The Kleptones, aka Eric Kleptone is a DJ from Brighton in the United Kingdom who has produced several internet-only mashup albums. Typically he mixes rock/R&B; instrumentals with rap and hip-hop vocals. His name is a parody of the famous guitarist, Eric Clapton, and a play on the fact that he is a "klepto of tones" (that is, he "steals" others' music).
His first release was a mix of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the The Flaming Lips with hip...
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The Kleptones, aka Eric Kleptone is a DJ from Brighton in the United Kingdom who has produced several internet-only mashup albums. Typically he mixes rock/R&B; instrumentals with rap and hip-hop vocals. His name is a parody of the famous guitarist, Eric Clapton, and a play on the fact that he is a "klepto of tones" (that is, he "steals" others' music).
His first release was a mix of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the The Flaming Lips with hip-hop/rap vocals and various soundbites from television programs and movies entitled Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots.
A Night at the Hip-Hopera was his break-through and most highly acclaimed album which fused Queen's rock music with rap vocals & many soundbites from movies (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and other sources. On November 8, 2004, Waxy, the main site that hosted A Night at the Hip-Hopera, received a cease & desist notice from the Walt Disney Company (Hollywood Records) for illegal sampling of songs by Queen, similar to the...
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