JOHN OF DUST, by Obie Feldi and M.C. Schmidt

JOHN OF DUST

by Obie Feldi and M.C. Schmidt

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birdspanker Lovely clinks clanks slurps and squiggles. Drones and tones and bursts of static. Exactly what I needed.

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Cassette + Digital Album
Two generations of Baltimore outsider sound artists come together on
“John of Dust”, a strikingly organic and intuitive new album made by
M.C. Schmidt of oddball sampling pioneers Matmos and Obie Feldi, a
member of bruising post-everything duo Two Weeks
(ages 59 and 21, respectively). Across two sidelong suites, “John of
Dust” alchemically distils field recordings, synthesis, neo-ASMR
whispering, mysterious liquid noise and close mic-ed percussive sounds
into alternately jarring and soothing passages of electroacoustic
collage. “John of Dust” sometimes hints at an esoteric conceptual
gambit – as when a list of famous people named John is intoned
briefly—but it eschews unity in favor of a restless movement across a
meandering landscape. Voices both real and synthesized occasionally
bob to the surface, but the emphasis throughout is on textural
encounter as subtly psychedelic drips and amoeboid forms flow from
section to section, casting a weirdly entrancing spell. Fans of Zoviet
France, sound poetry, and the more outré corners of computer music
will find themselves playing this one frequently. On a limited edition
cassette from E2-E4, the label that also released M.C. Schmidt’s last
solo album “From fountains to sewers.”
Approx. 38 minute cassette of tiny sounds amplified, bigger sounds made quiet.

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	1.	John of Dust A 17:19	info
	2.	John of Dust B 17:32	info

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Shortwave Radio, Virtual ANS, Cocoquantus, SH101, Baking Soda, Vinegar, Grass, Glass, MS 2000, Bottle Cap, Water, Tiny Mug, Gaggia Classic Espresso Machine, Dust, Funk Box, Pink Trombone, Styrofoam, Wind, Bidule, Cecilia 5, Kitchen Sink, Crappy Flute, Aluminum Foil, Chimes, The Falls River, Bells, ARP Odyssei, Voice, Pure Data, Sheet Metal, Magnets, Piano

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released August 25, 2023

Obie Feldi and M.C. Schmidt played and recorded and edited everything
Mastering by Jeff Carey

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Matmos Baltimore, Maryland

Experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore.

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Apr 26

Zebulon

Los Angeles (LA), CA
May 4

Public Records

New York (NYC), NY

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