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This track is one of the more recent mashups artist Gavin Burrell, who goes by the handle The Reborn Identity. In this case, he mashes Adele with Fleetwood Mac, and it's (imho) flawless! This man in a freaking genius and is pretty much single-handedly responsible for altering my opinion of mashups into one that recognizes it as a legitimate and unique art form in and of itself.
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The actual song and specific song (I actually believe it's a new song, not the sum of its parts) that changed my opinion is the mashup he did of Florence + The Machine's "Cosmic Love" and Carbon Based Lifeforms' "Polyrytmi"... it blows me away every time I listen (and I've listened to it hundreds of times, which is saying a helluva lot considering how much music I have at my disposal):
The fact he does his own videos as well just adds to it all (not content to stick to one medium, heh). Another work that I think expresses his aesthetic and abilities brilliantly well is his reworking of Portishead's "Sour Times", Blondie's "Heart of Glass", and Kanye West's "Love Lockdown" into a whole new song. The video where he's reworked Blondie's one into a dark and forboding work that meshes so well with Portishead's "Sour Times" short film continues to amaze me. The fact he's reworked Blondie's vocals into a heavy and mournful minor composition is where I once again get to call him a genius... I should mention that he does not have access to anything more than you or I would have access to (i.e. he pulls all the bits he uses out of the commercial releases using various signal processing techniques). Massive!
All his stuff is on his web site if you are so inclined (most as parts of downloadable collections of similar themes):
The Reborn Identity
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Adele vs Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Have It (mashup) from Reborn Identity on Vimeo.
The actual song and specific song (I actually believe it's a new song, not the sum of its parts) that changed my opinion is the mashup he did of Florence + The Machine's "Cosmic Love" and Carbon Based Lifeforms' "Polyrytmi"... it blows me away every time I listen (and I've listened to it hundreds of times, which is saying a helluva lot considering how much music I have at my disposal):
The fact he does his own videos as well just adds to it all (not content to stick to one medium, heh). Another work that I think expresses his aesthetic and abilities brilliantly well is his reworking of Portishead's "Sour Times", Blondie's "Heart of Glass", and Kanye West's "Love Lockdown" into a whole new song. The video where he's reworked Blondie's one into a dark and forboding work that meshes so well with Portishead's "Sour Times" short film continues to amaze me. The fact he's reworked Blondie's vocals into a heavy and mournful minor composition is where I once again get to call him a genius... I should mention that he does not have access to anything more than you or I would have access to (i.e. he pulls all the bits he uses out of the commercial releases using various signal processing techniques). Massive!
"The Reborn Identity - Portishead vs Blondie vs Kanye West - Sour Glass (mashup)" (Watch on YouTube)
All his stuff is on his web site if you are so inclined (most as parts of downloadable collections of similar themes):
The Reborn Identity
