http://www.perfectporridge.com/2008/12/18/metermaids-vs-sufjan-stevens-nightlife-in-illinoise/ Music, Minneapolis, Mutiny Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:06:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.perfectporridge.com/2008/12/18/metermaids-vs-sufjan-stevens-nightlife-in-illinoise/comment-page-1/#comment-37852 Remix Metermaids « .Evolving Music. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:09:57 +0000 http://www.perfectporridge.com/2008/12/18/metermaids-vs-sufjan-stevens-nightlife-in-illinoise/#comment-37852 [...] Instead of just releasing an album, however, the Metermaids have taken it one step further. They created “Nightlife in Illinoise”, a mashup of “Nightlife” and Sufjan Stevens‘ critically acclaimed concept album “Illinoise”. You can download it for free here. Antimusic deems it “a lush album that highlights the strange folky eccentricities of Stevens and the earnest lyrics and creative production of the Metermaids” and Prefix Magazine says  “the result is slightly disorienting, but a totally new way to listen to both albums”. I say remixing and mashup culture is blowing up and these guys are an inspiration to all the DIY musicians and genre-bending artists out there. [...] [...] Instead of just releasing an album, however, the Metermaids have taken it one step further. They created “Nightlife in Illinoise”, a mashup of “Nightlife” and Sufjan Stevens‘ critically acclaimed concept album “Illinoise”. You can download it for free here. Antimusic deems it “a lush album that highlights the strange folky eccentricities of Stevens and the earnest lyrics and creative production of the Metermaids” and Prefix Magazine says  “the result is slightly disorienting, but a totally new way to listen to both albums”. I say remixing and mashup culture is blowing up and these guys are an inspiration to all the DIY musicians and genre-bending artists out there. [...]

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