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Danger Mouse’s latest project, “Dark Night of the Soul,” is a large-format book-and-CD package that Danger Mouse is releasing by himself, with 50 photographs by director David Lynch intended as accompaniment to the album’s 13 songs. But the CD is blank and recordable, and a sticker on the shrink wrap explains cryptically: “For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.”
Danger Mouse said he financed “Dark Night of the Soul” himself: he paid for all recording sessions, Mr. Lynch’s two-day photo shoot and the costs of printing the book. All artists involved worked without payment, he added. “Dark Night of the Soul,” with the blank CD, is available for $50 in a limited edition of 5,000 copies, and the music can be streamed at NPR.org. Mr. Lynch’s photographs are on view at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles through July 11.
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