rpk@lmi-angel.UUCP (Bob Krajewski) (11/12/86)
Just in time for the holidays is the new benefit single, ``Feed The Beat,'' for African anti-hunger efforts. Instead of musicians, this single (on 12" only) is a collaboration of mixers, featuring Trevor Horn, Jellybean Benitez, Rick Rubin, Steve Nye, Don Gehman, Adrian Sherwood, Nile Rodgers, Ron St.-Germain, Hugh Padham, Mitch Easter, Bob Clearmountain, George Martin, Jimmy Iovine, Steve Lillywhite, Bill Laswell, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Francois Kevorkian, and T-Bone Burnett, among others. The song, which comes in the ``AORish Mix,'' ``Urban Contemporary But Still With A Loud Rock Guitar Solo In the Mix,'' ``Overused DX-7 and Fairlight Sounds Mix,'' ``Mix Featuring Sounds Like Electric Piano That Were Formerly Considered Unhip,'' and the ``Really Incredible Drum Sound So It's Almost Industrial Mix,'' is notable in that different producers are used in different 30-second segments. No original music was recorded for the song; instead, sources like * the word ``there'' as sung by Lionel Ritchie in ``We Are the World'' * a Steve Perry ``whoah'' from a Journey song * a snare drum from ``I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday'' * guitar from ``War Pigs'' by Black Sabbath were sampled, modulated, and otherwise processed with the latest digital technology (and Adrian Sherwood's twenty-year old AM transistor radio). The ``street date'' is next Monday, November 17th, and will be handled by CBS-PolyWarner, Inc.