Record of the Week Club

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Record of the Week Club
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Compilation album
Released2009 (2009)
Recorded2008 (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 Inuit throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak in the 13th week of the project. [3]

Tracks

  1. "Laying Mortar" — Joe Silva, Ricardo Lopez (Oldfolks Home), Graham Epp (Mahogany Frog)
  2. "Step Outside" — Joel Klaverkamp (The Hummers), Dave Quanbury (Twilight Hotel), Andrew Workman (The Haste)
  3. "Steamed Chilis" — Jack Jonasson (Novillero), Jonathan Alexiuk, Mike Petkau
  4. "Live For Love" — Karla Adolphe (Jacob & Lily), Rusty Matyas (The Waking Eyes), Demetra Penner
  5. "Come Forth" — Andrina Turenne (Chic Gamine), Matt Tapscott, Matt Schellenberg (The Liptonians)
  6. "Take What You Can" — Sky Onosson (Scott Nolan Band), Bucky Driedger (The Liptonians), Jaime Carrasco
  7. "Don't Wanna Cross" — Julia Ryckman (The Gorgon, Slattern), Lloyd Peterson, Matt Peters (The Waking Eyes)
  8. "Call Me" — Rachel Moody (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra), Brandy Zdan (Twilight Hotel), DJ Grant Paley (Moses Mayes)
  9. "All Answers Pending" — Matt Worobec (Tele), Jaxon Haldane (D. Rangers), Jo Snyder (Anthem Red)
  10. "Walkman" — Ismaila Alfa, Mark Penner (Moses Mayes)
  11. "Falling" — Keri Latimer (Nathan), Heather Antenbring, Jennifer Thiessen (La La La Human Steps), Chris Bauer (American Flamewhip, The Perpetrators)
  12. "Royal Canadian Lovers School" — Jay Churko (Chords of Canada), Ken Gregory, Jesse Warkentin (Mahogany Frog)
  13. "Keewatin Arctic" — John K. Samson, Blunderspublik, Nikki Komaksiutiksak
  14. "Wails On" — Steve Martens (Ash Koley), Bob Somers (Bonaduces), DJ Co-op
  15. "Something Is Kind of Amiss" — Ethan Osland (burnthe8track), Ann Walton, Phoebe Man
  16. "Waiting for Debates" — Patrick Keenan, Jeff Peters (Les Jupes), Ian La Rue (Les Jupes)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Local musician Mike Petkau produced and engineered Record of the Week Club". Winnipeg Free Press , June 6, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Record of the Week Club Starts Up in Winnipeg, Features Weakerthans' Samson". Exclaim! , August 26, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Mastermind behind indie-music innovation". Vancouver Province , June 21, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Plays well with others". Winnipeg Free Press , August 16, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Local musicians commit random acts of bandness". Winnipeg Free Press , June 18, 2009.
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