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{{Short description|British musician and DJ}}
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'''Osymyso''' (real name '''Mark Nicholson''') is a musician and DJ from the United Kingdom who specialises in the genres of [[mashup (music)|mashup]] / bastard pop and [[breakbeat]]. He has been making music since 1994 and released his first album, ''[[Welcome to the Pailindrome]]'', in 1999. Songs which he has created include "Pat n Peg", which turns an argument between two [[EastEnders]] characters into a track through the looping of the shouts ''You bitch!'' and ''You cow!'' and the addition of a hip hop beat<!-- italics to distinguish song names and quotes -->, and "Intro-Inspection". In a 2002 front page survey of the genre, [[The New York Times]] remarked on "Intro-Inspection" and called Osymyso "one of the most popular bootleg artists".
'''Osymyso''' (real name '''Mark Nicholson''') is a musician and DJ from the United Kingdom who specialises in the genres of [[mashup (music)|mashup]] / bastard pop and [[breakbeat]]. He has been making music since 1994 and released his first album, ''[[Welcome to the Pailindrome]]'', in 1999. Songs which he has created include "Pat n Peg", which turns an argument between two [[EastEnders]] characters into a track through the looping of the shouts ''You bitch!'' and ''You cow!'' and the addition of a hip hop beat<!-- italics to distinguish song names and quotes -->, and "Intro-Inspection". In a 2002 front page survey of the genre, ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarked on "Intro-Inspection" and called Osymyso "one of the most popular bootleg artists".


==Career==
==Career==
Osymyso uses [[Cubase]] and [[Wavelab]] on a [[Personal computer|PC]] to make music. In interviews, Osymyso has indicated that it takes him a week to make a track that contains no samples, but that he can compose a bootleg track in a matter of hours.
Osymyso uses [[Cubase]] and [[WaveLab]] on a [[Personal computer|PC]] to make music. In interviews, Osymyso has indicated that it takes him a week to make a track that contains no samples, but that he can compose a bootleg track in a matter of hours.


In 2005, Osymyso set himself the task of releasing one short track every week for 50 weeks, a project he called 05ymy50. However, progress was slower than hoped, and by year's end only 15 tracks had been completed. Despite this, Osymyso felt the project was at least a partial success: some of the tracks have been released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]] by [[Juno Records]], and Osymyso has indicated that he may eventually finish the project.
In 2005, Osymyso set himself the task of releasing one short track every week for 50 weeks, a project he called 05ymy50. However, progress was slower than hoped, and by year's end only 15 tracks had been completed. Despite this, Osymyso felt the project was at least a partial success: some of the tracks have been released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]] by [[Juno Records]], and Osymyso has indicated that he may eventually finish the project.


He provided a track called "Spaced Jam" for the 2004 reissue of the complete ''[[Spaced]]'' TV series with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, which samples dialogue from the show over a dance beat. He also produced the soundtrack album for the pair's 2004 film ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', and was responsible for a track on the 2007 soundtrack to ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Osymyso also provided seven "trailer remixes" for Edgar Wright's movie [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]].<ref>[http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28343 New Scott Pilgrim Remix: Now Cool +10]</ref> Pegg also contributed percussion parts for the 05ymy50 project.
He provided a track called "Spaced Jam" for the 2004 reissue of the complete ''[[Spaced]]'' TV series with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, which samples dialogue from the show over a dance beat. He also produced the soundtrack album for the pair's 2004 film ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', and was responsible for a track on the 2007 soundtrack to ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Osymyso also provided seven "trailer remixes" for Edgar Wright's movie [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28343|title=New Scott Pilgrim Remix: Now Cool +10|website=Empireonline.com|accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> Pegg also contributed percussion parts for the 05ymy50 project.


Osymyso has remixed Chris Morris' [[George W. Bush]] cut-up "Bushwacked 2" and Morris' short film [[My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117]], which is available on the DVD release.
Osymyso has remixed Chris Morris' [[George W. Bush]] cut-up "Bushwacked 2" and Morris' short film ''[[My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117]]'', which is available on the DVD release.


He most notably created a "Birthday Mix" of Placebo's hit "[[Twenty Years (song)|Twenty Years]]" appears on the CD format of the single. 2009 saw Osymyso produce a 60-minute remix for Warp Records for their 20th Anniversary box set.
He most notably created a "Birthday Mix" of Placebo's hit "[[Twenty Years (song)|Twenty Years]]" appears on the CD format of the single. 2009 saw Osymyso produce a 60-minute remix for Warp Records for their 20th Anniversary box set.
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"'''Intro-Inspection'''" is a [[mashup (music)|bastard pop]] song by Osymyso. It sets itself apart from other songs of its genre by putting together the intros to one hundred different, well-known songs—all by different artists—into a twelve-minute long song.
"'''Intro-Inspection'''" is a [[mashup (music)|bastard pop]] song by Osymyso. It sets itself apart from other songs of its genre by putting together the intros to one hundred different, well-known songs—all by different artists—into a twelve-minute long song.


"Intro-Inspection" was never officially released, although there was a very limited number of CDs and vinyl copies printed. It therefore never entered any official charts.
"Intro-Inspection" was never officially released, although there was a very limited number of CDs and vinyl copies printed. It therefore never entered any official chart.


=== List of samples used for Intro-Inspection ===
=== List of samples used for Intro-Inspection ===
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<!-- 001 --># "[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]]
<!-- 001 --># "[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]]
<!-- 002 --># "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]" – [[The Troggs]]
<!-- 002 --># "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]" – [[The Troggs]]
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<!-- 012 --># "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
<!-- 012 --># "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
<!-- 013 --># "[[Drinking in L.A.]]" – [[Bran Van 3000]]
<!-- 013 --># "[[Drinking in L.A.]]" – [[Bran Van 3000]]
<!-- 014 --># "[[99 Luftballons]]" – [[Nena]]
<!-- 014 --># "[[99 Luftballons]]" – [[Nena (band)|Nena]]
<!-- 015 --># "[[The Love Cats (song)|The Lovecats]]" – [[The Cure]]
<!-- 015 --># "[[The Love Cats (song)|The Lovecats]]" – [[The Cure]]
<!-- 016 --># "[[...Baby One More Time]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
<!-- 016 --># "[[...Baby One More Time]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
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<!-- 021 --># "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash]]
<!-- 021 --># "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash]]
<!-- 022 --># "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
<!-- 022 --># "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
<!-- 023 --># "[[Pure Shores]]" – [[All Saints (band)|All Saints]]
<!-- 023 --># "[[Pure Shores]]" – [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]]
<!-- 024 --># "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]
<!-- 024 --># "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]
<!-- 025 --># "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" – [[Flying Pickets]]
<!-- 025 --># "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" – [[Flying Pickets]]
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<!-- 037 --># "[[I Will Survive]]" – [[Gloria Gaynor]]
<!-- 037 --># "[[I Will Survive]]" – [[Gloria Gaynor]]
<!-- 038 --># "[[Theme from Shaft]]" – [[Isaac Hayes]]
<!-- 038 --># "[[Theme from Shaft]]" – [[Isaac Hayes]]
<!-- 039 --># "[[The Pink Panther (album)|The Pink Panther Theme]]" – [[Henry Mancini]]
<!-- 039 --># "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]" – [[Henry Mancini]]
<!-- 040 --># "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
<!-- 040 --># "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
<!-- 041 --># "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" – [[Deee-Lite]]
<!-- 041 --># "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" – [[Deee-Lite]]
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<!-- 043 --># "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" – [[Yello]]
<!-- 043 --># "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" – [[Yello]]
<!-- 044 --># "[[Song 2]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
<!-- 044 --># "[[Song 2]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
<!-- 045 --># "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[New Order]]
<!-- 045 --># "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
<!-- 046 --># "[[Baggy Trousers]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
<!-- 046 --># "[[Baggy Trousers]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
<!-- 047 --># "[[You Really Got Me]]" – [[The Kinks]]
<!-- 047 --># "[[You Really Got Me]]" – [[The Kinks]]
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<!-- 057 --># "[[Disco 2000 (song)|Disco 2000]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
<!-- 057 --># "[[Disco 2000 (song)|Disco 2000]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
<!-- 058 --># "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]" – [[Baz Luhrmann]]
<!-- 058 --># "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]" – [[Baz Luhrmann]]
<!-- 059 --># "[[Disco Inferno (The Trammps album)|Disco Inferno]]" – [[The Trammps]]
<!-- 059 --># "[[Disco Inferno]]" – [[The Trammps]]
<!-- 060 --># "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
<!-- 060 --># "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
<!-- 061 --># "[[China in Your Hand]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]
<!-- 061 --># "[[China in Your Hand]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]
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<!-- 082 --># "[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]]
<!-- 082 --># "[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]]
<!-- 083 --># "[[I Just Wanna Make Love to You]]" – [[Etta James]]
<!-- 083 --># "[[I Just Wanna Make Love to You]]" – [[Etta James]]
<!-- 084 --># "[[Lust for Life (song)|Lust for Life]]" – [[Iggy Pop]]
<!-- 084 --># "[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop song)|Lust for Life]]" – [[Iggy Pop]]
<!-- 085 --># "[[My Generation]]" – [[The Who]]
<!-- 085 --># "[[My Generation]]" – [[The Who]]
<!-- 086 --># "[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
<!-- 086 --># "[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
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<!-- 093 --># "[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]" – [[The Hollies]]
<!-- 093 --># "[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]" – [[The Hollies]]
<!-- 094 --># "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" – [[John Lennon]]
<!-- 094 --># "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" – [[John Lennon]]
<!-- 095 --># "[[Little Fluffy Clouds]]" – [[The Orb]]
<!-- 095 --># "[[Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out]]" – [[Freak Power]]
<!-- 096 --># "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
<!-- 096 --># "[[Little Fluffy Clouds]]" – [[The Orb]]
<!-- 097 --># "[[I'm Not in Love]]" – [[10cc]]
<!-- 097 --># "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
<!-- 098 --># "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Heaven 17]]
<!-- 098 --># "[[I'm Not in Love]]" – [[10cc]]
<!-- 099 --># "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Heaven 17]]
<!-- 099 --># "[[My Way (song)|My Way]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
<!-- 100 --># "[[My Way]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
<!-- 100 --># "[[Albatross (composition)|Albatross]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
<!-- 101 --># "[[Albatross (composition)|Albatross]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
<!-- 101 --># "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" – [[The Doors]]
<!-- 102 --># "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" – [[The Doors]]
}}
}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
* Neil Strauss, "Spreading by the Web, Pop's Bootleg Remix", ''New York Times'', 9 May 2002, Pg. A1.
* Neil Strauss, "Spreading by the Web, Pop's Bootleg Remix", ''New York Times'', 9 May 2002, Pg. A1.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{SoundCloud|osymyso|Osymyso}}
* {{SoundCloud}}
* [http://www.b3ta.com/interview/osymyso/ An interview with Osymyso] at [[b3ta]]
* [http://www.b3ta.com/interview/osymyso/ An interview with Osymyso] at [[b3ta]]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Osymyso Profile at] [[Discogs]]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Osymyso Profile at] [[Discogs]]
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 3 January 2025

Osymyso (real name Mark Nicholson) is a musician and DJ from the United Kingdom who specialises in the genres of mashup / bastard pop and breakbeat. He has been making music since 1994 and released his first album, Welcome to the Pailindrome, in 1999. Songs which he has created include "Pat n Peg", which turns an argument between two EastEnders characters into a track through the looping of the shouts You bitch! and You cow! and the addition of a hip hop beat, and "Intro-Inspection". In a 2002 front page survey of the genre, The New York Times remarked on "Intro-Inspection" and called Osymyso "one of the most popular bootleg artists".

Career

[edit]

Osymyso uses Cubase and WaveLab on a PC to make music. In interviews, Osymyso has indicated that it takes him a week to make a track that contains no samples, but that he can compose a bootleg track in a matter of hours.

In 2005, Osymyso set himself the task of releasing one short track every week for 50 weeks, a project he called 05ymy50. However, progress was slower than hoped, and by year's end only 15 tracks had been completed. Despite this, Osymyso felt the project was at least a partial success: some of the tracks have been released on vinyl by Juno Records, and Osymyso has indicated that he may eventually finish the project.

He provided a track called "Spaced Jam" for the 2004 reissue of the complete Spaced TV series with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, which samples dialogue from the show over a dance beat. He also produced the soundtrack album for the pair's 2004 film Shaun of the Dead, and was responsible for a track on the 2007 soundtrack to Hot Fuzz. Osymyso also provided seven "trailer remixes" for Edgar Wright's movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.[1] Pegg also contributed percussion parts for the 05ymy50 project.

Osymyso has remixed Chris Morris' George W. Bush cut-up "Bushwacked 2" and Morris' short film My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, which is available on the DVD release.

He most notably created a "Birthday Mix" of Placebo's hit "Twenty Years" appears on the CD format of the single. 2009 saw Osymyso produce a 60-minute remix for Warp Records for their 20th Anniversary box set.

Osymyso produced a mix for the Mary Ann Hobbs' The Breezeblock BBC Radio One show.

"Intro-Inspection"

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"Intro-Inspection" is a bastard pop song by Osymyso. It sets itself apart from other songs of its genre by putting together the intros to one hundred different, well-known songs—all by different artists—into a twelve-minute long song.

"Intro-Inspection" was never officially released, although there was a very limited number of CDs and vinyl copies printed. It therefore never entered any official chart.

List of samples used for Intro-Inspection

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  1. "Rivers of Babylon" – Boney M
  2. "Wild Thing" – The Troggs
  3. "Hello" – Lionel Richie
  4. "Fairground" – Simply Red
  5. "Hey Jude" – The Beatles
  6. "Vienna" – Ultravox
  7. "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
  8. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" – Bauhaus
  9. "I Get Around" – The Beach Boys
  10. "Tainted Love" – Soft Cell
  11. "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen
  12. "No Woman, No Cry" – Bob Marley
  13. "Hound Dog" – Elvis Presley
  14. "Drinking in L.A." – Bran Van 3000
  15. "99 Luftballons" – Nena
  16. "The Lovecats" – The Cure
  17. "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears
  18. "Walk on the Wild Side" – Lou Reed
  19. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Barry White
  20. "True" – Spandau Ballet
  21. "Leader of the Pack" – The Shangri-Las
  22. "The Message" – Grandmaster Flash
  23. "Wannabe" – Spice Girls
  24. "Pure Shores" – All Saints
  25. "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
  26. "Only You" – Flying Pickets
  27. "Need You Tonight" – INXS
  28. "Come on Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners
  29. "Praise You" – Fatboy Slim
  30. "Down Under" – Men at Work
  31. "Pump up the Volume" – MARRS
  32. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" – Marvin Gaye
  33. "Relax" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  34. "3 a.m. Eternal" – The KLF
  35. "I Should Be So Lucky" – Kylie Minogue
  36. "Don't You Want Me" – The Human League
  37. "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
  38. "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor
  39. "Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes
  40. "The Pink Panther Theme" – Henry Mancini
  41. "Is There Something I Should Know?" – Duran Duran
  42. "Groove Is in the Heart" – Deee-Lite
  43. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – Eurythmics
  44. "Oh Yeah" – Yello
  45. "Song 2" – Blur
  46. "Blue Monday" – New Order
  47. "Baggy Trousers" – Madness
  48. "You Really Got Me" – The Kinks
  49. "Sweet Child o' Mine" – Guns N' Roses
  50. "Wipe Out" – The Surfaris
  51. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" – The Offspring
  52. "Firestarter" – The Prodigy
  53. "Barbie Girl" – Aqua
  54. "I'm a Believer" – The Monkees
  55. "Anarchy in the U.K." – Sex Pistols
  56. "I've Never Been to Me" – Charlene Duncan
  57. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  58. "Disco 2000" – Pulp
  59. "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" – Baz Luhrmann
  60. "Disco Inferno" – The Trammps
  61. "Like a Prayer" – Madonna
  62. "China in Your Hand" – T'Pau
  63. "Just Can't Get Enough" – Depeche Mode
  64. "Music Sounds Better with You" – Stardust
  65. "My Name Is" – Eminem
  66. "Shout" – Lulu
  67. "I Feel for You" – Chaka Khan
  68. "Take a Chance on Me" – ABBA
  69. "The Power of Love" – Huey Lewis and the News
  70. "Killer" – Adamski
  71. "Bad" – Michael Jackson
  72. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" – Eric Idle
  73. "Tom's Diner" – Suzanne Vega
  74. "West End Girls" – Pet Shop Boys
  75. "Oh, Pretty Woman" – Roy Orbison
  76. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – Stevie Wonder
  77. "Let's Dance" – David Bowie
  78. "All Right Now" – Free
  79. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
  80. "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees
  81. "Israelites" – Desmond Dekker
  82. "The Power" – Snap!
  83. "The Safety Dance" – Men Without Hats
  84. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" – Etta James
  85. "Lust for Life" – Iggy Pop
  86. "My Generation" – The Who
  87. "Take My Breath Away" – Berlin
  88. "Red Red Wine" – UB40
  89. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" – Nancy Sinatra
  90. "It's Not Unusual" – Tom Jones
  91. "Johnny B. Goode" – Chuck Berry
  92. "Bring It All Back" – S Club 7
  93. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" – Procol Harum
  94. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" – The Hollies
  95. "Imagine" – John Lennon
  96. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" – Freak Power
  97. "Little Fluffy Clouds" – The Orb
  98. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – Bonnie Tyler
  99. "I'm Not in Love" – 10cc
  100. "Temptation" – Heaven 17
  101. "My Way" – Frank Sinatra
  102. "Albatross" – Fleetwood Mac
  103. "The End" – The Doors

Sources

[edit]
  • Neil Strauss, "Spreading by the Web, Pop's Bootleg Remix", New York Times, 9 May 2002, Pg. A1.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "New Scott Pilgrim Remix: Now Cool +10". Empireonline.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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