Petting sound
Well, now that Girl Talk has opened up the floodgates for wanton, promiscuous and insanely danceable sound collage that samples from all over the pop spectrum, the next logical step is to specialize. Sure enough, someone from Acton, England, going by the name of Bullion Ness has constructed really brilliant jams using snippets of Beach Boys recordings, particularly the iconic 1966 Pet Sounds. Yeah, it’s somewhat like The Grey Album, but far more musically astute and just plain ingenious – there are entirely new melodies and chord changes, with revelatory juxtapositions that come out of nowhere; the beats are just glorious, with a finely calibrated wobble aimed directly at the booty. You can listen to four tracks at Bullion’s Myspace page. (To see just how imaginative and musicianly Bullion really is, check out the relatively conventional variations on the very same material here, which are merely remixes.)
Not surprisingly, Bullion is a J Dilla fan, which explains the title of his excellent 25-minute mini-album, Pet Sounds: In the Key of Dee, which is very highly recommended. (In fact, it makes a nice companion with Lewis Taylor’s brilliant The Lost Album, which fuses Beach Boys-inspired vocals and modern r&b.) This would all be thoroughly actionable if the tracks were for sale but you can download it here for free.
It’s tempting to say that the Beach Boys’ (very) white soul is so deep that it’s a natural match for bumpin’ beats, but it’s more a testament to hip-hop’s limitless, if sadly underused, capacity to feast on virtually every kind of music under the sun. That and the formidable talent of Bullion, who, in all likelihood, will go on to do even greater things.
ah, so spoke the musical genious of michael azzerrad
That’s “genius,” genius.
he he, but you know us norwegians we put an extra o in everythong
U gaat, meisje! Or something like that…
Eh, sorry for the hostile correction. Until I looked at your profile I thought you were being sarcastic. See you in the stacks at CU…
nei nei nei , ja ? nei
no worries, at all, its a good thing stepping up when you think someone is being sarcastic and you think its uncalled for. and, yup columbia stacks: im usually in the music and technology section these days. around the jonathan stern books
If mash-up / sound collages are your thing you should check out this Grey Album inspired mix up of St. Peppers. Takes a whole heap of English sounds (Bowie, Specials, T-Rex etc)and mashes them to one of the most overated albums of all time imho.
Well worth the free download!
http://cracked-pepper.blogspot.com/2007/07/online-in-next-few-days_515.html