Published on the 12/10/2009 | Written by Newsdesk
Local telco’s latest promotion involves the music icon putting a band together – with kiwi talent he meets online…
Iggy Pop, the godfather of punk, is inviting Kiwi musicians to help him re-record ‘The Passenger’, one of his best known solo tracks.
It’s all part of a promotion from telecommunications company Orcon for its next generation broadband.
Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett says Iggy is going to be in the driving seat, reproducing his hit with kiwi talent.
“If you’d like to sing lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonise, play guitar, bass, drums…or anything with Iggy Pop, register with us at www.facebook.com/orcon,” says Bartlett.
“We’re looking for eight talented Kiwis who have the right credentials to help Iggy lay down a new version of probably his most classic song. But instead of going in to the studio with him, it’s all going to happen over the internet with the magic of Orcon broadband. Iggy’s in charge and he will select the musicians to join his band from video auditions they upload to our website. It’s powered by Orcon and it’s going to be huge.”
On October 30, the selected New Zealand band members will connect to Iggy’s Miami studio via the internet, with everyone in the band laying down their tracks and Iggy singing the vocals.
The studio is going to capture all the audio and vocal feeds and create a unique musical and video rendition of ‘The Passenger’. The music and footage is then going to be used to create commercials and a full music video.
“As far as we know, nothing like this has been done before, certainly not in New Zealand and not globally as we understand,” Bartlett says.
“So it’s ground–breaking stuff and also a great way for us to showcase the power of Orcon broadband and what can be done with it by talented New Zealanders. The internet is enabling Kiwis to do incredible things each day and this helps us prove that.”
