Gigwise reported yesterday that producer for hire, Dangermouse, will be teaming up with Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse) on a side project ever-so-cleverly named Dangerhorse. Apparently the idea for a collaboration started when Dangermouse helped with the recording of Sparklehorse's latest, Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain. Here's what Linkous had to say about the project:
''"There were some songs that didn't make it for the Sparklehorse album proper that we're going to use for Dangerhorse, then we're we're going to start on that record proper in a couple of months. (Dangermouse can) just grab bits and pieces of different songs and just flip them over backwards and put them into other songs. I like to call him the Jimi Hendrix of the laptop."
Awkward analogies aside, this actually sounds like an interesting project. We'll keep you posted with further developments.