Three post ago I shared a linked to World Series- Episodes Of EL Nino. I've been listening to it on bandcamp for the last couple of days. I actually almost bought the digital version but hate buying digital music so I didn't. Well I'm glad I waited cause it was released on cassette. There are only 100 tapes. Click here to buy. I just ordered mine. It was only $8.50
An improvised tape manipulation recording by Nick Cabrera & Josh Vance.
This adventure started with an initial dive by Mr. Vance into the dumpster of a local Half-Priced books. The next step was to decide which tapes to use, if not all of them. At any rate, there wasn't much discussion before two tape decks and a radio were hooked up to a mixer, the button "PLAY" was depressed and flickering images of black and white movies start kaleidoscoping into a colorful and wacked out juxtaposition of mutated genres. Incidentally, some of the originial music which was cut-up for this production included 70s & 80s Soul, Rock & Roll, African and Irish folk music and scrambled radio transmission. The originial medium I decided to release this monstrosity as, of course,was and is still a 30 minute cassette. I encourage you to download this if you are a fan of incidental, sample based, magnetic tape manipulation, noise, and/ or "chopped and screwed" characteristics of music...you may find this download an interesting and quite possibly pleasant listening experience. Artwork by Evita Cortez.
This time last year Stephen Molyneux (Gigantic Blonde Boy, Horsehair Everywhere, Poet Named Revolver) was living in Thailand. Riding around on motorbikes, running through the jungle, playing noise shows at Bangkok art spaces, going on visa-renewing border-crossing adventures, all while the Red Shirts were stirring up more and more intense political unrest. On one of his excursions through Battambang & Siem Reap provinces in Cambodia, Molyneux made these field recordings on cassette. Expect “distant ancient rites of dawn, village sounds recorded from bicycle baskets, ensemble street performances,and wedding party music echoing through the ballroom of an abandoned mansion”.
I got so disappointed when I clicked on the no kings releases to find out that c24 was sold out. At least I have the digital copy but I would love to own the physical copy.
I recently posted a streamable track called 'WONDER WHEEL - Imperial Highway (Golden Black).' Well if you want you can DL an alternate version of that song plus 8 new tracks from Paul A. Rosales' wonder wheel 24 which is better known as 'speakeasy.' Hah I wonder why he chose that.. maybe some after hour drinking? The track titles are just as intriguing as the album name. I think this new release is for the ones who like a catchy chorus after an abyss of deep sometimes dark-catastrophic songs.