osymyso

To celebrate the release of the tenth part of 05ymy50, "Something New", I thought I should highlight the work of one of the net's greatest musicians, osymyso.

osymyso first came to my attention when I heard his "Intro-Inspection" track on XFM. The track, which lasts for over twelve minutes, features a really silly number of samples from the intros to various pop songs. It truly is a work of breathtaking ingenuity, cleverness and downright inspiration. (My favourite bit has to be the "Need You Tonight"/"Come on Eileen" segue - it's sooo funky!). It's also perfect to round off a pub pop quiz - how many tracks can you name?

The really good news is that you can get this track on osymyso's website absolutely free! Plus you can also get all his other tracks for no pence whatsoever! There's the 30-minute long "Puckish Mix" (featuring a full remix of "The Reflex" among others), the hilarious EastEnders sampling "Pat n Peg", and the touching remix of Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes" called "Fiver to Bigwig".

But the highlight has to be the 05ymy50 project. Fifty tracks will be released throughout 2005, and eventually mixed together and released on CD. "Something New" is the tenth part which has just been added (hmm... 50 tracks in 2005, and the tenth part has only just been released, and we're over halfway through the year... oh....) Anyway, the first ten parts are all really rather good. Strong electronic roots with a healthy dash of Art of Noise and some help from Simon Pegg. Fabulous.

So get yourselves to osymyso.com right now, and give yourselves some aural stimulation.

Oh yeah, did I mention that it's all free? God bless osymyso!