dustmuffin & the aluminum cans - essential recordings 1984-2001 (c) 2
Artist....: dustmuffin & the aluminum cans
Album.....: essential recordings 1984-2001
Type......: album
Source....: cdda
Tracks....: 19
Genre.....: avantgarde
Rel.Date..: jun-14-2006
Label.....: Punch Records
Catalogue#: 015
Encoder...: lame 3.90.3 mod vbr
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1Hz / joint-stereo
URL.......: www.eskimofilms.com
Tracklist:
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01 feelings 02:09
02 hate is a shape 01:46
03 beat me 01:30
04 mr. greedy chef 02:48
05 just an old fashioned hate song 02:21
06 we'll see santa 02:46
07 i don't care, witch 02:52
08 mr. crumb 02:33
09 accodrian song 01:05
10 the crumbs are the cure 02:30
11 diagnostics 02:35
12 mr. revere 03:02
13 knock on wood 02:14
14 mr. crumb (reprise) 02:16
15 u.s.a. 03:44
16 niceboy 02:01
17 untitled 01:46
18 take the cake 02:22
19 symbiote 4774 04:32
Total:47,9 MBB / 46:52 min
Release Notes:
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"Somewhere around the end of the 1990's, I was forced against my will to
listen to a second generation mix-tape of a group called Dustmuffin &
the Aluminum Cans. For some reason, I expected very little with such a
name, but what I heard changed my life. The swirling Moogs, the
prepubescent choir boys, the gothic accordion waltzes - they touched me
in ways I had never thought possible... ways I've yet to be touched since.
Dance floor sensations such as the undeniable 'Feelings' and 'Diagnostics'
stood alongside the cabaret hit 'Beat Me' and the cosmic epic
'Symbiote 4774'. No genre was safe! Later hits such as the mournful
folk-rock 'Mr. Revere' or the perverse hip-hop of 'Niceboy' show this to
be the case.
The group's mystique, often shrouded in myth or intentional
misrepresentation, included the irritable lead singer Dustmuffin and
his ever changing backing band of mad scientists, robots and female
vocalists/witches. The recurring lyrical subplot of an extraterrestrial,
predatory race of 'crumbs' did little to clarify the situation. I could
only listen on and hope to decipher the truth from the lie. To this day,
I have not.
It was with all of this in mind that I found myself with the incredible
honor of not only directing their videos, but also joining the group on
the power duet 'U.S.A.', a new national anthem oddly recorded on
September 9th, 2001. Even if by only 48 hours, Dustmuffin & the
Aluminum Cans stand ahead of their time.
This group stands as one of a scant handful of my favorites to date. With
this indispensable collection of truly 'Essential Recordings', they will
soon be one of yours as well!