the interstitial moment between art ingestion & reactive output lends itself as fertile ground to the implementation of social action. Every holiday season, multiple compilations raising money for social cause are released to raise money and awareness for the right to be human. Sew the internet into a web of tools available to take social action, and the average person with a computer and internet connection can experience the art of giving in the most efficient manner possible. What does all this mean?

There’s genocide in the Sudan right now. geno-fucking-cide.

and people no different than me are fleeing from imminent torture and death.

I want to help, because i have to. my pesonal experience with music renders a belief system in which the sound of music comprises the human contribution to the sound of earth. And since i can’t get to Darfur to help contribute to humanity……i looked for the musical compilation of the holiday season which accomplishes the task at hand.

I pre ordered Causes1. Not Shocking. but valuable. and quite beautiful….Spoon, Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Thievery Corporation, Animal Collective…..exclusive material and 100% goes to Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam America.

exclusive pre release mp3 from Causes 1 (for download)
Bright Eyes – Coat Check Dream Song (Exclusive Live Version) [mp3]

Tracklist and Press Release:

* Animal Collective – Safer (Exclusive Live Version)
* The Black Keys – Stay All Night (Exclusive Chulahoma Session)
* Bloc Party – Rhododendrons
* Bright Eyes – Coat Check Dream Song (Exclusive Live Version) [mp3]
* Cornelius – Wataridori 2 (Exclusive Version)
* David Sylvian – Late Night Shopping (Exclusive Chris Vrenna Remix)
* Death Cab For Cutie – World Shut Your Mouth (Rare Julian Cope Cover)
* The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Washington Bullets
* The Cure – The Walk (Exclusive Live Version)
* The Shins – Turn On Me (Exclusive Clint Mansell Remix)
* Spoon – Rhthm & Soul (Exclusive Middle Version)
* Teargas & Plateglass – One Day Across the Valley
* Thievery Corporation – The Passing Stars feat. Pam Bricker
* Travis – Gimme Some Truth (Exclusive John Lennon Cover)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On November 27….
Waxploitation will launch its inaugural Causes album series with Causes 1 which includes exclusive and rare tracks donated by Animal Collective, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Cornelius, The Cure, David Sylvian, Death Cab for Cutie, (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Shins remixed by Clint Mansell, Spoon, Teargas & Plateglass, Thievery Corporation and Travis.

One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to three non-profit organizations: Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org), Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) and Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org).

The album will be available digitally on iTunes for only 90 days beginning on November 27th. “We’ve made a conscious decision to create a sense of urgency – to mirror what is a dire situation in Darfur. It’s not just a symbolic gesture,” says Waxploitation’s founder Jeff Antebi. “These non-profits need help there now.”

Waxploitation will also be pressing a limited edition CD which can be pre-ordered by signing up at waxploitation.com

Although estimates of the number of people killed by the conflict in Darfur vary widely from 200,000 to 400,000, what is certain is that more than 2 million people have fled their homes because of the fighting, and 4 million are now in need of humanitarian assistance—making this one of the worst crises in the world today.”

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