You’re probably hammering RTJ4 like us at the moment, seeing as it’s a suitable soundtrack to the dystopian hellscape that is 2020. (Our podcast review is here)
In many ways, Rage Against The Machine are the ’90s forebearers of that world-is-burning punk energy and with Zack De La Rocha doing his best work in recent memory with Run The Jewels.
So, DJ Skarface, who is responsible for the RTJ / DJ Shadow mashup mix a few years back, has done the next logical thing and paired the music of Run The Jewels with the vocals of De La Rocha on Rage Against The Machine ( the two acts were due to tour this summer but Rona put paid to that idea of course).
So what follows is 14 minutes of their music in mashup form, available on Bandcamp as a free download. It’s fun, even El-P agrees.
oh shit https://t.co/xoeJUGJ7cQ
— el-p (@therealelp) June 16, 2020
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
