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South Boulder Creek (excerpt)

from Raw Sewage, Vol. 2 (1983) by Walls Of Genius

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Ed and I (Evan) played along with a tape I made of South Boulder Creek which was right in the backyard of the Eldorado Springs house. I start out using the volume knob on the bass to create a rhythmic rumbling. This was a trick I first starting doing towards the end of the Rumours Of Marriage and Couch Dots sessions. This is very subdued for this generation of Walls of Genius music. We hear the creek and a flanger-bass line emerges. There’s some nice kalimba stuff, it could have been either of us playing it. A recorder solo comes in, obviously overdubbed by Evan. Ed’s guitar comes on the rise, with the Echoplex and the bass line carries on. As the jam winds down, there are a bunch of swooping bass chords utilizing the volume knob effect. The creek is mixed up so you can hear it clearly and then the track cuts off. This excerpt was chosen by Little Fyodor for his 2004 digitization of the Raw Sewage cassettes. The track originally appeared on the cassette release "Walls Of Genius" and was credited to the faux band Ed'n'Evan, which was actually not so much "faux" as it was an entirely accurate description, harkening back to the first wild jams at Ed's duplex apartment before we had ever dreamed of cassette releases to a wider public.

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from Raw Sewage, Vol. 2 (1983), released March 1, 1984
composition: Evan Cantor & Ed Fowler
Evan Cantor: bass, percussion, baroque recorder
Ed Fowler: electric guitar, kalimba, slide whistle

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Walls Of Genius

Fried psychedelia, relentless experimentation, hunter-gatherer improv, space rock doom, heavy rock monumentalism and daffy cover tunes. Walls of Genius rips holes in the fabric of space and time, kicks you in the ass and leaves you smiling. 80s stalwarts of the cassette culture, they're back in the 21st century. The most unique band that ever was. Really! ... more

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