Kult er et af de mest fortærskede begreber man kan finde i den nudanske ordbog, men samtidigt det helt rigtige ord at gribe ud efter når talen falder på The Langley Schools Music Project.
Historien kort fortalt:
The Langley Schools Music Project is a collection of children's chorus recordings made from 1976-77 by Canadian music teacher Hans Fenger in a school gymnasium in Langley, British Columbia, near Vancouver. The students performed unique versions of pop hits by the likes of The Beach Boys, David Bowie, and Paul McCartney. The recordings were quickly forgotten until Victoria record collector Brian Linds found the first record in a thrift store and sent it to author, WFMU radio DJ, and "outsider music" enthusiast Irwin Chusid in 2000. After ten label rejections, Irwin managed to get the album released on Bar/None Records, and it immediately created an international buzz, making many end-of-the-year best album lists in 2001.
Jeg havde selv glemt alt om pladen indtil den forleden dag dukkede op mellem Lambchops "Nixon" og Kim Larsens "5 Eiffel". Numrene er helt horribelt optaget, og fremført på tvivlsomste vis, men rummer alligevel så megen intensitet, at det nærmest sitrer. Børnenes koncentration er åbenlys, og dette kuriosum er ganske enkelt musikalsk spilleglæde i sin reneste form. Bedst på pladen er fortolkningen af "Space Oddity", nedtællingen alene burde kunne gøre det.
The Langley School Music Project "Space Oddity"
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