These guys are getting a lot of love in the blogosphere for a good reason.

Their mashups are party-ready.

Their website is Web 2.0 friendly.

Mostly, they pitch up hip-hop acapellas and put them over house music. Think MIMS over Phonat.

If you check out their earlier stuff, you’ll see how much these guys have developed in a relatively short time span.

The White Panda – Sweetest Fascination

The White Panda – What Lonely Girls Do

The White Panda – Stand Up Like a Pimp

The White Panda – Eminem Front

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Darwin Deez – Radar Detector (Xaphoon Jones Remix)

X & Hell - My FKN Hat

via Gray’s Anatomy

First, we start with an acapella.

Acapellas are either given to a producer privately so that he can create a remix, or they are bundled with the single. We don’t care about either of these option, because we’re cheap and lazy. We’re nabbing an acapella from the sewers of private forums, torrents, Rapidshare, and their ilk. We’re going to pick an acapella that was released by the studio, rather than a low quality DIY acapella. Let’s go for something uptempo – something around 130 bpm -- since this will make it easier to mix into a set.

Three 6 Mafia – Stay Fly (Acapella)

Then we locate an instrumental.

I’ve chosen this remix by Super MilkMen for its dirty bassline, big builds and drops, and weird effects.

Really you just have to play the acapella over a bunch of different songs and see what feels right.

Killa Kela - Built Like An Amplifier (Super Milkmen Remix)

Finally, we mix them together.

Use your favorite DJ software and voila!

I didn’t mess around with the song structures of either songs. I cued them together so they would be in sync and just played the acapella over the instrumental.

The Worst Beatle - Stay High Like An Amplifier

Sometimes you just have to play loud. It’s called an amplifier for a fucking reason. The crowd shouldn’t be able to hear themselves scream, the people who were trying to dance are now standing in awe.

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Sigur Rós - Í gær

Muse – Stockholm Syndrome

“Damn good indie rock is hard to come by.” – The Worst Beatle

Calexico - Not Even Stevie Nicks ...

Grizzly Bear - All We Ask

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Genre Blender is like a random playlist from my music collection, only a little more handpicked.

In this mix, we have jazz, riddim, electro hop mashup, a 1920s recording of Chopin, Sinatra, and another old recording: this time, of a famous opera aria.

Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings (From Trio ‘65)

Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen – Selfish Gene

A-Trak - Throw Some D's In Your Life

Say Anything - I Got Your Money

Chopin - Ballade no. 4 in F Minor op. 52 (Alfred Cortot)

Frank Sinatra - Nothing But The Best

Puccini – Turandot: Nessun Dorma (Jussi Björling)

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Van Morrison – The Way Young Lovers Do

Rubén González – La Lluvia