The Beets: January 16, 2009 Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Fashion Week Commercial

February 21, 2009
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[click to watch The Beets commercial]

So I’m riding in a cab the other day, gazing out the window, when I was jolted to hear the music of The Beets coming from the taxi video screen. The fashion designer Cynthia Rowley produced a bizarre commercial for fashion week which features a bevy of French fashion models playing musical chairs in a gym and The Beets are the band that provides the music (also on youtube here). Besides the fact that the commercial makes virtually no sense whatsoever, its almost comically surreal that of all the bands that could have been selected to play the music, Ms. Rowley chose an obscure Queens lo-fi garage band. I would love to know the story behind their selection.

A month ago, we recorded The Beets at Cake Shop as part of a State Capital Records showcase. This show was captured from up front and the sound quality is quite good, considering that the band intentionally distorts its sound behind a wall of reverb. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

The Beets
2009-01-16
Cake Shop
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Upfront
10 Feet from PA

DPA 4021s > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustments, downsample 16/44) > CD Wave > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-02-11

Setlist:
[total time 17:55]
08 Tracks

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Beets, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their CDs from the instructions on their MySpace page.

One Response to The Beets: January 16, 2009 Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Fashion Week Commercial

  1. A
    February 21, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    I thought you meant the band from ‘Doug’

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