yeah I didn't mean to come off as too elitist by bagging on those bootlegs some of which I did enjoy. I do remember quite a sense of shock when I learned that NME has already implemented a top 10 list for them though. The discomfort stems not as much from the simple fact that 'everyone's doing it' (which is good) as much as that there still seems to be a friction between the fact that people are enjoying it as 'illegal' behavior when increasingly, to a degree, it's mandated. But I'm just being an idiot on this point as well. thanks for the links! jl Jon Leidecker wrote: I think the 'sound' of 'found sound' has reached a saturation point. Mentioning this e-thread to my friend Drew, he recalled the 'bootleg records' that have taken London by storm this year that splice disparate but intact pop songs atop each other (like Whitney Houston's "Dance With Somebody" with Kraftwerk's "Numbers") -- these 'illegal' white labels now have their own NME top 10 chart. <nraggettATkuci.org posted to Snuggles: <http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/topbootlegs/ "Verdana 2001 was a fantastic year for good music - and one major part of that was bootlegs. On the net, radio and magazines, bootlegs were big news. It's something everybody can enjoy and has the DIY factor - anybody can make a remix with just a few pieces of software. " 11 mp3's including the a for mentioned Girls On Top "I Wanna Dance with Numbers" If you like your bootleg sounds with a more hip hop flavor <http://noneinc.com/sound/Remixology/ here are samples from two albums which came out around 2001. [the mp3's are not the best quality since they were pulled from WFMU's online archives, but they give you the idea] Ted Shred's "Hip Hop Vs It All!" and DJ Z-Trip and DJ P's "Uneasy Listening Vol. 1" anyone else know of any more people releasing this kinda stuff? Peter A Lopez ---------------------------------------------------- Rumori, the Detritus.net Discussion List to unsubscribe, send mail to majordomoATdetritus.net with "unsubscribe rumori" in the message body. ---------------------------------------------------- Rumori list archives & other information are at http://detritus.net/contact/rumori ----------------------------------------------------