No.Troy Loney wrote:Is Kur Vile still in that band?
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No.Troy Loney wrote:Is Kur Vile still in that band?
Nope, he isn't in it any longer. My bad.Troy Loney wrote:Is Kur Vile still in that band?
http://wudisciples.blogspot.com/2014/03 ... -copy.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;You've heard of rare records before, but what Wu-Tang Clan is planning for its stealthy double album, The Wu–Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, is unprecedented. The legendary rap group will sell only one copy, encased in an engraved silver and nickel box. It will be very, very expensive.
It's actually a brilliant plan. When explaining the album to Forbes, the RZA spared no hyperbole.
"We're about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music," the legendary rapper said. "We're making a single-sale collector's item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king."
http://scluzay.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The music will only ever have one incarnation.
It will not be made available digitally or in any other existing mass format.
After touring the album at festivals, museums, exhibition spaces and galleries for the public as a one off experience, it will be sold exclusively to one buyer.
The music industry is in crisis. Creativity has become disposable and value has been stripped out.
Mass production and content saturation have devalued both our experience of music and our ability to establish its value.
Industrial production and digital reproduction have failed. The intrinsic value of music has been reduced to zero.
Contemporary art is worth millions by virtue of its exclusivity.
This album is a piece of contemporary art.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalley ... ret-album/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Somewhere on the outskirts of Marrakech, Morocco, inside a vault housed beneath the shadow of the Atlas Mountains, there sits an engraved silver-and-nickel box with the potential to spawn a shift in the way music is consumed and monetized.
The lustrous container was handcrafted over the course of three months by British-Moroccan artist Yahya, whose works have been commissioned by royal families and business leaders around the world. Soon, it will contain a different sort of art piece: the Wu-Tang Clan’s double-album The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, recorded in secret over the past few years.
Like the work of a master Impressionist, it will truly be one-of-a-kind—in lieu of a traditional major label or independent launch, the iconic hip-hop collective will make and sell just one copy of the album. And similar to a Monet or a Degas, the price tag will be a multimillion-dollar figure.
“We’re about to sell an album like nobody else sold it before,” says Robert “RZA” Diggs, the first Wu-Tang member to speak on record about Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, in an exclusive interview with FORBES. “We’re about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music. We’re making a single-sale collector’s item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king.”
Wu-Tang’s aim is to use the album as a springboard for the reconsideration of music as art, hoping the approach will help restore it to a place alongside great visual works–and create a shift in the music business, not to mention earn some cash, in the process. The one-of-a-kind launch will be a separate endeavor from the group’s 20th anniversary album, A Better Tomorrow, which is set for a standard commercial release this summer.
According to RZA and the album’s main producer Tarik “Cilvaringz” Azzougarh, a Morocco-based part of Wu-Tang’s extended family, the plan is to first take Once Upon A Time In Shaolin on a “tour” through museums, galleries, festivals and the like. Just like a high-profile exhibit at a major institution, there will be a cost to attend, likely in the $30-$50 range.
Visitors will go through heavy security to ensure that recording devices aren’t smuggled in; as an extra precaution, they’ll likely have to listen to the 128-minute album’s 31 songs on headphones provided by the venue. As Cilvaringz puts it: “One leak of this thing nullifies the entire concept.”
I like the idea of it where it's basically one viewing at a set location where people are going to be monitored, so it's almost like it's more of an event vs somebody showing up for the music. Basically it will lure the biggest Wu fans out to the listening parties.Gaucho wrote:The entire concept is a flop.
I think the idea is flawed. They confuse exclusivity with originality and quality. In that sense, it's not contemporary art at all. They seem to forget that hip hop is part of pop culture and their music therefore is supposed to be available, if not affordable. To me this is just a pompous publicity stunt.JS© wrote:I like the idea of it where it's basically one viewing at a set location where people are going to be monitored, so it's almost like it's more of an event vs somebody showing up for the music. Basically it will lure the biggest Wu fans out to the listening parties.Gaucho wrote:The entire concept is a flop.
Problem is that it's 2014 and music leaks. I'm hoping this concept works out, but unfortunately this thing will most likely leak. Once this leaks, it will spread around the world in under 6 hrs and that once-exclusive ticket to a museum will be listed on eBay with hopes of the seller salvaging some of their money back.
The guitar riff in the verse sounds like the intro to:FreeCandy44 wrote:Anyone going down to Stage AE April 18 to see the mighty Ghost BC? Incredible band with a 70s rock/stoner rock vibe. I splurged on the good seats second level at AE so im going stag.
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