Music experimentalist, Max Tundra is to release a cover version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s So Long Farewell, from the musical The Sound of Music as a b-side to Will Get Fooled Again as a limited 7″ vinyl and digital download on 29th September.
Will Get Fooled Again is taken from Max Tundra’s forthcoming third album Parallax Error Beheads You, which will follow on 13th October.
When asked about working with Max Tundra, Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy, ex-Arcade Fire and Last Shadow Puppets arranger) said:
“Max and I met in Barcelona in 2005 at Primavera Sound. His slot was at 4am. He put on a mask, wrapped himself up in tape, and played forty minutes of music made mostly using Amiga sample tracker software from the late 1980s. There was virtuosic melodica playing, Pointer Sisters-style singing, and an eight-minute version of “So Long, Farewell” from The Sound Of Music. I was wasted and ended up passing out on a beach in my underwear. When the sun rose, I woke up with dried merengue and sand glued to my hair, and in a daze, I realized that I had just witnessed nothing less than the best music performance of my life.”
To listen to the wonderous world of Max Tundra visit www.myspace.com/maxtundra
2 comments so far
1 Antony Montoya // Sep 11, 2008 at 4:10 pm
truly enjoyed coming upon your blog!!
2 pearl // Sep 23, 2008 at 11:13 am
this takes easy listening to a whole new level!