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A Halloween Gift: The Raven, Read and Remixed

Need a little something to set a spooky mood for this weekend? We've got something that'll hit the spot.

Celebrity DJ Space Cowboy teamed up with labelmate Natalia Kills to put a fresh twist on Edgar Allan Poe's creepy classic narrative, The Raven. And they made exclusive for us and stuff. Hauntingly awesome, no?

 

 

A little about the artists involved here: Space Cowboy has worked with Lady Gaga ("Starstruck" on The Fame), Cinema Bizarre, Feist and is much-loved by Idol runner-up Adam Lambert. Yeah, Nick Dresti (real name) is hot sh*t. Just by dropping those names, you can imagine the kind of glitzy mesmerizing glam-rock he rolls out. Did you hear the song he sneaked in at the end of The Raven? You can hear some more of his creations here.

The narrator, Natalia Kills, is a Cherrytree Records artist as well. For some more eerie tunes, check out her video for “Zombie.” It's the first song she recorded for her forthcoming debut album, expected in early 2010.

And Edgar Allan Poe... well, I don't really need to school you on that, do I? If you wish to read along or enact your own dramatic performance of the poem, here's a transcript.

Oh, and I did say I had a gift, didn't I?

Download a shorter version of the reading right here.

Happy Halloween, and enjoy.


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Space Cowboy with Cinema Bizarre
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Space Cowboy and Lady Gaga
Posted on 10/30/2009 10:36 AM Visits: 1,850
DAMMIT, WHY AM I AT WORK AND UNABLE TO LISTEN TO THIS RIGHT NOW? D:
imostatic: 10/30/2009 11:18 AM
Oh good lordy jesus on toast. Look, I LOVE the american accent, I really do! But I have never ONCE heard an american read / do whatever you call this / act out this poem in a bearable fashion. Its just painful to listen to!Ive heard English people do it just fine but Americans should stay away from it, I know it was written by an american, but that is not a good enough reason to justify americans actually reciting it.
breesays: 10/30/2009 11:58 AM
imostatic said:
Oh good lordy jesus on toast.

I think that's my new favorite expression.
joshuasatan: 10/30/2009 12:39 PM
This really Captured the emotion of the poem I think poe would be proud (^_^)
xinfamousxlastxwordsx: 10/30/2009 1:32 PM
i love this
Jessica Ann: 10/30/2009 2:08 PM
I can't wait to get a Raven tattoo. Poe was fucking crazy and fantasic and psychotic and beautiful.
Jessica Ann: 10/30/2009 2:08 PM
Where can I download this?
MEGGHAN MuckinFuzz: 10/30/2009 2:33 PM
Woo! Space Cowboy, this guy is amazing!!
SnowJobxBlowJob™: 10/31/2009 9:23 AM
It's amazing.
A-mazing
~beautiful loser~: 10/31/2009 3:19 PM
Like it..not amazing though. Vincent Price will be the master at reading Edgar Allen Poe.
ModernMath: 10/31/2009 3:46 PM
Where can I download this?

Click the link in the second-to-last line of the post!!
ravenjune: 11/01/2009 6:46 AM
This really Captured the emotion of the poem I think poe would be proud (^_^)
SD: 11/19/2009 1:25 PM
Yeah....she's not American. She's English but has spent a lot of her life flitting between America and England. Hence the accent being a bit of a mixed bag.
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