Marvin Gaye & Pink Floyd

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A mash-up project pairing elements of Marvin Gaye's soul and Pink Floyd's rock textures, represented by the bootleg album Requiem For A Dream. According to contemporary reporting, Motown blocked an official release, and a bootleg surfaced online in 2010.

Marvin Gaye was an American soul singer-songwriter; Pink Floyd is a British rock band formed in the 1960s known for albums such as The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon. The review attributes studio control involvement to Roger Waters.

A review describes Requiem For A Dream as an intriguing mash-up blending Marvin Gaye's soul with Pink Floyd's sound. The project was performed around 1981 but blocked by Motown; a bootleg appeared online in 2010. The record is depicted as dreamy, dub-tinged and trip-hop-like, and the review gives it a favorable rating.

For:Fans of experimental mash-ups, Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, and listeners interested in crossover music.

 The album is indeed a very intriguing mash-up record that simply showcases fusions of pieces from the band and the singer, with style and superiority of studio control by a Waters immersed headlong in the project.

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