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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