Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Guest Curator:
Luke Carrell (Simian Gibbons)
Contributor at International Tapes & Altered Zones. Editor at Zinenblogen.
“A fine young fellow with a fine taste in music (and women)“
OLD
VOCODER
Spain. 1985
Emerging from the depths of their studio, VOCODER trade some of their Hi-NRG italo sheen for a more minimalist feel in this “live” performance. Onstage quirks, solid hooks, and bright flourishes from a youthful Juno-60 make this required repeat listening. May also contain your daily dose of delayed vocals and finely groomed mustaches.
MP3: VOCODER – Mi chica tiene un lio con Satan
NEW
How I Quit Crack
Austin, TX. 2011
More fearfully and wonderfully made detox drones from the lady in neon herself. Vox, feedback loops, and drones create a thousand subtle variations that are easy to miss in the push. Get swept up in it all and let the sub frequencies tear at your bedroom wall.
How I Quit Crack- Don’t Fear
[How I Quit Crack]
BORROWED
Dizzy K. Falola
Nigeria.1983
Tommyboy and the gang over at ARAWA.FM are a building a giant brain to hold pop culture memories you wish you had: spanning from to disco funk and the visually bizarre, to artful electronic compositions and unjustly forgotten pop. Now, they come bearing salacious pre afro boogie from a pre “born again” Dizzy K.
MP3: NIGERIAN BOOGIE – YOU
BLUE
Ilona Bāliņa
Latvia. 1970/1971
If you’ve ever poured your heart out to an inanimate object, pet, deity, or person who didn’t care, this song is for you. A serious set of pipes, a bad broadcast TV studio set, strategic use of reverb, and a unique and very Baltic take on the psychedelia of the preceding decade make for a very touching portrayal of angst as can only be told in black and white.
Tags: ARAWA.FM, Dizzy K. Falola, How I Quit Crack, Ilona Bāliņa, Luke Carrell, Simian Gibbons, VOCODER
