How Did I Miss This? Dan Black – Gorecki Fix Up My Girlfriend Some More
I'm shocked and appalled with myself for managing to miss this gem I just shuffled upon. Gorecki Fix Up My Girlfriend comes from Dan Black's mix tape Weird Science released last year.
Red Headz Mash Up of Wolfgang Gartner & 3OH!3
Came across this Red Headz mash up of Wolfgang Gartner’s mash up of Beethoven’s 5th symphony and 3OH!3‘s First Kiss featuring Ke$ha. If you understood all that I’ll give you a medal. You all know I hate classical crossover – so fear not, I’m not going to submit you to such aural torture with this...
The Shadow Orchestra Bangs its Drum
Listening to classical cross-over brings me as much pleasure as sitting in my office with the ear piercingly high pitched band saw gradually melting my brain through a single glazed window from the building works over the road. So it was with a certain degree of trepidation after I saw ‘classical music’ as an influence...
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Bloch. Yes, Bloch!
I have always wanted to spread the word about Swiss born American composer, Ernest Bloch. Especially as his music has recently been undeservedly overlooked. Hopefully the 50th anniversary of his death in 2009 will help to bring Bloch back to the forefront of classical repertoire. Although Bloch is best known for his powerful Jewish works,...
