"Wow." "Weird." "Jesus Christ." "I can't believe somebody took the timeto make this." Those will probably be the first things that passthrough someone's head upon hearing Osymyso's debut (I think?)'Introinspection' - an incredibly intricate, massive, and cool exampleof the phenomenon known as "mash-up" or "bootlegs." If you've neverheard the term(s), they're being thrown around to describe what isprobably one of the most recent new music genres - songs made entirely,or almost entirely, from cut-up pop songs, as Osymyso demonstrates, orby "mashing" two or more of them together, as those fucking hundreds ofBritish whitelabel 12"s featuring Missy Elliot or Kylie Minogue and atrance/drum'n'bass producer demonstrate. What's interesting, though, isthis genre's reliance on the Internet - obviously something that RELIESon sampling, or outright stealing, is not going to fly with too manylabels. (For another good bootleg mix that's actually legallysanctioned, check this)So, Osymyso, two guys from the UK, have released this disc on theirown, comprising two mixes - one, the 12-minute "Intro-inspection" (ONEHUNDRED AND ONE different song intros packed and mixed together), and arecording of their appearance on the German radio show Back to theBasics. What can I say about the music, other than it's sheerbrilliance and totally ass-lickingly cool? It is exactly what it is -hundreds of mashed-together pop songs - but somehow, they all cometogether so well that it sounds absolutely nothing like what it should.You're probably either going to totally love it and think it's thegreatest thing ever or think it's utterly stupid and hate it. Eitherway, you gotta hear it at least once.
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