The rare instance of a song that’s too iconic for its own good (surely not for whoever owns the publishing), but fortunately it’s to the point where you can take out 95% of the vocals and it still hits its marks. So we did just that with the hope that a dubbier take can make it more accessible in non-wedding/sports stadium settings.

Another One Bites The Dust (Its Overture Dub Edit) - Queen

This was initially going to be a summer mix, but when it started to sound like a safari we decided to explore the terrain.

1. Deeper - Nacho Lovers (w. Jump In The Pool (Wild Geese Remix) - Friendly Fires)
2. Shark In The Water (Zombie Disco Squad Remix) - VV Brown
3. King Of Africa (Homework Edit) - Douster (w. What Happened To That Boy (Inst.) - Birdman)
4. Kid Conga (feat. MC Miltinho) (Dubbel Dutch Remix) - Daniel Haaksman
5. United Groove (Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team VIP Dub) - L-Vis 1990
6. Daylight - D.A.M.B.
7. Kiwi (Tony Senghore Remix) - Para One
8. Train to Bamako (Canblaster Remix) - Myd

The Wildlife Mix by Its Overture

If, for some crazy reason, you were to combine Ludachrist’s ferocious “MARTA Girl” (which brilliantly samples the disturbing video above) and Jakwob’s bonkers “Wild Pitch,” this would be the preposterous result:

Wild Bitch (Its Overture Blend) (Ludachrist + Jakwob) by Its Overture

Another classic that’s on some “missing-half-bar-will-spit-in-the-face-of-your-well-timed-mix” shit….

Play: Rapper Dapper Snapper (Its Overture Short Fix) - Edwin Birdsong

Download: Rapper Dapper Snapper (Its Overture Short Fix) - Edwin Birdsong

An amazing and classic song with way too much talking, though considering the title, I guess one should expect as much. And it’d be all good if the instrumental version didn’t have the most banging elements tucked back in the mix and obscured, but since it does, I tried to combine the best of both worlds with this edit…..

Play: Chit Chat (Its Overture Edit) - Cajmere

Download: Chit Chat (Its Overture Edit) - Cajmere

Despite its somewhat calculated/rehashing-of-past-glory feel, I dig this track off Method Man’s 3rd “Tical” LP…..rap at 110 bpm is hard to come by as it is and i think this fits pretty well into the early-night club crate….once i discovered its original sample on a Sitar Beats compilation, I figured i’d give it a little intro and breakdown drop….enjoy!

Play: What’s Happening (Its Overture Edit) - Method Man feat. Busta Rhymes

Download: What’s Happening (Its Overture Edit) - Method Man feat. Busta Rhymes

I just realized that we have done way too many Hot Chip edits. Here’s a couple of them to start with. Plenty more to follow…

Hot Chip - Don’t Dance (Its Overture Edit)

Hot Chip - No Fit State (Its Overture Edit)

The second installment of our little blend-centric mix series (see intro/download Part 1 here), this one has a slightly darker, more melancholy feel than the first and incorporates a wider range of genres. Sorry if that sounds like a tag line for some organic yuppie coffee……anyways, enjoy the mix!

Why Can’t We Be Blends (Part 2) by Its Overture

Tracklist:

1. In Love With You - Alan Braxe & Fred Falke (+) elements of Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown” & Q-Tip’s “Barely In Love”

2. Secret Message - Rasputina (+) Slang Teacher - Wide Boy Awake

3. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward (+) Got Ya Hooked (Instrumental) - Three 6 Mafia (+) Airtight (Instrumental) - Aeroplane

4. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (+) Windowlicker - Aphex Twin

5. What’s On Your Mind - Information Society (+) High Together - Siriusmo

We’ve recently been working on some edits and blends with my longtime buddy and DJ extraordinaire Jason Smith (peep his Soundcloud here). While looking to connect Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” to the song that most likely inspired it, Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita”, we somehow threw L-Vis 1990’s “Compass” into the mix, unintentionally Moombahton‘d it, liked what we were hearing and went with it.

Alejandro (Jason Smith & Its Overture Blend) by Its Overture

When the now indispensable Amazon MP3 system went up I did random searches of all my favorite artists in hopes of finding unknown gems like this one here….well referring to the original as a “gem” would be a bit of an overstatement…..Premier’s production on here is of my favorite variety and there is the added bonus of an almost minute-and-a-half scratch routine ala “DJ Premier Is In Deep Concentration” but Robby Robertson’s (of The Band) beat poet vocals are straight laughable…that is until he ruins a B-section (a rare Premier treat oddly only bestowed upon non-rappers) with his bullshit. As a result, that part couldn’t be included in my edit….luckily the main part and the scratch sentence (more paragraph-like) saves an otherwise odd duck in the legendary Premier discography……

Robbie Robertson - Take Your Partner (DJ Premier Remix) (Its Overture’s Deep Concentration Edit)