Inside the 100-Song Festival Mashup: How DJs From Mars Used LALAL.AI to Create an EDM Time Capsule
DJs from Mars just made a mashup with 100 festival anthems of the last two decades. Read how they created it & win 5,000 free minutes in our next giveaway!
What happens when you compress two decades of festival anthems into a single thirteen-minute mashup? DJs From Mars took on this challenge and wove together 100 iconic tracks from the 2000s to the 2020s. The result is more than just a party starter; it’s an audio snapshot of how EDM and festival culture have evolved over twenty years.
This mashup is a proper EDM time capsule, which captures the shifting sounds, moods, and energy that defined generations of festival-goers. It invites listeners to travel back in time while reminding us how music shapes collective memories.
In this article, we’ll dive deeper into the making of that mashup, from the spark of the idea to the technical work behind the scenes.
"It's Not Just a Technical Show-Off" — The Idea of Music as a Story
The motivation behind this ambitious mashup was simple: to tell the story of an era through its music. DJs From Mars wanted to gather festival hits that shaped moods and moments for audiences around the world.
“We wanted to challenge ourselves creating the biggest mashup we ever made! We wanted to use 100 tracks to push the boundaries and show that there are no limits to creativity,” the duo says.
Choosing which songs to include wasn’t just about popularity. The DJs picked tracks for their influence, their vibe, and how instantly recognizable they are to festival fans.
“We chose the tracks with two ideas in mind: they had to represent a specific era of festivals (like the early electro years, the big room age, the brand new techno wave) and they had to be iconic — songs that you recognize at the first note,” DJs from Mars say. “The result of 100 tracks mixed together is really lively, and things happen very quickly, but it's not chaotic: you can still enjoy listening to it and it's not just a technical show off 😄 As per BPM keys, we worked on the edits adapting the different tracks in order to make everything sound like it's all flowing smoothly.”
Some key artists featured include Tiësto, Avicii, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, and Fred Again. Each brought a unique chapter to this story, reflecting how EDM’s sound changed over time.
How LALAL.AI Made the Mashup Possible
A mashup of this scale can’t rely on just the original tracks playing over each other. To blend them cleanly, DJs From Mars needed separate vocal and instrumental stems for each song, a process that used to take weeks of painstaking manual work.
That’s where LALAL.AI came in. The AI-powered stem separation tool allowed them to quickly extract vocals and instrumentals with impressive clarity and speed. Over 100 tracks were processed, turning months of labor into a matter of weeks and even days.
DJs From Mars shared, “[It took us] approximately three weeks for the audio and three weeks for the video (as usual created by Imaginaria)”.
Here’s how it worked, sound-wise:
- Select Vocal and Instrumental stem and upload a track to LALAL.AI.
- Listen to the previews and process the track in full to get separate vocal and instrumental files.
- Use those stems to build seamless transitions and overlays in the mashup.
The difference is clear: the vocals stay crisp, the instrumentals don’t get muddy, and the overall sound stays clean and vibrant.
Let’s see how it works on the example of the Daft Punk song’s vocals, Technologic, used in the mashup:
Here’s the original track:
And here are the isolated vocal track and the way it’s used in the mashup:
Bonus: Join the Summer Mashup Challenge & Win 5,000 Free LALAL.AI Minutes
This project showcases just how technology is shifting the tools available to music creators. With fast, reliable stem separation, producers and DJs can experiment more freely, remix faster, and explore sounds that would be difficult to isolate by hand.
Beyond fun and nostalgia, mashups like this one act like cultural documents as well. They track how festival music has changed, archive these moments and preserve a musical history that might otherwise be lost in isolated tracks.
Inspired by DJs From Mars’ epic mashup, LALAL.AI is inviting music lovers and creators to join the Summer Mashup Challenge this June and July. It’s a chance to put your own spin on the festival season by crafting a mashup of your favorite festival tracks using LALAL.AI’s stem separation tool.
The contest offers exciting prizes for the best creations:
- 1st place: 5,000 minutes of LALAL.AI processing time (Enterprise Pack)
- 2nd place: 3,000 minutes (Premium Pack)
- 3rd to 5th places: 1,000 minutes each
To enter:
- Pick any festival banger.
- Create a mashup or remix using LALAL.AI.
- Submit your track in this form and leave + or any emoji in the comments under the this Instagram post.
This challenge is a perfect way to celebrate the festival season while experimenting with new tools that make remixing faster and more accessible.
Ready to remix the sounds of summer? Head over to our Instagram and get started!
Read also: "We always struggled to find good acapella, but AI changed the game" — Interview with DJs from Mars