Grouchogandhi - A Punch-Drunk Filter of FACTs: Remix Brian Eno and David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Remix Brian Eno and David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Do you hear voices? You do. So you are possessed.

You are a believer born again and yet you hear voices and you are possessed.

Okay, now are you ready, Elizabeth?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
&mdash The Jezebel Spirit

FACT: I first bought and heard My Life in the Bush of Ghosts some time around 1984. A friend and I were in the local record shop and we decided to buy the most oddly titled unknown album we could find and we struck gold when we stumbled upon My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. It was a nicely odd title.

Upon listening, I'd found a new world of possibilities from the droll radio cliches of the day. This album was unique and new. The sampling, the odd compositions, the complete engineering of atmospheric soundscapes. Sweet Perfection.

Anyway, if you know the album, you know how it goes as you dig into it: Oh, David Byrne of Talking Heads is on this record. Oh, Brian Eno has produced the Talking Heads albums. Oh, Eno has records of his own from the 70s. Oh, those weren't anything like the pop static being pushed up-and-down the FM dial. Etc., etc., good stuff.

And now, a few years later, Eno & Byrne are re-releasing My Life in the Bush of Ghosts with 7 previously unreleased tracks from the original album and at the same time, bless their hearts, are offering up two tracks for your remixing pleasure on the album's website.

Complete multitracks, everything. They're yours! To do with as you please. Remix, create new songs, add your own stuff, put theirs in yours, whatever. They've even thoughtfully provided a place for you and others to upload your remixes to share with the world. EGgxcellent marketing, at the very least.

Definately check out the first one on the site, HELP ME CHEESE AN[can't read the rest of the title]. Pretty gr00vy.

Just register, agree to the hippie licensing, and grab the source files on the Remix site. Let me know what mixing masterpieces you produce!