Last week, I wrote about ‘Roswell Radio Cult,’ by The
Fucked Up Beat. I’m excited to write that ‘Hunting A
Schizophrenic Wolf’ will be available for purchase on
Daddy Tank Records in June. This will be The Fucked
Up Beat’s 12th album, and their first ‘physical’
release. I’ve had the privilege of hearing it, and
it is fantastic.
The Fucked Up Beat is Eddie Palmer and Brett Zehner.
Eddie Palmer recently shared some insight with me
on their working method, which is conducted with
Eddie in New York and Brett in San Diego. I’d been
intrigued by their song titles and had asked about them.
“In terms of the song titles,” Eddie wrote, “Brett
sends me free form typewriting, and I take parts of
his writing and cut it up into song titles. Some of
the words are parts of poems by Allen Ginsberg, on a
few songs. I create the album artwork before
recording.
“The songs for each album start when Brett sends me
beats and field recordings. I then cut up and edit
his beats and add my own bass, keyboards and synths.
Then I go back and add some very short samples from
1920's and 1930's American jazz songs, all public
domain. I sometimes loop these samples. Then there
is a process of collaging and editing to get the
final version.
“The process happens rather quickly. I work best
when I do everything all at once. Brett and I are in
a good place with the process, and we both have the
same idea of what we want to do. He sends me things,
then I add things and show them to him. It’s rather
easy for us to work this way.”
One of the things I like best about the music of The
Fucked Up Beat is how well its collage elements mesh
together. The music has a terrific smoothness and
unity, and it creates a fresh, independent vision
from its diverse source material.
Here is a preview from ‘Hunting A Schizophrenic Wolf.’
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