Monday, September 26, 2011

Nick Rocco

Over Tide


Nick Rocco's santa swap 2009

tracklist:
1. Hey don't bit your tongue
2. Crooked time, the weight will come
3. Bots at the Hive (bird pail)
4. Y/O
5. Class underground is street
6. Rhythm of stairs
7. Moon of mine (vine in mind)
8. Walt kelp
9. Bleach shirt
10. Cloth moth
11. Agile burns his stuff
12. Tinder
13. Over tide


Agile burns his stuff

iphone/ipad:
http://media.soundcloud.com/stream/kIqlDKL11wAK


Rythym of stairs

iphone/ipad:
http://media.soundcloud.com/stream/XhdwhKKJ7tEL


this home-made disc was given to me at the santa swap of 2009 at Nick's house in Brighton, MA.  it turned out to be one classic album in the year two thousand one one, putting us together despite his living in Korea.


for those unfamiliar to Nick's music it has the lo-fi sentimental feel of ariel pink with a softer ambience accompanied by indistinct vocals.


when i got the album i got stuck on the trackless info in my music player, and i got the idea to name the titles myself, so i named them calling the album originally "Reese Perro"


Nick's thoughts in an email dated 2/9/2010:


"luke,
       Alot of these are really great. It's funny to see someone's interpretation of the lyrics, since I purposely obfuscate them to the point of being left open to interpretation. i'd like to use a few of these over the original titles, but I thought it was particularly funny that you chose to name a song "bleach shirt" that was originally titled "filthy jeans" (weird, right?)

       Also I'm not sure why, but the album art you sent is not appearing


i'm glad you liked it though. we should have a jam sometime in the near future
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                nick"

posted with permission of the artist:

happy fall nick !,
luke


Thursday, September 15, 2011

Eric Copeland


The Market Hotel
Brooklyn, NY
11/27/2009
A set on a bill with Fuck Buttons from thanksgiving 2009, circa Al-Anon & Alien in a Garbage Dump


setlist:
1. Al-Anon & Zed
2. King Tits Womb & Alien in a Garbage Dump
3. Scones and Bull & Lemons
4. FKD

playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DC24CFD991869B87


Aladdin
(click to enlarge)


this record features Eric's poem printed in the booklet.  the audio is reversed but the poem reads through the backwards audio.

Nicky Smith, an interviewer from SpliceToday gets information on this:

ST: You lived in Morocco within the last two years or so. What was the experience like and what did you accomplish there?

EC: My wife and I spent about three months there in 2010—we saved some money and lived cheap. I traveled without any musical equipment, so I started writing while there and ended up with a recording that was released by Fusetron called Aladdin. Not really sure where it all came from. Certainly not for everybody.

ST: How was Aladdin written? How did you get yourself in that cut-up state of mind?

EC: It's not so much the cut ups that attracted me but the strength of words. I don't usually focus much on words in music. I was not able to speak much during my time there so I developed a slightly skewed attitude towards English and Aladdin was the result.  

Released back in 2010 it had a 1 per person limit from fusetron and a full release of 100 copies.  

Posted with permission of the artist:
© Eric Copeland 2010, DO NOT REPRODUCE without permission of the artist

Demon Exercises
(Ball Out Ra Jesus)




hand sewn book with handmade cover, 50 copies.  
found this at Desert Island, a comic book shop in Brooklyn.  quick response from them, and shipped it on the same day.  bought the last copy in the store !  sorry !

Posted with permission of the artist:
© Eric Copeland 2010, DO NOT REPRODUCE without permission of the artist

Eric's latest LP for $18 here:

Eric's newest EP for $7 here:

happy trails, luke