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fave it Experimental | Environmental
11 tracks | 73 minutes
Released May 2005
on c is for dog records
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:44 Attack the Target! BUY MP3 06:44 Attack the Target! "GIFT MP3" 06:44 Attack the Target!
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 08:12 5 Lights BUY MP3 08:12 5 Lights "GIFT MP3" 08:12 5 Lights
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 Stx@kt BUY MP3 03:08 Stx@kt "GIFT MP3" 03:08 Stx@kt
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 09:32 Bolachi BUY MP3 09:32 Bolachi "GIFT MP3" 09:32 Bolachi
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:53 It's Not Plugged In BUY MP3 06:53 It's Not Plugged In "GIFT MP3" 06:53 It's Not Plugged In
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:00 It's Your Thing! FREE 07:00 It's Your Thing! "GIFT MP3" 07:00 It's Your Thing!
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:42 Fluise BUY MP3 05:42 Fluise "GIFT MP3" 05:42 Fluise
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:16 Eating Cake in a Cave BUY MP3 06:16 Eating Cake in a Cave "GIFT MP3" 06:16 Eating Cake in a Cave
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Live sounds from this UK-based experimental beat combo, combining real-time sampling on everything from dictaphone to guitar pedals, with quirky instrumentation, sound musicianship, and a dark sense of humour- a wonderful journey thru a low-tech paradise
Bio / Background
Who are the Surf Messengers?
Are they a soundscape co-operative, a jazz quartet, a beat combo or an experimental outfit? Probably none of the above (though sometimes all).
What we can be sure of is, whatever instrumentation they choose to use, whether it be regular or radical, the resulting music is always interesting, frequently challenging, sometimes darkly humorous and often extremely beautiful.
They have played together in various guises since as far back as the early 80's.
Recordings made of the early sessions were only ever 2 track stereo affairs, circulated amongst band and friends. Since then they have gradually got the high tech stuff that enabled them to make quality, mixable records of these sessions and proper CDs that could be circulated more widely and gain them the reputation they now enjoy.
"excerpts......
↓ more ↓" was recorded during the last 10 hours of a continuous 24 hour performance that took place in front of an invited audience in a circus tent on a village green in rural England, and embodies all that is wonderful about improvised music.
Possessing an inspired level of musicianship, The Surf Messengers combine regular instrumentation with often unlikely and low-tech sound sources (TVs/ radios/ kitchen appliances/ kids instruments and toys/ vehicle parts/ record players instead of turntables/ first generation electronics) to create wonderous and sometimes disconcerting aural adventures.
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