Electronic Projects for Musicians

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Electronic Projects for Musicians
Electronic Projects for Musicians album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2008
Recorded1995-2007
Genre Indie pop, indie rock, garage rock
Length31:16
Label Simian Records
Yep Roc Records
Elephant 6
Producer Robert Schneider
The Apples in Stereo chronology
New Magnetic Wonder
(2007)
Electronic Projects for Musicians
(2008)
#1 Hits Explosion
(2009)

Electronic Projects for Musicians is a b-sides and rarities compilation album by the indie rock band The Apples in Stereo. It was released April 1, 2008 under the Simian Records, Yep Roc Records, and Elephant 6 labels. [1] It can be seen as a companion to Science Faire , a 1996 compilation that collects recordings from the band released prior to their first album.

Contents

Announced by frontman Robert Schneider in May 2007, Schneider described Electronic Projects for Musicians as having "all of our non-LP material since Fun Trick Noisemaker came out" [2] — a time period that spans 12 years. Electronic Projects for Musicians does include most of the band's non-LP material released while the band was signed to spinART Records, excluding songs found on the Look Away + 4 and Let's Go! EPs, due to licensing issues.

The song "Dreams", an unfinished recording intended for release on the band's 1997 LP Tone Soul Evolution , is included on Electronic Projects for Musicians with newly recorded instrumentals.

In late 2007, fans were invited to remix the song "Can You Feel It?" from the most recent Apples LP, New Magnetic Wonder . Over 20 master tracks from the song's production were made available for download. The grand prize winning song (dubbed the "Mild Davis remix") was available for download with purchase of Electronic Projects for Musicians. [3]

The title of the compilation comes from the book of the same name by Craig Anderton.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Schneider except "Avril en Mai" (Schneider, Chris McDuffie)

#Song titleTimeYearOriginal releaseLabel
1."Shine (in Your Mind)"3:361995 Fun Trick Noisemaker (Japanese release)Trattoria / Polystar records
2."Thank You Very Much"1:031995 Fun Trick Noisemaker (Japanese release)Trattoria / Polystar records
3."Onto Something"2:1419967" split single with Sportsguitar100 Guitar Mania Records
4."Man You Gotta Get Up"3:011998 Tone Soul Evolution bonus 7" spinART Records
5."The Golden Flower"3:051998 Tone Soul Evolution bonus 7" spinART Records
6."Avril en Mai"2:101999 Pop Romantique compilationEmperor Norton Records
7."Hold on to This Day"3:212000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone bonus flexi-disc spinART Records
8."The Oasis"2:092000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (Japanese release)Trattoria / Polystar Records
9."On Your Own"1:552001Untitled CD-R promo compilation spinART Records
10."Other"2:192002 Velocity of Sound (Japanese release)Trattoria / Polystar Records
11."So Far Away"4:252002"Please" UK single b-sideCooking Vinyl Records
12."The Apples Theme Song"1:182006Introductory song for official website, previously unreleased
13."Stephen Stephen"1:502006Previously unreleased, appeared on The Colbert Report
14."Dreams"3:432008Previously unreleased outtake from Tone Soul Evolution

Personnel

The Apples in Stereo

Production

Electronic Projects for Musicians was produced by Robert Schneider. It was engineered by The Apples in Stereo and Jim McIntyre, with assistant engineering by Ron Marschall. Songs were recorded on four-track, eight-track and sixteen track tape machines and/or utilized the Mainframe Computer at Pet Sounds Recording Studio in Denver, Colorado (1993–2002) and Lexington, Kentucky (2002–2006). The album was mastered from vinyl, flexi-disc, tape and digital sources by Fred Kevorkian in New York City.

Artwork for the album is by Steve Keene. Art photography by Joshua Kessler. Design by Dave Laney.

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References

  1. The Apples in stereo to release Electronic Projects for Musicians, a b-sides & rarities collection to street April 1st Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at Yep Roc Records
  2. Apples in Stereo to Release Rarities Comp Archived 2007-05-27 at the Wayback Machine at You Ain't No Picasso
  3. "Featured Content on Myspace" . Retrieved 3 October 2016.