In April, Laurie Anderson, Nonesuch Records, and Indaba Music launched a search for collaborators to remix her new song, “Only an Expert,” from the album Homeland. The jury of experts, including Anderson and Lou Reed, have now chosen a Grand Prize Winner and two Runners-Up, and fans have chosen ten Honorable Mentions, all of which can be heard here. "We loved all the entries," says Anderson. "What a huge variety. Thanks for sending the great music."
Back in April, Laurie Anderson, Nonesuch Records, and Indaba Music launched a search for collaborators to remix Anderson’s new song, “Only an Expert,” from her forthcoming Nonesuch release, Homeland, due out this Tuesday. Remix artists responded in force, offering over 200 submissions, from which the jury of experts, including Anderson and Homeland producer Lou Reed, have now chosen a Grand Prize Winner and two Runners-Up. Fans have weighed in as well, picking their favorites, with the ten highest vote-getters on Indaba making Honorable Mentions.
"We loved all the entries," says Anderson. "What a huge variety. Thanks for sending the great music."
The Grand Prize winner receives $1,000 and a one-year free Platinum membership to Indaba Music, with the winning remix included as an exclusive bonus track on the iTunes version of the album. The two runners up receive free Platinum memberships to Indaba. The ten honorable mentions receive free Pro memberships to Indaba along with signed copies of the 12-inch “Only an Expert” single and the Homeland CD.
And so, without further ado, here is the Grand Prize-winning remix—Jeremy Henry's Tech Support Glitch Mix—and the two Runners-Up, by Arzach and Jamie Draper:
And the Honorable Mentions:
You can also listen again to all of the remixes entered into the contest at indabamusic.com.
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BlackBook magazine's Ashley Simpson describes the songs on the album as "heartfelt ruminations" on the events of the decade since Anderson's last studio album, Life on a String (2001). "Vivid images ... and direct confrontations," says Simpson, "make for uneasy but lovely listening. Homeland isn't issue-shy, and coming from Anderson, we wouldn't want it to be." Read more at blackbookmag.com.
Anderson and Reed are the subjects of a feature profile in the New York Post, leading up to the album's release and, even more immediately, their serving as Queen Mermaid and King Neptune in this Saturday's Mermaid Parade on Coney Island in Brooklyn. You can read about it at nypost.com.
To hear what Anderson and Reed have to say about the making of the record, watch an excerpt of "Homeland: The Story of the Lark," the 40-minute documentary included with the album, at nonesuch.com/media. To pre-order Homeland and receive the complete album MP3s at no additional cost starting release day, head to the Nonesuch Store.
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