Where the hell did the term "mash up" come from

[Tee Dubb]

I first saw it up in here when ToT posted his joints. Now it's everywhere. wth, they used to be called mixes
now I see programs for peeps with no skills to create their own.

[Martin Red]

Jamaica

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

It's been around a while. I just wasn't seeing a whole lot in our scene so decided to start doing them in 2004. They are big in the pop scene and some are very creative but in the end you are right. It's just mixing. The first dozen or so I did by hand including Voices which came out on Restricted Access. Herb Martin's Soul Drums is essentially a mashup. Here is my latest (shameless):


Right In The Dark Where We Live - TOT v Henrik v Fritz v Aphrohead by Timmy Richardson aka TOT

[KBig]

i hate that term too .. its a GAWD DAYUM MIX !! period ... lol @ old ridgid self lol

[neon]

That's what I thought, too. "Why don't they call it 'two songs at the same time'?" ;)

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

That's what I thought, too. "Why don't they call it 'two songs at the same time'?" ;)

What if it's 6?

[D J 1 3 8]

Where the hell did the term "mash up" come from

To my memory, It first blew up in 2001 with this record and the myriad of shit that followed

[Martin Red]

To my memory, It first blew up in 2001 with this record and the myriad of shit that followed

You may be right there. I remember a few shops in the 90's selling bootlegs of the same nature as mash ups, but they were just called bootlegs.

[JMJ]

I first saw it up in here when ToT posted his joints. Now it's everywhere. wth, they used to be called mixes
now I see programs for peeps with no skills to create their own.

Thank God for those programs. I couldn't function otherwise.......JMJ

[Cratebug]

Mash-up. Mix. Long blend. Etc.

One of the first I ever did was back in 84 or 85....'Our Darkness' - A. Clark & I Feel Love - D. Summer. It was at the very least a 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 minute ride.

If accapellas on top of another song count, then that was the norm in Chicago way back then as well.

[Sal Paradise]

Mash Up Came w/Digital. THey were blends before the digital wave. It's a good distinction because different things are going on with a computer created mash up and a four track blend.