{"id":442,"date":"2014-10-01T02:52:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T09:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=442"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:18:02","slug":"rac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/rac","title":{"rendered":"Episode 19: RAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Let Go (feat. Kele &#038; MNDR)&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SongExploder19.png\" alt=\"SongExploder19\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SongExploder19.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SongExploder19-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=b5c2a5344ad71f2bcc3fd4a91152cc13\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rac-let-go-feat.-kele-mndr\/id788236947?i=319591646&#038;mt=2&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\"target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/ade58409-b6e8-4144-bb02-9a025e26d445\/SongExploder19-RAC-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Allen Anjos is better known as <a href=\"http:\/\/rac.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAC<\/a>, a musician who first found success by remixing other people\u2019s songs. His <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/rac\/sets\/rac-chapter-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remixes<\/a> for artists like <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/rac\/lana-del-rey-blue-jeans-rac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lana Del Rey<\/a> have gotten millions of plays online. In 2013, RAC released <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/strangers\/id844000739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strangers<\/a>, his first album of original material, and in this episode, he breaks down the song Let Go from that record. It features guest vocals from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kele_Okereke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kele<\/a>, best known as the frontman of the band <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloc_Party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloc Party<\/a>, and singer <a href=\"http:\/\/mndr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MNDR<\/a>, who also talks about her experience working on the track.<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Let Go&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/let-go-feat.-kele-mndr\/id844000739?i=844000749&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/rac-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\nThe Bloc Party song at the beginning is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/helicopter\/id50232347?i=50232351&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helicopter<\/a>.&#8221; You can hear Andr\u00e9&#8217;s full remix of the song <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/astro-zombies\/id204731275?i=204731425&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oNm0Xij7_jw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/a>. The voice from Portal is the character <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GLaDOS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLaDOS<\/a> from the games <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal_(video_game)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portal 2<\/a>. Listen to Michael Giacchino&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nQDUtjwoaTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening theme to Lost<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let Go (feat. Kele &#038; MNDR)&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Andr\u00e9 Allen Anjos is better known as RAC, a musician who first found success by remixing other people\u2019s songs. His remixes for artists like Lana Del Rey have gotten millions of plays online. 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