tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post1650297846175137892..comments2024-03-20T18:37:49.933-04:00Comments on The Duff Guide to Ska: Duff Review: RiceRokit -- Hang LooseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-8638738619953467742009-12-11T17:45:12.469-05:002009-12-11T17:45:12.469-05:00Hey Steve I just reviewed this album as well and l...Hey Steve I just reviewed this album as well and linked to yours.<br /><br />http://dthrog-ska.blogspot.com/2009/12/ricerokit-hang-loose-album-review.html<br /><br />Regards<br />DaveDavid Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13110135903934460580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-10603742453507359532008-10-09T09:39:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:39:00.000-04:00Jeremy:Thanks for all the background on this relea...Jeremy:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the background on this release--really interesting stuff. And, yes, Kendo is a great and extraordinarily talented guy--someone to watch, cause he is going places. I should probably get my act together and do an interview with him and find out more about "Hang Loose."<BR/><BR/>Is the Japanese version of the album different from the Megalith version?<BR/><BR/>I'll be heading over to iTunes to buy the alternate version of "Howl at the Moon" right now...awesome song...<BR/><BR/>Steve from MoonSteve from Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074565580429334218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-82881786677211813992008-10-08T22:00:00.000-04:002008-10-08T22:00:00.000-04:00Thanks so much Steve for reviewing this release of...Thanks so much Steve for reviewing this release of ours. Honestly when I first was contacted by Kendo, I was a bit skeptical, the name RiceRokit through me off at first. But once I listened to what he was laying down, I knew I wanted to work with him. Initially he was making this record all by himself, burning the cds, printing the tray art and mailing them out. We started off just buying a few copies off him and getting him set up for digital distribution. But we quickly ran out of copies and so did our physical distributors. So instead of making Kendo de Casa into a sweat shop, we thought it was best to give him the royal treatment and go full on pressing. I'm glad we did too, he is a hard worker! He is constantly keeping in contact and updating us with what he is doing with the band and to promote the record. Because of this, we also struck a deal to get the album released in Japan shortly after our US pressing! And, like your latest entry states, we are securing his next record as well.<BR/><BR/>What most people probably don't know though is, this is album is one of the best "conceptual" albums to come along in a long time, not since Sublime's 40oz To Freedom have I listened to a record from beginning to end and felt like someone really thought about this thing in and out. Kendo originally have a 20+ track cd for this release. Between and before each song, the album was filled with all these awesome classic horror and comedy samples that pertained to each song. But as I'm sure you know, legalities prevail, and we thought best to nix those and not have to deal with all the rights. So the "samples" were dropped and what you get is still a very tight concept album. Tremendous thought and effort and conscious track list order. BUT! What you also get is an exclusive on both the DIGITAL and the PHYSICAL disc. <BR/>As I stated before, we got Hang Loose into digital before we went to physical print, upon announcing the physical release, Kendo went and gave us an alternate mix of "Howl At The Moon" (Traditional Mix). So the PHYSICAL cd has a different version that the DIGITAL release. So that means if you buy the cd, you need to get to iTunes and buy that track as well, to hear the differences...isn't the future cool?<BR/>Maybe down the road we can put those samples up for free on the website for peeps to download and make the original album their own way!Jeremy Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632694889439494802noreply@blogger.com