Danger Mouse + David Lynch + Sparklehorse + Georgia = Get it while you can?
May 21st, 2009 by Chris Hassiotis in Music news
Lynch, Sparklehorse, Danger Mouse collaboration in limbo?
Though he’s been out of state for a while now, Danger Mouse has kept his Georgia roots well… um, watered? Sure, that works. The prolific producer’s newest project has been long in the works, but the collaboration between him and ecstatic songcrafter Mark Linkous — Sparklehorse to the rest of y’all — seems to be in a bit of limbo.
On the same day that NPR posted a stream of the collaborative album Dark Night of the Soul, Billboard.com reported that the release has been presently… abandoned? Things look a little muddy, though, as the site for Dark Night of the Soul still exists, and the album remains somewhat for sale. Here’s the thing: you’re still able to purchase the album and its accompanying book of 100+ photos by David Lynch, and it’ll come complete with a poster and all the artwork, but it’ll lack one thing — the music.
Per the site:
“Due to an ongoing dispute with EMI, Danger Mouse is unable to include music on the CD without fear of legal entanglement. Therefore, he has included a blank CD-R as an artifact to use however you see fit.”
There’s not mention, naturally, of the fact that the music leaked in early May, and is readily downloadable. So, y’know…
The Sparklehorse album Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain saw the first collaboration between Linkous and Danger Mouse, and the mish-mash and cooperative nature continues; Athens artists like Heather McIntosh, Scott Spillane and Vic Chesnutt show up alongside Iggy Pop, Frank Black, Julian Casablancas and Nina Persson, among others.
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