Mashups? “Oh well..”, you might say. True, there´s been way too many mediocre to clueless mashups trying to fuse what simply isnt matching – beatwise, harmonically, stylistically. However, once in a while there´s some true gems. And ever since the term “mashup” came to surface around 2001, you once in a while find tracks where you just dont get how well two formerly different tracks can blend into each other. So here´s a new series on the Man Recorder: The Mash Up Classics.

I did my first mashup in 2001 and I dare to say that it soon became a hit. My blend of George Michael´s “Faith” with Missy Eliott´s “Get Your Freak On” resulted in “Yougottahavefreak” and it became one of the first tracks that put the term “Bastard Pop” on the map. Bizarrely, Erol Alkan, under his Kurtis Rush guise, had the very same idea, and put out his version on a now much sought after 12″ white label. I flabberghastedly found out about his version reading in “The Face” magazine, and decided to put it out on a hand printed CD-R in an edition of 50 (distributed by Colette in Paris). Later, Alkan dissed me for stealing his idea, but I swear until today: I made it up myself, it was an idea that was in the air and we just happened to make it the same time. My friends Alexandliane – now infamous for their music videos for bands like Bloc Party, Scissor Sisters, Armand Van Helden, Ting Tings or Deichkind – were so impressed by the mix, that they made their very first music video for my very first mashup. P.S. The video was shot in a Country + Western club in Berlin-Lichtenberg.

Watch the video here:

Download the mix here:

Yougottahavefreak (Daniel Haaksman Remix 2001)

Tags: Alexandliane, Bastard Pop, Daniel Haaksman, George Eliott, Mashup

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