DJ Potpie
It appears that I'm making the unconscious shift to MP3 blog, which wasn't my initial intention, but seems to be the organic unfolding of Contort Yrself's essence. I'm just channeling. To that end, the end of Mardi Gras has come and, thusly let me channel what's going on in your head today (or at some point this weekend):
DJ Potpie - Track 1 (from Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind)
I've never gotten the opportunity to see Potpie and his sine wave generator live, but I would imagine it's a contemplative evening. In fact, it appears that Potpie uses only a sine wave generator and looping pedals with occasional ebowed guitar. For such limited instrumentation, he really got a lot of variation on the 2001 release from which I culled this track. Some stuff sounds more academic, some stuff sounds more pastoral, some stuff sounds like a stripped-down version of a track or two off of the Mirages LP by Tim Hecker, which, if you've been reading, you know is high praise.
Sorry, once again, no track names, as I can't find this disc anywhere online with tracklistings or anything. I don't know where to buy any of Potpie's records either, so if anyone knows, do tell.
That's the last of the explicitly New Orleans content for a little bit - though I may put up a bit of Mr. Quintron tomorrow if the mood strikes me. If I work up the nerve to post some non-local MP3s, some of my more recent favorites might be on the way. In any event, I hope somebody has learned something about the vibrancy of the NO scene - it's more than shitty bar-funk. And apologies that I didn't get around to some other great local artists, like Mexico 1910 and Dave Mooney Trio (their track "Wrinkles" has been blowing me away, recently - great use of hip-hop breakbeat without overdoing it).
Radio show tomorrow (Thursday) morning, 8 - 10am CST, if you're up. Listen in the NO area at 91.5fm or on the web from www.wtul.fm.
DJ Potpie - Track 1 (from Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind)
I've never gotten the opportunity to see Potpie and his sine wave generator live, but I would imagine it's a contemplative evening. In fact, it appears that Potpie uses only a sine wave generator and looping pedals with occasional ebowed guitar. For such limited instrumentation, he really got a lot of variation on the 2001 release from which I culled this track. Some stuff sounds more academic, some stuff sounds more pastoral, some stuff sounds like a stripped-down version of a track or two off of the Mirages LP by Tim Hecker, which, if you've been reading, you know is high praise.
Sorry, once again, no track names, as I can't find this disc anywhere online with tracklistings or anything. I don't know where to buy any of Potpie's records either, so if anyone knows, do tell.
That's the last of the explicitly New Orleans content for a little bit - though I may put up a bit of Mr. Quintron tomorrow if the mood strikes me. If I work up the nerve to post some non-local MP3s, some of my more recent favorites might be on the way. In any event, I hope somebody has learned something about the vibrancy of the NO scene - it's more than shitty bar-funk. And apologies that I didn't get around to some other great local artists, like Mexico 1910 and Dave Mooney Trio (their track "Wrinkles" has been blowing me away, recently - great use of hip-hop breakbeat without overdoing it).
Radio show tomorrow (Thursday) morning, 8 - 10am CST, if you're up. Listen in the NO area at 91.5fm or on the web from www.wtul.fm.
posted by P at 10:58 PM
1 Comments:
You can get Potpie (as well as Chef Menteur and other New Orleans) CD's and mp3's at Backporch Revolution
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