Join Palette-Swap Ninja and Awesöme Orchestra on October 20th for the highly anticipated live performance of Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans!
Now, perhaps you're wondering "What on earth is 'Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans'?
Don't worry. We got you covered.
Palette-Swap Ninja merged both 'Star Wars' and The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' into one full-length concept album titled Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans. It’s the entire Beatles album as accurately as they could record it, only now it tells the story of Star Wars: A New Hope — in order. They sweat the details on both sides in an effort to do both cultural milestones justice. Writing hyper-specific lyrics that match the original songs’ cadences; reverse-engineering everything the Beatles recorded, from distorted saxophone riffs to Indian tabla rhythms; recording everything from scratch and learning as they went.
Since the release of the album, Palette-Swap Ninja had a few people ask them when they’d be playing this album live. The problem — aside from Jude living on the East Coast and Dan living on the West Coast — is that they didn't want to do a live show unless they could go all the way. Two guys standing on stage with a bunch of computers replicating all these complicated parts and calling it a live show is not what PSN wanted to do. Many other bands have performed Sgt. Pepper live, even if the Beatles never did, so it’s not like it can’t be done — but they decided that if we’re going to do it, they'd want a proper harp and string quartet for “He’s Leaving Home” and multiple saxophones on “Keep Moving Keep Moving” and a full symphony orchestra on “A Day in the Life of Red Five.” So, you know, that kinda kills the project right there — it’s not like there are awesome orchestras just lying around, right?
Well, it turns out there’s at least one — and it’s literally the Awesöme Orchestra in the Bay Area. So PSN is working with conductor David Möschler to make a live performance of PLSDSP in its entirety a reality. Join us for this one-night-only special performance!
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Now, perhaps you're wondering "What on earth is 'Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans'?
Don't worry. We got you covered.
Palette-Swap Ninja merged both 'Star Wars' and The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' into one full-length concept album titled Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans. It’s the entire Beatles album as accurately as they could record it, only now it tells the story of Star Wars: A New Hope — in order. They sweat the details on both sides in an effort to do both cultural milestones justice. Writing hyper-specific lyrics that match the original songs’ cadences; reverse-engineering everything the Beatles recorded, from distorted saxophone riffs to Indian tabla rhythms; recording everything from scratch and learning as they went.
Since the release of the album, Palette-Swap Ninja had a few people ask them when they’d be playing this album live. The problem — aside from Jude living on the East Coast and Dan living on the West Coast — is that they didn't want to do a live show unless they could go all the way. Two guys standing on stage with a bunch of computers replicating all these complicated parts and calling it a live show is not what PSN wanted to do. Many other bands have performed Sgt. Pepper live, even if the Beatles never did, so it’s not like it can’t be done — but they decided that if we’re going to do it, they'd want a proper harp and string quartet for “He’s Leaving Home” and multiple saxophones on “Keep Moving Keep Moving” and a full symphony orchestra on “A Day in the Life of Red Five.” So, you know, that kinda kills the project right there — it’s not like there are awesome orchestras just lying around, right?
Well, it turns out there’s at least one — and it’s literally the Awesöme Orchestra in the Bay Area. So PSN is working with conductor David Möschler to make a live performance of PLSDSP in its entirety a reality. Join us for this one-night-only special performance!
Join Palette-Swap Ninja and Awesöme Orchestra on October 20th for the highly anticipated live performance of Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans!
Now, perhaps you're wondering "What on earth is 'Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans'?
Don't worry. We got you covered.
Palette-Swap Ninja merged both 'Star Wars' and The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' into one full-length concept album titled Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans. It’s the entire Beatles album as accurately as they could record it, only now it tells the story of Star Wars: A New Hope — in order. They sweat the details on both sides in an effort to do both cultural milestones justice. Writing hyper-specific lyrics that match the original songs’ cadences; reverse-engineering everything the Beatles recorded, from distorted saxophone riffs to Indian tabla rhythms; recording everything from scratch and learning as they went.
Since the release of the album, Palette-Swap Ninja had a few people ask them when they’d be playing this album live. The problem — aside from Jude living on the East Coast and Dan living on the West Coast — is that they didn't want to do a live show unless they could go all the way. Two guys standing on stage with a bunch of computers replicating all these complicated parts and calling it a live show is not what PSN wanted to do. Many other bands have performed Sgt. Pepper live, even if the Beatles never did, so it’s not like it can’t be done — but they decided that if we’re going to do it, they'd want a proper harp and string quartet for “He’s Leaving Home” and multiple saxophones on “Keep Moving Keep Moving” and a full symphony orchestra on “A Day in the Life of Red Five.” So, you know, that kinda kills the project right there — it’s not like there are awesome orchestras just lying around, right?
Well, it turns out there’s at least one — and it’s literally the Awesöme Orchestra in the Bay Area. So PSN is working with conductor David Möschler to make a live performance of PLSDSP in its entirety a reality. Join us for this one-night-only special performance!
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Now, perhaps you're wondering "What on earth is 'Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans'?
Don't worry. We got you covered.
Palette-Swap Ninja merged both 'Star Wars' and The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' into one full-length concept album titled Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans. It’s the entire Beatles album as accurately as they could record it, only now it tells the story of Star Wars: A New Hope — in order. They sweat the details on both sides in an effort to do both cultural milestones justice. Writing hyper-specific lyrics that match the original songs’ cadences; reverse-engineering everything the Beatles recorded, from distorted saxophone riffs to Indian tabla rhythms; recording everything from scratch and learning as they went.
Since the release of the album, Palette-Swap Ninja had a few people ask them when they’d be playing this album live. The problem — aside from Jude living on the East Coast and Dan living on the West Coast — is that they didn't want to do a live show unless they could go all the way. Two guys standing on stage with a bunch of computers replicating all these complicated parts and calling it a live show is not what PSN wanted to do. Many other bands have performed Sgt. Pepper live, even if the Beatles never did, so it’s not like it can’t be done — but they decided that if we’re going to do it, they'd want a proper harp and string quartet for “He’s Leaving Home” and multiple saxophones on “Keep Moving Keep Moving” and a full symphony orchestra on “A Day in the Life of Red Five.” So, you know, that kinda kills the project right there — it’s not like there are awesome orchestras just lying around, right?
Well, it turns out there’s at least one — and it’s literally the Awesöme Orchestra in the Bay Area. So PSN is working with conductor David Möschler to make a live performance of PLSDSP in its entirety a reality. Join us for this one-night-only special performance!
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