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MP3 Blow Up Hollywood - Collections
12 MP3 Songs in this album (66:00) !
Related styles: Rock: Experimental Rock, Avant Garde: Psychedelia, Mood: Dreamy
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By and large, this is a collection of songs that didn’t make it onto
any of our previous CD’s for one reason or another. In some cases it
was because I didn’t feel the song fit the flow of the over-all
recording at that time, and in other cases it was because the song was
written without a concept for an intended release.
A unique addition is the inclusion of female vocals. In 2007, I was
feeling quite lost both personally and musically, and I wasn’t at all
sure of my future or if blow up hollywood would even continue. I took a
hiatus and spent several months alone in Los Angeles. While I was out
there I came across a wonderful artist that really moved me, Kim
Wayman. After a brief introduction we agreed to meet back in New York
City to try writing some music together.
So when I got back to the city we met on several occasions and had a go
of it. Although we had some success, it was not to be. One day, while
I was tinkering around on her piano, she heard a melody she really
gravitated to. It was a song I had written while in Los Angeles. I
showed her the lyric and she began to sing it like only she could.
A light -bulb went off and I now knew what I wanted us to do. We
attempted to have her sing other blow up hollywood songs, with the idea
of making a CD entitled, Little Kitten Space Girl sings Blow Up
Hollywood. The idea was that she would sing songs from our previous
catalog that we felt worked well with her voice and aesthetic, but done
in a really broken-down and organic fashion. We gave it go and tried a
few different numbers, but scheduling and artistic differences stood in
the way, and we never completed the project.
There are three tracks that made it onto the Collections CD. “Crash”,
written by Kim and I, “Slow Down”, which is a song I wrote that does
not appear on any previous CD, and “Kite”, from our self-titled debut.
Historically, the band has refrained from listing any credits on our
CD’s. It was an idea we decided upon before our debut release in 2002.
However, as the years have passed the initial line-up has morphed and
changed. It has become much less a band and more of a collective. I would
like to take this opportunity to credit these extraordinary musicians
and dear friends.
Original Line Up and Gold Members
Nik Chinboukas – electric and acoustic guitar/keys/bass/sound
design/vocals
Dave Diamond – drums/piano/keys/bass/sound design
Rich Kern – electric guitar/piano/keys/artwork
Thad Debrock – electric and acoustic guitar/piano/keys/
Daniel Mintseris – piano/keys/sound design
Dave Eggar - cello/piano
Steven Bonacio – bass
Andrew Pfaff – bass
Steve Messina – vocals/electric and acoustic
guitar/piano/bass/keys/sound design
Our New Friends
Kim Wayman - vocals
Jason Crosby – piano/keys
Noah Hoffeld – cello
Teddy Kumpel – electric guitar
Harvey Jones – piano
Bryan Crook – woodwinds and brass
Other Notables
John Scarpulla – saxophone
Rachel Golub – violin
Noah – vocals
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