Justice seamlessly mixed 54 song clips into just 5 minutes for Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show on Friday. It was the third time since their debut-album release in 2007 that the duo contributed to the show’s guest mini-mix feature, which requires each submission to be exactly five-minutes long.

But this one was very different than those of the past. It almost completely eschewed electronic-music tracks in favor of mainly classic rock selections. Other types of unlikely classics were also peppered in, like Doobie Brothers’ “What A Fool Believes,” for example.

Stream or download the mix here:

Alphabetical list of artists included in the mix:
10cc, AC/DC (x2), Billy Squier, Black Sabbath, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Delfonics, DFA 1979, Diamond Nights, Doobie Brothers, Eddy Mitchell, Electric Light Orchestra, Ennio Morricone, Gary Glitter, Hall & Oates, Heart, Isabelle Adjani, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Joe Jackson, Joe Satriani, John Carpenter, Kelis, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin (x2), Mother’s Finest, My Bloody Valentine, Nikka Costa, Paul Williams, Prince, Queen (x2), Rage Against The Machine, Rita Lee, Robbie Dupree, Run DMC, Serge Gainsbourg, Soulwax, Stevie Wonder, Suicide, The Beatles, The Clash, The Flaming Lips, The Rapture, The White Stripes (x2), The Who, Todd Rundgren (x2), Toto, T-Rex (x2), Zapp & Roger

Full track list:

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Crystal Castles’ reps say the band is recording their third album in Warsaw, Poland and that it will be released this summer through Fiction Records. Meanwhile, the duo has just offered this new video for their sophomore-album track “Suffocation,” and the LA band HEALTH has just remixed it.

Crystal Castles – Suffocation (HEALTH Remix)

HEALTH was partly responsible for Crystal Castles’ breakout single, “Crimewave,” back in 2008.

TheMusic.FM sat down last night with Thomas Gold, one of the DJs who is part of the supporting cast of tonight’s second and final Cosmic Opera debut in New York.

Dan Price: Tell me about Cosmic Opera. We are all so curious to experience this event. Do you have a DJ set planned, per se, and how much input did you and the other artists have in terms of how the event works?

Thomas Gold: Actually I did not have that much impact on planning. But as you said, it’s going to be a special show. It’s not just DJs playing one after the other — it’s more like they combine the classic stuff and the artistic stuff with the music. My part is to do an intro. That’s a transition between the artistic performance before my set and I will take over the music from the girl or the dancer. That’s my part. After my set I will pass it on to Axwell who comes on after me.

I prepared a special intro track, which starts with classical orchestral instruments; like strings, and violins and woods. It turns into one of my own tracks, I don’t want to say which one — you’ll have to see. I am very excited too; I never heard this track in this way. It’s funny because I tried to translate one of the lead melodies of the track into a classic melody and you will recognize it. Same goes for the end of my set, I prepared a special track that is unreleased and ends with some orchestra drums.

The whole thing should be a journey. That’s what we talked about when we were planning the event. It will take the audience through a journey through the night by combining these styles.

Read more of the interview after the jump
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The folks at Soul Train have put together this compilation of Whitney Houston performance videos to honor the singer, who died yesterday at the age of 48. It was posted on Soul Train’s site with an obituary by James R. Sanders.

Tonight’s Grammy award show will feature a musical tribute to Houston, featuring Chaka Kahn and Jennifer Hudson.

Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman (Lyrics)

Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Okay (Marvel & Eily's G3 Mix) (Lyrics)

Image by RetroLand U.S.A.

The Young Professionals – DISCO (YUKSEK Remix)

The Young Professionals – DISCO

Photo: Yuksek at Bonheur Binarie by milom