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Beasties ‘n’ Beck Collaboration Released
Beck has confirmed that his most recent album ‘Guero’ is to receive a re-rub from a host of famous stars including the Beastie Boys, the Dust Brothers and ambient bleep-merchants Boards Of Canada.
The album, titled ‘Guerolito’ is set for release on December 5 and will feature new versions of all of the tracks on the original LP. And while the exact tracklisting is yet to be revealed, a host of top names and remixers have confirmed their involvement.
These include Beastie Boy Adrock, John King from the Dust Brothers, Octet, Mario C, Boards Of Canada and Homelife, while the artwork from the original album is also to be 'remixed' by the artist responsible for the original sleeve, Marcel Dzama.
Tracks predicted to appear include remixes previously released as B-sides (such as the Boards' reworking of ‘Broken Drum’ and the ‘Ghettochip Malfunction’ version of ‘Hell Yes’ by 8-bit) alongside brand-new versions of the album tracks.
"We did an EP of remixes with a couple of artists, 8-bit and Paza, who use the sounds and the engines of retooled Nintendos, so you can write your own music with it," Beck said in a statement. "It's something that I felt a connection with, just coming from that whole home-recording, four-track world.
"It's the equivalent of that in the electronic-music world. There's all kinds of people making music,” h continued, “I mean, those are always my favourite electronic sounds. We were always in the studios always trying to get my keyboard to sound like a video game."
Keep checking Xfm Online for a bleeping tracklisting as it emerges.
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