Things You Should Listen To: Algorithms

Gene:
I'm not necessarily a mashup connoisseur but I know when I hear something that's above the Mendoza line. This thing is in an entirely different league. The whole things plays like one big mixtape and it just keeps killin' it, time and time again. Justin Bieber + 3OH!3? Absolutely I will. Throw in some Arcade Fire? Indubitably.
Get this now.

DH:

The phrase “best mashup of all-time” gets thrown around a lot. I consider myself a mashup connoisseur of sorts, and as I have become more acquainted with the genre, I have found myself rarely impressed with current DJs’ works. Even Girls Talk’s “All Day” was a huge disappointment for me, so you can imagine my own surprise in being blown away by a little DJ by the name of “Milkman”. I had listened to his earlier stuff a year and a half ago after a drunken suggestion by a random girl who I had invited into my room, and had – for the most part – been unimpressed.

“Algorithms” hits on all the cylinders that “All Day” did not. It manages to discover undercover bangers and put them together with well-established banger (see “Right Now”). “Algorithms” also avoids my biggest mashup pet peeve: blending two songs of the same genre/era. All of his mashups span at least 10 years and encompass the entire spectrum of pop music.

“Algorithms” is easily the mashup album of the year, and certainly up there with the top albums of the year, regardless of genre. Do yourself a favor and grab it fo’ free right now.




It can be aquired right here:
http://www.milkmanmusic.net/fr_home.cfm