they’re quite famous, they’re also quite good and they have a new record out. don’t know about you but this is the sort of thing i hear behind my eyes as i’m falling asleep. amplified and with a hint of todd. crystal castles.
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as the weather begins to open up and before intense humidity slams it shut again, a window of cumbia. this is built from gigs of stuff i’d never got around to listening to. retroactive searching reveals at least a quarter of it came from mr /r. follow those tracks back up to here and here.
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Pedro Laza y su Pelayeros – Navidad Negra
Gabriel Romero – La Subienda
Reynaldo “el papi” Diaz y su Grupo – Fidelina (son)
Aniceto Molina – La Faldita Coqueta
Grupo Jalado – Cumbia Parrandera
Viento Calido – Ya No Puede Ser
Grupo La Cumbia-La Negrita
Los Daddys – Cumbia Negra
Majeza – Tu Heriste Mi Corazon
Los Askis – Amor Regresa
Los Shapis – Hombre Casado
matthew herbert has a new record out. herbert is primarily an electronic composer, who previously built records out of sampling the human body and the food industry. this record (entitled one one) contains only sound produced by herbert and is the first part of a trilogy. the second part (one club) is built entirely from crowd sound in a club in hamburg. the third (one pig) returns to the food industry and charts the birth, life, slaughter and consumption of a single pig. on one one he sings. his voice is quite soft and heavily treated. so, using this as a diveboard, here’s a post about voices and electronics, or more loosely, a post about electronic music that people sing over…
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and second, staying in north kent, a track from 1974 by robert wyatt. for electronics substitute synthesizer.
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third a track by zerkalo, named for Tarkovsky’s film, the title of which translates as mirror. zerkalo are heinrich mueller whose name is also gerald donald. gerald donald was in drexciya. he is joined in zerkalo by victoria lucas. there’s a strong visual theme (dare i say concept) to their production too with videos by julia pello & darlene lin. interview and more here.
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and finally, a compressed banger. pj harvey from her 1998 is this desire? LP. always had a big soft spot for this record. this is the hardest thing on there.
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