First rip of about 4 mixtapes I have from Maf, original member of Infamous Rap Crew… this guy was brought up on Hip Hop and always had that in his blood. He used this in his sonic arsenal to bring mixtapes exploting beats, sound bites and other genres I might otherwise not have bothered to check out… This mix was done with only a pair of 1200s and a tape deck around 1992, so RESPECT THE CRAFT!!! Bigup Maf, wherever you are now mate, love ya and thanks for opening my mind.
This mix features so many musical moments it’ll have you saying “Where do I know that from”?! Maf’s a lover of Latin Rascals, Coldcut, J Saul Kane, Barry Adamson and many more… he knows his onions when it comes to off the hook films and documentaries too… before youtube, this guy had shelves of mad documentaries and spoken word stuff.
The mix got it’s name as there is a section where Matt uses the Death Star Assault audio from Star Wars and overlays a bad arse Amen tune over it, and I dunno how, he must have used a stopwatch or something, as there was no timestretching or anything going on, just 2 turntables, he’s managed to get it so that when characters say certain lines it coincides with drops in the music, and I relistened to the mix today and it had my blood racing and my long bony self dancing stupidly at work! I dunno if Matt ever named his mixes, but this is what I decided to call it, hence Def Star Assault.
Hope you enjoy it, if you do, please leave a comment, peace!
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