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Mon, 16 May 2005 15:43:59 -0400
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Re: [idm] Fwd: RHIZOME_RAW: Internet Musicians Adopt 'Pet Sounds'
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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:
quoted 177 lines (¸.•'´(¸.•'´ `'•.¸)`' •.¸)> > > (¸.•'´(¸.•'´ `'•.¸)`' •.¸) > ¸.•´ > ( `•.¸ > `•.¸ ) > ¸.•)´ > (.•´ > `*. > *. > 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 <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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > + > -> post: list@rhizome.org > -> questions: info@rhizome.org > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support > -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org <http://Rhizome.org> web site is open > to non-members > + > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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