The Silver Lake Chorus - Behind The Remixes

The Silver Lake Chorus performs choral arrangements of indie music and exudes both the edgy, independent spirit of Los Angeles's Silver Lake neighborhood and the heart of community choral singing.

In 2010, Australian singer Ben Lee attended a rehearsal of the recently-formed group and sat among TSLC members as they sang their cover of Beck’s “Lonesome Tears." Blown away by how the song had been “reinvented, Lee suggested the chorus take a completely original indie rock approach to the ancient choral art form. He signed on to produce their debut album and reached out to other artists and friends, asking them to write new music for the chorus. Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Wayne Coyne and Stephen Drozd of The Flaming Lips, John Roderick of The Long Winters, Inara George and Greg Kurstin of The Bird and the Bee, A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers, Aimee Mann, Sia, Tegan and Sara, and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver all responded with songs.

Press and radio took notice, with The Wall Street Journal declaring that TSLC was “changing the way people think about choruses," and Philthy Magazine stating, “Of all of the long-awaited debut LPs to come out in 2015, The Silver Lake Chorus’ self-titled full-length has proven to be the most worth getting excited about.”

As TSLC prepares for their next studio album, Six Degrees Records has collaborated with the group to put the beautiful tracks from their debut into the hands of a diverse & talented cast of remixers.

With contributions from artists like popular ambient guitar duo, Hammock, Guitar experimentalist and soundtrack composer, David Torn, artist producer Carmen Rizzo & up and coming dream pop/electronics whiz, starRo, the resulting album offers tracks that range from beautifully ambient pieces to dance-able 80’s influenced bangers. The end result is a fresh look at The Silver Lake Chorus’s debut, with songs written by some of alternative music’s finest composers and now re-imagined to explore new and exciting sonic terrain.

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