to be fair no i havent, I kind of thought that after reading the email back
that I had sent. Im off to find it now.
Have you heard the the 'If I was Prince@ album on rex records i was
referring too. Absolutely abysmal. Nice artwork, Shite album
quoted 230 lines From: StaticBeats <stupidnametaken@yahoo.com>
>From: StaticBeats <stupidnametaken@yahoo.com>
>To: Intolerable Daily Madness <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] Internet Musicians Adopt 'Pet Sounds'
>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:37:14 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Have you had a chance to hear the Pet Sounds album?
>It's far from a re edit or even an attempt. It's much
>more tongue-in-cheek than all that and imo there's
>only really 2 tracks off the whole thing that qualify
>as a proper remix or even listenable (im pretty well
>over the whole squelching noise experiments)
>
>
>Shimone/Justes
>http://www.staticbeats.com
>Electronic Music > Digital Culture
>http://www.jungle-life.com
>San Francisco Society Arts Music Culture Events
>
>--- will terry <autobahn_01@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > dunno if anyone has heard the prince album that was
> > remixed or re made in a
> > similar vein featuring artists like capitol K etc
> > but Im really not sure
> > that this sort of thing even needs to be done. What
> > are we doing by
> > attempting to re edit work of this calibre for a
> > modern ear, music like this
> > doesnt have to be re edited to be made to sound
> > modern, it sounds it anyway,
> > thats why it is still so revered.
> > I dunno, a lot of the more hard edged IDM stuff can
> > take tunes ironicly or
> > however the artist wants to use them but its often
> > done with severity that
> > gives it a bit of honesty.
> > I dunno im starting to waffle but you get the idea.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From
> >
> > : dolmensniper@free.fr
> > >To: "idm@hyperreal.org" <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > >Subject: [idm] Fwd: RHIZOME_RAW: Internet Musicians
> > Adopt 'Pet Sounds'
> > >Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:25:51 +0200
> > >
> > >
> > >(?.?'?(?.?'? `'?.?)`' ?.?)
> > >?.??
> > >( `?.?
> > >`?.? )
> > >?.?)?
> > >(.??
> > >`*.
> > >*.
> > >shooting yourself in the balls is not the way to
> > have a happy life
> > >
> > >http://dolmensniper.motime.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Forwarded message from Greg Smith
> > <greg.smith@utoronto.ca> -----
> > > Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 12:21:51 -0700
> > > From: Greg Smith <greg.smith@utoronto.ca>
> > >Reply-To: Greg Smith <greg.smith@utoronto.ca>
> > > Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Internet Musicians Adopt
> > 'Pet Sounds'
> > > To: list@rhizome.org
> > >
> > >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
> >
>=== message truncated ===
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
>For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org