Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch
It's the dream of the underground: hip hop's most individual producer, American indie's Brian Wilson and alternative culture's most iconic filmmaker gathered together with the cream of underground music all on one CD. It's moving, riveting and among the best collaborative efforts ever put to disc.
The one snag: it's unlikely to see the light of day in your local record shop any time soon.
Dark Night of the Soul is a collection of atmospheric songs composed by Sparklehorse (aka Mark Linkous), produced by Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse and performed by a host of alternative music's biggest names: Pixies front man Frank Black, Iggy Pop and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys among others. The whole project is pulled together in a visual representation created by moviemaker David Lynch (who also contributes vocal duties on two tracks).
Due to a 'dispute' with EMI, it is not yet available on CD. At the moment the project exists only as a book of Lynch's photographs and a recordable CD onto which fans may burn the album from the various download sites it's been made available to.