Kevin Bronson on April 11th, 2012

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NYC’s Dancefloor Diplomacy is a 20-person collective that has introduced itself as “collage music.” The band’s 9-minute composition “We Are Ready,” recorded live, “quotes” 38 different songs. (But it is not a mash-up, a distinction discussed quite nicely here.) In tandem with Theo Anthony’s video, “We Are Ready” could easily spark a larger discussion about how we are living in the age of collage (the mash-up being a cultural lowest common denominator). This is the best nine minutes you’ll spend all day.

After the jump, a listing of all 38 songs “quoted” in the song:

20 musicians. 38 songs quoted. All live / No samples. Includes:

Aphex Twin “Jynweythek Ylow” ”¢ Blur “Song 2” ”¢ Britney Spears “Toxic” ”¢ Broken Social Scene “Pacific Theme” ”¢ Claude Debussy “Clair de Lune” ”¢ Deerhunter “Desire Lines” ”¢ DMX “What’s My Name” ”¢ Dr. Dre “Kush” & “What’s the Difference” ”¢ DJ Shadow “Building Steam With a Grain of Salt” ”¢ Fabolous “Breathe” ”¢ Flying Lotus “Massage Situation” ”¢ Franz Schubert “Der Doppelganger” ”¢ Fugees “Ready or Not” ”¢ Girl Talk “Hold Up” ”¢ Holy Other “Touch” ”¢ Hot Chip “Ready for the Floor” ”¢ Joanna Newsom “Peach Plum Pear” ”¢ Julee Cruise “Falling” ”¢ King Harvest “Dancing in the Moonlight” ”¢ Lady GaGa “Telephone” ”¢ Lee Erwin “Thief of Baghdad” ”¢ Ludacris “Move” ”¢ Massive Attack “Teardrop” ”¢ Mount Kimbie “Maybes” ”¢ Nas “Represent” ”¢ Otis Redding “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” ”¢ P. Diddy “Bad Boys For Life” ”¢ Ratatat “Seventeen Years” ”¢ RJD2 “1976” ”¢ The Bloody Beetroots “Butter” ”¢ TV on the Radio “Staring at the Sun (EP Version)” ”¢ White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” ”¢ 光田康典 “Wind Scene”