Panush's Picks and Pans: Mark Ronson

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mark Ronson - God of Awesome

For his latest album, Record Collection, London Superproducer Mark Ronson goes for a more 80s synth-pop feel. No matter that he's made his reputation on funk and soul hip-hop numbers, whatever he does works. Apparently, Ronson wanted to be so authentic to the 80s sound that he went out and procured the actual synths that Duran Duran used. Even the album cover (above) has an 80s theme, deftly mixing the themes of 80s album artwork together.

Bang Bang Bang is eminently danceable and features one of the all-time great MCs, Q-Tip the Abstract. The Bike Song is good fun and Someone To Love Me features Boy George. Though the original for Someone To Love Me is good, the remixes are even better.

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brotherjonApril 23, 2011 at 2:11 PM
I found "oh my god" w/Lily Allen on the youtube page.. that's pretty good, too!
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mark Ronson - God of Awesome

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