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Artist:	FREE DESIGN, THE
Title:	The Now Sound Redesigned
Label:	LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	LITA 016CD

Early 2006 release. "Three years in the making, the Free Design Redesigned series comes to its logical conclusion. Compiling both vinyl-only volumes of the critically-acclaimed series and including 3 exclusive bonus tracks onto one CD, Redesigned features a stellar selection of today's finest music makers. All have risen to the challenge of reworking classic tunes from '60s soft-pysch masters, The Free Design. Redesigned contains 19 radical reinterpretations for the club, home, or hi-fi. Highlights include Stones Throw's official beat conductor Madlib, who turns 'Where Do I Go' into an Afro-funk celebration. Belle & Sebastian's Chris Geddes envisions '2002 - A Hit Song' as a four-on-the-floor stomper and Grey Album mastermind Danger Mouse & Def Jux legend Murs make their debut collaboration with a wicked twist on the unreleased Free Design track 'To a Black Boy.' Caribou (formerly Manitoba) delivers an insane 8-minute free jazz psych opus while the Super Furry Animals and Stereolab & the High Llamas celebrate their love of the group with their trademark sound. Previously unreleased works include Styrofoam's (Morr Music) fresh take on 'I Found Love,' Koushik with Dudley Perkins (Stones Throw), and renowned turntablist Kid Koala & Dynomite D rework the darkest song in the Free Design's catalog, 'An Elegy.' Far from being another boring tribute piece, Redesigned's musical testimonials speak for themselves. Everyone involved has sought something deeper than your average remix; obvious testaments to the Free Design's unique brand of feel good pop-pysch."

Artist:	FREE DESIGN, THE
Title:	Cosmic Peekaboo
Label:	MARINA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MA 052CD

Originally released in 2001, this release saw the return of one of the most idiosyncratic and original groups from the sixties: The Free Design -- cited as a main influence by artists like Stereolab (who named an entire EP after the group), The High Llamas, Saint Etienne and Cornelius (who reissued their sixties recordings on his own Trattoria label). The group recorded seven albums between 1967 and 1973, and originals of these albums are now extremely sought-after. Free Design main man Chris Dedrick agreed to a one-off reformation in 2000 to contribute to the Marina compilation of Caroline Now! The Music of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. This led directly to a full-scale reunion, and Cosmic Peekaboo presented the first new material by The Free Design in almost 30 years. Performed by the original line up that recorded their 1967 debut album Kites Are Fun, Cosmic Peekaboo is a complex masterpiece of unique beauty, abstract vocal harmonies and truly unusual arrangements of all new original songs. Over 30 years, The Free Design remain separate from the pack with a completely unique artistic vision. Cosmic Peekaboo is as heavenly and artful as pop can be.

Artist:	FREE DESIGN, THE
Title:	Cosmic Peekaboo
Label:	MARINA (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	MA 052LP

LP version. Originally released in 2001, this release saw the return of one of the most idiosyncratic and original groups from the sixties: The Free Design. The group recorded seven albums between 1967 and 1973, and originals of these albums are now extremely sought-after. F Performed by the original line up that recorded their 1967 debut album Kites Are Fun, Cosmic Peekaboo is a complex masterpiece of unique beauty, abstract vocal harmonies and truly unusual arrangements of all new original songs. Over 30 years, The Free Design remain separate from the pack with a completely unique artistic vision. Cosmic Peekaboo is as heavenly and artful as pop can be.

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