The electronic anthology project
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The Electronic Anthology Project began as the idea of Built To Spill
bassist Brett Nelson
. Always having loved and been greatly influenced by 80's New Wave music
(a huge factor in wanting to even create music in the first place) he wondered what a guitar driven band like Built To Spill would sound like if made a little more New Wave circa 1982.
He entered his home studio in November 2009 not knowing if fellow band mate Doug Martsch
would even be into his idea which would require him to re-sing all the songs. With one rule "synthesizer and drum machine only" he started and soon had "I Would Hurt A Fly" nearly done and sent a rough mix to Martsch who quickly agreed to re-sing all the songs. Emerging eight months later with one song off of each Built To Spill record done local friend and ex-bandmate Jon Mullin (The Suffocation Keep) mastered the final mixes that Nelson and Martsch had completed. Brett's son Nicholas did the cover layout/art with anagrams of the original titles provided by Stephanie, Brett's wife. An E.P was released July 2010. Nelson hopes to redo other bands music as future Electronic Anthology Projects.
The Ep was released on March 19, 2010.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:...
bassist Brett Nelson
Brett Nelson
Brett Nelson is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist for the indie rock band Built to Spill....
. Always having loved and been greatly influenced by 80's New Wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
(a huge factor in wanting to even create music in the first place) he wondered what a guitar driven band like Built To Spill would sound like if made a little more New Wave circa 1982.
He entered his home studio in November 2009 not knowing if fellow band mate Doug Martsch
Doug Martsch
Doug Martsch is an American musician. Martsch, a native of Boise, Idaho, is best known for his distinctive vocals and guitar style in the band Built to Spill. He has also worked with Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening in The Halo Benders. Martsch's first band was Farm Days, with Andy Capps and Brett...
would even be into his idea which would require him to re-sing all the songs. With one rule "synthesizer and drum machine only" he started and soon had "I Would Hurt A Fly" nearly done and sent a rough mix to Martsch who quickly agreed to re-sing all the songs. Emerging eight months later with one song off of each Built To Spill record done local friend and ex-bandmate Jon Mullin (The Suffocation Keep) mastered the final mixes that Nelson and Martsch had completed. Brett's son Nicholas did the cover layout/art with anagrams of the original titles provided by Stephanie, Brett's wife. An E.P was released July 2010. Nelson hopes to redo other bands music as future Electronic Anthology Projects.
The Ep was released on March 19, 2010.