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.
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>Subject: [idm] Fwd: RHIZOME_RAW: Internet Musicians Adopt 'Pet Sounds'
>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:25:51 +0200
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>----- 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
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>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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>
>DISCLAIMER
>
>Here are some things that need to be said:
>
>Pet sounds is an album that everyone should own, study, cherish, and
>enjoy. Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds is an open-ended experiment
>conducted out of reverence, curiosity, and aware of the sobering fact
>that you can't improve upon perfection.
>
>Despite the fact that the release is named Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds,
>Hippocamp does not endorse the creation or distribution of this work.
>At no time was hippocamp.net involved with distributing this material
>to the public. Hippocamp's involvement has been explicitly limited to
>providing a forum where the artists could plan the project before its
>completion and where fans could discuss the values and cultural
>ramifications of such a piece of art.
>
>As the project tended towards completion we began to contemplate the
>merit of the art we were making and what it meant to the artists
>involved. It became apparent that the values of such a project were
>greater than we had anticipated. We believe the recognition of these
>ideas reinforces the project's merit as a piece of critical commentary
>to be freely disseminated and discussed. Here are some of the key
>concepts regarding Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds:
>
>- The songs that form Pet Sounds are timeless and as relevant today as
>they ever were.
>- Recontextualizing the sounds, lyrics, and feelings of the original
>work can transform the listening experience entirely.
>- Anything we meager bedroom artists shall ever hope to accomplish
>will never hold a torch to the masterpiece that is the original Pet
>Sounds.
>- We hope that any fans of the Beach Boys with no previous electronic
>music listening experience may discover an appreciation for the stuff
>and vice versa.
>- We relish the opportunity to increase public awareness about the
>original Pet Sounds and perhaps increase album sales as a result.
>- The recognizable elements of Pet Sounds are still beautiful when
>presented in a drastically altered form.
>- Perhaps this demonstrates in an exagerated way how pervasive the
>influence of classics such as Pet Sounds may be.
>
>Support Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys! Buy an album! See a live
>show! Great music never dies.
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