A mix to be appreciated by heads from all genre’s, ‘The
Art Of Flippin’ Channels’ spans a plethora of musical
styles; Kid Koala, RJD2 and Wagon Christ 12”s are perforated
with kitsch vinyl like the theme tunes from Miami Vice and Hill
Street Blues along with samples from just about everyone that’s
anyone in New Wave comedy.
Humour is an important aspect of Osymyso’s style and it
was with a sense of honour and surprise that he has managed to
work with some of his comedy hero’s. In 2002 he made a video
remix of “My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117”, a short
film by Chris Morris which was followed in early 2003 by a second
collaboration “Bushwhacked 2”, a 12” released
on Warp Records. More recently he created “Spaced Jam”
a video montage of his favourite sitcom “Spaced” and
produced the soundtrack album for “Shaun of the Dead”.
Simon Pegg of Spaced fame also provided his drumming skills on
“Pandemonium” as part of the latest Osymyso release.
The comedy connection is continuing on a weekly basis as he mixes
“The Milk Run”, a late night music and comedy show
on late night Radio One which has run for over 50 one hour episodes.
The show recently reached the top 5 of “Listen Again”
shows from the Radio One website.
Hip hop’s answer to Aphex Twin, one afternoon in 1998 Osymyso
created “Pat n’ Peg”, an annoying yet hugely
popular cut-up of Eastenders which features two old women slapping
each other repeatedly whilst screaming “You Bitch, You Cow!”
The track was finally self released in 2000 and sold out in weeks
and in 2001 a free download on the net of a video to the track
resulted in over 100,000 downloads in a month.
Receiving critical acclaim from The Guardian, The New York Times,
The Face and Record Collector who have all lauded him with praise
for his role in the “bootleg” scene as well as being
named as one of the 10 DJ’s you must see before you die
in Q Magazine Osymyso looks set to receive another rapturous applause
with his latest release.