One
of the first things I did- and always like to do when you have these various
artists and such an extensive back catalogue- is look through the names to see
if there was anyone I recognized. Some
names I didn’t recognize before, but do now just because I’ve seen them in
other places. Fiver’s Stereo was not
one of the names that I recognized until I actually started reading about it
because it is an alter ego of sorts of one Jay Peele, who I am familiar with
under his given name.
The
first track on this is called “Art Life” and from what I can best gather it’s
audio clips from an art show with pieces of Samurai Jack flute and bells
dinging put into it to add to the overall feel. This one particular audio clip tells a story
about how the speaker went to see Smashing Pumpkins and was somehow twenty feet
away from Billy Corgan while his friend was making fun of him. The guy was worried that he might get
blamed for making of fun Corgan and he was a fan. There is some sort of moral there about the
company you keep.
As
the first side is audio clips, the second side seems to be a live and perhaps
improvised session of music. It’s banging,
sci-fi whirrs (which might come from the bowls) and acid jazz type of
feels. There is this one part about
sharks being in the water that I’m glad didn’t have me dreaming about
sharks. At another point, it is
announced that the trumpet is broken to which the trumpet player questions why
it needed to be stated.
I
feel like I could listen to Jay Peele forever and even if nothing else is taken
away from this release- though I do enjoy it ever so much- it has at the very
least taught me that Fiver’s Stereo is Jay Peele and that’s always good to
know.
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