Mau Musicca “Filadelphia i l’altre costat” CDR (2005)

Torno a escoltar aquest disc i em segueix oferint tantes coses noves com la primera vegada que el vaig escoltar. De fet, escoltat des de la distància cobra més vida i agafa més forma i força. Per mi aquest és un disc molt especial perquè d’alguna manera he viscut el procés. i no em refereixo al procés de grabació. Sino el procés de l’experiència. Aquest disc porta implícit el testimoni de les coses que en Mau va viure durant el final de l’any 2004 i principis del 2005. Quan en Mau va venir a acompanyar-me a l’aventura de viure a Estats Units, a ser la meva companyia i d’alguna manera la veu de la raó i la força. Un tresor. La música i la lletra cada vegada que l’escolto em fa pensar en el temps que vaig estar allí. Com si pogués entrar dins d’en Mau mateix. És extraordinari, tal i com ho veig i ho sento, que algú pugui realment agafar totes aquelles sensacions i tots aquells sentiments, posar-los tots en un quatre pistes i fer-ne una peça uniforme. Gràcies Mau.

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fotos d’en Mau

I listen to this CDR again and it keeps offering so many things to me, like the first time i actually listened to it. Actually, listening to it thru the distance it feels more alive and it gains more power every single day. To me this songs are so special because somehow i lived thru its process. And i am not talking about the recording process. What i am talking about here is the process of the experience. This record brings with itself the testimony of many situations that Mau lived thru the end of year 2004 until the beggining of year 2005. That’s when he came to be the companion and my company during my adventure in the US. Suring that period of time somehow he became my strength and the voice of reason. A treasure. The music and the lyrics in this recording… every time i listen to them it makes me remember so many things i have forgotten about the time there. It feels like if i could just be inside Mau himself and become him. It’s just extraordinaire, just like how i see it and feel it, how someone can just grab all those sensations, feelings and thoughts put them in a four-track recorder and make a uniform piece out of it. Thanks Mau.

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Bèstia Ferida – live – (Nov, 18 – 2007)

Fotos de Silvia Mestres

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Gravació amb micro + minidisc directe del primer concert de Bèstia Ferida amb Mark Cunningham el dia 18 de Novembre del 2007 juntament amb Mueran Humanos. La gravació va ésser realitzada pel mateix Mark i les fotos son de la Silvia Mestres. Carmen Burguess va fer el poster.El concert és bastant pla però té alguns bons moments. Dura uns 30 minuts aproximadament. Surfer total!

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Recorded live with a mic + minidisc from the first Bèstia Ferida show with Mark Cunningham the last 18 of November 2007 together with Mueran Humanos. The set was recorded by Mark himself and the photos were taken by Silvia Mestres. Carmen Burguess made the poster. The show is pretty plane but there is some good moments. It’s something around 30 minutes long. Total Surfer!

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Ozonokids Tapes 001 compilation (2004)

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La història darrera d’aquest CDR no és tan llarga. Encara que el temps que va passar des del principi del projecte fins al final si que va ser llarg. La idea de fer aquest recopilatori va sortir a finals del 2002. Originalment hi havien d’haver més grups que finalment vam descartar. Des del principi del projecte fins que va sortir van passar moltes coses. Omegacinco ens vam separar, Ozonokids vaig passar a ser jo sol i m’en vaig anar a viure als Estats Units. La idea inicial era fer un LP però amb tots els canvis i problemes la cosa es va quedar parada i finalment l’estiu del 2004 vaig decidir posar-hi fi, començar a editar material en CDR i fer que aquesta fos la primera edició. Aquest CDR marca el final d’una etapa i el principi d’una de ben diferent. S’en van fer cent còpies em sembla. La majoria de còpies van anar cap als integrants dels grups. La resta les vaig regalar durant una gira que vam fer a la tardor del 2004. Molta gent dels grups es va quedar sense la seva còpia. Em sap greu.

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The history behind this CDR is not so long. Even though the time period from the beggining to the end of the project was veeery long. The first idea about this compilation came out year 2002. Originally there was going to be more bands in it but some were rejected. From the beggining to the end of this thing so many things happened. Omegacinco disbanded, Ozonokids became just myself and i moved to the United States. The original idea was making this into an LP but after all those rough and sudden changes and problems the whole thing got stuck and finally the summer of 2004 i decided starting the cassette and CDR section of the label and making this into the first issue. This CDR pretty much sums the end of an era and the beggining of a new and very different one in the life of the label. I think i made 100 copies. Most of the copies went onto the members of the bands. The rest i gave them away during a tour we did during the fall in 2004. Lots of members of the bands didn’t even get their copy. I apologize. Sorry.

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ASDC “west philly” CDR (2005)

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Aquest va ser el meu debut “accidental” en solitari. Per ser franc és bastant dolent i aburrit d’escoltar. Però crec que té alguns punts i la història al darrere el fa bastant interessant. Quan vaig gravar això no pensava en editar-ho. Però reflexa un moment en el qual jo vivia a l’oest de Filadèlfia (40th and Lancaster) i en el qual em sentia molt infeliç i sol. Era el Novembre del 2004, el meu primer hivern allí. Feia tant fred… i estaba molt deprimit. M’odiava a mi mateix i no sabia què fer amb la meva vida.
Vaig començar a fer el burru amb un teclat que haviem comprat a un “flea market” al que solíem anar a Delaware. Era un Yamaha (no recordo el model), molt simple, amb diferents ritmes i tres o quatre sons diferents. Una mica tipus teclat de joguina. Em va costar cinc dòlars. Ni tan sols tenia sortida per jack així que el vaig modificar i en vaig construir una desconnectant l’altaveu intern. Després vaig modificar el circuit (un de molt petit). Habia sentit a parlar de modificar circuits perquè vaig veure a l’ Eli Winograd fent-ho al magatzem(4011 Juniper st.),també l’hi vaig preguntar a en Brian Morsberger una mica i finalment vaig aconseguir trobar un parell de pàgines web sobre el tema. El meu primer intent va ser modificar un “speakandspell” però el vaig cremar completament. Una putada. Però tenia moltes ganes de fer remor. Habia anat a bastants concerts a la ferreteria i m’habia impressionat molt veure a Knifestorm, Kites, Prurient entre d’altres. També havia anat alguns concerts al magatzem i a casa de la Crystal. Nautical Almanac va ser especialment xocant. Després d’un llarg temps d’aborriment aquells concerts eren una gran porta per a mi. també acabava de conèixer a en Rob qui em va donar el seu cassette “Soulpiss” i vaig pensar “això és el que sempre he volgut fer”. Totes les persones i els llocs que acabo d’anomenar encara són la meva influència a hores d’ara.Així que modificar circuits semblava la manera més simple de fer soroll. Ara que m’escolto la gravació i penso en com de naïf era tot plegat però tinc unes sensacions agradables quant penso en mi mateix fent-ho. O sigui que vaig modificar el teclat i vaig començar a probar de tocar-lo. Tenia una grabadora de cassette. La típica amb un micro. També tenia una ràdio. Vaig “tontejar” amb el teclat, fent que dos cables sortíssin des del circuit cap a fora i a vegades els connectava a peçes de metall, a vegades a culleres o forquilles, després els feia entrar i sortir de la “clavija” de la ràdio i fent-los entrar cap al teclat altre cop. Feia uns sons bastant extranys i a vegades m’enrampava la llengua (per sort el teclat anava amb piles, sino ara no seria aqui per explicar-ho). A vegades es poden sentir sons que semblen una veu però no es pot apreciar del tot. Hi han algunes parts gracioses que venen d’alguna cadena de ràdio cristiana que apareix de cop i dóna un ambient més “grimós”. A vegades em tornava una mica boig i començava a cantar i a picar a la taula mentre tocava. És bastant ridícul però també em fa feliç haver-ho fet. he de confessar que m’ha fet vergonya alguna vegada. O sigui que vaig grabar tres cassettes i m’els vaig guardar a la maleta, oblidant-me’n completament. Tres mesos després quan vaig tornar a Barcelona els vaig trobar quan desfeia la bossa. Vaig escoltar-me tots els cassettes i vaig decidir que faria una selecció, ho digitaria i faria un CDR. S’em va acudir el nom ASDC. Per sort estava començant a conèixer a en Sergio (Cucufate) qui va tenir la paciència suficient com per escoltar tots els interludis i passsar-los a digital per a mi (moltíssimes gràcies si llegeixes això per cert). Així que vaig grabar uns quants CDR-s, vaig comprar paper maco i vaig fer portades amb fotos tretes d’algunes revistes del cor dels anys 60 que havia trobat a la brossa. Vaig fer-ne 50 còpies. Vaig decidir títols per totes les cançons, vaig estar-hi una bona estona i després vaig perdre el paper amb tots els títols i vaig deixar-ho córrer. per això les cançons no tenen títol.

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photo: “Hoagie City”. 40th amb Lancaster.

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This was my “accidental” debut as a solo performer.
To be honest it’s pretty bad and boring to listen to. But i think it’s got a few highlights and the story behind it is pretty interesting and makes it kind of appealing. This recording was not supposed to be put out. It just reflects a moment while i was living in West Philadelphia (40th and Lancaster) and i was feeling very miserable and lonely. November 2004, it was my first winter there, it was so cold. And i was feeling real bummed. i hated myself and i didn’t really know what to do with my life.

I started messing around with a keyboard i found at a flea market we used to go in Delaware. It was a Yamaha (can’t remember the model), very simple, with different beats and three or for different sounds. Kind of like a toy keyboard. I payed $5.00 for it. It didn’t even have a line out so i modified it and wired it into one by disconnecting the speaker. After that, i started circuit-bending the little circuit (a really tiny one). I knew about circuit-bending cause i saw Eli Winograd do it in the (4011 Juniper st.) Warehouse, i also asked Brian Morsberger a little bit and also found a couple websites about it. My first attempt was circuit-bending a “speakandspell” that i burned completely. Bummer. But i really wanted to make some noise. I had been going around to shows at the Hardware store and i was very impressed after watching Knifestorm, Kites, Prurient and some more. Also the shows at the warehouse and Crystal’s house. Nautical Almanac specially. After a long time of unexcitement those show really were a highlight for me. Also i had just met Rob who gave me his “Soulpiss” cassette and i thought “this is what i have been wanting to do all my life”. Everyone and everywhere i just named is still my influence right now. So circuit bending seemed like the easiest way for me to actually make some noise. Now that i listen to it and think about how naive the whole thing was but i have very sweet feelings about myself doing that.

So i bent that keyboard and started messing around with it. I had a cassete recorded, typical one with a microphone. I also had a big radio. I messed around with the keyboard, i made two wires come out of the circuits and sometimes i would switch them to sheets of metal and sometimes to spoons or forks and from different parts to the radio and back. It made pretty weird sounds and sometimes i would get little electric shocks in my tongue (i am glad the keyboard had batteries so right now i am still alive to explain it). Sometimes you can hear something that sounds kind of like a voice but you can’t really tell. There’s some funny parts that come from some christian radio station that randomly appear and makes it a bit creepy. Sometimes i went wild and started singing and hitting the table while playing. It’s pretty goofy but i am happy i did it. I have felt embarrassed before to be honest. So. I recorded three tapes and i kept them in my backpack and completely forgotten about them. After three months when i came back to Spain i found them as i was unpacking my shit. I went thru all the tapes and decided i would make a selection, digitalize it and put it out. i came out with the name ASDC. Hopefully i was starting to hang out with Sergio (Cucufate) who had enough patience to listen to all those excerpts and transfer them all into digital for me (thanks so much if you read this by the way). So i burned it into CDR-S, bought fancy paper and made covers out of some photos i found in the thrash from some gossip magazines from the 60’s. I made 50 copies. I made song titles for all the songs, it took me a while and then i lost the paper with the names so i said fuck it. That’s why all the songs are untitled.

Download the whole album here.