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David @ Audiobulb ,
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Sat, 14 May 2005 19:50:27 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: [idm] Pet Sounds Ruined
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any one ever heard of the who boys? f**ked mash up of the who and thee beach boys... http://www.whoboys.com/ r. --- "David @ Audiobulb" <dwnewman@clara.co.uk> wrote:
quoted 122 lines For 3 days you can download the album here ::::> For 3 days you can download the album here :::: > www.autistici.com/petsounds.htm > > PRESS RELEASE > --------------------------- > > Internet Musicians Adopt 'Pet Sounds'. > > A group of internet-based electronic musicians are > celebrating the anniversary of the release of the > classic Beach Boys album 'Pet Sounds' by remixing it > for the 21st Century. The album, titled 'Hippocamp > Ruins Pet Sounds', comes from contributors to > acclaimed net label Hippocamp.net. Each track from > the original album has been reconstructed by a > different artist, creating an album as diverse and > inventive as the original. > > In a project similar to DJ Dangermouse's > controversial 'The Grey Album' (which spliced rapper > Jay-Z's vocals with the music of the Beatles), > 'Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds' takes the original > Beach Boys vocals for each track and creates new > musical landscapes for them. Comprising styles > ranging from electro-pop via glitchcore and ambient > to all-out avant-garde, this release demonstrates > that art cannot be stifled in an era of closely > guarded copyrights and litigious record companies. > > "The idea came from Hippocamp contributor Blue > T-Shirt", explains fellow contributor Martin Bryant > (AKA The Star Fighter Pilot). "We wanted to do > something interesting and new with an album that > regularly tops 'Best album ever' polls. We wanted > people to get a new perspective on a classic. > > "Pet Sounds was originally released on May 16th 1966 > and next year is the 40th anniversary of its > release. It made sense to us to release an > unconventional album at an unconventional time - its > 39th anniversary". > > The album is spreading across the internet via P2P > (peer-to-peer) networks and more information can be > found at the website http://petsounds.a.la > > > Background: > PET SOUNDS > > Critics and fans of popular music have long > identified the 1966 album Pet Sounds as a milestone > of musical achievement. The circumstances that > birthed this masterpiece are well documented - the > turmoil of the Wilsons, within and without > (especially Brian, tormented genius and Pet Sounds > mastermind); the band's disinterest in spearheading > a sophisticated-feeling musical revolution; and > perhaps most significantly, the indelible ripples > cast over the future of pop music as we were to know > it. > > The music-loving public's fascination with Pet > Sounds has increased as its fingerprints continue to > be discovered throughout the outer reaches of the > pop universe. The shadow cast by this monolithic > album looms over the discographies of all but the > most accomplished musicians of history, with the > obvious exception of the Fab Four. Indeed, the > Beatles played a pivotal role in the genesis of Pet > Sounds; Prior to the landmark 1965 Beatles LP Rubber > Soul, an album was generally constructed as a > collection of songs, usually padded with mediocre > b-sides. Legend has it that Brian was caught > off-guard by the completeness and cohesiveness of > Rubber Soul and vowed to best this accomplishment. > The next few years pitted Brian Wilson pitted > against the Beatles (each of which had stopped > touring at this point) in a brief exchange of > attempts to one-up each another, culminating in the > insurmountable achievement that was the Summer of > Love's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and > sending Brian into a downward spiral of depression > and self-abuse in his attempts to best the Beatles' > undeniable masterwork. > > The story doesn't end there. the condensed version > outlines Brian's triumphant return to the top of his > game; his well-received re-creations of Pet Sounds > on tour; and the completion of SMiLE, his "teenage > symphony to God" intended to trump Sgt. Pepper's. > The year is now 2005; the Wilson saga continues to > unfold. Strangely enough, however, the latest > chapter in this story was written not by the man > himself, but a rag-tag group of electronic bedroom > musicians hell-bent on blowing his undisputed > classic apart. Out of respect, of course. Not to > mention that there's something particularly > thrilling about taking a sledgehammer to something > untouchable. > > > HIPPOCAMP.NET > Net label Hippocamp.net has been releasing > experimental, mainly electronic music since 2000. > Based in Manchester, England but releasing music > from all over the world, Hippocamp distributes all > its releases as MP3 downloads free of charge. It has > become a respected site for finding new and unusual > music of the highest quality. 'Hippocamp Ruins Pet > Sounds' is released in the month of the net label's > fifth anniversary. > > > > Resources: > http://www.petsounds.a.la > http://www.hippocamp.net > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sounds > > >
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