Womb Records is Happy to Present
ERGO PHIZMIZ
Nose Points In
Different Directions: Music By Ergo Phizmiz 2001 – 2006 CD Album Cat No: Womb103 Release Date: 29/01/07 |
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A retrospective of choice
cuts from the past five years of musical activity from Ergo Phizmiz, featuring
rarities, previously unreleased tracks, and excerpts from Ergo's work for
radio, soundtracks, installations, and short-run releases. All tracks have been
remastered for sound quality.
Ergo Phizmiz is an
artist who deals with the transformation of the familiar into the
unrecognisable, the points of divergence between art forms, and the
possibilities presented by the juxtaposition of samples. Using installation,
radio art, digital art, live performance, event & release curation, and
video art, he has created work for The Tate Modern, The Royal Festival Hall,
The Dutch Academy of Fine-Art, Geneva School of Art, Kulturbunker,
Cherbourg-Octeville Ecole des Musique, PRS Foundation, Kirin Plaza Gallery
Osaka, Arts Council England, Sonic Arts Network, Resonance FM, Super-Deluxe
Tokyo, WFMU, and most recently a commission for BBC Radio 3, “Wholepole-The
Discotheque Of Erotic Misery”. It was the first ever large-scale work by a primarily
electronic artist to be commissioned by the station.
Ergo currently has
his own weekly radio show on WFMU New York, “The Phuj Phactory”, which he
describes as “fragmented radiomash for the gunk food jeneration”. This show explores the
format of DJ radio through presenting fragmented sections of songs and music,
collages & mash-ups, and experimenting with the relationships between
sounds conceptually as well as musically.
The first 50 pre-orders
of Nose Points In Different Directions” will include a free CD, “Arff &
Beef” (Womb104), which is a collection of Ergo’s remarkable interpretations of
some well known contemporary R&B songs, and his reworking of the entire
Velvet Underground album “White Light White Heat”. This is a numbered cdr issue
of 100. The remainder will be available from selected outlets.
“One Man Movement” The Wire
“One of the most inventive composers
around” BBC Radio 3,
Mixing It
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“Nose Points In
Different Directions” comes with a booklet containing some explanatory notes
from Ergo, reproduced here:
"Pangolin" The most peculiar animal I have
ever seen. It eats ants and walks like a Muppet. The sight of it triggered an
explosion of banjoes and what-not which is precisely what you hear here. 2003.
"Gently Bently
Beneath the Waby Wabes" After a
cheese induced dream of crustaceans I made this march of crabs into the sea.
Like many of the tunes enclosed herein it is an explosion. That's to say it
spilled out very quickly. 2002.
"SymphonieVum" The earliest track on the album.
A moment when all the thoughts I'd been having regarding music, rhythm and
humour came together, providing the foundation for everything I've done since.
2001.
"Daruckatekarte" After a long period exploring
ambient and rhythmless music this freak of slow-groove came crawling from under
a rock. 2003.
"Going on a Picnic" I adore Laurel & Hardy and this is one of my
many love poems to their world. It was also the point where I figured out how
to use my equipment reasonably well. 2004.
"Rock Me With Your
Love" I'm
always confused about hip-hop. The sounds makes me happy, but much of the
culture makes me spit or fart. This is a response, 'hip-hop a la stupid'. 2003.
"Feel Yr Dzeez" I wrote this when I was 15, but
didn't record it until much later. It's a hymn to atheism, in a teenage way. 2001.
"Fuck the Free World" The voice at the beginning is my
Scottish Grandmother. Dedicated to Donald Rumsfeld. May I one day urinate on
his testicles. 2003.
"Aubers Vespers Farnaby Absalom Mix" An attempt to compress as many vocal samples as
possible into a short space of time. The title is a reference to Monteverdi's
Vespers, which always makes me want to make more music. 2004.
"The BBC Have Their Say" Robert Sandall & Mark Russell on Radio 3 Mixing
It discussing Pangolin and I just couldn't resist. 2004.
"Valse For Lydia" Created during a period of collaboration with
People Like Us, this was one of those moments when everything seemed to make
sense. Or nonsense. Probably nonsense. The Lydia of the title is the tattooed
lady celebrated by Groucho Marx. 2006.
"Chop Sue Me" Nu-Metal at a Smartie Party. Surrounded by Amish. Mozart
makes an appearance. Oh and Gilbert & Sullivan. 2003.
"The Sunday Bells" Mouth Hip-Hop meets Alfred Jarry. The sound of a
giant insect vomiting. 2006.