Record of the Week Club | |
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Compilation album | |
Released | 2009 |
Recorded | 2008 |
Label | Head in the Sand |
Producer | Mike Petkau |
The Record of the Week Club was a collaborative music project among musicians in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which took place in 2008. [1] Organized by Mike Petkau of the band Les Jupes, the project brought together a group of musicians each week to write and record a song in 12 hours. [1] Musicians involved in the project were selected by Petkau, but were not informed in advance of who they would be collaborating with. [2]
The project took place over 16 weeks, with a different group of musicians convening each week. [3] Each song was released for sale the next day, at a price of 99 cents per song, to raise funds for the renovation of Winnipeg's West End Cultural Centre. [4]
The 16 songs were also released as a complete album in 2009. [1] For the album's release party, 20 of the musicians involved in the project performed a live concert at the West End Cultural Centre of the entire album, as well as five songs which were newly composed by the same process exclusively for the live show. [5]
The project was most famous for "Keewatin Arctic", a song recorded by singer-songwriter John K. Samson, electronic musician Blunderspublik and Inuk throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak in the 13th week of the project. [3]