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and rarities compilation album by the

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band

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. It was released April 1, 2008 under the

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, and

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labels. It can be seen as a companion to ''

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'', a 1996 compilation that collects recordings from the band released prior to their first album. Announced by frontman

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in May 2007, Schneider described ''Electronic Projects for Musicians'' as having "all of our non-LP material since ''

Fun Trick Noisemaker ''Fun Trick Noisemaker'' is the debut studio album by The Apples in Stereo. It was recorded in a house in Los Angeles, in Robert Schneider's (at the time) portable Pet Sounds Studio. It was released in 1995 via SpinART. The album is perhaps the ...

'' came out" — a time period that spans 12 years. ''Electronic Projects for Musicians'' does include most of the band's non-LP material released while the band was signed to

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, excluding songs found on the ''

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'' and '' Let's Go!''

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, due to licensing issues. The song "Dreams", an unfinished recording intended for release on the band's 1997 LP ''

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'', is included on ''Electronic Projects for Musicians'' with newly recorded instrumentals. In late 2007, fans were invited to remix the song "Can You Feel It?" from the most recent Apples LP, ''

New Magnetic Wonder ''New Magnetic Wonder'' is the sixth studio album from The Apples in Stereo. The album was produced by Robert Schneider with additional production and mixing by Bryce Goggin ( Pavement, Evan Dando, Sean Lennon) and was recorded in four separate s ...

''. Over 20 master tracks from the song's production were made available for download. The grand prize winning song (dubbed the "Mild Davis remix") was available for download with purchase of ''Electronic Projects for Musicians''. The title of the compilation comes from the book of the same name by

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Schneider except "Avril en Mai" (Schneider, Chris McDuffie)

Personnel

The Apples in Stereo

- guitar, lead and backing vocals, keyboard, additional instrumentation. *

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- guitar, backing vocals, percussion. *

Hilarie Sidney Hilarie Sidney is an American musician best known as the longtime drummer for The Apples in Stereo. She was previously married to Robert Schneider, the band's frontman and Elephant 6 co-founder. Their divorce was announced in 2004. She was half ...

- drums, lead and backing vocals, percussion. *

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- bass, backing vocals, percussion. *

Chris McDuffie Chris McDuffie is an American musician. A keyboardist, he performed with the Elephant 6 band The Minders and appeared on their 1996 debut EP ''Come On and Hear''. McDuffie later became a member of The Apples in Stereo The Apples in Stereo, s ...

- keyboard, backing vocals, additional instrumentation.

Production

''Electronic Projects for Musicians'' was produced by

. It was engineered by The Apples in Stereo and Jim McIntyre, with assistant engineering by Ron Marschall. Songs were recorded on four-track, eight-track and sixteen track tape machines and/or utilized the Mainframe Computer at Pet Sounds Recording Studio in

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(1993–2002) and Lexington,

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(2002–2006). The album was mastered from vinyl, flexi-disc, tape and digital sources by Fred Kevorkian in

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. Artwork for the album is by

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. Art photography by Joshua Kessler. Design by Dave Laney.

References

{{Authority control The Apples in Stereo albums 2008 compilation albums The Elephant 6 Recording Company compilation albums Yep Roc Records compilation albums