Morning Glory

I was not sure which artist to choose from the immense list of people in the link, but I’m glad I chose DJ Food. Just his name intrigues me because after finding his name the first thought that came to my mind was “Is his name DJ, or is he an actual DJ?” While listening to his mix, I heard both songs that I have never heard of and songs that I haven’t heard in ages. DJ Food’s mix “Raiding the 20th Century” was a great throwback to top songs that I have listened to and was very nostalgic to my childhood. I felt that DJ Food is a bit of a ‘hacker’ himself; referring to the last blog post, “Hacker Manifesto” by McKenzie Wark. In “Raid of the 20th Century,” he didn’t just play songs from awhile ago, he combined them while at the same time included sounds that talked about things like pirating/ torrenting, he also used sounds from what sounds like commercials from the twentieth century. One aspect of DJ Food as a ‘hacker’ is that after he released his mix on XFM in London, it was a massive hit that was shared to a huge mass of interested parties.

I love how he transitions between songs with parts of dialogue from what sounds like an interview from a radio session. It keeps you interested and at the same time informed on the culture around DJ Food as he was designing this remix. I feel that even though its a mix and combination of various different styles of music, it’s still innovative and creative. I like the name “Raiding the 20th Century,” and how DJ Food Starts with the 20th Century Fox theme and the 20th Century Fox outro; which in my eyes seems to declare the ending of a century and to usher in the 21st Century.