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Sunday, November 16, 2008

'Lost' Rednex Track Could Finally Be Heard

A "lost" Rednex track recorded in 1996 and performed just once in public could finally be released according to producer Janne Ericsson.

The track "Tre Apor i Fara", which translates as "Three Monkeys in Peril", is a 3-minute and 42-second experimental track recorded on the heels of Rednex hit "Cotton-Eyed Joe" and widely regarded as the only surviving blend of klezmer and Shibuya-kei that has long been considered too adventurous for mainstream audiences.

In an exclusive E24 interview, Ericsson said that he and fellow producers Orjan Oberg and Pat Reiniz had only just recently agreed that the world was ready to receive their masterpiece. Ericsson confirmed that he still owned the master tapes, adding that he had thought that the tapes were lost, but that he found them in his dresser drawer.

In the twelve years since its recording, "Tre Apor i Fara" has acquired near mythical status amoung Rednex fans who argue that the track provides evidence of the group's ambitions.

The work features distorted violins, discordant accordians and jazz-inspired electropop rhythms interspersed with Scarlet and Dagger's subversive lyrics about monkeys in dangerous circumstances. 
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