Music Review – ‘Ultra396’ We Used to Be Intergalactic (Dandy Warhols vs Beastie Boys) – 4 Stars
Recently, artists like Girl Talk have attempted to convince people that the goal of a mash-up is to fit as many songs into the timeframe as possible. Ultra396, on the other hand, follows the more original definition. We Used to Be Intergalactic is an effort to seamlessly combine two distinct pieces of music to create a separate third work. And he’s done it better than just about all the mash-ups around now. There’s some fantastic alternating between having Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s lyrics smoothly covering the Beastie Boys heavy beats, and the Boys rapping fitted perfectly over Holmström’s guitar and McCabe’s keyboard.
