Yesterday we heard about the collaborations project presented to us by our friends in Dead As Digital, Stadium And Shrines and The Road Goes Ever On; featuring up-and-coming artists based all around the globe whom by sending each other tracks back and forth, has managed to create some truly stunning soundscapes together. The idea came to life when they noticed an steadily increasing number of collaborations going on between artists, and already with a few in mind for the project, they decided to capture the movement by asking a selection of these artists to do collabs for the cassette + digital release:
The task ranged in difficulty for each selected pair. For example, Edmonton, Canada’s Kumon Plaza and Los Angeles’ Rachel Levy, who had already collaborated on an albums worth of songs. For others it was a whole new enterprise. New York’s Holy Spirits and Massachusetts’ Gem Club had a mutual respect for each other, but had never collaborated on anything together, or even talked about it. But slowly the artists started pairing off. From Manchester, England to Texas (Star Slinger and Pandit), Sydney, Australia to South Carolina (Guerre and Top Girls) and Laguna Beach to the UK (Pepepiano and Warm Waves) they found each other. Musicians sent tracks via file sharing services and e-mailed in abundance, sharing ideas and building something out of nothing. Distances it would have taken months to travel just 100 years ago proved to be no barrier as the “send” button quelled the significant distance.
The result is a splendid, sweet mix of everything from instrumental hip-hop and dreamy lo-fi to electronic pop and fuzzy rock — all put into one melting pot. And still, the result is pure gold.
The digital release is due to October 1st for free downloading, but you can also order the tape from www.weget.by, with a digital download included already a full week before the release.
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