Negativland - Helter Stupid - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Four in One (Arr. J. Henson) 2. Shades of Blue 3. Take Five (Arr. J. Roberts) 4. With Gratitude 5. A Shade of Jade (Arr. M. Niess) 6. Spiderman (Arr. J. Roberts) 7. Mexican Hayride I Love You (Arr. J. Henson) 8. Ornetti 9. Shenandoah 10. Better Git Hit in Your Soul (Arr. C. Fraedrich)

Negativland's Mark Hosler, with assistance from bandmates and friends, crafts a pop record with a decidedly surreal bent eccentric, toe-tapping, electronic, folk-pop, noise songs strung together to form a cohesive listen, with themes emerging around meat, feet, pants, milk, cows, trucks, Herb Alpert, Richard Nixon, and even love. Album Tracks 1. Richard Nixon Died Today 2. Lying on the Grass 3. Extra Sharp Pencils 4. It's Not a Critique 5. Basketball Plant 6. Two Light Bulbs Flickering 7. By Truck 8. Jack Pastrami/Flower Bum 9. Influential You 10. Virginia's Trip 11. Steam on a Whim 12. Pork in the Store 13. Perfect Little Cookies 14. Kind of Grumpy 15. Your Skin Is Gelatin 16. Omnipotent Struggle 17. Rancho Pancho

This album records a mystic standoff between Shahzad Ismaily on drums and Niño Lento es Fuego on electric guitar, featuring hypnotic synth storms and spiritual beats brewed into a heavy healing trance. InchIt was like having that conversation that we never really had, Inch says Niño Lento es Fuego (a.k.a guitarist Camilo Rodriguez), Inch'cause he's shy, and me too.Inch Niño Lento and Shahzad Ismaily - multi-instrumentalist, producer and studio owner - have been circling each other for years. They are both legendary players and leaders in their own right who have built many musical worlds in Brooklyn. Ismaily records and performs with artists such as Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Laura Veirs, Sam Amidon, Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3, John Zorn, Will Oldham and Nels Cline. Rodriguez is a NY-based guitarist and percussionist who co-founded Combo Chimbita, M.A.K.U Soundsystem, Bulla en el Barrio, and Carolina Oliveros y la Nación along with fellow Colombians in New York. He also performs with La Cumbiamba eNeYé, where he first met Ismaily. On September 22, 2022, Figure & Ground releases Ahora Contra el Resto de los Tiempos, Vol. 1, an exploratory and improvisational project comprising six original tracks composed in real time by Shahzad Ali Ismaily (drums) and Niño Lento es Fuego (electric guitar). Produced, recorded and mixed by Lily Wen, the duo recorded guitar and drums live in the room at Figure 8 Recording. Album Tracks 1. Round 1. Como Si Estuviera en El Espacio (Like If I Was Out of Space) 2. Round 2. Aro Es Azul (Aro Means Blue) 3. Round 3. Me Gusta Meshell (I Like Meshell) 4. Round 4. Ya Vienen Les Misak (The Misaks Are Coming) 5. Round 5. Esto No Es Un Party (This Is Not a Party) 6. Round 6. Sale El Sol, Tranqui! (The Sun Is Coming Out, Chill!)