Alpendub is currently preparing a remix of the entire Jo-Delay album for Internet-only release. In addition to remixes of the original album tracks, the release will also include bonus material and unreleased tracks from the Jo-Delay sessions.

Provisional tracklist:

1. Jaga Ode
2. Böse Sennerin
3. Bach runter (denkste?)
4. Der Weg zum Herzen
5. Komm zurück
6. Der Schaffner
7. Sepp Dub
8. Schreck
9. Grüss mal
10. Jaga Ode (Hirsch Dub) *
11. Fahrvergnügen *
12. Boch oi *
13. Puppet On A String *
14. Jungbrunnen *
15. Lago Maggiore (Italien) *
16. Kräuterpflücken *
17. Oh Österreich *

* remixes and bonus material
Stay tuned here for more details!

Lead vocalist for the English album will be Ian Beaty from lovely mountainous (and very alpendubbish) Vancouver, Canada. Other featured guests include the Captain Zorx Male Choir from Berlin, Germany, Tyson Naylor on Blackcomb Mountain accordion, Niko Schabel on Alpbach clarinet, Daniel Lauer on Germaican guitar, Ian Beaty on Maple Ridge bass and the man cable on Winterpeg drums and hackbrett.

We’ve taken care to redo the tracks with the exact track lengths and more or less the same arrangements. The difference is in the instrumentation and groove. In other words, no more synths but lots of alpine dubby sounds.

Here’s the track listing:

1. Europe Endless
2. Hall Of Mirrors
3. Showroom Dummies
4. Trans-Europe Express
5. Metal On Metal
6. Franz Schubert
7. Endless Endless

Stay tuned for more details!

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Have a look:

Apparently the Neptunes did the production, well Pharell Williams at least. You can definitely hear their “sound” in there, but I’m not so convinced that they’ve done anything too special with this tune. To my ears, the beat wobbles in a very ungroovy way (the Germans would say “holprig“) and the whole thing sounds a bit stiff and lifeless. It’s almost as if they took a scrap idea they had lying around and just stuck it onto this song.

We all know that Gwen Stefani — like Madonna before her — really knows how to put on the pop star schtick, and she does it really really well. Can she sing? Not really in the “school of four octaves” way but that’s not too important because she has character and chutzpah. Can she rap? Hmmm, that’s not so good. Does she have anything to say other than to present new fashion? Not too sure about that … but the whole thing is fun and it’s only meant to be fun, so let’s not complain.

We’ve just received our copies of The Rough Guide To Yodel, out now on World Music Network. This is a really sweet package with excellent liner notes from Bart Plantenga … and cool music inside. Here’s the track listing:

1. Cathy Fink - Yodeling Lesson
2. Janet McBride - A Yodeling Addiction
3. Christine Lauterburg - Erika’s Alptraum
4. Jodel Duo Rösy & Paul Hirschi’s - Schäferlied
5. Shelley Hirsch & David Weinstein - Haiku Lingo
6. Alpendub vs. the man cable - Jaga Ode (Dubtronik)
7. The Ho’op’i Brothers - Hawaiian Cowboy
8. Trio Los Campaneros de Valles - La Rosa
9. Kishore Kumar - Main Hoon Jhoom Jhoom Jhumroo
10. Sainko Namtchylak - Inuit Wedding
11. Carolina Cotton - Nola
12. Laura Love - Anyway
13. Gillian Welch - My Morphine
14. Mike Johnson - Yeah, I’m A Cowboy
15. Kenny Roberts - Just A Yodel For Me
16. Ed Sanders- Yodelling Robot
17. Francis Bebey - Pygmy Divorce
18. Baka Beyond - Call Of The Forest

You can get it now at Amazon.
Thanks to Bart Plantenga for helping to put this together with the crew from World Music Network.

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