Monday, August 24, 2009
Music news Dallas Austin's cinéma vérité
Posted by Ben Westhoff on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Dallas Austin's new album/movie 8Dazeaweakend is simultaneously whimsical and pretentious, silly and inspired, groundbreaking and clichéd. Telling the semi-biographical story of a privileged socialite whose parents have her on attention deficit disorder drugs, it preaches the perils of Ritalin but pretty much begs to be enjoyed while high.
Recorded by Austin's group Dallas Austin Experience and featuring contributors including George Clinton, Colin Munroe and Big Gipp (of Goodie Mob), the 8Dazeaweakend CD serves as soundtrack to the full-length film of the same name. It triples as a touring show, making for a highly unusual project that has left Austin's label, Universal Motown, completely confused.
Austin, of course, is one of the most decorated and popular producers of his generation, known for crafting and writing songs for TLC, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Boys II Men. More recently, he's been in the news for his dalliances with Britney Spears. (He insists that while they canoodled together in Atlanta about a year ago, their affair was over by the time gossip rags wrote about it last month.)
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