Dimension Mix
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Dimension Mix is a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 from indie record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 Eenie Meenie Records
Eenie Meenie Records
Eenie Meenie Records is an independent record label that specializes in signing indie pop, indie rock and electronica artists, such as The Faraway Places, From Bubblegum to Sky, Seksu Roba and Troubled Hubble...

 released on August 23, 2005. The CD is a tribute to Dimension 5 Records and the music of electronic sound pioneers Bruce Haack
Bruce Haack
Bruce Clinton Haack was a musician, composer, and pioneer of electronic music. He was born in Alberta, Canada.-From Alberta to New York :...

 and Esther Nelson.

The album features Eenie Meenie artists such as From Bubblegum to Sky, Oranger
Oranger
-Band history:Mike Drake, Matt Harris and Jim Lindsay knew each other from playing together in previous bands Overwhelming Colorfast and Stick Figures. They formed Oranger in 1997 with Chad Dyer of American Sensei on bass, Mike Drake providing vocals and guitar, Jim Lindsay on drums and Matt Harris...

, Blue-Eyed Son
Blue-Eyed Son
Blue-Eyed Son is an American indie rock band.The title of the debut album West of Lincoln refers to the ocean west of Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica. "Blue-Eyed Son" may be a reference to a lyric in Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall, and the album features a cover of Dylan's "I Threw It All...

, and DJ Me DJ You as well as more popular artists such as Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...

, Eels
Eels (band)
Eels is an American indie rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E...

, Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...

, and The Apples in Stereo
The Apples in Stereo
The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...

.

The profits made from the project are donated to Cure Autism Now to benefit autistic
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...

 children. The album was produced by Ross Harris, who has an autistic son.

Track listing

  1. "Funky Little Song" – Beck
    Beck
    Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...

     – 5:15
  2. "Mudra" – Stereolab
    Stereolab
    Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...

     – 6:44
  3. "I'm Bruce (Dimension 5 Mega Mix)" – Fantastic Plastic Machine – 4:47
  4. "Liza Jane" – The Apples in Stereo
    The Apples in Stereo
    The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...

     – 3:16
  5. "Spiders" – Money Mark
    Money Mark
    Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...

     – 4:01
  6. "Popcorn" – Tipsy
    Tipsy (band)
    Tipsy is an electronic music band, formed by Tim Digulla and David Gardner in San Francisco, CA in 1996. Their music is a quirky blend of lounge and experimental sound collage.-Albums:* 1996 – Trip Tease* 2001 – Uh-Oh!...

     – 2:28
  7. "Jelly Dancers" – EELS
    Eels (band)
    Eels is an American indie rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E...

     – 4:36
  8. "School 4 Robots" – Brother Cleve – 4:14
  9. "Catfish" – Oranger
    Oranger
    -Band history:Mike Drake, Matt Harris and Jim Lindsay knew each other from playing together in previous bands Overwhelming Colorfast and Stick Figures. They formed Oranger in 1997 with Chad Dyer of American Sensei on bass, Mike Drake providing vocals and guitar, Jim Lindsay on drums and Matt Harris...

     – 3:55
  10. "Walking Eagle" – Anubian Lights – 5:56
  11. "Army Ants in Your Pants" – Irving
    Irving (band)
    Irving is an American indie rock band. It was founded by Alex Church, later of Sea Wolf, Brian Canning and Steven Scott in 1998, after playing together for the first time at an arts festival. Soon after, they added keyboardist Shana Levy and Brent Turner; Levy remained with the group until 2003,...

     – 4:18
  12. "Soul Transportation" – DJ Me DJ You – 5:16
  13. "Abracadabra" – From Bubblegum to Sky – 2:02
  14. "Listen" – Chris Kachulis – 2:43
  15. "African Lullaby" – Geoffrey Owen & Mary Christopher – 2:42
  16. "Upside Down" – Blue-Eyed Son
    Blue-Eyed Son
    Blue-Eyed Son is an American indie rock band.The title of the debut album West of Lincoln refers to the ocean west of Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica. "Blue-Eyed Son" may be a reference to a lyric in Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall, and the album features a cover of Dylan's "I Threw It All...

     – 2:19
  17. "Rain of Earth" – The Stone Throw Singers
    Stones Throw Records
    Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20....

     – 5:13
  18. "Nothing To Do" – Danielson Famile
    Danielson Famile
    Danielson is an American Rock band from Clarksboro, New Jersey that plays indie pop gospel music. The group consists of frontman Daniel Smith and a number of various artists with whom he collaborates...

     – 2:15

  • The promo CD given to stores to give away contained samples of the songs on the album, each under a minute, as well as ten additional full-length songs not on the proper album:
  1. "Crooked in the Weird of the Catacombs" - Oranger
  2. "Ear Nose & Throat" - Troubled Hubble
    Troubled Hubble
    Troubled Hubble was an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.The song "I Love My Canoe", from Penturbia, was a hit at college radio in 2003....

  3. "For Guys' Eyes Only" - Hockey Night
  4. "Beers in Heaven" - Space Needle
    Space Needle (band)
    Space Needle was an experimental rock band founded in Providence, Rhode Island who were active from 1994 to 1997. The group was founded by Jud Ehrbar and Jeff Gatland, who made their initial recordings on four track tape...

  5. "The Falcon" - ULYSSES
    Ulysses (band)
    Ulysses is an indie rock band formed by Robert Schneider along with John Ferguson and Ben Fulton in the spring of 2003. Robert Beatty joined later that year. They released their first album, 010, on October 26, 2004 through Eenie Meenie Records...

  6. "Do I Know You" - PINE*am
  7. "Queen of Verlane" - The High Water Marks
    The High Water Marks
    The High Water Marks is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant 6 collective. The band has two lead creative members, Hilarie Sidney and Per Ole Bratset, who co-write the band's music.-Band history:...

     feat. Hilarie Sidney
    Hilarie Sidney
    Hilarie Sidney is a musician most famously recognized as the longtime drummer for The Apples in Stereo. She was previously married to Apples in Stereo frontman and Elephant 6 co-founder Robert Schneider. Their divorce became publicly acknowledged in 2004...

     of The Apples in Stereo
  8. "L-O-V-E" - Irving
  9. "Operation Big Beat" - From Bubblegum to Sky
  10. "Sunburn" - Blue-Eyed Son

Personnel

All recordings copyright 2005 Eenie Meenie Records except track 1 (copyright 2004 Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

) and track 7 (copyright 2004 EELS).

Funky Lil' Song

  • Beck: guitar and vocals
  • Erik Richards: piano, bass, sitar and drums
  • Ross Harris: keyboards, percussion, electric banjo and effects

  • Produced, arranged and recorded by Ross Harris at Burning Trailer Studios
  • Additional production by Erik Richards at Somis Sounds Studios
  • Mixed by Josh at Ton Recording Studio, Echo Park
  • Beck appears courtesy of Interscope Records

I'm Bruce (Dimension 5 Mega Mix)

  • Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka (Fantastic Plastic Machine)
  • Programmed and mixed by Masayuki Kumahara (Think Sync Integral)
  • Contains elements from "School 4 Robots" and "Intro" from The Way Out Record; "Army Ants in Your Pants" from Captain Entropy; "Intro", "A Little Discussion" and "A Stuffy Story" from Dance Sing and Listen; and "Fireworks" from Dance Sing and Listen Again.

Spiders

  • All instruments performed by Money Mark

  • Money Mark appears courtesy of Pinto Records

School 4 Robots

  • Produced, arranged and performed by Brother Cleve
  • Recorded at The Rubberoom
  • Mixed by Ducky Carlisleat Ice Station Zebra, Boston, Massachusetts

Catfish

  • Performed by Oranger
  • Recorded by Oranger at Plymouth Sounds, SF (2004)
  • Little Kid Noises by Patrick Main, Age 8

Army Ants in Your Pants

  • Performed by Irving: Aaron Burrows, Brian Canning, Alex Church, Steven Scott, Brent Turner
  • Produced by Elliot Chenault
  • Engineered and mixed by Mike Stromsoe
  • Recorded at Egostatic Media

Soul Transportation

  • David Boria: drums
  • Erik Richards: bass
  • Ross Harris: rhythm guitar
  • Dave Wakefield: lead guitar

  • Produced and recorded by Craig Berrell and Ross Harris at Burning Trailer Studios
  • Contains samples of "Soul Transportation" by Bruuce Haack and Esther Nelson

Abracadabra

  • Performed by From Bubblegum to Sky: Mario Hernandez, Bill Evans, Becky Barron, Frank Jordan

Upside Down

  • Performed by Andrew Heilprin, Koool G Murder, Scott McPherson
  • Produced, engineered and mixed by Koool G Murder and Andrew Heilprin

Rain of Earth

  • Gary Wilson
    Gary Wilson
    Gary Wilson is the name of:* Gary Wilson , American experimental musician best known for his 1977 album, You Think You Really Know Me* Gary Wilson , Canadian politician...

    : various instrumentation
  • Peanut Butter Wolf
    Peanut Butter Wolf
    Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is a DJ, hip-hop producer and the founder of hip-hop label Stones Throw Records.A native of San Jose, California, He took on the name Peanut Butter Wolf in the late-80s when he realized that a girlfriend’s youngest brother feared the “peanut butter wolf monster”...

    : lead vocals, various instrumentation
  • Koushik: backup vocals on chorus, melodica
  • Sa-Ra: vocal harmonies on chorus

  • Intro by Padraic Mcguire and Koushik for Home Skillet Productions

  • Produced by PB Wolf and Gary Wilson
  • Additional vocal production by Sa-Ra Creative Partners
  • Mixed by Dave Cooley and PB Wolf at Bionic Studios (Echo Park, California)
  • Sa-Ra appears courtesy of SRCP
  • Other performers appear courtesy of Stones Throw Records
    Stones Throw Records
    Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20....


Nothing to Do

  • Danielson: acoustic guitar, vocal
  • Rachel Galloway: flute, vocal
  • Christiaan Palladine: keys, vocal
  • Megan Slaboda: bells, vocal
  • David Smith: drums
  • Melissa Palladino: violin, vocal
  • Jon Galaxy: bass
  • Elin K. Smith: vocal
  • Glen Galaxy: Saxophone

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