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Grayfolded - John Oswald (and the Grateful Dead)

It has been a weird and uneasy week. I don't know what to make of world events like yesterday's bombing in Spain, the churning and somehow stationary United States economy, and the ever-widening push to 'clean up' our airwaves.

So out comes two full CD's the Dead classic "Dark Star" put through the Oswald filter. The source material was live Grateful Dead recordings spanning nearly their entire career. The result is somehow both disturbing and soothing.

(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)

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Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. He is an editor and writer for Jazz.com. He also writes reviews for Blogcritics.org and produces the weekly feature The Friday Morning Listen. …

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    Two disc collection featuring Canadian composer & sampling outlaw John Oswald's conglomeration of Grateful Dead live recordings (particularly versions of 'Dark Star') he has molded into 'Grayfolded', ...

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