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Kleptones
The Kleptones are a one-man English electronic music act fronted by music producer and DJ Eric Kleptone. They are best known for their Internet-exclusive mashup albums. Typically, Eric Kleptone mixes rock/R&B instrumentals with rap and hip-hop vocals in a style that is "fun... and often surprising". Both his name and the group's name are parodies of the famous guitarist Eric Clapton, and a play on the fact that he is a "klepto of tones" (that is, he "steals" others' music). History The group's first release was a mix of ''Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'' by The Flaming Lips with hip-hop/rap vocals and various soundbites from television programs and movies entitled ''Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots''. '' A Night at the Hip-Hopera'' was the group's breakthrough and most highly acclaimed album, fusing Queen's rock music with rap vocals and many soundbites from movies and other sources. On 8 November 2004, Waxy, the main site that was mirroring ''A Night at the Hip-Hopera'', r ...
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24 Hours (The Kleptones Album)
''24 Hours'' is a 2006 mashup double concept album by The Kleptones. Like other albums by The Kleptones, the album intersperses quotes from movies and television in its songs. In the three weeks preceding the online release, an EP was released weekly which featured one song along with two to three b-sides which were not included on the album. On 16 May 2006 an edited version of the track "19:00 Careless Or Dead" was posted on the Bootie website under the title "Careless Or Dead (Bootie Version)". Track listing #"07:00 – Still Start" – 3:03 #*Samples – Thomas Newman – ''American Beauty'' soundtrack #*Samples – Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice #*Samples – Underworld – Pearl's Girl #*Samples – Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It #*Samples – Foo Fighters – Still #*Samples – Laurie Anderson – O Superman #*Samples – Global Communication – 14:31 #*Samples - Apocalyp ...
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EP2 (The Kleptones EP)
EP2 is a 2006 bastard pop EP by The Kleptones. This is the second in a series of three EPs that were released in the three weeks preceding the release of the double album, 24 Hours. The first track of this EP is included on the album, 24 Hours, although the audio clips sampled are not the same. The remaining tracks are B-sides, which are no longer obtainable on the official site of The Kleptones. Track listing #"11:00 - C.A.E" – 4:09 #*Samples - The Clash - Rock the Casbah #*Samples - David Bowie - It Ain't Easy #"Eyesight To The Killer – 5:14 #*Samples - Wesley Willis #**"Rock music pays off. Rock music takes me on a joyride. Rock music keeps me off the hell city bus. Rock music will always look out for me. But I will not let my tortured profanity shoot it down." #*Samples - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Eyesight to the Blind #*Samples - Adamski - Killer #*Samples - ETA - Casual Sub (Burning Spear) #"Tronolith – 3:14 #*Samples - Mick Jagger #**"We're going to do a slow blues ...
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EP3 (The Kleptones EP)
EP3 is a 2006 bastard pop EP by The Kleptones. This is the last in a series of three EPs that were released in the three weeks preceding the release of the double album, 24 Hours. The first track of this EP is included on the album, 24 Hours, although the audio clips sampled are not the same. The remaining tracks are B-sides, which are no longer obtainable on the official site of The Kleptones. Track listing #"01:00 - What's The Matter With Your Lines, Baby?" – 2:58 #*Samples - Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells - What's the Matter With You Baby #*Samples - Duran Duran - White Lines #"I Second That Riddim" – 3:27 #*Samples - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion #*Samples - Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote #"Not That Town - Snoop Street" – 7:05 #*Samples - Peter Gabriel - Love Town #*Samples - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot #*Samples - Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street "Mercy Street" is a song written by English musician Peter Gabriel ...
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EP1 (The Kleptones EP)
EP1 is a 2006 bastard pop EP by The Kleptones. This is the first in a series of three EPs that were released in the three weeks preceding the release of the double album, 24 Hours. The first track of this EP is included on the album, 24 Hours, although the audio clips sampled are not the same. The remaining tracks are B-sides, which are no longer obtainable on the official site of The Kleptones. Track listing #"2100 - Uptight Jet" – 4:07 #*Samples - Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) #*Samples - Jet - Get What You Need #"I Want Jah Back" – 3:49 #*Samples - The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back #"Take Me In Your Broken Arms" – 3:35 #*Samples - The Isley Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms #*Samples - Lexicon - Brokenhearted #"Jeepster Riddim" – 3:45 #*Samples - William Shatner featuring Henry Rollins - I Can't Get Behind That #** "Can you turn around, do one more?" "Always can do one more." "Let's hit it." #*Samples - Seeed - Lock Down "Lock Down" is a so ...
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Yoshimi Battles The Hip-Hop Robots
''Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots'' is a 2003 album by The Kleptones. It combines instrumental tracks from The Flaming Lips' ''Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'' with vocal tracks from various rap songs. Track listing # "Fight In The Club" – 4:17 #*Samples – Eminem, " The Real Slim Shady" #*Vocals – 50 Cent, " In the Club" #*Instrumental – The Flaming Lips, "Fight Test" # "Song of the Hip Hop Robots" – 3:13 #*Vocals – Dead Prez, "Hip-Hop (Remix)" #*Instrumental – The Flaming Lips, "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-1" # "Sympathy for the Almighty" – 1:12 #*Vocals – Doris Stokes #*Instrumental – The Flaming Lips, "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-1" # "Love Song for Yoshimi" – 4:09 #*Vocals – Pharcyde, "Passin Me By" #*Instrumental – The Flaming Lips, "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1" # "Battle Sequence" – 2:52 #*Vocals – Beastie Boys, "Hold It Now – Hit It!" #*Instrumen ...
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Uptime / Downtime
Uptime / Downtime is a 2010 mashup double album by The Kleptones. Track listing Uptime #Call To Mind - 2:30 #*Samples - Jim Steinman - Love, Death, and an American Guitar #Voodoo Sabotage - 4:32 #*Sound Bites - Cheap Trick - I want you to want me (announcement of next song ''Surrender'' at the end of live version) #*Samples - Beastie Boys - Sabotage #*Samples - The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix) #Welcome Back - 5:04 #*Samples - Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon #*Samples - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9 #*Samples - Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle #*Samples - The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl which samples - Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three - The Roof Is on Fire #*Samples - Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At? #*Samples - Missy Elliott - Lose Control (which samples Cybotron - Clear) #*Samples - LFO - LFO #*Samples - Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon (which samples Boney M - Rivers of Babylon) #*Samples - Joey Beltram - Energy Flash #*Samples - ...
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Shits & Giggles
''Shits & Giggles'' is a 2010 mashup album by The Kleptones. It is a compilation of old songs that did not fit into the previous albums. Some songs date back to 2004 when the album '' A Night At The Hip-Hopera'' was released. Track listing #Surf Mountain - 4:13 #*Samples - Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song #*Samples - Trentemøller - Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!! #Sick Mouth - 3:54 #*Samples - Queens of the Stone Age - Sick Sick Sick #*Samples - Foxy Brown feat. Sizzla - Come Fly With Me #Gimme Gimme - 4:29 #*Samples - Black Sabbath - Supernaut #*Samples - Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter #*Samples - Rick James - Give It to Me Baby #Flik Flok - 3:42 #*Samples - Ke$ha - TiK ToK #*Samples - Dizzee Rascal - Flex #Saturday White - 4:53 #*Samples - Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) #*Samples - Billy Idol - White Wedding, Pt. 1 #Kool Hunting - 3:36 #*Samples - The Police - Synchronicity II #*Samples - Sonic Youth - Kool Thing #*Samples - Bloc Party - Hunt ...
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A Night At The Hip-Hopera
''A Night at the Hip Hopera'' is the third album by The Kleptones. It fused Queen's rock music with rap vocals and many sound bites from movies (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and other sources. Unlike 1992's cancelled ''BASIC Queen Bootlegs'' album and despite its title, it is considered a bastard pop album rather than a hip-hop album. On 8 November 2004 Waxy, the main site that hosted ''A Night At The Hip Hopera'', received a cease & desist notice from the Walt Disney Company (Hollywood Records) for illegal sampling of songs by Queen, similar to the banning of DJ Danger Mouse's '' The Grey Album''. Track listing #"Precession" – 2:06 #*Samples – Queen, "Procession" #*Samples – Queen, '' Queen: The eYe'' soundtrack #*Sound bites – ''Sigue Sigue Sputnik, "She's My Man"'' #*Sound bites – ''Flash Gordon'' #*Sound bites – The Dramatics, "Introduction" #*Sound bites – GG Allin, "Intro (M. Board)" #*Sound bites – Kosmo ...
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