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Zhu Wenbo, Zhu Songjie

Magnet Blues (Tape)

Label: Notice Recordings

Format: Tape

Genre: Experimental

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*100 copies limited edition* "Magnet Blues" presents Zhu Wenbo and Zhu Songjie’s unique and utterly bizarre take on American blues, as if filtered through layered variations of darkness. Throughout the recording, we hear barely audible vocals, minimalist, smart, and subtle guitar work, and the folkish atmosphere of what sounds like distant train activity and dying radios. Instrumentation is notable here: Songjie uses the peculiar Casio EG-5 electric guitar, with a built-in cassette deck, while also playing harmonica. Wenbo plays a Fisher-Price toy cassette player, sings, and also plays harmonica. Throughout bursts of noise and rustling midrange timbres, Zhu and Zhu navigate an understated, focused, and dreamlike realm of song and texture.

Details
Cat. number: NTR078
Year: 2023

Format

"See That My Grave is Kept Clean" written by Blind Lemon Jefferson

Release notes

"See That My Grave is Kept Clean" written by Blind Lemon Jefferson

Tracklist
A1Fragments Song7:29
A2Vibration Song8:34
A3See That My Grave is Kept Clean5:20
A4Train Song2:58
A5Middle Song2:23
B1Blank Song6:09
B2Long Train Song12:18
B3Last Song7:48
Credits
E. Lindorff-Ellery
Artwork
Zhu Songjie
Electric Guitar, Harmonica
Hiroyuki Ura
Mastered By
Zhu Wenbo
Tape, Vocals, Harmonica, Mixed By