Blog: sunday is for sounds

The Bran Flakes are the newest addition to Illegal Art , the only record label with the balls to handle the legalities of Girl Talk and other like minded sample heavy mashup artists. They are pretty irreverent, though not in the way Girl Talk might joyfully desecrate two antithetical musics with one fell swoop. The Bran Flakes find samples that while pretty distant in origin share a similar penchant for zaniness. Zaniness is a tough thing to pull off (just ask the Flaming Lips). You either look like you're trying too hard, [...]

• The Bran Flakes - Jump Up
• The Bran Flakes - Singing Dogs
• The Bran Flakes - Van Pop