I got a whiff of the Theophilus This Charming Mixtape and far from being a hip-hop cover set of Smiths songs, it’s an eclectic primer of what the Brooklyn kid does served atop tracks from Amadou & Miriam, Kraftwerk, Lauryn Hill, Bill Withers, Squarepusher, some quality electro and an ill-advised rework of Whitney Huston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ (puke).
Listen to three tracks from the mixtape and then go geddit. He’s playing Twisted Pepper on the 18th of April guys and gals!
Theophilus London – Ultraviolent
Theophilus London -Crazy Cousins
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Terence Trent D’arby’s little brother? And he’s stolen Elvis Costello’s pose for This Year’s Model, non?
But his songs sound pretty cool!!!
Man that Whitney rework is one of the best on the mix. Shame on you!
Good times. That Crazy Cousins track: it samples that stage-school-type girl from Big Brother (“my track’s really making waves on the funky house scene”)! I remember Harry Hill taking the mick out of her. Funny stuff.
Really? Ape who? Serious Big Brother?