Mashups, or bastard pop
Related: Soulwax - bastard - pop music
As heard on radio Soulwax (2002) - Various Artists [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]
The mashup movement gained momentum in 2002 with the release of seminal landmark the 2 Many DJs album, by Soulwax's Dewaele brothers (As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2), which combined 45 different tracks in a frenzied vindication of the "pop will eat itself" prophesy. [Aug 2006]
Definition
Mashup, or bastard pop, is a musical genre which, in its purest form, consists of the combination (usually by digital means) of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. Typically, the music and vocals belong to completely different genres. At their best, bastard pop songs strive for musical epiphanies that add up to considerably more than the sum of their parts. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28music%29 [Aug 2006]