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Saturday Synth Porn: OK – there’s no synth in this shot, but this Lancia Delta Integrale looks extremely cool with an Aphex Twin paint job.
Unfortunately, it’s a virtual Lancia Delta Integrale, from the Xbox 360 game ‘Forza Motorsport 2′……
Earlier in the week, we put up a post on 9 Flavors of Popcorn, a collection of music videos for a variety of versions of the synthpop classic.
Once again, though, a Synthtopia reader, Ian Page-Echols, has topped us – finding an ancient WFMU post that offers no less than 79 covers of Popcorn. They cheat a little and use Prodigy’s Popcorn Techno Dance 99 Remix 1 twice, but it’s a pretty good cover, so why not?
Others on board for this massive collection include Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, The Boston Pops & twisted children’s musician and techno pioneer Bruce Haack.
A few examples are embedded below; see the WFMU post for the motherload.
Prodigy's Popcorn [3:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Aphex Twin Popcorn Remix [3:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Boston Pops Popcorn [2:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Just about everybody’s familiar with the synthpop classic, Popcorn, above.
Composer Gershon Kingsley first recorded the track Popcorn for his 1969 album Music to Moog By. In 1971 the song was re-recorded by Kingsley’s band First Moog Quartet. Stan Free, member of the First Moog Quartet, rerecorded the instrumental with his band Hot Butter in 1972, and it was a huge hit – probably the most recognizable track from the Moog explosion of the late 60’s and early 70’s.
Popcorn has since been covered by an insane variety of artists, ranging from DJ Voyager to a pre-fame Jean Michel Jarre to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops to Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. There are more than 500 cover versions Popcorn!
Here are nine flavors of Popcorn from over years, including a vocal version, a trance version and a set of piano variations that may surprise you.
Which one do you think is the most interesting cover? Read more…
New Aphex Twin Album
Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin has a new album on the way, according to Warp label founder Steve Beckett.
“We’re definitely going to be putting out a new album by him,” says Becket. “Hopefully it will be this year, if I can prise it out of his hands. It’s definitely on its way.”
“He’s got his own unique view on life and obviously he’s just a genius musician and artist and it’s brilliant to work with him,” added Beckett reflecting on his time with working the elusive artist.
“I don’t know a single note or anything about it,” adds Becket. “It will be as much of a surprise to me as anyone else. Basically I find out what it sounds like when we go into the mastering room and he puts it – well how it used to be, he’ll put the DAT player in and there it’ll be – so that’s the first time I’ll hear it. Then I’ll go onto my knees and thank him and then we’ll put it out.”
It’s probably safe to say that the new Aphex Twin album will be bizarre and disturbing – but also entirely original.
Leave a comment with your thoughts!
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