Sounds from underground/File N°63

straight to your heart pured these wonderful sounds of «überaffe». it's some kind outsider, some kind marvelous genuine record. absolutely dig it.


0. name of the band
Restroom music
1. where are you from?
I'm from Rennes, France and Chris is from Minnesota, USA
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use
some particular record technique? which is your method of
composition?
Restroom music is a side project of mine with my friend Chris Ucis.
I use an accoustic guitar or a Fender Jaguar, Chris uses various Fender Jazzmaster. I also like circuit bent keyboards and their nasty sound.
We record on our computers mostly, I also use my phone and its headset quite a lot to record first drafts or ideas and most of the time i keep this first take as the final version, cos i like the feel of a first take, even if it's not perfect, I like accidents.

Sounds from underground/File N°62

  there's something French. something old, something new and something blue. «Toypurina» is a Mexican artist that share with us bedroom experiences. it's so beautiful that I just can't stop to listen to the record.

decisively dig it  

0. name of the band
Toypurina
1. where are you from?
I'm from Tijuana, Mexico.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I mostly use my guitar to write my songs and will often add effects to them with Ableton or Audacity. I've also used random objects like some rice in a box, coffee pots or boiling eggs. Sometimes I'll use my SP404 for effects on the samples I use.

Sounds from underground/File N°61

all we need is sound. this was understood very well by artist who we have pleasure to present you today - Micleusanu. his experimental, electronic compositions are deeply permeated by the research of different areas of music. you can also admire his wonderful photos here and painting here
0. name of the band
My first electronic project was ”Diafragma” I start making electronic music in 2000, of course it was primitive ”sampling” stuff
 / the next project after ”Diafragma” was ”Pneumaton”. I started (in 2005) make my own sounds, using field & voice recording & the variety of programs. (in primary school I sang in children choir & learn to play piano) after ”Pneumaton” I decided use only my name for all sound projects. so, right now my project is ”Micleusanu”
1. where are you from?
I was born in Bachcisaray / Crimea (I have Ukrainian, Polish & Romanian roots) I lived and studied art (painting/graphics) in Chisinau (Moldova) & from 1990 I studied painting in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). right now I live & work in Bucharest /Romania. (I am a radio producer, writer & sound designer)
 
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I use a variety of instruments, virtual syntesizers, granular & modular synthesizers, and also (the real) string instruments like prepared electric guitar. Most of the time I record my own voice & industrial noises (I spend a lot of time in the industrial & periferic areas of Bucharest) also I have a collection of my recorded sounds like ”accidental bowl&pan fall” or percussive experiments & I am ”twisting” this sounds until obtain some good sound landshafts. Anyway, I use multiple steps to processing the sounds & my purpose is optaining a new kind of sounds/music.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
I love the new directions in music and I am a big fan of ”musique concrete” & spectralism. First time I listened Xenakis, in 1996then, Ligeti and also Romanian authors like Iancu Dumitrescu and Horatiu Radulescu. After that I start listen more and more experimental music, for example a lot of artist from the ”famous list of  Nurse with wound” also I love artrock, krautrock & Japan scene. I think my composition it is getting closer to contemporary electronic music, something between post-spectral & modular synthesis.
 
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
Of course, underground is like an ”artwomb”. Even we believe that it is difficult to make something new in music/art/film, innovations never dies:)
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music?
Yes, I play sometimes live acoustic experimentation with guitar with effects like delay & reverb plus voice & percussion (tambourine/djembe etc etc). Public reactions is very good, we have a good period in Romania for experiments in music & arts.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
My records is my research of life, love, sadness and joy:)

Sounds from underground/File N°60

sometimes all that you need is good melody that will remind you Summer when outside is snowing. group «Wild Books» do it very well, enough to fall in love as we did with some 90s. bands. so don't pretend you don't love it

0. name of the band
Wild Books
1. where are you from?
We are from Warsaw, Poland
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
We use Fender Jaguar/Vintage 12 string guitar, Witkowski Bass, and the drums. Sometimes we use Korg Monotron to add some extra spice. We have recorded both our records in a small house near the woods. We are working on the songs in our rehearsal room.

Images from underground/File N°016

you can dive into art of ABBA an amazing outsider world full of weird images. entire gallery is available here.
 

artist words:

The Art of ABBA will appeal today to friek, characters circus of potential monsters, wounded inside but with something to show to

Images from underground/File N°015

 

works of Miquael Res will take us into the darklands. it's full of scary monsters and just beside the abyss. more fear you can find here

 

1. where are you from?
I was born in Germany, but now live in the Netherlands....to be exact, a suburb of the town of Venlo, called Blerick.

2. do you use any particular tools/materials/methods during the working process?
The tools and methods.....any acrylic paint will do. For the backgrounds I like to freak around with spray cans.....gives a cool effect, it only smells a bit funny. I paint on canvas board and canvases......never used an easel though to put the paintings on.

Images from underground/File N°014

in our journey into outsider art we'll stop in the world of Silvio Codazzi. his ironic works a bit scary a bit funny are great comment to the reality around us. terrific
more stuff you can find here 

Name : Silvio

Surname:Codazzi

Born: 05/01/1970

1. where are you from?
I have come back to Puglia , among the olive trees of Salento countryside, where I used to live when I was a child.

I have always drawn, I have always enjoy it.

Comics, tattoos, wall paintings: many are the paths I follow to express myself.

Now I'm here to speak of my drawings and my paintings.

Sounds from underground/File N°59

shoegaze is alive. and it's this sweet «CANDY» that make you choke. this group from South Korea is surely worth your attention and worth your love. waiting for the Lp that will be out in 2017. stay alive

0. name of the band 
CANDY
1. where are you from? 
Seoul, South Korea
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition? 
We use Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Jaguar, and Fender Jazz Bass.

For the rehearsal, Kim Yeun Koo of Keys and I met at Visions Studio and selected new materials that can be worked on. Arrangements of the new songs were completed while playing them during shows held at clubs in Seoul.

Self portrait/Lantern

Lantern. BR, 2016, trash on cartoon.

LANTERN

Images from underground/File N°013

 
amazing world of Bernardino Costantino is mainly black and white. or some psychedelic colours. no compromise. these strongly expressionistic works are at the same part a wonderful outsider pieces. you can find a lot of amazing pictures on his blog and also on facebook. share with who you love. and love everybody 
   1. where are you from?
I live and work in Venice, Italy.
2. do you use any particular tools/materials/methods during the working process?
I work for my use mainly acrylic and mixed media.
I really love to experiment and use a variety of expressive solutions.

Self portrait/Where

Where. BR, 2016, trash on cartoon. Evol

WHERE

Images from underground/File N°012

 
Nikola Ojdanic is an amazing Serbian artist that impressed me with his works like few people did from the times of Beksinski. In common with Polish painter Ojdanic has surely the alienation of human being and some dark surreal elements. Anyway his works are extremely original and just every single piece is a pearl. You can find more of his works here and enjoy the interview. Special 
 

1. Where are you from?

I`m from Belgrade (Serbia).

2. Do you use any particular tools/materials/methods during the working process?

Yes, of course. In the beginning, it was quite sterile... however in time, the necessities have grown stronger, more pronounced... in accordance with my need to transmit to the observer my conception and the message in the best possible way... and thus, I begun my quest for new materials and methods. Clearly, the basic usual unities are still here to be upgraded and developed through the story... But in any case, nowadays when I stand in front of the canvass or an easel, I feel unspeakable need to realize my ideas in an entirely uncommon way, it has become a rule that pleases me extremely. I`ve built in nets, polystyrene pieces, threads and other stuff, used primers to give it some texture and realistic feel and experience... extreme freedom is found in the realm of digital painting, too.

Sounds from underground/File N°58

as I truly love musique concrete I couldn't not be just amazed by the records of «Vincent Eoppolo». highly expressive, deeply moving. remarkable and obligatory.

0.name
Vincent Eoppolo
1. where are you from?
Wilmington, Delaware USA

Images from underground/File N°011

continuing with our little visual festival we pass across the art of XXII Outsider art/Brut art. as the name says itself it's about wonderful outsider expression, one of my favorite form of art as you could probably understood from this blog. enjoy the interview and more works of XXII here. 

1. where are you from?
I'm from France
2. do you use any particular tools/materials/methods during the working process? how is your working process?
I use brushes, markers and acrylic paint, I work especially on A4 paper format. 
3. what do you think about the art market nowadays?
I do not know the art market, I started a short time, a few months to tell the truth in outsider art.
4. do you exhibit your works? how do you place yourself in actual art context?
I have never exhibited my works in public. But one day may be.
5. is there a common idea that go across all your works?
Yes behind each design there is an idea, a topic that stand at the heart.

Images from underground/File N°010

the fabulous art of Greg Bromley.  full of colors from inner world. I invite you to read this wonderful interview and check more works of Greg here. such surreal as outsider. dig it! 

1. where are you from?I am originally from the east riding of Yorkshire in the UK. i have lived for 10 years in London and 10 years in south wales. i am now living back in the east riding just outside of Kingston upon hull.

Images from underground/File N°009

 
we're back after a long break from visual art post and I'm happy we're back with a strong hit like this. «SoaK / MocK» is a great expression of some kind of crazy digital, urban art, with a lot of SoaK and a lot of MocK. but as I used to say music is for listening and visual art is for watching. more stuff you will find here. enjoy

1. where are you from?
I am from Linz,Austria, where i just finished art university 
2. do you use any particular tools/materials/methods during the working process?
I am working half digital/half analog. All my works are based on visible structure/pattern in combination with special aspects of human perception as pareidolia or serendipity.

Sounds from underground/File N°57

I think that there are some records that it's really rhetoric to talk about because they are actually so good that it's just better to listen, everything else is superficial. surely the last Lp of <<Skyjelly>> is one of this kind of albums. you push play and fall in love with these sounds that flies completely free in the space and with how good all this works. it's what should be happening in music in 2016. 

Echos from underground/ESMECTATONS

new wonderful release from «ESMECTATONS». Lp «Dead or Alive» is full of darkness but in contrast with great dynamic and well done composition it seem something magically surreal. dig it! 

Self portrait/angel.Wrong

<<angel.Wrong>>. BR. acrylic&trash on cartoon. 2016

angel.Wrong

Sounds from underground/File N°056

noisy freak sounds from Belarus! <<Drwiwy>> will bring us in a surreal atmospheres with the record <Live in Bar Niescierka>. love or hate but listen for sure, you must to know it.

 

0. name of the band

Vitayem! Hello! We are Drwiwy

1. where are you from?

We are from the wilds of Belarus!

2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?

Well, our band equipment changes a lot from time to time, but mostly we use electric or acoustic guitars, with loads of pedals and software production. Also, samples and keys are used heavily. Plus some of the acoustic wind and percussion instruments. Filed recordings and old soviet synth were also involved on some recordings.

Pravěkfest V

this weekend from September 30 to October 1 in Prague you can attempt the very Noise Festival Pravěkfest V! In this occasion will play different bands, between them my own project Nac/Hut Report. I will also play with well known to the readers of this blog Uncle Grasha's Flying Circus. More info you can find here and the details about all the bands that will perform you can find below. Be noisy!

Sounds from underground/File N°055

a kind of very interesting record from <<Aux Luna>>, surely for the story of that's behind, quoting the artist's words: "(...) I found a large cardboard box that seemed to have no connection with my family. Amongst innumerable ephemara concerning the supernatural (books, magazines and so on) was some obscure brand of cassette tape with the single word “Hannah” written on them. The cassettes had music on them but they were not pre-recorded"  
I invite you to discover the rest. really haunting
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 0. name of the band
Aux Luna
1. where are you from?
England
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I found an old box in my parents' attic which contained some old cassettes of someone playing a Spanish guitar. Using Logic I made loops out of the recordings and added other found sounds from old television and radio programmes. Each album is based on a theme. The first release is based around poltergeists because in the box there were a lot of magazines and books about strange and supernatural phenomena.

Sounds from underground/File N°054

another great release of Brazilian label Meia-Vida. <Devastaçã> is a dark lp by <<Buraco Negro>> that is full of best elements of experimental music. makes me think what would happen if SPK would meet Cabaret Voltaire in 2016. absolute love
0. name of the band

PEDRO: Buraco Negro. It means Black Hole in Portuguese. We were having issues deciding the bands name and our concert was just by the weekend. I aways wanted to have a band after this name and it sort of came up in this urgency.

1. where are you from?

PEDRO We're both from the southern region in Brazil. I'm from São Paulo. Gustavo's from Curitiba. Our cities are about a six hour drive apart. We met when my other band Gattopardo went touring South Brazil and got closer as Gustavo's projects came to São Paulo for concerts.

Echos from underground/V.A. - Noise Cave na Žižkovské noci 2016

<<Noise cave>> is a compilation of international experimental artists released in occasion of Prague festival Žižkovská Noc on March 19th 2016.  
6 tracks proposed by Phaerentz, Astrální hlemýžď feat. Cicero, Uncle Grasha's Flying Circus, Kikiriki, Eine Stunde Merzbauten (Alles Gute Madhausen)  and The Prostory Revival are a tasty set of smashed sounds. Surely worth to deepen these czech noise scene that is of the most interesting cultural ferments of last years. In fact soon we gonna see another noise festival in Prague, the 5th edition of Pravekfest. More info here.

Sounds from underground/File N°053

 

dark noise from Brazil. <<Flores Feias>> is an outstanding project that last year gave a life to this wonderful album. 

0. name of the band

Flores Feias (means Ugly Flowers in portuguese)

1. where are you from?

I'm from a city called Curitiba, in the south of Brazil.

2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?

I mainly use guitar and pedals (reverb, distortion, chorus, flanger, wah-wah and delay). I usually record in cassette, experimenting with the tape texture, wear and feedback. My composition as Flores Feias is very intuitive and simple. I try to ritualize the moments by repetition, dark frequencies and fluid voice. My lyrics are about to be declassed and magic in this colapsing society, so I let those feelings come lo-fi and punk.

Sounds from underground/File N°052

some of atmospheric sounds reach us from Melbourne. <<Human Pesticide>> is an Australian project that propose us a surrealistic trip into some of this lands we'd like to explore especially now when the autumn. we can fall in love with these track easily.


0. name of the band 
Human Pesticide
1. where are you from? 
We both live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Brennan is in the city and Katherine is in Brunswick West
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? 
Amp, microphone feedback, pedals, screaming …..

Echos of underground/Dogless

the summer is about to finish and I think it's right to propose you something that will fit with this mood. so here it comes the new release entitled <<Songs about Summer>> by <Dogless>  - a project we're talking about some time ago. stay tuned

Self portrait/Chemical Foetus

new cracowian works. <<Chemical Foetus>>, trash technique. 2016. BR

Self portrait/New Horizon

new works are coming after the moving. 
<<New Horizon>>, trash technique, Krakow, 2016

Sounds from underground/File N°051

noisy weekend. this time we go to check what's happening in China. <<Cloud Choir>> is a two men project, that will bring you into psychedelic, experimental sounds. and it's as good as noise can be. love 
interview:
0. name of the band
The name of the project that you are interested in is called Cloud Choir which consists of myself Michael Cupoli(Noise Arcade) and Richard Doran(DMH).
1. where are you from?
The project has been based in Beijing, China for years. I am from the USA and have been living in China for about 12 years now. Richard lived in China for 16 years but has since returned to his home country of Ireland. Since Richard left, we only record and do shows when he returns to Beijing, which is roughly once every six months.

Sounds from underground/File N°050

come back to more noisy sounds we move to Odessa to discover music of <<Antichrist Volt>>. intriguing tunes combined with a bit oriental vocal parts. surely strongly advised to all fans of avantgarde atmospheres. dig it


0. name of the band
Antichrist Volt
1. where are you from?
Black Sea (Odessa)
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
Everything is useful, girlfriend's detuned piano, stepfather's old and noisy electric guitar, stolen drums from the beach club and person whom we had never met before.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
World music.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
There is always something to discuss while we are able to distinguish the bottom from the top.
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music?
Live music is the best that we can do. People love to dance.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
Pure Fun

Sounds from underground/File N°049

sometimes all you need is a noisy guitar. cause it's beautiful and authentic. and also because there's less guys that can play it as it should be done than you think. it's why you'll love <<Greg White>>. it seems simply but it goes directly to your stomach and then you know that you'll close yourself in your bedroom with his records for a long time. don't forget to pass it to your friends. 


0. name of the band
My name is Greg White, and this is my solo music.
1. where are you from?
I'm from Montreal, QC, and have also lived in Rochester, NY.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I'm a big fan of Fender equipment. I normally use a Fender Telecaster and Fender Precision Bass, and occasionally a Squier Strat. My amp is a Fender Frontman that was given to me from a friend a few years ago. I also have a Yamaha acoustic guitar. In terms of recording, I use Reaper on my computer and run a Shure SM57 or an MXL condenser mic into an audio interface. It's not a very high-budget setup, but it suits my needs. Composition really depends on the song, but it generally involves me messing around with some sort of chord progression or melody, or from playing around with different effects and seeing what kind of sounds I can make. I also draw a lot of inspiration from my environment.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
The modern "context" of music is really incredible because of all the access to music, both in terms of listening to it and in terms of creating it. So many great musicians are able to distribute music super easily, and I think that's a really great thing. As of right now, I wouldn't necessarily say that I'm part of a "scene," although I guess I could be lumped into the whole "DIY basement" kind of thing. I feel comfortable there!
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
Even today I think that underground music is still happening, and that it's a very strong community. Like I said earlier, I think that the widespread access to music is definitely beneficial not only in bringing music from the underground to the surface, but also in expanding the underground to an even larger, more deeply connected community. Does that make sense?
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I haven't played any of my stuff live yet. I can't wait!
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
My records are a way of trying to express myself in a medium that I enjoy. They're a way of looking back and thinking, "wow, I can remember the situations I was in around the time that was recorded." Records hold memories. And, most of all, they're a way of having a lot of fun.

Sounds from underground/File N°048

we're still in summer noise mood so we're looking for something crazy but maybe also a bit melancholic. something like Pavement. it's not exactly similar but I feel the spirit,probably because of the vocal that I love when has this nihilistic tune.  project is called <<Mr Holiday>> and it's a great sound of Australia. 



0. name of the band
Mr Holiday
1. where are you from?
Melbourne, Australia
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
We mostly use guitars, drums, drum machines, and keyboards and run through two mixers and crappy microphones to get a lofi sound. Our composition method is pretty simple, starting with a group jam and from there creating a loose structure.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
We don't really fit into a particular scene or style because we cover a bunch of styles and genres. We have 3 albums out plus stacks of tapes at home which cover acoustic, lofi electronic, noise, hip hop, punk, and rock. With that being said when we play live we usually play with the same group of bands.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
More and more people are learning how to make music in their bedrooms without money and the support of labels meaning the underground scene is getting bigger and bigger. There are a lot of warehouse gigs and house parties for underground musicians to perform and network with other people in the scene.
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
Our live performances are loud and abrasive and have been pretty disastrous at times if we get too messed up before hand. Sometimes people love it and sometimes we'll clear the room.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
We experiment with a lot of different sounds, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The records are accurate representations of us: having a good time while succeeding, failing, and fucking around.

Echos of underground/Lhostejnost

new project of Willhelm Grasslich from <Uncle Grash's Flying Circus>. definitely worth your attention

Sounds from underground/File N°047

<<Dogless>>. I'm just listening it from few days and can't stop. why? because it's so genuine and good. and the melodies are great. I'm not looking for more.



0. name of the band
Dogless

1. where are you from?
I'm originally from the Detroit area in Michigan but lived in many places growing up, including Mexico, California, and Illinois.

2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I mainly use my acoustic and electric guitars, a bass, and a drum set. I record using a pretty basic setup: a condenser mic, a simple soundboard, and my Mac. I write songs in a variety of ways, it just depends how I am feeling. Most the time though I just mess around on my acoustic guitar until a song starts to form.

3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
My personal favorite genres are indie rock and punk/emo. Emo and pop punk are in a creative resurgence right now with a lot of bands putting out amazing records. I love the DIY culture of emo and punk bands, where they write and record whatever they are feeling. I don't necessarily feel a part of any scene, but I do gravitate to the emo scene

4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
The internet has really helped the "underground" scene. People like myself are able to record and put up music for anyone to listen to, it's awesome. There's a ton of great stuff floating around the internet for people to hear. I'm glad blogs like yours help people find new stuff to listen to.

5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I don't really play live anymore. I have moved a lot over the past year and haven't had the time to. I like to focus my extra time on writing and recording, it's what I enjoy the most.

6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I see my albums as a snapshot of my mental state at whatever point in my life I recorded them at. I try to name them in a way that accurately sums up that time. I was going through a very tough time with a lot of huge changes in my life when I recorded "Wait, Where am I?". I often felt lost and unable to process everything that was going on. When I go back and listen to my old albums I can remember how I felt at the time and what I was thinking. It's important to me that I continue to document things, even if I'm the only one listening.

Sounds from underground/File N°046

looking for psychedelic dream pop from Poland? try <<Lilylivered>>, her two Eps will bring you into a surrealistic atmosphere worthy of David Lynch's films. big chance to become a cult. 


0. name of the band
Lilylivered (solo act)
1. where are you from?
Poland
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I make my music mainly in the entirely virtual realm of VST plugins, simulators, etcetera. I also play guitar which I've been using a lot more lately on new tracks. I use my laptop mic to record physical instruments and vocals, which results in a kind of sound that I've grown to be fond of, despite the frustrating quality and floods and floods of ambient noise. I do lots of overdubs and often mix tracks into oblivion. When it comes to composing, it differs, but I tend to start off with a vocal melody, often some crazy vocalization, I play keys or guitar, or just toy with sounds, looking for something that would catalyze a bigger idea.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
To be honest, it's pretty tricky for me to think about my music in any bigger context of a "scene" – it feels very private, even though I do share it on the internet which may seem like the complete opposite of privacy, no matter how many people actually listen to you. That being said, so incredibly many musicians already write and record like that – at home, in a very DIY way – that this itself creates a kind of translucent community. And, really, as much as anyone can feel that their music don't merge with any bigger perspective, it's never really true – we are all reusing and reproducing and being inspired and being defiant towards what already exists.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
It depends on how you define that word. In general, I'm against the concept of genres, labels, however funny that might sound. Obviously, I know why those terms are useful and why they’re being used, but in the context of how cross-genre music has become now, sometimes it seems terribly obsolete and even detrimental to try to label everything. If you understand underground music as music that is not being commercially promoted, then, well, it's all over the place, and SoundCloud is a true underground music cornucopia. And that’s fantastic.
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I don't play live, except for in an alternate universe.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I started gathering my songs into EPs because they naturally began to form into little groups bound together by some particular feeling and representing certain periods in my life very vividly. The way I make music is very intuitive, sometimes if feels beyond any logic, and often I don't entirely differentiate between lyrics and music itself. And so, all my EPs, including the one I'm working on now, have very strong and very different from one another sonic themes unifying them. I get bored really fast which works for the best when it comes to music, I think.

Sounds from underground/File N°045

I love experimental pop songs like these proposed to us by <<Tedwyn James>>. and in summer I love them even more. <Mingus, You> is a Lp of 10 wonderful tracks that will become one of your favorite albums of this summer. I bet


0. name of the band
Tedwyn James is the name of the music.  My name is Choicey.
1. where are you from?
I was born in Ottawa.  I grew up in Edmonton.  I live in Vancouver.  I am from Canada.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
Physical instruments are played and recorded:  guitars, a Wurlitzer, and an amplifier with a broken reverb tank that I still need to fix.  My recording philosophy is to place a microphone where it sounds good enough then I leave it.  I don't think much about it partly because I write, record, and revise at the same time.  Sometimes it sounds terrible.  Other times there are some pretty mistakes.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
Music is open and fluid.  Listen to what moves you.  Play what makes you feel.  I don't think much about being part of a scene.  My friends play and listen to all types of great music so I hang out with them and learn.  I meet different people and get exposed to different sounds that way.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
No.  Everything is at ground level or in the clouds so it's all relative.
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music?
The first live show will be on July 21 at an art space in town.  I've never played in front of humans before, only cats, dogs, and raccoons that wander into my room.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
My recordings are uncoordinated experiences and thoughts filtered through sound.