YOU Can Remix Kilbey & Kennedy

Label offering stems of all the tracks on new Kilbey-Martin Kennedy album for fans to remix.

By Blurt Staff

Due out Jan. 26 from Second Motion is Unseen Music/Unheard Words, a joint project from the Church's Steve Kilbey and All India Radio's Martin Kennedy. The record's been out digitally for some time already, notching up enthusiastic reviews. Check some of the fan comments posted at Amazon.com:

"If you're a fan of the Church, All India Radio, or Steve Kilbey solo projects, this is a must buy. Every song is a masterpiece! Blending swirling atmospherics and acoustic guitar with Kilbey's baritone makes for a winning formula."

"Any fan of Steve Kilbey would know right away that this is one of his finest lyrical works. No matter how long it took to write the words. A brilliant mix of Kennedy's music and Steve's voice. The two seem to be made for each other. A wonderful piece of music indeed. This one will go down in history as a masterpiece. Slow....and....easy."

The label's also sweetening the deal by offering to folks who order the limited edition "digital deluxe version" an Ambient/Remix album along with 8 digital illustrations from Kennedy. The remix record includes 4 previously unreleased tracks:

all is one - black satin mix

piano 4.9 (friends are gone original piano)

stretch into the stars - raw mix

maybe soon - all india radio mix

Plus the rare track "Eyes Head," originally done for the good folks over at Magnet magazine.

More intriguingly, the band and label are putting on a Fan Remix Project. According to Second Motion, "We are offering the stems for every song on the album available for free for each of you to download to your hearts content.  With these stems you can work on your own remixes of the songs and submit them back to us no later than Dec 31st, 2009.  We will share every remix with both Steve & Martin and narrow down the songs to our favorites.  The plan is to sometime next year release a digital only 'fan remix' album."

Full details from the label follow below. Have fun, fans, and go to the Second Motion site for more info: www.secondmotionrecords.com/

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1. Deadline: Contest is open worldwide, you do not have to be a US or Canadian citizen to enter.  All submissions are due no later than Dec 31st, 2009 and must be emailed to: stephen (at) secondmotionrecords.com.  Please do NOT email more than one track per email, if you are working on multiple tracks please use your own .mac public folder, a delivery method such as yousendit.com or email us for specific directions on how to submit before submitting.  We are not responsible for lost files via spam folders or cyberspace issues.  We will email you back acknowledgement of receipt. 

Please note: we will ONLY accept Mp3 copies of the remixes initially.  If you are selected as a finalist we will ask you for higher quality .wav or .aiff files at that time.

2. Snail Mail:

in lieu of email, you may also submit by mail to:

Second Motion Records

PO BOX 862

East Lansing, MI 48826

attn: KK Remix Contest

be sure to include your name, email address, and phone number to contact you.  You must supply your own CDR and postage and we cannot return the disc. 

3. Waiver: Very Important Note: by downloading the stems and submitting your tracks for submission, you hereby acknowledge that you will not receive any royalties for potential sales of these remixes (we have not decided on what we will do with them we just want to see what you guys can come up with!) but we will give you full credit for your remix if chosen and do some other special things in the future as a thank you.   We want all of you fans to feel like you are a part of this album and feel like this is a great way for you to participate in helping us promote this for more and more people to discover.  This is for promotional purposes only but we do reserve the right to full ownership of the copyright, publishing and royalties of these songs regardless of your participation.  

4. Download: All tracks are at the links below, and are in .zip formats and are all .wav files.  If you have any trouble downloading them there would be high traffic problems due to popularity.  First, wait 30 minutes and try again, if the problem continues please email us and we will investigate the issues.  Please only download one track/zip file at a time!

Please note, these tracks are large, each zip file is a minimum of 200MB to 450MB in size.  Please ONLY download one track zip file at a time. If you are unfamiliar with the use of .wav files, remixes, or don't have the bandwidth to handle downloading files of this size please do not participate in this contest. These files are 100% virus free and we are not responsible for any problems they may cause to your computer, so download at your own risk.  

4. Copyright: These tracks may not be redistributed, sold, streamed or used in any way without written approval from Second Motion Records, the composers and publishers of these tracks.   All tracks are copyright control 2009-2010 licensed to Second Motion Records and any violation of these rights will result in punishment to the full extent of the law. By clicking these links you hereby acknowledge this agreement.

All of these things aside, let's have some fun with this!  We cannot wait to hear what you guys have in mind!

STEMS: (Please for bandwidth reasons only download one at a time)

1. Eyes Ahead

2. My Will Be Yours

3. Stretch Into The Stars

4. Maybe Soon

5. Uh I Dunno

6. Thought of Leaving

7. Another Place

8. All Is One

9. Love Increased

10. The Other Place

11. Naked As A Star

12. Friends Are Gone