(From Pitchfork, natch)
Jimmy Tamborello, the man behind Dntel, as well as the non-vocal half of The Postal Service, has teamed up with Plug Research founder Allen Avanessian to lay down some straight-up hip-hop tracks. Going by the name of Headset, the two handled all production duties on the forthcoming album, titled Space Settings, and called on the talents of various MCs to contribute vocals. The project began over a year ago, according to Tamborello, "as a dubby/jazzy/weird project," but slowly morphed into a hip-hop record as it progressed. Additional contributions from Plug Research's own John Tejada and Daedelus, as well as Thomas Fehlmann (who has worked with The Orb, among others), helped fill in the gaps, and now, the record is set for release on August 24th.
On the lyrical side, the duo called on mostly West Coast MCs, but at least one track reaches out quite a bit farther, as "Grasping Claw" features sweet-ass Japanese rhymes by Lady Dragon. Other than that, expect to hear throwdowns from Rocmon, Metalogic, and non-GENETIC from Shadow Huntaz, among others. Beans from Anti-Pop Consortium contributed to "Jaw Modulation", Postal Service-style, by having the beats sent to him by post. Representatives for the duo have stated that the track is "already destined to become a timeless hip-hop classic." But no pressure, seriously.
So how can we expect Headset to compare to Tamborello's other projects? According to Tamborello, who Pitchfork contacted by email, the overall sound of Space Settings will be completely different from his previous work, pulling influences from the likes of The Neptunes and Timbaland. At least one track, however, will be reminiscent of Tamborello's past: "Breath Contrails" is actually credited to Dntel on the disc, as it was originally intended for an album under that alias. For whatever reason, it didn't work for Dntel, but eventually found a home with Headset. "That's the closest anything comes to my other stuff. It's a little more melancholic and Dntel-y," says Tamborello. Tracklist:
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)
They better not call it Music for the Advancement of R'N'B or the like.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/moebius_rex/
― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 10 June 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 11 June 2004 03:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― TomB (TomB), Friday, 11 June 2004 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)
or tacky anti-pop.
― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Saturday, 12 June 2004 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jon in R'lyeh (ex machina), Saturday, 12 June 2004 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)
look at the stuff Tamberello's been involved with. Dance pop with Figurine and The Postal Service, hardcore emo with strictly ballroom, rock with further (not sure how much he had to do), glitch with dntel...now this. shi
― rs, Friday, 18 June 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 June 2004 01:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 18 June 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)
"Hey go gibbard that chick with your story about that cat you adopted..."
"Yo, will do, bro."
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 18 June 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)
...I actually quite like the track linked above, although the American-male rap is a bit too... undie, I guess? for my tastes.
― cis (cis), Friday, 18 June 2004 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 18 June 2004 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)
what band is being referenced in the dream of evan and chan?
― djh, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 22:01 (seventeen years ago)
some fool on the internet says "There is some speculation on who the title characters Evan and Chan are in the context of the song; some have suggested that given the reference to 1993 from the lyrics and Tamborello’s instructions to pronounce Chan as “Chawn”, Evan Dando of the Lemonheads and Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power, might be the Evan and Chan from the title. This has been confirmed by Tamborello himself, who says the song was written about a strange dream Ben Gibbard had involving the two musicians."
god i love this song. Shame the Postal Service album was so lame.
― ledge, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 22:40 (seventeen years ago)
(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Barbara Morgenstern remix) = best version
― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 22:43 (seventeen years ago)
Ugh no wai it is woeful. Original is just perfect soft pillows of fuzzzz.
― ledge, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 22:47 (seventeen years ago)
nah - her voice is lovely and makes the song work - call me a pop tart
― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:04 (seventeen years ago)
I think the Superpitcher rmx is the definitive to me....
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:07 (seventeen years ago)
My favorite remix is actually the instrumental Lali Puna one followed by the superpitcher one which is the one I used to play in the early hours of every party. Can't beat the original either way.
― Moka, Monday, 4 November 2013 21:51 (twelve years ago)