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Breakbeat hardcore and Robocop. Two things that shouldn’t be relevant in the year 2009 (and probably show that I’m getting old!). Hey, who cares… I love this tune!

Whether you appreciate this or not will depend on your taste in music. But if you are partial to some hard drum and bass you might like this track from Mistabishi of Hospital Records called Printer Jam.

It is a track built around the sound of an ink jet printer and, somewhat bizarrely, it works!

You’ll either love it or hate it! Try unpluggin’ it and pluggin’ it in again!

Incidentally if you prefer your drum and bass a little more melodic search out All Hell Is Breaking Loose by London Elektricity which is also available on Hospital Records.

When I first posted about Radio 1’s Big Gaming Weekend last bank holiday I admit I was a little cynical about the whole thing. But I am pleased to be completely wrong! It wasn’t too bad at all.

Call of Duty 4 won the best game of all time poll and Final Fantasy VII (my own choice!) came in at a very respectable third place.

The best part of the entire weekend was hidden right at the end of bank holiday monday and was a two hour gaming soundtrack mash-up mix by Jaguar Skills.

Featuring hip hop remixed as chiptunes, adverts from the Grand Theft Auto radio stations, Pacman, Mario, Outrun and Street Fighter 2 mash-ups AND even the Ulysses 31 theme!

Fortunately, if you missed it live you can still listen to the mix on the BBC website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/biggamesweekend/feature/jaguarskills.shtml. The full tracklisting is also on the same page.

(If you want an mp3 version of the mix, there are a few copies floating around on rapidshare. Google it!)