in that pie, but most were little more than audio rips of practice sessions. Tapes like Hot Sauce in the Dick hole (nice name), DJ Babu's Comprehension et al were [...]
Sasqwax – Sleeprs EP1
I've had a bit of a hankering for some experimental hip hop of late but the stuff I like seems to have been thin on the ground. Then as if by magic king of the beats Pete SasQwax dropped a new EP. I worked with Pete a few years ago under his Waxfactor identity, when he delivered [...]
The Legendary 1979 Orchestra – Origins
Ever since hearing his remix of L'Equipe du Son – Lesson 1 I've been a fan of The Legendary 1979 Orchestra. Based in the Netherlands, Andrei has been rolling out some lovely Disco Tinged productions and re-edits over the last 12 months or so on labels such as Glenview and his own Legendary Sound Research. Now [...]
Interesting Blends presents: Project Tempo vs The Balkan All Stars
People who followed the blog previously will know we've long had a tradition of procuring irregular mixtapes and palming them them off as Podcasts. Well not quite, but we're pretty proud that we've hosted some particularly good ones in the past. A big contributor to this has been the Parisian based edit project, erm… Project Tempo, of whom i’m an irregular [...]
The Psychonauts – Time Machine
Sometimes Youtube just throws up some insanely good finds that you’d completely forgotten about, or like me lost their copy. The Psychonauts – Time Machine (Full Mo’Wax Mix)”>The Psychonauts – Time Machine is one of them. It's essentially a multitrack/studio DJ mix by Pablo Clements and Paul Mogg, under their Pyschonauts monikers, working their way through [...]
CZARFACE (Inspectah Deck & 7L & Esoteric)
I reckon most people who are into hip hop are fans of the Wu-tang Clan. Of course everyone has their favourite Wu character within the collective, but most people agree that Inspectah Deck was right up there, but sadly, for me at least, the Wu went off the boil once they outgrew their independent Hip Hop [...]
Rone – Bye Bye Macadam
I love this track and had completely forgotten about it until a friend posted a live version on Facebook this morning. The post reminded me that the video for Bye Bye Macadam is amazing. Something which is hardly unexpected considering Rones background in film, how closely he seems to be involved with Vice's "The Creators Project", [...]