We Are Works In Progress Benefit Album for Japan

We Are The Works In Progress is a new benefit album put together by Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead. The 14 track album will benefit Japan during its post-tsunami efforts. The album will be available on January 10th and will the first release on the Asa Wa Kuru label, which the band created together for this album. It is Japanese for “Morning Will Come”.

Kazu Makino was born in Kyoto Japan, and she wanted to do something to help her homeland. This benefit album is the result of that desire, and she was able to find plenty of friends willing to lend a hand. Check out the track list below.

TRACK LISTING

1. MOMA - FOUR TET exclusive
2. NO FACE - KARIN DREIJER ANDERSSON Fever Ray/The Knife, exclusive
3. G SONG - TERRY RILEY exclusive reworking of a song from the 70s by Terry himself, including new vocals
4. NIGHTCRAWLER - NOSAJ THING exclusive
5. BERCEUSE - JOHN ROBERTS exclusive
6. PENNY SPARKLE - BLONDE REDHEAD Drew Brown exclusive remix of album track
7. BIRD ON A WIRE - PANTHA DU PRINCE exclusive
8. IN HERE THE WORLD BEGINS - BROADCAST re-release of a tour vinyl-only track
9. DRIP - LIARS/BLONDE REDHEAD previously released track remixed by Blonde Redhead
10. CURVE - DEERHUNTER exclusive
11. STALAGMITE - STALACTITE Susumu Mukai of Zongamin + Drew Brown, exclusive
12. CASTLES IN THE GRAVE - JOHN MAUS exclusive
13. BAMBOO HOUSE - DAVID SYLVIAN/RYUICHI SAKAMOTO previously released
14. SONG SEVEN - INTERPOL previously released b-side

Proceeds from the album will initially go to Japan Society and Architecture For Humanity, and more will be added. Below is a special message from Kazu:

This album contains exclusive material by artists that I admire. It took a while to make it this way, but it was worth the wait. We wanted it to be something special - something you don't normally put on and album, and therefore many of these tracks are works in progress….hence the name. They are ideas that we became very attached to...versions of music that aren't right for release, but ones that we love. Unfinished things often carry more energy….the possibility of it eventually becoming something great is infinite without having to be quite yet. I’ve noticed that each songs relates to one another. Like my friend Scott Mou said, “it sounds like each song is passing a baton to the next one”. I feel the same way.”

Check out Four Tet's contribution to the album, "Moma", below:

Four Tet - Moma by Four Tet