Brainfreeze (album)

Brainfreeze
Compilation album Mixtape by Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow
Released 1999
Recorded 1998
Genre Soul, funk
Length 52:11
Label Sixty 7
Producer Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow
Cut Chemist chronology
Live at Future Primitive Sound Session
(1998)		 Brainfreeze
(1999)		 Product Placement
(2001)
DJ Shadow chronology
Camel Bobsled Race
(1998)		 Brainfreeze
(1999)		 The Private Press
(2002)
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Brainfreeze is a 1999 live mix album by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. The two tracks of the album are uninterrupted recordings from a live performance where they sampled hit funk, soul, rock and jazz singles from 45 rpm vinyl records. This type of recording was pioneered by the duo Double Dee and Steinski through their "Lessons" (the difference being that the "Lessons" cuts were meticulously edited together from snippets of audio tape, rather than performed live using turntables).

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History

Brainfreeze was recorded by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist as a practice session for a show in February 1999 at the Future Primitive Soundsession in San Francisco, mixing funk and soul 45's. Initially 1000 copies were made and sold at the shows, and a further 1000 copies were made and distributed to local records stores in California and sold out very quickly. A cease-and-desist letter from 7-Eleven convenience stores—the whole artwork and styling was based on their logos and uniforms—meant that they stopped and moved on. The album was then bootlegged and it can now be found in popular record shops. [1]

This set was reenacted at the Mayan night club in Los Angeles on May 25, 2006, as part of a benefit concert for DJ Shadow's art director, Keith Tamashiro, in order to offset costs related to a brain aneurysm he suffered early in 2006. [2]

Brainfreeze was followed up by Product Placement, an album of similar content and style.

Comments

While there was no tracklisting given except for some record shots in the inner sleeves, Michael "DOP" Lane put together listing of the tracks (Sixty7 Recordings refers to the number of the records in the mix). The main difference between the original pressing and the bootleg is the quality of the sleeves and the CD (colors look washed out and not as sharp on the bootleg). The original CD on the inner ring has ©1999 Sixty7 Recordings written in red on a clear background. The bootleg does not have a clear bit. On the back of the CD is Disc Producers inc 2886/Brainfreeze ADC/CA. Some bootlegs have "Slurp CD 001" and a bar code written on them. [3]

The 45s used in the Brainfreeze mix are highly sought after by vinyl collectors, and the term "Brainfreeze" in online auctions often results in increased auction prices for these records.

Songs used

Mix one

Mix two

External links

DJ Shadow
Studio albums
Live albums
Brainfreeze · Product Placement · Live! In Tune and On Time · Live at Brixton Academy December 2006 · The Hard Sell · The Hard Sell (Encore)
Remix albums
The Private Repress · Excessive Ephemera · The DJ Shadow Remix Project
Compilations
EPs
I Gotta Rokk · I'm Excited
Singles
"Entropy" / "Send Them" · "Lost and Found (S.F.L.)" · "What Does Your Soul Look Like" · "A Whim" / "89.9 Megamix" · "High Noon" · "Midnight in a Perfect World" · "Stem" · "The Number Song" / "Painkiller" · "Camel Bobsled Race" · "Dark Days" · "Mashin' on the Motorway" / "Walkie Talkie" · "Monosylabik" · "Six Days" · "You Can't Go Home Again" · "3 Freaks" · "Funky Skunk" · "We Might as Well Be Strangers" · "Enuff" · "You Made It" · "This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)" · "Def Surrounds Us" / "I've Been Trying" · "I Gotta Rokk"
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