Bright Eyes vs Her Space Holiday
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Bright Eyes Vs Her Space Holiday is an EP
by Bright Eyes and Her Space Holiday
. It was released in 2000 on the Wichita Recordings
label.
The EP contained recordings by Conor Oberst
of "The Calendar Hung Itself...", a song from his 2000 album Fevers and Mirrors
, and "Doctor and the DJ" by Marc Bianchi of Her Space Holiday
, from his album Home Is Where You Hang Yourself
. Two remixes by Bianchi follow, one of his own song "Famous to Me (Hurtful Kid)" and a remix of Oberst's "Contrast and Compare".
The album was released on both vinyl
(7") and CD.
. Bright Eyes was also on the label at the time. The deal with Wichita led to Her Space Holiday touring with Bright Eyes, amongst other bands. Her Space Holiday had previously featured Bright Eyes remixes on the remix disk of Home Is Where You Hang Yourself.
called Bright Eyes the 'angrier' of the two, whereas Her Space Holiday was 'languid[ly] atmospheric'.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by Bright Eyes and Her Space Holiday
Her Space Holiday
Her Space Holiday is the recording moniker of indietronic and indie rock artist Marc Bianchi.-History:Marc Bianchi began as a musician in the California hardcore scene. He was a part of Indian Summer and Mohinder before assuming the moniker "Her Space Holiday" in 1996...
. It was released in 2000 on the Wichita Recordings
Wichita Recordings
Wichita Recordings is an independent record label located in London, founded in 2000 by Mark Bowen and Dick Green. Its most notable signees are Bloc Party, The Cribs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Her Space Holiday, Los Campesinos! and Peter Bjorn and John...
label.
The EP contained recordings by Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
of "The Calendar Hung Itself...", a song from his 2000 album Fevers and Mirrors
Fevers and Mirrors
Fevers and Mirrors is the third album by the Nebraska emo/indie band Bright Eyes, recorded in 1999 and released on May 29, 2000. It was the 32nd release of the Omaha, Nebraska-based record label Saddle Creek Records...
, and "Doctor and the DJ" by Marc Bianchi of Her Space Holiday
Her Space Holiday
Her Space Holiday is the recording moniker of indietronic and indie rock artist Marc Bianchi.-History:Marc Bianchi began as a musician in the California hardcore scene. He was a part of Indian Summer and Mohinder before assuming the moniker "Her Space Holiday" in 1996...
, from his album Home Is Where You Hang Yourself
Home Is Where You Hang Yourself
Home Is Where You Hang Yourself is a double album by Her Space Holiday. It was released June 20, 2000 on Tiger Style Records in the USA, and Wichita Recordings in the UK...
. Two remixes by Bianchi follow, one of his own song "Famous to Me (Hurtful Kid)" and a remix of Oberst's "Contrast and Compare".
The album was released on both vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
(7") and CD.
Background
In 2000 Her Space Holiday made a licensing deal with Wichita Recordings to release their work in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Bright Eyes was also on the label at the time. The deal with Wichita led to Her Space Holiday touring with Bright Eyes, amongst other bands. Her Space Holiday had previously featured Bright Eyes remixes on the remix disk of Home Is Where You Hang Yourself.
Music
"The Calendar Hung Itself" featured 'jagged' vocals, repetitive guitar and synthesizers. Marc Bianchi's remix of "Contrast and Compare" made "major changes", including slurred vocals, keyboard 'drones' and a flute solo. A review in NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
called Bright Eyes the 'angrier' of the two, whereas Her Space Holiday was 'languid[ly] atmospheric'.
Tracklisting
- The Calendar Hung Itself... - Bright Eyes
- Doctor and the DJ - Her Space Holiday
- Contrast and Compare [Making Words Work Mix] - Her Space Holiday remix of Bright Eyes Song
- Famous to Me (Hurtful Kid) - Her Space Holiday remix