Highly recommended for RSD 2021 by Music Mania
clear vinyl with ashes
BadNewsGoodNews is a limited edition collector's item. This unique vinyl record is made from 2020 newspapers with bad news about concerts being cancelled and clubs being closed. Yes, you read that right. The vinyl contains ashes of 2020 newspapers. As a symbol that music always overcomes bad times. As a metaphor that out of the ashes, our music scene will rise again. Diamonds are made under pressure, right? The tracklist contains 18 tracks of Belgian artists who are all waiting to hit te stage. The perfect record to celebrate freedom, once again.
With canceled shows, closed venues and lost incomes, the pandemic was bad news for many music artists. But it wasn't only bad news in 2020, as many artists used their struggle to do what they do best during difficult times: create great music. This is why N.E.W.S. Records, a record company based in Ghent releases 'Bad News. Good News.'. A limited edition vinyl record with great songs that couldn't be played live because of the pandemic.
The record itself is made from the ashes of newspapers and magazines containing the bad news that hit the music industry in 2020 (and prevented artists from performing live). As proof that great music always survives bad news, no matter how desperate things can get. To create the records, N.E.W.S. Records worked with And Vinyly, a UK-based company specialized in pressing vinyl records with ashes.
Many artists collaborated on the project and shared their insight on how the bad news happening in the music world influenced their music, like Johannes Genard, lead singer of School is Cool: "The one good thing about bad times is that they open new perspectives on things you've grown accustomed to, and that is exactly our core business as artists: comforting during challenging times; challenging during comfortable times and finding new ways to look at old things."
The compilation contains some exclusives like the Brihang & Compact Disk Dummies 'Steentje / I Remember' mash up, recorded live for 'Week van de Belgische Muziek' and Sam De Nef's cover of the belpop classic 'Satelliet Suzy' recorded for StuBru.
TRACKLISTING:
A1. Brihang & Compact Disk Dummies - Steentje / I remember (Live)
A2. Millionaire - Dig a Ditch
A3. Mauro Pawlowski - Spotlight
A4. Het Zesde Metaal - De Onvolledigen (feat. Stefanie Callebaut) (Live)
A5. Sam De Nef - Satelliet Suzy
A6. Hydrogen Sea - These Days
B1. School is Cool - Close
B2. STUFF. - Cumulus
B3. Flying Horseman - Flare
B4. Nordmann - Cascade(s)
B5. Faces on TV - Keep Me Close
B6. Willy Organ - Autostrade
