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the course of making the Feelings CD, I naturally came in contact
with various re-mixers, artists, beat addicts and audio hackers whose
work excited me. I approached some of these to do “remixes”
of the songs, and some others approached me. DJ Food, whose remix
of “Fuzzy Freaky” is a work of perverse art, I met at his
“home” at Ninja Tune records in London, home of Coldcut
and the Herbalizer. Mark Walk had produced a record I love, Ruby,
and we had been talking for ages about working together... here he
showed me how “Fuzzy Freaky” might have sounded... as a
hit single.
New
Kingdom is one of the most creative and innovative rap groups in
New York. Based out of Brooklyn, they’re more known in Europe
than in the U.S. The Thievery Corporation work out of the 18th st
Lounge in Washington DC, and have recently begun doing some live
shows with accompanying films. Cecco Music is the mix name of some
of the folks at Room With A View studio, where Mark Saunders and
I mixed a lot of the record. Rea is Rea Moichiach, who played samples,
loops and drums in my band, and is often involved in Sound Lab and
other New York improvisatory electronic scenes... as is LLoop, who
is also a member of We, a group of artists whose first CD is a trippy
little gem. B-Boy 3000 is a rap/jungle artist based out of L.A.,
who played with us during our show out there.
Previously
I’ve only been offering this album-length collection of alternate
versions at my live shows... and it’s a limited edition type
of thing, as we did it ourselves. The cover is the costume I wore
on stage at the end of the show... during the Electro version of
“Psycho Killer.” The interior image is by artist Alex
Grey.
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