The Meme Friends

about

Though 4chan's /mu/ board is notorious for heated and often hostile debate concerning the depth and legitimacy of whatever "post-avant jazzcore" band is burning up the the blogosphere, the community has come together to create a project that's entirely its own: The Meme Friends. Over the past few weeks, user CtrAltDel has curated three compilation albums completely crowdsourced by fellow /mu/tants. His process is efficient and fun; the first step in creating a Meme Friends album is to give it a title and to name its ten songs. They're chosen based on a lottery system. For example, a reply to the thread numbered 47890833 (the number increases by one each time someone posts on /mu/) would become the third song's title. Then, a poll is taken to choose cover artwork, which is always culled from the pulpy pages of Archie Comics. 10 musicians are then given the chance to record a track that fits with the album's predetermined theme, but they must do so in an extremely short amount of time. This assembly line system of music creation evokes Warhol's screenprints of Pete Rose and Campell's Soup Cans. The Meme Friends are 2014's answer to pop art, an improved answer to the generic cookie-cutter electronica and drone that make up much of soundcloud and bandcamp. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

The Meme Friends

Dark Ocean Succubus

Meme Disco is Now a Genre and You Can't Do Anything About It

Archie Undeath

Q: Are We Not Memes?

Reason 333

Toppest Keks (Vol. 1)

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Now That's What I Call GENERIC!

Costa Rican Jungle Wifi

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Who Killed Archie Andrews?

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Enter the Meme Friends: 90 Chambers

Rejoice: Jupiter Orbits the Sun Another 12 Years

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