Wax Audio presents...MASHOPOLOS

So... on a somewhat less serious note, this is MASHOPOLOS! It's a pop, hard-rock, metal, disco, movie-soundtrack, hindi-pop, bhangra type album put together using other people's music. Each pairing was achieved by loving cajoling and violent contortion of the source materials and was produced here in Athens, Greece (hence the album title) throughout February and March 2007. I was supposed to be resting and recouperating after 15 months hard overland slog across Asia - but just couldn't resist getting my hands dirty again. Stay tuned for more traditional Wax Audio fare later in the year!

REMASTERED MAY 2008!! All tracks have been re-uploaded at 320kbps with improved levels. Worth grabbing again!

Black Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Sabbath

BLACK SABBATH - WAR PIGS / LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

Ever wondered what might have happened if Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin
got together for a studio session 37 odd years ago?

Wonder no more...

Download : 320kbps / 3:14 / 7.5MB

Thunder Busters

AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK / RAY PARKER JR - GHOSTBUSTERS

At last a chance to present myself as a serious artist...

Download : 320kbps / 3:44 / 8.6MB

Stayin' Alive in The Wall

PINK FLOYD - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT II / THE BEE GEES - STAYIN' ALIVE

This was more difficult than it sounds. Don't try this at home kids...

Download : 320kbps / 3:16 / 7.5MB

Hallowed Be Thy Enemy

IRON MAIDEN - HALLOWED BE THY NAME / PUBLIC ENEMY - PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE

I love Iron Maiden - surely the most unfashionable platinum selling act still doing the arena circuit. And yes, those of you that hate them can't understand what the appeal is - is it the medieval regalia? the tennis sweatbands? the air-raid siren vocals? I hope the introduction of Public Enemy's widely revered raw rappin' style to this otherwise heavily metal brand of English pomp will help to allow the glory of Maiden to gallop into battle with your heart.

Download : 320kbps / 3:41 / 8.1MB

Full Metal Jackson

METALLICA - EYE OF THE BEHOLDER / MICHAEL JACKSON - SMOOTH CRIMINAL

Ahhh yes 1988... Metallica were good and Michael Jackson was "Bad". Now it's 2007 and and I don't have enough room in the space I've allocated myself here to even begin finishing that sentence. Just listen to the track.

Download : 320kbps / 2:34 / 6.6MB

Back in Blackened

AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK / METALLICA - HARVESTER OF SORROW / BLACKENED

I couldn't resist okay?

Download : 320kbps / 2:45 / 6.4MB

Mashing up that Hill

KATE BUSH - RUNNING UP THAT HILL / PRINCE - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES

These two artists have collaborated before - I was disappointed with the result. So here's my version - especially for those who love Kate Bush (sacred territory for me). Special thanks also to Robert Fripp from King Crimson for his unwittingly supplied ambient guitar noodlings.

Download : 320kbps / 4:27 / 10.2MB

Maiden Goes to Bollywood : Sexy Maiden on the Floor

IRON MAIDEN - FLIGHT OF ICARUS / SUNIDHI CHAUHAN - CRAZY KIYA RE (DHOOM 2)

Yes folks, Iron Maiden vs Bollywood - for the first time ever (surely!). Let Bruce Dickinson and the boys along with a stunning cast of Bollywood studs and starlets get you doing choreographed gyrations and headbanging all at once in this celebratory mashup in recognition of Iron Maiden's upcoming historic concert in Bangalore on March 17th 2007!!

Download : 320kbps / 3:57 / 8.9MB

Metallica Goes to Punjab

METALLICA - THE FOUR HORSEMEN / PANJABI MC - MUNDIAN TO BACK KE

So we sent Maiden to Bollywood, now it's Metallica's turn to discover India. I think they like it! Yeeeah!

"Bhangra that head that doesn't Bhangra!"

Download : 320kbps / 3:53 / 9MB

Dissolved by the Water All These Years (Cover Me)

P J HARVEY - DOWN BY THE WATER / TORI AMOS - SILENT ALL THESE YEARS

BJORK - COVER ME / MASSIVE ATTACK - DISSOLVED GIRL

Download : 320kbps / 4:09 / 9.5MB