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Interview with The Man Behind Audiobytes for Autobots

jetcomx.com — A new mashup album by Audiobytes for Autobots has taken the internet by storm. Released on May 18th, 2008, the new album entitled simply 2.0 is the brainchild of 21 year old Dashiell Driscoll. Recently, Jetcomx ’s head writer was lucky enough to chat with the man who has opened for artists such as Dead Prez and the RZA.

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  • lpalm10, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5this album is on repeat. i love a good mashup.
  • hollywoodphony, on 06/23/2008, -0/+12Much better than Kid Rock's Sweet Home Alabama/Werewolves of London mash-up.
  • jetcom, on 06/23/2008, -9/+2Definitely gives Girl Talk a run for his money.
    • gabrielbeug, on 06/24/2008, -1/+9You're joking, right?
    • chawkie, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2Yeah I don't know about that. Feed the Animals runs circles around this.
    • HappyScrappy, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Enough with this spamming and now commenting to plug your own stuff.
    • BetterOffEd, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1I really hope you're high right now.
  • rjc5056, on 06/23/2008, -0/+11As ridiculous as the album names sound, if you can find and torrent the "Best of Bootie" 2005, 2006, and 2007 albums, you will be treated to a compilation of some of the best mash-ups to ever grace your ears. Just trust me and go out on a limb with these.
  • littlechina888, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5doors meets radiohead... so good!
  • VidDigger, on 06/24/2008, -1/+9Wow- a top Digg user playing at Coachella 09? If Dorritos girl can get time at the super bowl, we can make this happen!
  • fudged71, on 06/24/2008, -1/+7AAAAAAH... _FINALLY_ the face of badwithcomputer :D
    gratz on the interview. Love the music
  • fudged71, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5The wiki idea is a good one... it's always good to know the bits and pieces in a compilation.
    But your skill shouldn't be costing you more than you make. The website could use some work, and I think you should definitely have a donation option; either a simple paypal, or a cheeky "buy me a beer" :)
    Always great to see a digger with skills.
    What program are you at in school?
    • badwithcomputer, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4I thought about a donations option, but just don't know the legal ramifications of profiting off of something like this. Thanks for taking the time to check it out and show enthusiasm! I'm a media studies major.
      • fudged71, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1understandable. well... keep it up. great music
  • louiebaur, on 06/24/2008, -2/+2Good stuff!
    • palmer, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1Now you're blocked, spammer.

      Congratulations.
  • Loky, on 06/24/2008, -2/+1Neat article.
  • mejaredme, on 06/24/2008, -3/+6Good stuff.
    • palmer, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2Oh look, spam comments.

      Pathetic. Look at this row of crap.
  • Diata, on 06/24/2008, -9/+2girltalks ***** like girls talk *****, autobots baby
    • badwithcomputer, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4had to read it 3 times before i could decide if this was a compliment. thanks! ...i think.
  • industryfinest, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2Loving it!!!
  • 4dna, on 06/24/2008, -4/+2bwc ftw
  • mghwom1, on 06/24/2008, -6/+221 years old?! Insane.
  • tkeeley, on 06/24/2008, -4/+2crazy
  • AKskywalker, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Please make that song wiki and post a link! I'd love to see what tracks you're using
  • Morshade, on 06/24/2008, -3/+1Wow... Nuke
  • Surferess, on 06/24/2008, -2/+4FTA "Boni: What exactly is the legality of sampling all of these artists’ work? I’m assuming you didn’t ask each one for permission.
    Dashiell: Yeah I have no idea, to be honest. I know I’m not making any money but it’s probably some gray area."

    Gee, you would think this would be kind of important.

    • verevi, on 06/24/2008, -1/+9It shouldn't be in a creative and interesting society.
  • sanctify99, on 06/24/2008, -7/+3car stereo wars > girl talk > audiobytes
    • fudged71, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1I had to check for a second to see if you were that PS3 fanboy !
      your symbols are the wrong way around
  • HandsomeRuss, on 06/24/2008, -3/+1ot ftw
  • tientruong, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1I thought this had something to do with the transformers movie.

    but cool nonetheless
  • inhaler, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4When I started reading the article, I knew the name sounded familiar. Dashiell Driscoll is also the founder of the masculinist coalition at Pitzer.

    We've seen that group pop up a few times previously on digg. I'm surprised he doesn't mention it in the article.

    http://masculinists.org/updates/030708.html
    • badwithcomputer, on 06/24/2008, -0/+8a lot of people at pitzer accused me of using the masculinist co. to somehow further my whole audiobytes project and i didn't want to prove them right. didn't seem totally relevant, but thanks for remembering! we'll be back in a big way in september.
      • fusen, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1haha, had no idea you were the same person, when I read Pitzer in the interview my first thought was "weird, that's where that masculine setup was from, odd to have two big digg things out of such a small place" :P
  • YURGAY, on 06/24/2008, -5/+1i bet he plays CRYSIS!
  • threefiveo125go, on 06/24/2008, -2/+2Gregg Gillis is the master of his craft, no one can touch him. Much more respect for someone who quits their day job as an engineer to pursue music. I gave audiobytes a few good listens and the mix is very choppy. He tends to mix tracks without considering pitch. Too much repetition in his beats too.
    • rocketoner, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Why say Gregg Gillis, and not just simply Girl Talk? Don't be 'that guy'.
  • justice7, on 06/24/2008, -3/+4let me be the first to say

    what the *****?
  • allisonaxe, on 06/24/2008, -6/+1Audiobytes for autobots isn't the best mashup project out there. there's only a few songs in the list that mix well... i will admit that I particularly like the 143 chp which mixes the jackson 5's "ABC" with NWA's "***** da Police," but most of the other tracks sort of fail.

    you want better mashups, try out Q-unit http://www.coletrain.org/qunit/ (which is a mashup album of Queen and 50-cent) or RIAA's "Sounds for the Space Set" http://www.m-1.us/spaceset.html which mashes tons of random junk together for a very trippy retro-future sound.
    • allisonaxe, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1why am i getting buried, exactly?
  • Scottievm, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3143 chp is so good.
  • Ugoff, on 06/24/2008, -3/+3Isn't this guy a goon? I guess finally a story about goons that doesn't involve murders.
    • badwithcomputer, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4this guy most certainly is not. no somethingawful account. no time ever spent on 4chan. seriously. not that there's anything wrong with that...
  • ghuytro, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1FNM vs. Queen vs. AC/DC!!!

    Too good!!
  • ismschisms, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3I can appreciate the creativity used to make his music, but I've got to ask, is this guy ***** tone deaf? It's called a key, Mr Bot. Pick one.
  • jayscot, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3It's Ross...working on his "Sound".

  • leerayIG88, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Autobots Roll OUT!
  • FDisk, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2Track 11 FTW !!!
  • ikedajd, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis) is a much better mash-up artist...not saying Audiobytes for Autobots 2.0 isn't good...just not as good as Girl Talk's latest CD "Feed the Animals"...
  • t0sh, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0Certainly a lot tighter than his last album. I'm not normally one to slam people's efforts, but the last one was a mess apart from the NWA track - I can understand errors when you are doing this live, but not when you have all the time in the world to play around with it on a laptop. He still needs to learn not to try to fit 15 samples in each track though.

    However, I particularly enjoyed track 4, which was quite cleverly put together.
  • neonlimbs, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1No, this is one of the worst mash-up artists I have ever heard. Girl talk walks all over this guy. If you want good indie VS main stream hip hop mash ups go to www.thehoodinternet.com
  • blogosphear, on 06/24/2008, -2/+0WWW.WORSHIPLUDACHRIST.COM

  • oishiitoriniku, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Is everyone in agreement that mashups are awesome? I tend to not like them.

    It seems like many are put together by people with no knowledge of musical theory.
    • kwirk, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Mashups are all right, they're just a little played out at this point. They were better 4 or 5 years ago when they were new and exciting. Now the whole mashup genre is rife with chiche.
      • oishiitoriniku, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1The other thing that gets me is that these people are referred to as artists. It seems like anybody with the technical know-how could make these. Is everyone an artist these days?
  • Tickitata, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Anyone hear E-603?

    My favorite mash-up artist around. Audiobytes for Audiobots is still pretty fun, though
  • palmer, on 06/24/2008, -2/+2"who has opened for artists such as Dead Prez and the RZA"

    Wow, what world-beating credentials.
  • BetterOffEd, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1In general, the comments here are *****' terrible....


    "Love it!"

    "Good stuff."

    "Great songs!"

    "Neat article."

    Wow...

  • OtterStratton, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2Try Milkman:

    http://www.milkmanmusic.net/

    Better than Audiobytes IMO
  • HanSolo69, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Are all of his answers in this interview exactly the same, kind of like every how every song on his album sounds exactly the same, poor production values included?
  • omgdspmpg, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3mashups are soo 2002
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