twin freaks - s/t
on paul mccartneys last tour, the knighted one dragged along well known bastard pop guru, freelance hellraiser, aka roy kerr, to play tracks out to get the party in swing.
these pre-gig sessions ended up with freelance creating several exclusive
mashups that ripped into the paul mccartney back catalogue with a vengeance
strapping on a groove, and letting the beast live in an updated 2005 form. the
results were so loved by the creator of the original sources, that they decided
to release the end result as an album. however to piss off the world of
filesharers, twin freaks is a vinyl only release, an idea which completely
baffles me, though i guess this is adds an extra layer of kudos for all the
vinyl purists, as it's going to be a bugger to track down as well as not being
able to listened to by those without decks. however, a little research has lead
me to find out that while there isn't a record label printed cd copy available,
the music is online via music stores like itunes and sonys connect for all your
flashy toys.
it should be noted, this isn't the first time that paul has dipped his toes into
the murky world of dance music - remember the team up with youth as the fireman
? i guess it was only a matter of time that he came upon the idea of having
mashups of his aural history, thankfully freelance hellraiser has been subtle
with his protools cut-n-paste fun, as opposed to just strapping a basic 4/4 beat
behind a sample and milking the hardcore fans for all they are worth. you see,
curiosity got the better of me, despite not having any of the original tracks, i
decided to track the record down. ok, the whole bootleg thing is somewhat past
its sell-by-date but i reckon there are some great tracks. sometimes the record
sounds like a distant cousin to primal screams screamdelica whereas in other
places the fat boy slim party groove rocks the woofers hard, as freelance
combines lovely warm instrumentation of the originals with lazy piano riffs,
horn filled breaks and lovely bongo heavily stoned groove ('come me up', and
'maybe i'm amazed'), sometimes it's full on electro pounding floorfiller ('rinse
the raindrops') to make the tracks sound both current and yet still maintain an
old classic rock record feel.
not having any paul m records in the archive i still recogniosed several
chunks/loops such is their presence in the psyche.
start scouring those vinyl racks, before they all end up in the ebayers hands,
tis indeed worth the effort.
so head over to the official site : here