Gavin Russom to release archival recordings as Paper Eyes

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    Wed, Apr 27, 2016, 15:17
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  • Source Cognitive Drive - Transmissions 1996-1998 will come out on Ecstatic next month.
  • Gavin Russom to release archival recordings as Paper Eyes image
  • Ecstatic has compiled early recordings from Gavin Russom's Paper Eyes project, due out on May 6th. The Paper Eyes material is two decades old. Russom recorded the music upon moving from Providence to NYC, and he says it reflects an inspiring moment in the the city's underground music scene. "Arriving in New York I found myself surrounded by an incredibly intense field of stuff to take in," he says. "Late night radio mixes with distinctly New York sounds like freestyle and hip hop, clubs where house, techno and jungle played to drugged-out and/or completely sober sweaty crowds and beard scratchers alike, no wave, new wave, disco, Afro-Carribean, art rock and experimental music records I would pick up at thrift shops or used record stores." The tracks were recorded on reel-to-reel tape machines with a couple of Casios and a Univox synth, plus a mic and a reverb pedal from Radio Shack, as well as a few other bits of rugged hardware. It's due out next month on Ecstatic Recordings, the label run by Alessio Natalizia, AKA Not Waving. Tracklist 01. Mysterious Package 02. Beats 03. The Clicker 04. Synthesis Energy 05. Ghosts (Version 1) 06. The Ship Is Landing 07. Gem Mountain 08. Aerial Tones 09. Organ 10. Intermittent Beat Transmission 11. Shake 12. Twinkle 13. Flash 14. I Am The 6th Gender (Beats Only) 15. Dance Party (Vocal) 16. Compute This Sucka Ecstatic Recordings will release Source Cognitive Drive - Transmissions 1996-1998 on May 6th, 2016.
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