L.A. badguys, Villains are doing big things since their introduction just two months ago. Regular hometown heroes they are (leave it to L.A. to make the Villians our heroes). This past Saturday, on the L.A. based radio station Indie 103.1’s premier electro music program, Neon Noise, Villains graced the airwaves with another solid set (hot on the heels from their gigs at Sundance Film Festival). This small-but-potent mix is what transpired.

Tracklisting:

1. Classixx - Cold Act Ill (Radio Edit)
2. Villains - Thrilla vs. Missy Elliott - Lose Control (Acappella)
3. Kid Sister - Control (LA Riots Remix)
4. Alex Metric - The Devil vs. Twista, Jaimie Foxx, & Kanye West - Overnight Celebrity
5. Buddy Akai - Cut Me Up (Villains Remix)
6. The Shoes - Knock Out (Tom Deluxx Remix) [Koncept Edit]
7. Kill The Noise - Hey You
8. Bag Raiders - Nil By Mouth (Reprise)
9. Villains - Rock It
10. Digitalism - Idealistic (A-Trak Remix) vs. Rick Ross - Hustlin (Clean Acappella)
11. Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches (Villains Electro Banger Remix)

MP3: Villains - Maximum Mini Mega Mix [22:04 | 50.5MB]

Villains are a hot commodity in ‘08. They’re entering the ranks of globetrotting talent, radio mixshow champs (see above) and making the “best of” from here to Spin Magazine which is calling ‘Thrilla’ one of the few “songs you need to download now!” for February. You’ve downloaded this jam before, right? But in the chance you haven’t, get it here. Major!

Villains did this remix for S.D. electro-rockers Buddy Akai recently and we’re all about it. More from Buddy Akai from us shortly, but let this peak your interest:

MP3: Buddy Akai - Cut Me Up (Villains Remix)

In addition to numerous club gigs, Villains are preforming at the Heat 08 festival in Riverside alongside Mos Def, 311, Moby, Clipse, Girl Talk, LA Riots, Lies in Disguise & more.

Visit Villains on MySpace.
Much more Villains in our archive, homie.

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DJ Paul V. is kind of an authority on mash-ups. What makes him an authority? Perhaps because he does a little mash-up heavy program for (arguably the coolest radio station in the world) Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles. The show is The Smash Mix! airing every Friday afternoon at 5:30 and, alternatively, downloadable over the internet by visiting the site (as well as streamable from the Indie 103.1 Smash Mix page). Always something fun going on over there!

Paul V. sent us this mash-up which he is particularly proud of, and works very well. It’s a blend of Yo Majesty’s ‘Club Action’, as remixed by Bag Raiders (which also uses some of Enya’s ‘Orinoco Flow [Sail Away]‘) smashed with Depeche Mode’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ as remixed by Dirty South.

Sounds great, although I must admit when the Enya part finally drops it’s a little abrupt in contrast with all the, ‘fuck that shit, nigga!’. But we love abrupt, that’s why we like love ‘fuck that shit’ chorus in the first place!:

MP3: Yo Majesty vs. Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Club Action (DJ Paul V. Mix)

Before we move on, give a listen to the building blocks of the track above:

MP3: Yo Majesty - Club Action (Chris Bagraiders Sailing to Baltimore Edit)

MP3: Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Remix)

Now, here’s another one of his most recent mashes, which takes Lil’ Mama’s ‘Lip Gloss’ and glazes it over the classic tune, ‘Tequila’ by The Champs (a listen will likely bring up fond memories of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure):

MP3: Lil’ Mama vs. The Champs - Tequila Lip Gloss (DJ Paul V. Mix)

DJ Paul V. also does the Neon Noise radio show on Indie 103.1 every Saturday night (midnight-3am); It’s a mix of all sorts of tracks you’d probably love, check program’s page on Indie’s site here and know that you can stream the show live from the website!

Paul V. doesn’t quit there, he is also a regular at the monthly mash-up party, Bootie LA, as well as the resident DJ of L.A.’s longest-running underground dance club, Dragstrip 66. And, lastly, of course, he has a MySpace.

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