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We put this together for our recent “A Night From Concentrate” mix but it didn’t end up making the cut. It combines the Canblaster & Berou remix of Nguzunguzu’s “Got U” with CeCe Peniston’s 90’s house classic “Finally”.

This track (also intended as a 2011 time capsule like our last release) pays tribute to the late Heavy D by combining his hip-house classic “Now That We Found Love” with Afrojack’s “Take Over Control”. The result works in both content and melody and hopefully breathes new life into two iconic songs from different eras.

Culture Bully asked us to contribute to their annual “Mashed” mix for 2011, which aims to be a mashup time capsule of sorts, so we submitted two tracks and “Medieval Love” made the cut (we’ll be releasing the other one next).  It takes the acapella and some other elements from The Rapture’s “How Deep Is Your Love” and combines it with Fake Blood’s “Medieval”.   The two songs share a similar melody so when the stems for “How Deep Is Your Love” were released, we seized the opportunity for a slightly more involved blend.

Medieval Love (Its Overture Bootleg) by Its Overture

And to check out Culture Bully’s full “2011 Mashed Mix” go HERE

While not quite a remix, we tried to take this track a few steps beyond what you would expect from a blend/mashup these days. We figured that if you’re going to mess with Etta James’ iconic “At Last”, you better make it worthwhile. So we chopped up her vocals all types of ways, progressing from the straightforward to the insane (check around the 3 minute mark for evidence). Using Quentin Harris’ epic “Let’s Be Young” as a backdrop, these two classics combine to create the type of soulful dance music we love most.

Young At Last (Its Overture Bootleg) by Its Overture

We stumbled across this one while working on an upcoming mix. It pairs Nelly Furtado’s Timbaland-assisted “Say It Right” acapella with an instrumental edit we did of Midnight Magic’s modern day classic “Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)”.

Beam It Right (Its Overture Blend) by Its Overture

It only took a few listens to recognize that Frank Ocean’s “Thinking About You” is a masterpiece. After having it on repeat for about a week, I also decided that any attempt to remix it was not only futile, but pure blasphemy. Had I even been willing to consider it, the idea of combining it with one of the more popular big room house songs of the past few years (Swedish House Mafia’s “One”) would have been the furthest thing from my mind. And yet, here we are, presenting you with just that.

We actually dismissed it as soon as we put it together, but over time, we found it every bit as addicting as the original. We steadily build the track up from its slow ballad roots to the all out intensity of its Swedish House Mafia counterpart. So give it a listen (or two, as it seems to grow on every one we play it for) and let us know if we committed a crime against musical perfection or gave you a new way and another reason to listen to one of Mr. Ocean’s best.

Thinking About You (Its Overture’s One Mix) by Its Overture

Figured we’d better drop this before “Watch The Throne” leaks and gobbles up all Jay-Z-related discussions. It’s a simple little blend, perfect for warming up a party and inspired by the similar bass lines in Michael Jackson’s “Liberian Girl” and Jay-Z & Jermaine Dupri’s Steve Arrington-sampling “Money Ain’t A Thang”. Say what you will about “The Throne” (Jay & Kanye’s new moniker) but Kanye certainly makes a better rapping partner than Jermaine ever did…..which is why we cut his verse out altogether on here. Enjoy!

Liberian Money (Its Overture Blend) by Its Overture

The Bangles “Walk Like An Egyptian”
Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side”
Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”

We’re well aware that this one has all the markings of a gimmicky 2005-era “mash up”. I think we started out trying to find a tamer but still dance-friendly blend for the “Walk Like An Egyptian” acapella and somehow ended up taking it in the complete opposite direction, making it more of a mellow party break instead. Ultimately, it’s a flip of the Lou Reed more than anything, and with the ghost of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It” floating in the background, I hope you’ll find the result a whole lot classier than most of the “just add water” gimmickry from years back.

Walk by Its Overture

From song titles to revenge themes to “Ra-Ra” hooks, these two tracks from pop music’s two most freakish females were screaming to be combined. Watch for the added spice of Swizz Beatz’ other big Young Money hit of 2010 towards the end….

Roman’s Romance (Its Overture Blend) by Its Overture

Lykke Li’s acoustic ballad “I Know Places” had a melody and title that reminded us of the classic Talking Heads track “This Must Be The Place”. So we decided to flip both for this remix.

I Know Places (Its Overture Remix) by Its Overture