New York’s Pas Musique get motorik on new ‘Don Cheadle Superhero’ single
Brooklyn-based experimental electronic collective Pas Musique will be releasing their new single ‘Don Cheadle Superhero’, on Wednesday. Here they take us on a futuristic journey, running smoothly through this full rich track. This is the second taster of their new full-length album ‘Amateur Radio’. With six new electronic, experimental krautrock-influenced tracks, it will be available on white vinyl and digitally via NYC-based label Alrealon Musique. Listen up, listen intently – you are sure to find something great for your own personal musical journey here.
Not long ago, the band unveiled a glitchy and eerie audio-visual trip for lead track ‘Ancient Scottish Legend’. Jeanne-Marie Varain, artist and daughter of Jean-Herve Peron of FAUST, also collaborates on a cover of ‘It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl’. This Faust cover, developed in 2019 for the ‘KRAUT! Covered’ compilation curated by WFMU’s DJ Scott Williams.
The ‘Amateur Radio’ LP is mirrored by the same broadcasting term, using the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radio-sport, contesting, and emergency communication.
This album was inspired by the collective’s U.S. tour in 2019 and recorded shortly after at Pas Musique headquarters in Brooklyn and mixed by All Real Sound. The tracks are dense and textured, mixing in field recordings captured during that U.S. tour.
Pas Musique was founded by Robert L. Pepper in 1995 as a solo project around abstract sound. It has since morphed into a collective that has gone through many variations of experimental, electronic iterations. Today Pas Musique is comprised of Jon V Worthley, Michael Durek, Jesse Fairbairn and Robert Pepper, having performed in 18 countries and collaborated with many great musicians, including Faust, Rapoon, ZEV, Philippe Petit, HATI, Chester Hawkins, Jim Tuite and many more. Pas Musique have
This album follows up ‘The Phoenix’ LP (2019) and ‘Inside the Spectrum’ (2015), the title track of which was released by Wire Magazine for its ‘Wire Tapper’ compilation. 2018’s ‘Composited Reality’ was a collaboration with Rapoon, based on field recordings from the USA, UK and Indonesia.
As of September 15, ‘Don Cheadle Superhero’ will be available via Bandcamp. On October 1, the ‘Amateur Radio’ LP will be released everywhere, including Spotify and Apple Music. It can be pre-ordered on limited-edition white vinyl or a digital download at https://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com.
TRACK LIST
1 Charlies Lament
2 Don Cheadle Superhero
3 It’s a Rainy Day Sunshine Girl
4 Ancient Scottish Legend
5 That’s What They Said
6 Elderly Women On Black
CREDITS
All songs written, recorded and produced by Pas Musique
Performed by Jon V Worthley, Michael Durek, Jesse Fairbairn and Robert Pepper
Art by The Glue Mill
Mastered by All Real Sound
Band photo by Chris Carlone
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