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this is a compilation featuring the most popular music from the xerox pudding archives.

xerox pudding was an internet-based art-happening with a heavy dada lean, which existed in the form of a loose collective of artists convening via a popular chat program. rather than rehearsed or produced, this spontaneous art project was "played" as a quasi-parlor game for the twenty-first century. the rules were simple: show up, think up some titles for possible songs, trade them, interpret someone else's title musically, finish within a day or so, share the results. the deliberate ritualization occurred in the preparation of actual instant pudding, after which each session was titled.

in what was perhaps a subconcious perversion of warhol's factory, emphasis was placed on expedience and spontaneity to create a different atmosphere than many of the artists generally worked under. yet, for the most part, this technique stood to pique creativity rather than to produce inferior results.

the eight sessions of xerox pudding were conducted during the late summer and autumn of 2006. i give it my highest rating.

-- gerald christgaul, january 2007


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ambsace
communicon
fabien porée
heigrestad productions
qrter
révolution musicale
sam desborough
saskrotch
sick to the back teeth