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Bob Cronin, better known by the stage name dj BC, is an American disc jockey and Mashup record producer.
BC's work has been heard from the radio stations in Boston and New York City to stations in Paris and Athens. For several years he co-hosted a mash-up night in Boston, known as Mash Ave, with a fellow mash-up artist known as Lenlow. He now serves as a resident DJ at the mash-up night Bootie in Boston.
dj BC received both acclaim and controversy after his release of the self-made album Let it Beast, by The Beastles, a mash up of music from The Beatles and the Beastie Boys. The music has since been removed, most likely at the request of Apple Records, the owner of all Beatles intellectual property, including their songs. As a result of the Beastles release, the Boston Phoenix marked him as Boston's Best Lawbreaker,[1] the Detroit Metro Times marked his CD one of the best of 2004,[2] and he was featured in Newsweek,[3] and Rolling Stone.[4] Some tracks from the first Beastles album, along with other dj BC mashups and Beastie Boys bootlegs, were included on a rare 2-Part limited vinyl release by the Japanese record label Hotshot Records.
dj BC's followup project was Glassbreaks, a ten-song album combining the music of Philip Glass with additional beats, production, and raps from such artists as The Fugees, Lil' John, Q-Tip and Kanye West. Glassbreaks is also no longer available, likely due to copyright issues.
On the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, dj BC released Wu Orleans, an album combining the music of New Orleans with the music of Wu-Tang Clan. The album was named a top download in Spin magazine, and was later released on vinyl.
dj BC released an official remix album for the band Big D and the Kids Table in Spring 2008 with the album title Strictly Mixed and Mashed, and he appeared on the band's 2009 record Fluent In Stroll as well as their Wicked Hardcore Christmas EP. The video for dj BC's production Wicked Hip-Hop Christmas, with rapper Black ELement, has circulated widely online.
BC has also remixed songs for official releases by bands such as Heaven 17, Sonic Boom Six and The A.K.A.'s. He was named Outstanding DJ/Dance Act of 2007 in the Boston Music Awards.
References
- ^ Best lawbreaker, Boston Phoenix
- ^ Best (and worst) music of 2004, Metro Times
- ^ Time for your mash-up?, Newsweek, 2006-03-06, p. 61
- ^ DJ BC Presents the Beastles, Rolling Stone
- "A little bit of this, a little bit of that" in the Boston Globe
- "This Just In" in the Boston Phoenix
- "Everybody's Talking About Wu Orleans" in Spin (magazine)
- "Hip-hop Christmas rap is unexpected web hit" in Telegraph UK