Thrill Jockey release 7″ boxset as part of birthday celebrations

The Sea & Cake celebrating Thrill Jockey’s 15th Birthday… probably.

We’ve previously reported about Thrill Jockey’s birthday celebrations in London, but they’ve now announced the release of a special box set of 7″ featuring Tortoise and The Sea & Cake… full details below:

Tortoise chose to cover a song by Nobukazu Takemura a Japanese musician- whose ground breaking albums- are delicate combinations of live instrumentation largely all played by Takemura, analog synths, Computer manipulated or simulated voice recordings (on one record he used a computer program designed for those who are speech impaired).

Arbouretum recorded a dark beauty by Thalia Zedek a Boston musican who was in Come and UZI. Thalia will be recording her second Thrill Jockey record this fall for release in early 2008. Special Guest on this recording is Victoria from Beach House who are currently on tour with Arbouretum .

The Sea and Cake recorded a new song by Califone from their most recent album “Roots and Crowns”. The vocal styles of The Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop bring an entirely new feeling to the song. Calfione and The Sea and Cake are currently on tour and will be performing at the Koko.

Pit er Pat selected a gem by the Lonesome Organist from his album “Cavalcade”. Re- interpreting it with a killer calypso feel! Pit er Pat’s Butchy Feugo recently preformed as drummer number 7 in the Bordoms nyc 77 drummers show. Pit er Pat are currently on tour in North America With the Fiery Furnaces.

David Byrne covered Ex Guru by The Fiery Furnaces
Archer Prewitt covered Mrs Turner by The National Trust
Bobby Conn, Califone and Thalia Zedek covered Freakwater songs
Freakwater covered Megre Prick by the Zincs
The Zincs covered Blue Marble Girl by Giant Sand
Directions covered Toy Boat by Jeff Parker
And More!!

These songs will not be released on cd and will be a limited edition set.