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Brant, Cody / Carl Kruger: Smoke Detail (Chocolate Monk)

Developed using recordings made in Oregon and in North Carolina from West Coast sound and multimedia artists Cody Brand and Carl Kruger, Brant expanding Kruger's initial tracks with his own rhythmic additions and sonic embellishments to create twelve compositions with a recommended use of "reflective open-road journeys", noted as "Reality-dream boundary: blurred".
 

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Cody Brant-guitar, drums, synthesizer

Carl Kruger-synthesizer


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Label: Chocolate Monk
Catalog ID: choc.622
Squidco Product Code: 35245

Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: UK
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold In Plastic Sleeve
Recorded in Oregon and North Carolina, in the Fall of 2023 by the artists.

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Description sequence. Location: Mexican restaurant. Coordinates: 100 miles north of primary residence. *Food status: Suboptimal. Journey status: Optimal. * Each travel event: transforms into raw data processing. Route: winding, lesser-known roads. Reality distortion detected. Key object: Mucho Burrito. Symbolic significance: minimal. Twilight detection: active. Driving duration: hours. Burrito quality: average. Ritual status: enhances journey experience. Event log: Night drive. Data received: initial tracks from Cody. Output: Smoke Detail. Krautrock framework: raw, minimalist. Album synthesis: rapid, seamless. Recommended use: reflective open-road journeys. Reality-dream boundary: blurred.

Our Yank brothers crank out another piece of marvelous noise musicality. Like Tom Recchion with a hard-on.-Dylan Nyoukis




Artist Biographies

Cody Brant, born 1980, is a multimedia artist and multi-instrumentalist from Las Vegas, NV, performing on analog synthesizers, guitar, bass, drum machine. He is known from the groups Black Acid Laser, Body Has No Head, CBSM, CoBraMaBaPa, Crude Mirage, Dead Channel, Flaspar, Kambrik Zone, Laugh Stains, Love Gun, Memory Metal, Psychonic Imaging, and Toning.

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/1357423-Cody-Brant)
12/11/2024

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American abstract sound artist influenced by micro and macro sound. Know for groups Baby Daddy, Caucasians, Ibiza Shock Troops, Kevin Brodenheimer, Nipple Stools, Peer Group &c.

-Squidco 12/11/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Reverse Window 6:15

2. Juice Fork 3:15

3. Slippery Coffin 3:15

4. Slime Map 4:00

5. Under Garbage 3:40

6. Jaded Apple 4:00

7. Fog Scales 4:30

8. Easy Beef 2:03

9. Semen Visor 2:26

10. Surplus Limb 4:10

11. Angry Ball Skin 4:45

12. Sloppy Magic 4:54

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