Pet Sounds Remixed
Oh boy, here we go again. Now that most of the world has looked beyond the controversy of DJ Danger Mouse’s Grey Album, another group of likeminded experimentalists have gone and stirred up the copyright pool (and coffers) of 60’s pop. The group: artists on Manchester-based internet label Hippocamp. Their target: the Beach Boys’ certified classic Pet Sounds.
Unlike the conceptually brilliant, but artistically (and technically) somewhat lazy Grey Album, this collection is diverse, engrossing, and frequently virtuosic. Officially titled Hippocamp Ruins Pet Sounds, the collection is currently (err, temporarily) available at various sites on the web including here. Knowing Mike Love’s love for litigation, the cease-and-desist orders have already been mailed.
This is not the first highly publicized Beach Boys remix. Austrain laptopper Christian Fennesz came to international attention with his 1998 abstract reimagining of “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder)”.