''Life Is Full of Possibilities'' is the third studio album by American

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

producer

Dntel James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, also known by his stage name Dntel , is an American electronic music artist and DJ. Aside from his main solo project, Tamborello is also known as a member of the groups The Postal Service, Headset, and Figurin ...

. It was released on October 30, 2001 by

Plug Research Plug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, US. Created by Allen Avanessian in 1994, the label specialized in IDM, folktronica and experimental music. The label began with young artists that have made its rep ...

. "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan", a collaboration with

Ben Gibbard Benjamin Gibbard (born August 11, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums, and as a membe ...

Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyb ...

, was released as a single on August 6, 2002. Dntel would collaborate with Gibbard again for an entire album, '' Give Up'', released in 2003 under the name

The Postal Service The Postal Service are an American indie pop supergroup from Seattle, Washington, consisting of singer Ben Gibbard, producer Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis on background vocals. The band released their only album, '' Give Up'', in 2003 on S ...

. The song "Life Is Full of Possibilities" includes a repeating sample of

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, a sound of undetermined origin. A two-disc remastered deluxe edition of ''Life Is Full of Possibilities'' was released on October 24, 2011 by Sub Pop, which featured four additional songs not included on the initial release, along with remixed versions of other songs from the album.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians * Dntel – music * Meredith Figurine – vocals on "Suddenly Is Sooner Than You Think" *

– vocals on "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" * Chris Gunst – vocals on "Umbrella" *

Rachel Haden Rachel Haden (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) is an American musician and one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden. In the early 1990s, Haden played bass guitar for That Dog, a band that also included her sister Petra. ...

– vocals on "Why I'm So Unhappy" * Paul Larson – guitar on "Last Songs" *

Brian McMahan Brian McMahan (born January 26, 1969) is an American musician from Louisville, Kentucky. He was a guitarist and vocalist in the seminal rock bands Squirrel Bait and Slint. After the breakup of the latter in November 1990, he went on to play wi ...

– guitar on "Why I'm So Unhappy" * Mia Doi Todd – vocals on "Anywhere Anyone" Additional personnel * Low Culture – design * Brian Tamborello – photography * D. Zelonky – mastering

References

External links

* 2001 albums Dntel albums Plug Research albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub