DJ-WINDOWS98
Remixes and mash ups are everrryyyywhere on the internet nowadays. And I love it. There’s something really gr8 about having multiple pieces of art or media transformed into something new. Allowing people to get creative with sources that are already out there in the world. Kinda like a salad, mixing up a bunch of fruits or vegies to create, well, a salad – a few good things coming together to make one great thing. A remix/mashup is essentially an artistic salad.
Listening and looking into the works of Girl Talk in the previous lectorial that focused on remixes, got me thinking of the remixes that I’ve found interest and love to. And this one done by the incredible Win butler of Arcade Fire under the pseudonym of ‘dj-windows98’ (loves the name btw), isn’t as extreme as the remixed songs created by Girl Talk, but is simply pleasant, fits really well together sonically and is enjoyable to listen to. It combines Kanye West’s Jesus Walks with Beck’s Loser, and is respectively titled, Jesus Walks, Loser. And it’s inspiration is just as amazing – Kanye West’s stage-storming at the lastest Grammy’s Award Night, after Beck had been awarded ‘Album of the Year’, in an attempt to defend Beyonce’s album that had unsuccessfully received the title. But anyway, here is it – have a listen and see what you think.
https://soundcloud.com/dj-windows98/jesus-walks-loser