I’m not talking about the new world flavors of Bali Shag, but NEW Tobacco to hold us over until the release of Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Eating Us in May.
Height, the hip-hop pseudonym for Dan Keech, worked with nine producers for his new album, Baltimore Highlands. The 12-track album was released in 12-inch vinyl record form this week on Wham City Records, and the CD release party is tomorrow at the Zodiac on Charles Street.
But the collaboration doesn’t end there. A dozen local and national indie musicians, including Video Hippos, Dan Deacon, Future Islands, Cex and Trey Told ‘Em, remixed tracks from Baltimore Highlands. Starting this week, the record label is releasing them two at a time for free download on its Web site.
Height toured around with Dan Deacon’s Round Robin extravaganza late last year and has become Wham City’s darling. The remix certainly takes on its own context in a way that Tobacco did for Laura Burhenn’s “Just For The Night” which can be found on BMSR’s Drippers. If this means that Tobacco is going to continue on a hip-hop path, I have great hope for the future. Enough with my early morning words, the tunes speak for themselves.
Height with Friends – Baltimore Highlands (Tobacco remix)
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Just For The Night (Laura Burhenn, BMSR remix)
Height with Friends – The Woods
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