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Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals

The Bran Flakes (Otis Fodder, Canada), The Evolution Control Committee (TradeMark Gunderson, U.S.), and Go Home Productions (Mark Vidler, U.K.) were given hundreds of recordings owned by the Raymond Scott estate, in all genres, including unreleased material, spanning the 1930s to the 1980s. They were invited to have fun, keep it rhythmic, and make it percolate. Each contributed six audio montages with new titles, and they collaborated on Scott's signature tune, "Powerhouse."

Approximately 250 sample sources were used in the construction of 19 tracks. Those samples have been edited, looped, flipped, and stretched; they were tweaked with equalization, pitch-shifting, compression, and all manner of digital cosmetology. Scott fans will recognize some passages, but in countless cases, the source recordings have been rendered unrecognizable.

Album produced by Irwin Chusid and Otis Fodder, to be released on Basta in February 2014.

The Bran Flakes: Shirley's Temple Bells

Old Sonny Throckmorton song that came to me via the late great Merle Haggard.

The Way I Am  (cover)

"Powerhouse"
composed by Raymond Scott (1937)
Performed by Craig Shields and the Chapman Percussion Ensemble
at Chapman University, Orange CA, Friday April 20, 2012
Arranged by Craig Shields for xylophone, two marimbas (two players each) and drum set
Featuring Craig Shields on xylophone

Percussion ensemble arrangement of "Powerhouse"

"Ripples" (excerpt) from the 144-page full-color, hardcover book & 2-CD set titled "MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC." [1953-'69] by Raymond Scott • Details here: http://RaymondScott.com/#c94/custom_plain
And photos here:
http://facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.248049811871762

"Ripples" (excerpt) from "MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC." [1953-'69] by Raymond Scott

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette
Pushbutton Parfait (2002)
Produced by Irwin Chusid
Wayne Barker: piano
Brian Dewan: electric zither
Rob Thomas: violin
Will Holshouser: accordion
Mike Hashim: alto sax
George Rush: bass
Clem Waldmann: drums
Arranged by Wayne Barker
Composed by Raymond Scott 
© Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP)

Available in iTunes: 
itunes.apple.com/us/album/pushbut…fait/id319974067

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette: Tobacco Auctioneer

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette
Pushbutton Parfait (2002)
Produced by Irwin Chusid
Wayne Barker: melodica
Brian Dewan: piano
Rob Thomas: violin
Will Holshouser: accordion
Mike Hashim: soprano sax
George Rush: bass
Clem Waldmann: drums
Arranged by Will Holshouser
Composed by Raymond Scott 
© Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP)

Available in iTunes:  itunes.apple.com/us/album/pushbut…fait/id319974067

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette: Peter Tambourine

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette
Pushbutton Parfait (2002)
Produced by Irwin Chusid
Wayne Barker: piano
Brian Dewan: koto
Rob Thomas: violin
Will Holshouser: accordion
Mike Hashim: alto sax
George Rush: bass
Clem Waldmann: drums
Arranged by Wayne Barker
Composed by Raymond Scott 
© Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP)

Available in iTunes:  itunes.apple.com/us/album/pushbut…fait/id319974067

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette: Coming Down To Earth

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette
Pushbutton Parfait (2002)
Produced by Irwin Chusid
Wayne Barker: piano
Brian Dewan: electric zither
Rob Thomas: violin
Will Holshouser: accordion
Mike Hashim: alto sax
George Rush: bass
Clem Waldmann: drums
Arranged by Wayne Barker
Composed by Raymond Scott 
© Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP)

Available in iTunes:  itunes.apple.com/us/album/pushbut…fait/id319974067

The Raymond Scott Orchestrette: The Sleepwalker Meets the Huckleberry Duck

RAYMOND SCOTT [1908-1994]: Composer, inventor, bandleader, pianist, arranger, engineer, electronic music pioneer, musical philosopher, & control freak. (Sometimes mistaken for a guy who wrote scores for Bugs Bunny cartoons.) This official SoundCloud is operated by Irwin Chusid and Jeff E. Winner.