Pink Skull
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
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- Bio: The dystopian frontier is near, but never fear. In the new era of
endlessness where we hide ourselves as humans among androids, there is
hope. On Endless Bummer, the second ... (more) - Bio: The dystopian frontier is near, but never fear. In the new era of
endlessness where we hide ourselves as humans among androids, there is
hope. On Endless Bummer, the second album from Pink Skull, the
producer duo of Julian Grefe and Justin Geller rip out the tracking
chip and jump the grid on a quest for purity among putridity.
Endless Bummer was engineered by Quentin Stolzfus (Mazarin) and
recorded live to 8 tracks on 1" tape at Alex Ounsworth's (of Clap Your
Hands Say Yeah) studio outside of Philadelphia. The 'in the moment'
feel accomplished at the 200 year old barn doesn't typify traditional
dance or ambient recordings but rather creates a hauntingly stoned
environment that allows the album as much free form as it does
structure.
Lysergic traces from Pink Skull's electro-fried debut Zeppelin 3 LP
reappear on Endless Bummer in ghostly tape delays and trigger hits but
this album favors the man-made over the machine. Grefe's vocals, both
sung and sampled in harmony, humanize lead off track "Peter Cushing"
and "Oh, Monorail", while the expanded "live" Pink Skull line up of
drums, bass, and guitar animalize the skittish acid tracks "Chicken
Inside Egg" and "Gonzo's Cointreu". Where Bummer mellows slightly,
Skull's spirit animal Geller takes tracks like "Wheet" and "Fired, So
Fired" into outer kosmische territories.
The result of this balance parallels the Bummer along the various
lines of PIL's Metal Box, The Orb's Pomme Fritz EP, the tropicalia
Dada-ism of Tom Ze, and Eno & Cluster. Living / breathing electronic
music made beyond the computer screen for bigger screens, Bummer could
easily soundtrack a remake of Videodrome as well as it could a
Kubrickian classic.
Endless Bummer is available on vinyl and mp3 formats. Each LP comes
with a digital download of the full album (+ three bonus tracks) and
Beardo Tyrannicus, a collection of original and found works by Pink
Skull, laid out by Will Work For Good across two 18” x 24” newsprint
posters. Look for Pink Skull's frenetic live show on select dates
supporting the release of Endless Bummer.
About the packaging...
For the living / breathing packaging of Endless Bummer, Pink Skull and
Rvng prepared a list of 1000 different "bummers" informed by our
symptomatic culture (ranging from "ADULT DIAPERS" to "ZOMBIE
INVASION") and letter pressed 900 of these across a variation of three
flo-colored jackets printed with vegetable-based inks at Stumptown
Printers. The 60 hours spent slaving over the letter press at Silver
Spring, MD non-profit arts center Pyramid Atlantic took on an endless
if not hallucinogenic feel but never veered into bummer territory. The fruit of our blood, sweat, and beers here:
http://www.vimeo.com/6212849
We're offering the leftover jackets to our customer's own devices. For
an extra $10.00, we will letterpress whatever you want (within 20
characters) on a personalized copy of Endless Bummer. Celebrate
significant times ("OBAMA 2012"), self-actualize ("MARTY MC RULES"),
or free associate ("TANGERINE SPLEEN"). Jackets will be printed as a
batch and mailed the first week of December. E-mail
getradder@igetrvng.com to reserve now.
Interesting facts:
• Julian Grefe appeared alongside Ian Diabolic on the first RVNG
release ever as J SPRCSS. The 50 copy, spray painted RVNGMX1.
• Alongside Amanda Blank, Ghostface Killah "spit" a verse on
"Crambodia", the Pink Skull produced Plastic Little track from
the debut album, Zeppelin 3
• Endless Bummer was recorded at Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands
Say Yeah's studio.
• Last year Julian overdosed after an orgy at a Horse Meat Disco
party in Prague.
• Pink Skull has remixed tracks by Architecture in Helsinki, Bear
In Heaven, HEALTH, and Spankrock.
• Pink Skull still uses a SP-1200 to program its beats. Booyakasha.
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Drugs Will Keep Us Together (Trevor Loveys Remix)
From the album:
Drugs Will Keep Us Together EP
