Astronautalis Releases A Pay-What-You-Want Mix with DJ Fishr Pryce

Earlier this week, SMU alum Astronautalis and longtime DC9 fave DJ Fishr Pryce joined forces to release a new, pay-what-you-want mixtape called DANCEHALLFLOORSOUND!!! I’d try to explain it, but over on the mix’s download site, Astronautalis describes for us what the tape is:

A mixed tape (in the contemporary sense of the word) of me reshaping
my own strange historical fiction indie rap songs over some of my
favorite pop rap beats, coupled with a few songs you may not have heard,
an op-ed piece, and some freestyles thrown in for kicks, and all mixed
up by my homie DJ Fishr Pryce.
This isn’t irony, this is appreciation, and experimentation. I am
working well out of my comfort zone here, but I am proud of the result.
This may disappoint some people, may anger some others, and hopefully
raise a few eyebrows…enjoy it folks, this is the time in which we live,
and this is exactly who I am.

Pay what you want for this album; all proceeds go to offset some of
the costs of the tour I am about to embark upon supporting Tegan &
Sara in Australia, a financially tricky endeavor …but the opportunity of
a lifetime. Thanks for you support.

Tegan & Sara make a cameo on the disc; so, too, does The Riverboat Gamblers’ Mike Wiebe and Astronautalis’ current collaborator, P.O.S.

For the most part, even if this is “experimentation,” it works greatly–“Mr. Blessington’s Imperialist Plot” rapped over the beat from Kid Cudi’s “Make Her Say,” which itself was a re-appropriation of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face,” alone makes the disc worth its cost–which, again, is whatever you want it to be. Get it here.