YoungRemy
08-28-2006, 06:13 PM
UK Yahoo (http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/060808/340/gizlp.html&e=l_news_dm)
Beck has announced details of his new album, which is to be called "The Information".
"The Information" will be released on October 2 and has been produced by Nigel Godrich, famed for his work on Radiohead's "OK Computer" and Beck's own "Sea Change".
The new album is reported to be heavily influenced by hop hip, with tracks such as "Soldier Jane", "Nausea", "Cell Phone's Dead" and "1000 BPM" amongst the tracks set to feature.
The first fruits of "The Information", which follows 2004's "Guero", can currently be seen on Beck's MySpace page, where the video to the track "I Think I'm In Love" has been posted.
Beck plays a host of European shows this summer, including the V Festival in the UK and Rock En Seine in France.
meanwhile, you can create Beck's new album cover (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/23/music.beck.reut/index.html)
NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Beck wants to have a little fun with the artwork for his upcoming album, "The Information," and he wants his fans to contribute.
The set, due October 3 via Interscope, will feature blank packaging and one of four sets of sticker sheets designed by artists from the United States and Europe, allowing consumers to customize the cover however they wish.
Although details have yet to be announced, a contest is in the works to select the best album cover creation, with final approval coming from Beck himself. Plans also call for displaying the sticker designs at select art galleries.
In addition, "The Information" will include a video for each of its 15 tracks, led by a Michel Gondry-directed clip for "Cell Phone's Dead." A video for the thumping first single "Nausea" that incorporates footage from the Beck-scored skateboarding documentary "1st and Hope" is already making the rounds on YouTube, but it appears a different video will appear on the DVD.
"Nausea" and album track "Strange Apparition" are now streaming on Beck's Web site (http://www.beck.com). The project also features such tracks as the echo-laden, psychedelic "Movie Theme," the bass-heavy, "Midnite Vultures"-esque "1000 BPM," the strummy "No Complaints."
Beck's lone upcoming U.S. show is September 30 at the San Francisco-area edition of the Download Festival, although a fall tour is in the works.
Beck has announced details of his new album, which is to be called "The Information".
"The Information" will be released on October 2 and has been produced by Nigel Godrich, famed for his work on Radiohead's "OK Computer" and Beck's own "Sea Change".
The new album is reported to be heavily influenced by hop hip, with tracks such as "Soldier Jane", "Nausea", "Cell Phone's Dead" and "1000 BPM" amongst the tracks set to feature.
The first fruits of "The Information", which follows 2004's "Guero", can currently be seen on Beck's MySpace page, where the video to the track "I Think I'm In Love" has been posted.
Beck plays a host of European shows this summer, including the V Festival in the UK and Rock En Seine in France.
meanwhile, you can create Beck's new album cover (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/23/music.beck.reut/index.html)
NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Beck wants to have a little fun with the artwork for his upcoming album, "The Information," and he wants his fans to contribute.
The set, due October 3 via Interscope, will feature blank packaging and one of four sets of sticker sheets designed by artists from the United States and Europe, allowing consumers to customize the cover however they wish.
Although details have yet to be announced, a contest is in the works to select the best album cover creation, with final approval coming from Beck himself. Plans also call for displaying the sticker designs at select art galleries.
In addition, "The Information" will include a video for each of its 15 tracks, led by a Michel Gondry-directed clip for "Cell Phone's Dead." A video for the thumping first single "Nausea" that incorporates footage from the Beck-scored skateboarding documentary "1st and Hope" is already making the rounds on YouTube, but it appears a different video will appear on the DVD.
"Nausea" and album track "Strange Apparition" are now streaming on Beck's Web site (http://www.beck.com). The project also features such tracks as the echo-laden, psychedelic "Movie Theme," the bass-heavy, "Midnite Vultures"-esque "1000 BPM," the strummy "No Complaints."
Beck's lone upcoming U.S. show is September 30 at the San Francisco-area edition of the Download Festival, although a fall tour is in the works.