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Darwin Deez releases Wonky Wonka mixtape
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 26 January 2011
Darwin Deez has put together a mixtape using only samples from ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’. Because, um, I don’t know, he just has. Must everything have a reason? Adding vocals and rap stuff to the tape, along side Darwin himself, are Dev Hynes, Das Racist’s Kool AD and Chiddy Bang.
Says Deez: “It’s a high concept mixtape, tailor-made for multi-generational impact, created exclusively from Willy Wonka samples with the songs all derived from/based on the original 1971 score. It’s like [Dangermouse’s] ‘Grey Album’ but with chocolate … Why limit yourself to Willy Wonka samples? Limitations inspire me. Limitations give me the freedom to feel OK about whatever comes out because I can always blame the limitations”.
To get hold of the ‘Wonky Beats’ mixtape, you need to first post a Darwin Deez video to your Facebook page and then email him a screenshot to prove you’ve done it. Full details on all that here.
If that all sounds like a lot of effort, you can sample one track, entitled ‘Where’s The Chocolate’, in MP3 form here.
