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No Vocals For You

olbasExcuse me.

*paaaarp.

Sorry about that. I have been diagnosed with Sinusitis by my clever lady. I am blowing my leaky nose with clever Eucalyptus Oil drenched tissues (they’re pretty good) and drinking water. I am NOT vocaling any of the ten songs I need to vocal.

“Your God obviously doesn’t want me to record vocals,” I announced on Twitter earlier.

“They do say that he is most merciful,” replied Martin carr, quick as a flash.

Ho ho.

So I am gonna make musics.

I hereby invite you to suggest things for me to sample/remix/bootleg/rip-off, in the time honoured fashion. if I use anything on the mixtape I’ll give you a shout out on the sleeve.

Let’s go!

— Friday, March 6th, 2009

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  • http://www.martin-carr.com jumper29

    'That's the way God planned it' by Billy Preston. It was made for you.

    You want me to send?

    • Akira The Don

      Yeah!

      This another one of your awesome Scouse jokes?

  • http://www.martin-carr.com jumper29

    Nope and I resent the implication you fucker.

  • thefilth

    Sophisticated Sissy by Rufus Thomas. Not the most macho of song titles but the opening few bars are ripe for sampling.

  • Skippytaylor

    Blade Runner, Dune, gladiator, east enders (either RICKKKKKKKKKKKKKAH! or The theme), Vietnam movies, the boot up sound of Vista/Xp/OSX, set up a microphone on one side of the room, get it to feed back using pieces of card in a sort of angular alleyway so you can change the "tone" of the feed back and have fun, use the dodgy presets on an 80's era casio keyboard (cows, bells, carss crashing, korg also had them on a midi box years ago with a reallyg ood square saw…) and make a track out of that.

    sample your stomach, heart beat and pulse, chew something sample it and make a break beat out of your bodily functions.

  • normannumeric

    the damn funky scream from the start of prince's gett off. job's a goodun! let him do the rasping for ya!

  • Will
  • http://www.codexmachine.co.uk/Free_Downloads.html Ms Codex

    haha, I would love to suggest quite a few things – unfortunately we've probably used them ourselves or have them on the back burner. Fancy a collaboration? We have a silly idea which sort of sparked up when we started making the documentary short for Adam Walton last week, and which we may expand upon…
    ;) .

    • Akira The Don

      Get at me!

  • Dave

    The opening dialogue from Conan The Barbarian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHDmXtW9Yx0
    'Kaneda' from the Akira soundtrack

    'The Four Horsemen' by Aphrodite's Child

    • http://www.codexmachine.co.uk/Free_Downloads.html Ms Codex

      seconding the Four Horsemen one (never got around to it myself, apart from maybe an unrecognisable bit somewhere in one of our tunes.

      Anyway:(4th attempt to get this comment thing to work in my browser, although not the comment I was going to post yesterday)..

      Go to your nearest charity shop, go the the record rack, pick out the one with the cheesiest cover, and sample it. If you have not got a charity shop nearby, close your eyes and delve into your own collection (or even better, your mate's)

      Pam

      :)

    • Derek Two-Shadow

      Second that Kaneda!!!

      Exhilarating.

  • http://www.codexmachine.co.uk/Free_Downloads.html Ms Codex

    Hahaha, unfortunately anything I might suggest we’d probably want to use ourselves too, being sample addicts as well. Fancy a collaboration? :)

  • http://www.johnnynothing.com Johnny Nothing

    Carter USM – Lenny And Terence

  • matt
    • Akira The Don

      :o

      • matt

        They say every generation gets the music it deserves…

  • http://thesvenhunter.blogspot.com thesvenhunter

    FLEETWOOD MAC – EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!1!!(!)

  • http://www.codexmachine.co.uk/Free_Downloads.html Ms Codex

    3rd attempt to post. Now it sounds a bit silly….

    I was pointing to the fact that we'd most likely want to use any samples we suggested for you anyway! However, if you fancy doing any collaborating, we have some silliness still…some of it sparked by making the doc short this week for Mr Walton's show .

    Pam
    :)

  • http://www.wonchop.net Wonchop
  • http://www.infoslash.net Alfred

    The Do – Playground Hustle
    The Clash – Train in Vain
    Wanda Jackson – Hard Headed Woman
    UNKLE – Celestial Annihilation
    Leftfield – Afrika Shox
    “As if by Magic” – Mr Benn
    Alladin – Prince Ali
    Les Rythmes Digitales – Music Makes You Lose Control

  • Moose

    @! May I humbly suggest:

    DJ Yoda (feat. Jungle Brothers) – Playin’ Around

    Mos Def – Mr Nigga

    The Housemartins – Happy Hour

    Enya – Orinoco Flow

    Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters

  • Rich

    Found this on a music blog a while back, may or may not be of interest.
    http://www.mediafire.com/?yjeyddtmzzn
    An old album of unaccompanied prison songs.

    Also, seconding Ghostbusters.

    • jumper29

      Hey, that prison album is fantastic. Nice one.

  • http://www.myspace.com/djcityscape DJ CityScape

    Muse – Supermassive Black Hole

    Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong

    Radiohead – Let Down

    Air – Just Another Day

    Pirates of the Caribbean – He’s A Pirate

  • BloodRed

    Seatbelts – ask DNA

    Seira Kagami – Super Special

    Big Bang – Haru Haru

    all of which are easily youtubed

  • joel damian

    the intro from "rip it up" by orange juice.

    "rip it off and start again"

  • joel damian

    the assembly-fergal sharkey and vince clarke

    "it never happens to me/it never happens to me/i never rip mp3s /by fergal sharkey/except the undertones/but i already own/all the singles/that i bought for charity/"

    • Akira The Don

      Lollopalooza!

  • Andrew

    Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved

    Lupe Fiasco – Little Weapon

    There's also Captain Commando's theme from Marvel vs. Capcom – or Gambit's. There's also some cool instrumentals that come up on this: http://www.uniqlo.jp/uniqlock/

  • silentbob69

    Sitar Beat – Klaus Doldinger

    The Trip – Kim Fowley

    Take A Little Trip – Minnie Ripperton

    Bubbles – The Free Design

    Garbage Man – Family Vibes

    100% – Sonic Youth

    Apache – Incredible Bongo Band (used to death but still classy)

    Song For Insane Times – Kevin Ayers

    Sunset Coming On – Damon Albarn (Mali Music)

    Joe Organ & Co – Barnaby Rudge – get it here… http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0WWRJ130

  • http://www.myspace.com/hunchbakk Hunchbakk

    this seriously scares the hell out of me, how bout Alan Moore reading Rorschach's journal

    honestly, i find this completely unsettling

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfuj_5Z9l8

    equaly odd, less scary, an Alan Moore interview

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cam2kK7J_8k

    • Akira The Don

      You seen the Mindscape Of Alan Moore? That shit owns.

      • http://www.myspace.com/hunchbakk Hunchbakk

        nope, not yet, but i’m hella intrigued by it

        picked up a flyer for it in a comic book shop last feb i think

  • MonkeyChild

    The theme from Thomas The Tank Engine with big drums and a nasty rap over it.

    It's the only option.

    • BloodRed

      thomas is banned in my house…it freaks me out lol…

    • http://www.so23.wordpress.com k-dub1

      that would be truely awesome.

      or he could do the bob the builder song and do like what he did on streetfighter but rap about the first shelf he put up.

      that would be awesome. haha

  • normannumeric

    Just ben loving the old Paddington Bear theme tune lately…sound ace with some dirty ass beats over the top.

  • http://www.johnnynothing.com Johnny Nothing

    Feeling the Ghostbusters idea.

    • http://www.so23.wordpress.com k-dub1

      check out ludachrist.

      hes done a mash up of ghostbusters and busta rhymes. its great for parties and puts smiles on faces.

  • http://www.codexmachine.co.uk/Free_Downloads.html Ms Codex

    (4th attempt to get this comment thing to work in my browser, although not the comment I was going to post yesterday)..

    Go to your nearest charity shop, go the the record rack, pick out the one with the cheesiest cover, and sample it. If you haven'tgot a charity shop nearby, close your eyes and delve into your own collection (or even better, your mate's)

    Pam

    :)

  • http://www.so23.wordpress.com k-dub1

    you could sample shit from face off with john travollta and nicolas cage.

    it would be awesome to start a song with the line "its like looking in the mirror… but not" or something amazing like that. haha im having way to much fun. :D

  • Precaution

    Ritz to the rubble – The Arctic Monkeys

    Hollywood Freaks – Beck

    On Tuesday – Men Without Hats

    Dark Center of the Universe – Modest Mouse

    Even Flow – Pearl Jam

    The Nurse Who Loved Me – A Perfect Circle

    Spitfire – The Prodigy

    Some tough tracks, don't know how the hell you're gonna remix some of these, good luck bro!

  • silentbob69

    Walkin’ and Whistlin’ – Ray Coniff

  • BloodRed

    I dunno if its out yet, but you would destroy J Holiday's Fly

  • Dewse

    You could remix the theme tune from The Wire.. keep the groove & do your own take on the lyrics

  • http://www.myspace.com/zerofriends uncorrect

    Probably late in the day, but… I had this idea that you should sample the hold music from your bank of choice, and then be a person asking… nay pleading for an extension to their overdraft. And you could get someone else, maybe JTWR, to be the bank manager dude. One for the future!