Somebody's Watching Me Swoon

Somebody's Watching Me Swoon (The Chemical Brothers & Boys Noize vs. Mysto & Pizzi)

Somebody's Watching Me Swoon (The Chemical Brothers & Boys Noize vs. Mysto & Pizzi) by DJ Dain

Hip Boy Hop Girl

Hip Boy Hop Girl (Dead Prez vs. The Chemical Brothers & 2manyDJs) [Clean]

Hip Boy Hop Girl (Dead Prez vs. The Chemical Brothers & 2manyDJs) [Clean] by DJ Dain

Ulysses' Shiny Star Guitar

Ulysses' Shiny Star Guitar (Franz Ferdinand vs. Who Da Funk & Jessica Eve vs. The Chemical Brothers & Party Ben)

Ulysses' Shiny Star Guitar (Mash-up) by DJ Dain

Across the Surface of the Universe

Across the Surface of the Universe (The Chemical Brothers vs. The Beatles & Katie Enlow)

Across the Surface of the Universe (The Chemical Brothers vs. The Beatles & Katie Enlow) by DJ Dain

I saw "Across the Universe" a few months back, and I have to say it neither lived up to the hype nor the ferocious disappointment I've encountered from many others about it. It was pretty average overall, and I'm a sucker for stupid puns (e.g., When I'm 64, Max's silver hammer).

Getting Katie Enlow's vocal to match up in terms of pitch was frustrating to say the least. I had to cut out the whole "northing's gonna keep me down" bit because it caused a horrendous key clash. I also realize I may have almost drowned her vocal in reverb, but it didn't feel quite right without it. The Chemical Brother's track called for a big, roomy vocal and that was the only method I could figure out at the time.