4/22 SOUNDLESSONS: RadioHead Remix Album Party
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Sat. (April 22nd):SOUNDLESSONS| An Evening of Communication Where Real Music Thrives & Minds Expand |This month @ SOUNDLESSONS this month @ Soundlessons we're celebrating the greatness of radiohead with a listening party of the new cover album "Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads" with a slew of great artists especially SL Family Members Waajeed, Sa-Ra & ?uestlove of the roots. FREE CD's to the early folks this sat. night. Plus we have MC Trek Life stopping by and a few other surprise folks (that are in town for Coachella) so don't miss out on all the fun because SOUNDLESSONS IS ONLY 12 TIMES A YEAR!
Hail to the Thieves! People get confused about cover versions. They are a labor of love, not some sort of disrespectful treatment of the classics. Everyone involved in the Exit Music project love the music of Radiohead Songs with Radio Heads doesn't attempt to replace the originals as definitive versions. Instead, like the Futureheads cover of Kate Bush or the Slits cover of Marvin Gaye, this is an exercise in translating well loved tracks into a different genre. Exit Music also taps into the dance floor potential of Radiohead, long recognized by DJs ranging from Paul Oakenfold to the Scratch Perverts. The band themselves are devotees of both hip-hop and dance music commissioning remixes from respected figures such as Madlib, DJ Shadow and Four Tet. With an increasing number of under the counter remixes beginning to surface, BBE thought it was time to collect together the finest hip-hop and dance cover versions of Radiohead songs. Ranging from gentle acoustic treatments to raw funky versions, BBE have taken the songs of Thom Yorke into realms even he couldn't imagine...
Hail to the Thieves! People get confused about cover versions. They are a labor of love, not some sort of disrespectful treatment of the classics. Everyone involved in the Exit Music project love the music of Radiohead Songs with Radio Heads doesn't attempt to replace the originals as definitive versions. Instead, like the Futureheads cover of Kate Bush or the Slits cover of Marvin Gaye, this is an exercise in translating well loved tracks into a different genre. Exit Music also taps into the dance floor potential of Radiohead, long recognized by DJs ranging from Paul Oakenfold to the Scratch Perverts. The band themselves are devotees of both hip-hop and dance music commissioning remixes from respected figures such as Madlib, DJ Shadow and Four Tet. With an increasing number of under the counter remixes beginning to surface, BBE thought it was time to collect together the finest hip-hop and dance cover versions of Radiohead songs. Ranging from gentle acoustic treatments to raw funky versions, BBE have taken the songs of Thom Yorke into realms even he couldn't imagine...