Episode 105

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A digital marriage: Blondie and The Doors
Reimagining the music of Brian Eno
Mystic Chords of Memory meet Nobody
Ethereal electronica from Shrift
Bossa Nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim
Cajun two-step from The Pine Leaf Boys
Country meets punk in Hank Williams III

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British DJ Mark Vidler takes Blondie's "Rapture" and mixes it with The Doors' "Riders On the Storm." The musical marriage, made possible by digital looping software, is a remarkable and seemless blending of two vastly different songs. The cut, called "Rapture Riders," is available as a bonus track on a new Blondie greatest hits collection.

DJ Mark Vidler (With Blondie and The Doors)

CD: Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision
Song: "Rapture Riders"
Label: Capitol

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Listen to "Rapture Riders"

Guitarist Doug Hillsinger and singer Caroleen Beatty offer a track-by-track recreation of Brian Eno's 1974 experimental rock album, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy. Hillsinger says he "just wanted to play (the songs) myself, and hear Caroleen's voice on 'em." Eno gave his blessing, saying "How sweet! How touching! How sympathetically done."

Doug Hilsinger, Caroleen Beatty

CD: Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy
Song: "Mother Whale Eyeless"
Label: DBK

Listen to "Mother Whale Eyeless"

The Mystic Chords of Memory is California art-pop duo featuring Chris Gunst and Jen Cohen (previously featured on All Songs Considered epsidoe 67. DJ Nobody is otherwise known as Elvin Estela, an artist regarded a psychedelic pop maestro. On this collaboration, Nobody mixes his electronic textures with Gunst and Choen's melancholy voices.

Nobody, Mystic Chords of Memory

CD: Tree Colored See
Song: "The Seed"
Label: Mush Records

Listen to "The Seed"

Dennis Wheatley is otherwise known as electronic artist Atlas. Nina Miranda is a British vocalist. Together they form the band known as Shrift. On their debut release, Wheatley tastefully blends his electronic with Miranda's lilting voice, creating a sound similar at times to the trip-hop of Portishead: ethereal and reflective.

Shrift

CD: Lost In A Moment
Song: "Lost In A Moment"
Label: Six Degrees

Listen to "Lost In A Moment"

The father of Bossa Nova is remembered with a new box set, featuring three previously-released albums: A Certain Mr. Jobim, Love, Strings and Jobim, and The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim. The featured track, "Off-Key (Desafinado)" was originally from the 1967 LP A Certain Mr. Jobim.

Antonio Carlos Jobim

CD: The Prime of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Box Set)
Song: "Off-Key (Desafinado)"
Label: DBK Works

Listen to "Off-Key (Desafinado)"

The Pine Leaf Boys are a group of artists who all live together in Lafayette, La. and share a deep love for Cajun music. Though their sound is rooted in the great traditions of Cajun music, they site other influences as well: honky tonk, barrelhouse piano, blues and early swing.

The Pine Leaf Boys

CD: La Musique
Song: "Pine Leaf Boy Two-Step"
Label: Arhoolie

Listen to "Pine Leaf Boy Two-Step"

Hank Williams III is the grandson of country legend Hank Williams. The two bear some striking similarities: Williams III is tall and skinny like his grandfather, he shares the same rebelious spirit and his voice at times sounds eerily like his grandfather's. But Hank the third mixes country with something his grandfather couldn't have imagined: punk rock.

Hank Williams III

CD: Straight to Hell
Song: "Things You Do To Me"
Label: Curb

Listen to "Things You Do To Me"

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