Today is our 2-year anniversary (though we've been making the music now for 12), and to celebrate we're offering up our last 2 videos and a colossal mega-album. These final videos are also mega-mixes containing 4+ songs each of Summer Gets Electric during the 'Cold Roads/Hard Paths' session. This is the best of the only footage from the earlier days, presented as it was caught on tape. They are a little over twenty minutes each, so they've been put up on Vimeo (embedded below - full credits at Vimeo). This brings our video total to 50, which is an appropriate place to stop.
And so the mega-album: in the vein and spirit and influence of all the best long-form works, including Aphex Twin's 'Drukqs' and 'Analord', NIN's 'Ghosts', and FSOL's 'Lifeforms', we've crafted a 48-track 210-minute epic of Brandon's early solo work as Junebugg. Culled from several cassette tapes recorded during 1999 - 2001, these tracks were the foundation leading in many ways to Schwärzer Vögel and his other later work, but also represent a unique style and form all their own.
The first half pulls from several sources and features many great vocal tracks, while the second half is from 2 tapes presented straight through. Even though there's a lot of variety (like the albums mentioned above), the methods, equipment, and time period give it a consistent texture and feel that bring it all together (but feel free to mix and match your own). Important points of reference include early DJ Spooky and FSOL's 'ISDN', especially in composition methods - sampling, looping, and effects work, live keyboards, live scratching and vinyl atmospherics (although this was with a Zoom Sampletrak, broken Technics table, and low-budget old Casio). Other notables are the experimentation of Underworld's 'Riverrun' series and the dirty low-fi funk-pop of Cody Chestnut's 'Headphone Masterpiece'.
Get the entire experience as 4 zip bundles or individual tracks from the Records Downloads page. More goodness on the way next month - 2 more drops to go. Dig in. Keep up.
SGE_A Stranger At Sea (Inside) from Aphasein Records on Vimeo.
SGE_Tell Me I'm Wrong (Outside) from Aphasein Records on Vimeo.
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