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Doing fine without Penfold

Danger Mouse is back with some fresh material and some fresh controversy. No, not the one-eyed crime fighting rodent Danger Mouse but the very talented, producer/DJ and one half of Gnarls Barkley Danger Mouse. It was his work on 'The Grey Album' - The Beatles/Jay Z mash up that put him on the map back in 2004, with the more recent success of Gnarls Barkley cementing his legacy of uber-producer.
His latest album Dark Night Of The Soul (which is co-produced by Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous) has caused a spat with label EMI though who has refused to release it after it was made available for live stream on US radio station NPR's website. Dangermouse who is quoted as saying he 'hopes that people lucky enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he is', is adamant the public get to hear this fantastic piece of work though. To this end he has planned to release the CD in a jewel case complete with booklet featuring artwork by photographer/director David Lynch, so far so good right? The hook is though that no audio will be on the album, instead a blank CD will be provided for the owner to 'do what they like with', presumably to be filled with an audio rip of the album taken from the internet. The legal spat continues while the album is available for pre-order from the official Dark Night Of The Soul website sans audio.