http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/04/13/bonnie-prince-billy/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/04/13/bonnie-prince-billy/#comment-100570 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » The Age of the Remix Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:20:01 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=168#comment-100570 [...] I think one of the reasons I enjoy the music of Will Oldham is his propensity to remix his own songs. Hearing an old tune sung in a new style forces you to think about how the original was put together. The differences between the two renditions bring out the best of both. This is also true of artist Tommy Perman’s project Chinese Whispers, where the mix that was remixed was remixed was remixed, by an ever-expanding group of producers. Real World Records run a similar ongoing project too, again facilitated by the Internet and accessible production software that simply was not available five or six years ago. [...] [...] I think one of the reasons I enjoy the music of Will Oldham is his propensity to remix his own songs. Hearing an old tune sung in a new style forces you to think about how the original was put together. The differences between the two renditions bring out the best of both. This is also true of artist Tommy Perman’s project Chinese Whispers, where the mix that was remixed was remixed was remixed, by an ever-expanding group of producers. Real World Records run a similar ongoing project too, again facilitated by the Internet and accessible production software that simply was not available five or six years ago. [...]

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