Joyce placed Derek Trucks (dobro/electric guitar) in a lively sounding bathroom hallway, close micвЂ™d with a Royer 121 for warmth along with a distantly positioned Neumann SM-69 stereo tube mic to capture the bright, reflective nature of the hallway. I talked with producer Jay Joyce, who tracked/engineered the record along with engineer Jason Hall, to hear more about how they did it. Live-tracking an entire band certainly has itвЂ™s challenges, as musicians risk overplaying, and technically, a good sound may be hard to achieve with bleed everywhere. ItвЂ™s a masterclass in balance, all-the-more impressive given it was live-tracked in the same acoustic space, with only a couple of solo overdubs. Sped up to match the beats of Paradise City it sounds like the chords are meant for Mini Micheal and co.The combination of great musical performances and wonderful transient, rhythmic and tonal sonic qualities are why this mix is one of my top go-to reference mixes when evaluating the acoustical properties of a playback medium or listening space. You will never ever look at A,B,C the same way again after hearing this version, in fact the Jackson 5's original sound dull in comparison. The Rebel DJ's mix takes the catchy tune of Elastica's Connection and throws Beth Ditto's vocals on top, and we like the results.Дivide and Create: Illiterate City (Guns and Roses vs Jackson 5) I love The Gossip's Standing in the Way of Control, no matter how many times, or how many versions of the song I hear, I can't get enough. Rebel DJs: Standing in the way of a Connection (The Gossip Vs Elastica) Oddly though they sound like they were meant to be combined and now whenever I hear the intro to When the Sun Goes Down and it doesn' launch into the Killers I'm a little disappointed. One is about prostitues sung by a bunch of northern lads, the other is a song about men looking like ladies sang by flamboyant Americans. When the Sun Goes Down and Somebody Told me shouldn't be songs that compliment each other. S cumbody Told Me: Arctic Monkeys' Vs Killers' When Norman Cook's electronic band took on SOS' Just be Good to Me by covering the track, they quite brilliantly threw, The Clash's Guns of Brixton into the song and came up with possibly the best mash up of all time. Back in the day before downloading made mash-ups and bootlegs popular, this track was ripping up dancefloors. The classic mash-up and it still remains to be one of the best. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is said to be a fan, and if it's good enough for him, it's definately good enough for us. One of the better known mash-ups this has had received worldwide attention. This challenged the usual mashup make up by mashing four songs instead of traditional two taking elements of Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Oasis' Wonderwall, Travis' Writing to Reach You and Eminem's Sing for the Moment. It's a great take on a dancefloor classic. The rocky rifts of Veruca Salt's Seether compliment the catchiness of Don't Cha. This track is the rock makeover the Pussycat Dolls have always needed. The San Francisco DJ, is responible for some of the better mash ups on the web, this one being the best of all. Party Ben: Dontcha wish Your Seether was a Freak Like Me (Pussycat Dolls vs Veruca Salt) Don't believe us? check it out, we guarantee you'll be hooked.

There's no denying that Bootylicious was a blinder of a track on it's own, but take away the music and replace it with Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and it only gets better. This one comes courtesy of The Freelance Hellraiser who is one of the most respected creators of the UK bootleg scene. Patrick Stump's lushcious vocal's mixed with GCH's Travis' rapping abilities make for a hell of a track.ДЇreelance Hellraiser: Smells Like Teen Booty (Nirvana Vs Taking it's chorus from Gym Class Heroes' Make Out Club and jamming it with the music and chorus of Fall Out Boy's Grand Theft Autumn, this track is pure genius. Who exactly is responsible for this we're not quite sure but it's being doing the rounds online for a while now. Gym Class Heroes Mash Up feat Fall Out Boy We've searched around for the best 10 that you have to introduce your ipod to immediately. However the times that they do work they show songs in a new light, and in some cases surpass the originals.

Sometimes, in fact scrap that most of the time when someone attempts to mash up two tracks the result is a disaster. Mash-up tracks are just what you need to brighten up an otherwise dull track.

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