Comments on: Eye Candy, Politics and WTF?

Eye Candy, Politics and WTF?

nylon — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:38:24 -0800

It's 1972, and affable salaryman and good husband Bill Holt quits his good job at 3M to become a musical pioneer from the comfort of his own basement. The resulting album, Dreamies, is notable for its generous and ahead-of-its-time use of sampling/plunderphonics and became a highly sought-after lost classic until its re-release this year. Bill now has his own website, also called Dreamies, where he releases Eye Candy and Politics in liberal doses. Some are hypnotic, some are, for want of a better term, 'relaxing', others are anything but. And all of them are subtly infused with the slightly unsettling taste of Huh?

By: jantastic

jantastic — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:18:06 -0800

This is awesomeness, distilled. I'm thrilled.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:28:06 -0800

sublymonal! pudding :P

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:41:13 -0800

who's that singing Strawberry Fields Forever? I like the links under each of the, erm, Dreamies. the Dreamies themselves are, uh, interesting! more weed, please.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:59:30 -0800

Makes me think of The Residents, but if you're reading this thread then I'm sure the same thought passed through your mind.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:03:29 -0800

carsonb: Liza Lee performs "Strawberry Fields Forever" -- at the end of the clip, click on the musical notes at the left side for music info.

By: arse_hat

arse_hat — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:24:42 -0800

Wow! Great post!

By: wfrgms

wfrgms — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:31:39 -0800

Great post Nylon... I love finding stuff like this!

By: gcbv

gcbv — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:27:07 -0800

This is great. Another left of center creative sound organizing that fell through the musical history books.