STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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July 31, 2011

Che Chen – “Pulaski Wave (Violin Halo)” b/w “Newtown Creek Mirror Lag” 7” (Pilgrim Talk)

Four years ago the True Primes put out a rather winning hunk of clatter-rock, but it’s taken until now to know what the story was with their name. Turns out Che Chen, who was in the True Primes and currently plays with Jozef Van Wissem and Robbie Lee in Heresy Of The Free Spirit, is a tuning nerd. These two tracks are all about the numbers; both pieces originated in tuning ratios, and both sides throb repetitively for so long that they have to spin at 33 1/3. “Pulaski Wave” is the purer effort, composed solely of a violin wailing in the best Tony Conrad/Henry Flynt style. Sine waves and tape loops make “Newtown Creek Mirror Lag” the choogler of the two, with pulsing rhythms and little feedback leaks squeaking out past that Theatre Of Eternal Music wall of sound. Sometimes just intonation means just right, and this is one of those times. Three hundred copies, black vinyl. (http://www.pilgrimtalk.com)
(Bill Meyer)

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