Californian beatmaker Amplive has just wrapped up a less-legitimate-than-usual project: remixing Radiohead’s seventh album, In Rainbows, without the band’s consent. After a few legal tussles, the 8-track collection Rainydayz Remixes is now available as a free download. How appropriate.
Amplive has “re-envisioned” tracks from In Rainbows with vocals from rappers like Too $hort, MC Zumbi of Zion I, Jurassic 5’s Chali2na and Del the Funky Homosapien. Depending where you sit, this is either twisted genius or a heinous affront on your favourite band. You may just have to listen to find out the true value.
According to the promo speel: “After a cease & desist put the brakes on Amplive’s Radiohead In Rainbows remix project, the online music community reasonably wondered if the tracks would ever see the light of day. Well, here they are.
“While the Oakland producer/DJ acknowledges that he probably should have contacted Radiohead (who were not involved in the project) to seek approval prior to making his interpretations publicly available, an agreement has been reached between all involved parties and Amplive has been granted permission to release Rainydayz Remixes for free to the general public.”
To download Rainydayz Remixes, click HERE.
Tracklist
01 Rainydayz
02 Video Tapez (ft. Del The Funky Homosapien)
03 Nudez (ft. Too $hort & MC Zumbi
of Zion I)
04 Weird Fishez
05 All I Need
06 15 Stepz (ft. Codany Holiday)
07 Reckonerz (ft. Chali2na)
08 Faustz