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Back in the days of vinyl records and porno mags, people read books, watched TV, and went out to see bands. It was the days before the personal computer, before the internet and email and conversations about TIFFs and CPUs. Before the days when your mother had a personal recording studio bundled in the basic software of her Presario or Compaq. In those crazy, naive days, the budget-minded home recorder relied upon the technological mainstays of companies like Tascam or Fostex (and very occasionally Yamaha). No one knew it, but four-tracking became a culture. With a four track, a musician could spend all night ping-ponging backtracked slide ukelele without the fear of running up a huge studio bill. As a result, some of the greatest experiments and risks were committed to the four tracks of your everyday cassette. Most recordings were made with borrowed mics, rented drum machines, thrift store organs, knobs being twiddled into the wee hours of the morning admidst beer bottles and hash pipes. The perfect take being ruined by not setting up the right channel. The entire song being ruined for two seconds by accidentally punching in at the wrong time. Okay, you get the picture. It's all really fucking romantic right? Right. Listen to the songs.
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MONOLAB - Cherchez Moi (6.6 Mbs)
Utilizing a Tascam 244, Casio PT-50 and the classic Roland Rhythm Arranger, this kind of stuff seems to write itself. Cherchez Moi's minimalist romp through grade nine french textbook is the result of Parlour Steps' bassist/vocalist Kim Stewart, ex-Timber Kings' guitarist Brock Ellis and a large bottle of Concha Y Toro.
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GHOSTRAIN - Doomsday (3.4 Mbs)
It's the infectious underground hit that all the kids are talking about. Look for a full-length GHOSTRAIN release that has been slow cooking in the embers of a Nicola Valley campfire for the past year or so (Bushparty will keep you posted). For further insight into GHOSTRAIN's inner workings, go back to this issue's cover - courtesy of GHOSTRAIN alter-ego LYLU or ghostrain.net.
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PHIL SKELERZ - Coke, Candy Bars (2.3 Mbs)
I'm Free (7.4 Mbs)
Skelerz is the king of psychedelic-satanic-pop-metal. And lots of it. He consistently cranks out complex 90 minute masterpieces that challenges the listener to enter his world of backmasked lunacy, heavy riffage and melancholy moments. 'Satan's Song' is considered Skelerz at the top of his game. He claims it to be a compilation of various songs from 'I Can't Get Straight' and 'Wretched Excess'. Who's going to argue? The tape comes with the warning, "This audio tape may be offensive when played forwards and backwards. Please use with caution at church, picnics and funerals."
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 HUCKLEBERRY - Smoke Screens and Code (3.3 Mbs)
Nanaimo rocker and lead singer of The Papillomas, Mike Kissinger, blows off low-fi steam with 'When Your Leg Was Broken' courtesy of Blackball Records. This is the sound of legends in the making. Buy the two-sided tape (Nanaimo's The Cash fills out the other side) now and sell it on ebay in five years for a small fortune.
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Got some four track recordings that you think should be on Bush Party? Submit cassettes to BUSH PARTY, 2127 Guelph St., Vancouver, BC Canada or email submit@harshtoke.com. |
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