The Bran Flakes

The Bran Flakes is a collage band[?] from Seattle, Washington and consists of Otis Fodder[?] and Sir Mildred Pitt[?]. Like Negativland and Evolution Control Committee, the band makes extensive use of (typically unauthorized) sampling, recontextualizing the samples into new works. The group scours thrift shops[?] for obscure and quirky LPs; some of their songs also make use of recognizably famous basslines, television shows, and soundtracks from video games.

Some of The Bran Flakes' better known songs include "Good Times a Goo Goo," remixing Kermit the Frog and Fozzie[?]'s performance of "Moving Right Along" (from one of the Muppets movies), looping parts of it and adding bass and drums; "Panties," a 23 second song about a young girl who can keep her panties dry; and "Perversion for Profit," adding parts of the narration of a disapproving social guidance film about sexual subcults to progressions of major-keyed flutes and horns.

External links

• The Bran Flakes' website (http://www.thebranflakes.com/)
• a page offering a download and a stream of songs (http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/The_Bran_Flakes/)