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Demo Song Tributes 1987​-​1993

by Japetus

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COVER TRIBUTES - 1987-1993
In the 80’s I bought extended mix LPs with instrumental versions to hear it without lyrics and study the arrangements - even muck-around singing over it. Then I realised I could dub the backing track onto the 8-track and record myself singing! After a couple of times I was inspired to recreate the backing tracks as well.
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This was all great practice in breaking down some of my fave songs and seeing how they were put together - study the arrangements and apply that to my own songs. This album contains all those experiments. They were never meant to be made public - but who cares... this is archive time - so here they are... mistakes and all. The recordings are rough - thrown together quickly - but what fun and experimenting. There are a few strange tenth of a second jumps but mostly it’s listenable. Some of the lyrics are wrong - no internet in those days to look them up.

The first two tracks are the original instrumental backing tracks from the commercial release with me singing over the top. Alive & Kicking has the original female vocal in the middle. The U2 song Crashed Car has the grunge sound sampled from their original track. The other four are me playing/programming everything as well as singing.

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released September 30, 2016

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Japetus Byron Bay, Australia

A multi-award winning band project with a range of products including ambient albums, guided visualisations, nature videos, artwork & songs by solo, multimedia producer Jay Moxham.

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