a r t i s t : Radio People
t i t l e : Radio People
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : Digitalis
c a t : digiv015
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Electronic/Synth
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2011
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 60,2 MB
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*Killer vinyl debut for Sam Goldberg's excellent
Kosmische-driven 'Radio People' project after cassette
releases for the Emeralds-curated Wagon and Gneiss Things
labels. A must for followers of Oneohtrix Point never or,
indeed, Emeralds* From the salty tear-infected circuit boards
of Cleveland, Ohio, comes 'Radio People', Sam Goldberg's
synthwave commission for the ever-excellent Digitalis imprint.
For the latter half of the '00s he's been a part of the same
underground noise scene as Emeralds, running his Pizza Night
cassette imprint and releasing a handful of rare tapes on
Gneiss Things, Wagon and Weird Forest, among others. Radio
People is a relatively recent handle he's been using for a
trio of now out-of-print cassettes on Pizza Night, and this is
the first vinyl product of that chemically imbalanced sound.
He could be considered a more lo-fi adjunct to Emeralds' prog
developed chops, or Oneohtrix's hypnagogic sound sculptures,
but still clearly communicates cosmic thoughts of vast
kosmiche dronescapes and internal synth chaos with occasional,
vivid flashes of pop hooks and Krautrock rhythms bearing a
solitary tenderness of his own. He largely keeps his tracks
concise and varied, skillfully sequencing 'Radio People' to
gradually open up from gauzy beginnings of 'The Leaf Home', to
plunge into the wormhole of 'Split Personality' and into the
private pressing style introspection of ''The Leaf Home Pt. II
(Vietnam)', with its sunken machine drums and gorgeously warm
synth wisps. Best of all, is the brief thrust of 'Designer',
the album's most direct and dramatic composition recalling
Klaus Schulze and more recent Gavin Russom tracks in
miniature, and certainly the 8 minute closer, coming off like
some hallucinogenic 'Nam flashback with swooping rotor blade
synths and a lysergic undercurrent of synth noise. This is
album is a real find and a must for fans of Oneohtrix, or any
of the numerous Emeralds-related projects. Highly Recommended.
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01-The Leap Home [04:19]
02-Only My Friends Can Sing [02:48]
03-Split Personality [03:32]
04-The Leap Home Pt. II [03:46]
05-Now Where [02:31]
06-Designer [02:28]
07-Transient Romance [04:59]
08-Believe [02:03]
09-Feeling Sry For Yrslf [08:42]
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35:08 min