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The jury is still out on whether or not Scion cars look more like the actual future or the 1980s version, but that ambiguity perfectly matches the old-songs-made-new-again aesthetic of the Scion Remix Project, sponsored by the car company's Scion Audio/Visual label.

The Project consists of five digital singles, each highlighting a signature track from the following labels: Greensleeves, Vice, Ninja Tune/Big Dada, Light in the Attic, and Strictly Rhythm. In addition to the tracks themselves-- from artists such as Betty Davis, Yellowman, Panthers, TTC, and Ghislain Poirier-- the singles also feature remixes of each track. The list of remix contributors also includes Poirier as well as Federation Sound, Modeselektor, BSOD, and DFA's Holy Ghost!.

Scion A/V will unleash the Remix Project to online retailers on October 30.

So that's the audio, but how about the visual? Turns out Scion also runs a gallery space in Los Angeles, and that space will soon host an exhibition of works by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh. "Rugs During Wartime and Peacetime" opens November 17 at the L.A. Installation Gallery, aka Scion Space. According to the press release, the exhibit explores "the imagery we choose to bring into our homes and how we interact with it for the purposes of comfort and peace-of-mind rather than an esoteric sense of art for art's sake." Groovy.

Scion Remix Project:

Greensleeves:

01 Yellowman: "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng (Federation Sound Remix)"
02 Yellowman: "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng"

Light in the Attic:

01 Betty Davis: "If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up (Headnodic and Raashan Ahmad of Crown City Rockers With Greg Errico Remix)"
02 Betty Davis: "If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up"

Ninja Tune / Big Dada:

01 Ghislain Poirier: "Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix)"
02 Ghislain Poirier [ft. Face-T]: "Blazin'"
03 TTC: "Téléphone (Ghislain Poirier Remix)"
04 TTC: "Téléphone"

Strictly Rhythm:

01 Armand Van Helden: "Witch Doktor (BSOD Remix)"
02 Armand Van Helden: "Witch Doktor"

Vice:

01 Panthers: "Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Disco Dub)"
02 Panthers: "Goblin City"