i recently discovered beck’s record club and i think the whole premise behind it is pretty awesome. the record club is an informal meeting of musicians who come together to record an album in a day. they have done albums by the velvet underground, leonard cohen, inxs and even yanni. the results are pretty great- and they post a video of them recording the tracks once a week. they are rough renditions, often first takes, which i think makes it even cooler.
here’s one of my favorites, from the songs of leonard cohen, with a group that includes Devendra Banhart, Ben, Andrew and Will from MGMT, Andrew from Wolfmother, Binki Shapiro from Little Joy and Beck.
Record Club: Songs Of Leonard Cohen “So Long, Marianne” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
Record Club: Songs Of Leonard Cohen “So Long, Marianne” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
interesting note- this album was picked by andrew of MGMT, and their second choice was ace of base. can you imagine how that would sound?
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This is really cool. I can’t wait to hear more.
love the song!
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