Trabajo
Gamelan to the Love God [7-inch; self-released]

It feels almost too good when coincidences like this present themselves. You see, I’ve always had a thing with the word ‘trabajo’ because it’s the one word I definitely learned during three years of high-school Spanish, and as such has always been a super-inside joke of mine. Furthermore, this nifty, lucky-ass 7-inch came in the mail the day after I happened to see Trabajo’s band name for the first time (at which point I chuckled to myself of course). All this would have meant nil had Gamelan to the Love God stunk up the joint, so let us all thank the gods of the experimental temple it didn’t. I’m totally loving this project from the top-down, if you must know. It’s an eccentric ride, all sampled from Indonesian Gamelan recordings, that takes root in the furthest corners of the underground galaxy, a place where old Lucky Dragons, Kink Gong, Twink, Gonzo & Lowdjo, and a host of others can be found working hard to supply commercial artists with the beats/effects they’ll be using in five years. A solid self-released joint, 250 copies young.

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