TONY BLUETILE - 4 different full length CD's chock full of absolutely mental mashups
The first two Tony CDs were sent to us anonymously during the height of the pandemic hysteria and they were exactly the thing that was needed to pull our heads out of the shit. Every single aspect of these wonderfully clever mashup collections is perfectly executed and keenly consistent in quality throughout the entirety of their discography. Pure genius stuff here. We tracked him down and got copies of all four CDs for you to hear. Because of the intensity of copywrite infringement these discs will never be on the internet (or at least will only be on YouTube for as long as they let them) so we can't offer any examples save for the one that was released on Crass Records!!! -Jensen
TONY BLUETILE - The EPs of TB This mashup is almost too clever for its own good. The inestimable Mr. B is taking the vocals of various legendary punk (and the like) songs, and adding them to a bunch of ’60s/’70s music. More or less. So, the first two tracks are the vocals of CRASS’ “Do They Owe Us a Living” and “Shaved Women” put to some minimalist electronic music. Which actually works, and is interesting…in that the basic drive and beat and passion of those two particular songs remains intact. There’s then a couple of CIRCLE JERKS efforts put to some upbeat ’60s sounds, and then, so far as I can tell, IGGY POP’s vocal of “Lust For Life” with a ’70s brass-heavy funk backdrop, and then, I’m guessing, that same funk band’s vocal of some sort or other, over “Lust For Life.” Then there’s a similar treatment with BLACK FLAG. First there’s HENRY ROLLINS’ spoken word “Family Man” over some ’70s groovy freeform sound, followed by that same ’70s band (I’m presuming) singing over a BLACK FLAG instrumental track. Polished off with BLACK SABBATH’s “War Pigs” vocals over some other funky sounds. Kind of interesting, kind of too clever by half, and some of it lost on me, cos I don’t recognize either the non-punk backing tracks, or the non-punk singing, over the punk backing track. -Ramsey Kanaan (PM Press/MRR)TONY BLUETILE - More EPs of TB CD
This one's got pair-ups from DEVO with FOGHAT, MUNGO JERRY with MADNESS, MINOR THREAT and MOTÖRHEAD and so much more... WFMU has referred to Tony as "the punk of the future". High praise indeed.
TONY BLUETILE - Even More EPs of TB CD
Even more hits us with chunks of PINK FLOYD, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, BOW WOW WOW, N.W.A., DEAD KENNEDYS, IGGY POP and even more. Beyond comprehension...
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