The lecture started off with some background music and the words “There is no such thing as an original”, which was an appropriate start to a lecture on remixes. Dan played the song “This is the Remix” by Girl Talk, and we were instructed to listen and write down as many samples as you recognise, in partners. My partner and I couldn’t actually find that many, they were going so fast so we only managed to get the name of bands/artists: Jackson 5, DMX, Lil Jon, B.O.B., INXS, The Notorious B.I.G., Simon & Garfunkel, U2, Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, Lil’ Kim and NWA.

I have never really considered mashups to be remixes, I’ve always considered them their own genre, but I guess it makes sense. We also discussed Navas remix theory, and the quote ‘a recombination of content and form that opens the space for remix to become a specific discourse intimately linked with new media culture’ from Navas, Regressive and reflexive mashups in sampling culture, p.3 ‘, was used. With all this remix/mashup talk, I was reminded of my year 7 days when I’m pretty sure everyone was obsessed with the following song: