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Hawkins, Chester

K516156/91044 [33 1/3 7-inch VINYL]

Hawkins, Chester: K516156/91044  [33 1/3 7-inch VINYL] (Intangible Arts)

A 33 rpm 7" from Washington, DC sound artist Chester Hawkins, which "contains highly concentrated extracts" of two remixes of live recordings at Logan Fringe Arts Space and Red Onion Records, from his limited-edition USB release "Cops Need Serial Numbers"; mesmerizing and hypnotic electronics from a masterful performer and kosmiche explorer.
 

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Includes a 7" b&w insert with an image of a crying puppy statue, notes and credits.

Label: Intangible Arts
Catalog ID: IA022
Squidco Product Code: 27632

Format: 7''
Condition: New
Released: 2019
Country: USA
Packaging: 7" Record
Side A (K516156) recorded live at Logan Fringe Arts Space, in Washington, DC, during the 2016 Sonic Circuits Festival.

Side B (91044) recorded live at Red Onion Records, in Washington, DC.

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"7" vinyl single (33rpm) which comprises two remixes from the forthcoming limited-edition USB release "Cops Need Serial Numbers."-Intangible Arts


Includes a 7" b&w insert with an image of a crying puppy statue, notes and credits.

Artist Biographies

"Chester Hawkins (Washington DC) has performed a wide range of experimental music since 1985. His most well-known project was BLUE SAUSAGE INFANT, being an exercise in musique concrète and loop-collage, which later expanded to embrace drone, krautrock, psychedelia, noise, and sonically intense live performances. After 28 years, the BSI project was retired and new works continue under his own name, crafting dynamic adventures in sound with a more focused and wholly electronic approach.

Hawkins has released music under the imprints Alrealon Musique, Zeromoon, and his own Intangible Arts. Past collaborators include Insect Factory, Violet, Tag Cloud, Haunted Toilet, Changes to Blind, New Carrollton, Lida Husik, and Stolen Government Binder Clip."

-Chester Hawkins 3/13/2024

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Track Listing:



SIDE A



1. K516156 (5:58)



SIDE B



1. 91044 (8:14)

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