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Mixtapes is an ongoing project where cineastes re-edit their favourite film moments to find hidden meanings and create new work, where existing film is used as a resource rather than a conclusion. This year, 3 mixers have created 24-minute montages - one minute for each of film’s 24 frames per second
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Mixtapes long have been part of hip-hop's culture, but the DJ-produced compilations that once existed underground are percolating much closer to the surface these days. The often unlicensed and frequently bootlegged collections of exclusive advance tracks, hot street jams, diss songs and freestyles — available for sale via the Internet, small retail shops and street vendors, or as free downloads and file swaps — aren't just for hardcore fans anymore. They've become promotional tools for artists and record labels trying to build a buzz.
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Mixtapes have already established themselves as powerful promotional tools from the streets to corporate suites. Until now... they have not embraced the interactivity and dynamic nature of user-generated content. "We broke new ground for the mobile personalization industry earlier this year with the GETaBUZ service and now we're taking that innovation to a new level with a mixtape series that entertains, educates and encourages participation by consumers," says Steve Ehrlich, VP Marketing at BUZ Interactive.
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In more exciting Mixtapes news, Robert from the band is working on a solo album, the first fruits of which will be a duet with countryman Adam Olenius of the Shout Out Louds entitled ‘1987’. To mark this endeavour he will ... be making his first live appearance as a solo artist supporting Kings Of Convenience at the Saga Theatre, Umeå on January 29. Do pop along if you’re in the vicinity!
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Mixtapes & Cellmates hail from Stockholm in Sweden. Since forming in 2006 they were signed in Sweden by Nomethod records and with them released their 2nd EP ‘If There Is Silence Fill It With Longing’. The release was followed by extensive touring and festivals with bands such as Dinosaur Jr, Bloc Party, Justice and Uffie. Tangled Up! Recordings are excited to sign them and bring their self titled debut album and debut UK single ‘Quiet’ to a deprived audience!
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The majority of the songs on Mixtapes and Cellmates seem to use the combination of guitars riffs and drum machines. Sure, there are the stunted piano loops of “I Left” and the sprightly dream pop on “Like Something Worth Remembering” but on selections such as “Quiet”, where a synth-laden verse crescendos into a guitar-driven chorus, the Postal Service comparisons will run amok as the band seems to unintentionally emulate the aforementioned indie darlings. The most egregious aspect seems to be the predictable verse/chorus changes and scant synth bleeps which pervade throughout the entire record a technique which made songs like “Such Great Heights” and “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” such commercial successes.
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