Welcome to the official site for World Famous Audio Hacker. I am a remix artist from Portland, Oregon, who is best known for my mash-up productions.
I also produce remixes and original material. My mash-ups and remixes have been played by hundreds of radio stations, nightclubs and internet specialty programs
around the world since 2004.
I was featured on an award winning National Public Radio program last year as one of the top mash-up producers in the US for a panel discussing remix culture and copyright issues
which also featured DJ Spooky and Lawrence Lessig. I was also featured on XFM London's legendary show
"The Remix" with Eddy Temple-Morris earlier this year.
If you'd like to learn more about my biography, or listen to my NPR interview, check out my "About Me" page.
June 24, 2009
It's Britney, Mixed! - Britney Spears Tribute Album
"It's Britney, Mixed!" - a viral pop tribute to Britney Spears
Well, it's here. 17 tracks. 4 Britney Spears remixes/mashups from me and also other great tracks from Arratik, Elvis of Dallas, GSTN, 9Freak9, Oscar TG, Sam998899, Team9 and Tiger Mendoza.
The "72" project is complete. Each participant had 72 hours to create their part, building off of the last few seconds of the piece created before them. The result is a 72 minute megamix styled set of cut-up, mash-up and remix material from a number of great mix artists. The first 15 minutes were also featured on Eddie Temple-Morris' "The Remix" program in London during the "Bedroom Bedlam" segment. World Famous Audio Hacker contributed to two rounds. Download the whole project in its full, final glory:
Eternal Khaos' new podcast -- "The Khaos Podcast" -- launches this weekend and the very first episode includes great tracks from Eternal Khaos, Adrian & Mysterious D, MP3J, DJ Gaston and World Famous Audio Hacker among others.
There are maybe a handful of landmarks that nearly every mashup producer seeks. One of those few things is to be featured by A Plus D's "Bootie Top 10". Bootie is a monthly party that celebrates mashups in the dance club environment. It started in San Francisco, and Bootie is now an international chain of monthly events.
World Famous Audio Hacker's "If U Seek Lucretia" (Britney Spears vs. The Sisters of Mercy) was selected as part of Bootie's Top 10 for June! Check it out and 9 other great tracks proven to have mashup success on the international dance floors of Bootie! It is an honor to be selected for their choice picks of mashups this month, for sure. Thanks, A + D!
How could anyone possibly make Britney sound kinda dark and cool? Well, pairing her with a classic Sisters of Mercy song is a start. But it's WFAH's additional beats and production that really elevate this, giving Britney an edge that she (or rather, her producers) never even dream of.
World Famous Audio Hacker has been organizing, managing and producing new material for two community remix/mashup project compilations.
The first, tentatively titled "The Sound of Funky Breaks", is a tribute to early breaks, sampling and electro tunes -- feeding the 1980s parachute pants wearing breakdancer inside us all.
The second, "It's Britney, Mixed!", is a remix and mashup tribute to Britney Spears for no apparent good reason except to have an excuse to ruin a few more Britney Spears songs.
Both releases should be ready the last week in June. Follow World Famous Audio Hacker on Twitter, where he'll announce a preview link to both releases a day early for those listening in on @wrldfms tweets.
June 1, 2009
Royksopp - Happy Up Here (Mixshow Edit)
World Famous Audio Hacker's custom remix of "Happy Up Here" by Royksopp is available for stream or download on Fairtilizer. Produced for an upcoming DJ mix set.
'If You Seek Lucretia' #4 on the Star Anti-Hit List
World Famous Audio Hacker's "If You Seek Lucretia" (Britney Spears vs. The Sisters of Mercy) was selected as the #4 track of the week by John Sakomoto's "Anti-Hit List" of independent, underground and viral music for the Toronto Star newspaper.
"Thanks to the World Famous Audio Hacker, you can now hear what Spears's relentlessly flirtatious 'If You Seek Amy' would sound like when paired with the doomy thud of The Sisters of Mercy's 'Lucretia My Reflection'. In the unlikely event that Britney announces an intention to make a goth album, this is what it would probably sound like."
John Sakamoto, The Toronto Star
May 28, 2009
Mashography Updated
I updated the Mashography section of the site -- the discography of mashups and bootleg remixes from World Famous Audio Hacker -- to include artwork and source details from the "Singles Box" WFAH put out in 2008.
May 15, 2009
If U Seek Lucretia - Britney Spears vs. Sisters of Mercy
This is what happens when I don't sleep. A completely over-produced remake of The Sisters of Mercy's "Lucretia My Reflection" with Britney Spears singing "If U Seek Amy" on top... and some tiny sample snippets from MSTRKRFT and Don Diablo.
Download MP3: If U Seek Lucretia [320k] - Britney Spears vs. Sisters of Mercy
There's been a lot of Google results looking for my mix of Modest Mouse's single "Dashboard". I've re-posted my remix of it for those interested. Check out the MP3 and Video section for more details.
3 original tunes from World Famous Audio Hacker, which might be familiar to those who downloaded "Dark Splice of the Boom" last year or the Ianize pre-release EP earlier this year. Ianize and Hootenanny are primarily breaks and beats where Sulfuric is a full on psychedelic surf track.
Now available on iTunes, eMusic, Napster, Amazon MP3 and other likely digital distributors. (Coming soon to Rhapsody).
May 10, 2009
The Institute of Bootleggers, Vol. 1
The DJ/mashup culture site Sound Unsound released a new compilation today -- The Institute of Bootleggers Vol. 1. Unlike other collaborative mashup albums, this one is a collection of hand-picked "tried and true" mashups. Each producer selected their own personal favorite to display their style and skill, forming a compilation of some excellent work by an impressive and diverse cast of mashup artists from around the world.
For this collection, I remastered my "(Cold-Hearted) Timebomb" track... improving some minor editing issues, and updating the dynamics and cent key of the original.
The Institude Of Bootleggers, Vol. 1
Miss Frenchie - "Pop Generation"
DJ Le Clown - "U Not Alone"
DJ M.i.F - "Nightingale Calling in the Air"
Funk That S--t - "Believe in Glory Box"
Alpha1999 - "Summertime Dance Comes Undone"
Tizwarz - "Lollipop at Home"
Sfreeman - "Tour de Reckless"
World Famous Audio Hacker - "(Cold-Hearted) Timebomb" (2009 Remastered Version) [mp3]
We just added a new feature to the site: Notes from the Studio. Essentially, it's an informal blog from World Famous Audio Hacker that let's him sound off without muddying up the "What's New" section for the site or the Twitter announcements. You know, instead of blogging on MySpace.
April 17, 2009
72
So, "72" is a "group mashup" project. Essentially, it is an experiment where one person makes 2 minutes or so of mashup work and passes it on to the next person who builds off of it to make the next segement, and so on. I first heard about it on TBC's Radio Clash podcast... er, blog. Anyway, after joining in a few weeks ago, I finally got my first turn to add my own work to it, and the result is "part 13". Presumably, the idea is each mashup artist gets 72 hours to make their part, and the entire project should reach 72 minutes. It's almost halfway through at this point. You can hear the whole thing, so far, in three parts by listening to episodes 1, 2 and 3. Or, listen to my newly produced segment*, while leads off episode 3.
- Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby - Duran Duran - Save A Prayer - Meat Beat Manifesto - 10 x Faster Than The Speed Of Love - Van Halen - I'll Wait - James Brown - Cold Sweat (Part 2) - Madonna - Like A Prayer (Church Choir Mix) - Britney Spears - Piece Of Me - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Home Demo) - Blondie - Good Boys - Bush - Machinehead - Jesus Jones - Right Decision (Confusion Mix) - Art of Noise - Close To The Edit (Rhythm Scholar Mix)
* note the mp3 segment hosted on audiohacker.com is the original segment. Eddie's re-edit of it for the official "72" inclusion is hosted on the "72" site. But, I included a link to my segment as a demo link here since I like what I did better than what was added to "72" officially.
April 14, 2009
2009 Q1 Round-Up
Here's a quick run-down of World Famous Audio Hacker activity for 2009, at least the first quarter of the year:
Welcome to the official site for World Famous Audio Hacker. I am a remix artist from Portland, Oregon, who is best known for my mash-up productions.
I also produce remixes and original material. My mash-ups and remixes have been played by hundreds of radio stations, nightclubs and internet specialty programs
around the world since 2004.
