7×8. 56 Stuff Remixes Itself

by Various Artists

FSST029 | 2010 | 13 tracks | 62:14

The name “7×8” not only refers to the result, but also hints at by which method it was achieved. We put together this compilation by using the rule of multiplication: joined forces of several people got engaged in an omnidirectional interaction.

At the beginning, a number of artists selected one track of their own production each and provided a remix kit for it (separate tracks for different instruments, fragments of bits, notes for melodies, and whatever they assumed was appropriate for the occasion). After that, other participants listened to the recordings and chose the tunes for producing their new versions. Then, we gathered everything into a compilation, where originals and remixes are intermingled in the tracklist ⁠— arranged according to, let’s say, a subjective emotional method.

Fun fact: the outcome was released on CDs with six different variations of design. The front cover was assembled several times out of heterogenous fragments.

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Photos by Denis Davidov

This release can be considered not exactly a compilation, but rather a collective album: the whole picture we have here is intertangled, back-and-forth and self-referencing. It’s like an exchange of witty remarks during a friendly game of ping-pong or, let’s say, Scrabble.

Why download here if it’s available on all streaming services?

Tracklist:
1.01. ABC Galaxy — Looser Chords
2.02. Idiosync — Biathlon
3.03. Yellowhead — Punktierte, remixed by Cycle Hiccups
4.04. Cycle Hiccups — Rainy Day Renegade
5.05. Math Geek — Lovelesssickillness
6.06. Scaly Whale — Zuckerwatte, remixed by Yellowhead
7.07. ABC Galaxy — Looser Chords, remixed by Scaly Whale
8.08. Yellowhead — Punktierte
9.09. Scaly Whale — Zuckerwatte
10.10. Math Geek — Lovelesssickillness, remixed by Idiosync
11.11. Idiosync — Biathlon, remixed by ABC Galaxy
12.12. Cycle Hiccups — Rainy Day Renegade, remixed by Math Geek
13.13. Cycle Hiccups — Rainy Day Renegade, remixed by Denis Davidov