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Joh Eh Ba Dop is here.

Momo & The Coop — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:39 +0000

Momo & The Coop released “Joh Eh Ba Dop,” their new album on Tuesday, October 13th.

CDs are available for free at Maggie’s Café on Lewis & Clark’s campus, and the album is free to download on this site.

The album features 16 songs from the group’s eclectic repertoire, from old favorites such as Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” to new additions like Michael Bublé’s “Feeling Good.”

“Joh Eh Ba Dop” is the second album from Momo & The Coop since the group’s inception in 2005. The album marks the farewell of the founding members of the group, who began Momo & The Coop four years ago on a college campus that did not have any a cappella groups, and now leave Lewis & Clark with a healthy student a cappella scene.

The album was recorded in various locations – the Evans music center and Howard Hall on campus, as well as a member’s dorm room. It was mixed and mastered in Chicago, IL and released by the group with funding from the Student Academic Affairs Board and the Alumni Office.

Enjoy the music!

Love,

Momo & The Coop

A Cappella “Out Loud”

Momo & The Coop — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:56:16 +0000

Momo’s first concert of the Fall Semester will be A Cappella “Out Loud,” the third event of Coming Out Week at Lewis & Clark.

When: Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7:30pm
Where: The Trail Room

Hosted by Unisex, Momo will sing with friends Section Line Drive and The Merry Weathers. Come out and listen!

Here’s the Facebook event link for those of you who are into that.

See you there,
Momo & The Coop

Sneak Preview!!

Momo & The Coop — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:12:53 +0000

Go to the music page to listen to three songs from our new album “Joh Eh Ba Dop,” weeks before the album is released!

Lauren Brown is featured on Billie Jean/Smooth Criminal, Mac Cooper sings Feeling Good, while Jessica Jarris and Theora Moench have a duet on Long Train Runnin’/Black Water. Enjoy!

Love,
Momo & The Coop

Joh Eh Ba Dop: Our new album has a story.

Momo & The Coop — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:21:29 +0000

Momo & The Coop started recording a 16-track album during the spring semester of 2009. Jonah Geil-Neufeld, a bass in the group, recorded the group in Evans music center at Lewis & Clark College. The songs were all recorded with the group singing the backup first and the soloist recording separately while listening to the group’s recording in headphones. Some of the solos were recorded in Jonah’s dorm room, and Jodi’s (an alto in the group) house.

Going home for the summer to Chicago, Jonah’s friend Dorian mixed the tracks and mastered them to ready them for production. At the end of the summer, Mac (a bass in the group) began making the album art for the album. The Master CD and album artwork were sent to a production company in Texas at the beginning of the fall 2009 semester.

The group received funding from Lewis & Clark’s Student Academic Affairs Board (SAAB) and it’s Alumni Office. The group’s sophomore album, “Joh Eh Ba Dop” gets its name from one of the album’s songs, “Long Train Runnin’/Black Water” by The Doobie Brothers. The title is the first four syllables that are sung in the song. The 16-track album includes old favorites such as “Iris,” “Billie Jean,” and “I’d Rather Dance With You,” as well as new songs like “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” and “Feeling Good.”

The album will be released October 2009, and will be free with donations accepted. All tracks on the album will be downloaded for free on momoandthecoop.com.