the sloop john beat track recieved better remix treatment by culture crusher
on the noodles discoteque album (forgot which volume it's on)
- xenlab
On 5/16/05, dolmensniper@free.fr <dolmensniper@free.fr> wrote:
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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
>
> 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 <http://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 <http://HIPPOCAMP.NET>
> Net label Hippocamp.net <http://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 <http://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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