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Joachim on Eggshells

Jay Crockers follows the allure of salvage from six years of recordings, taking sketches and mini-improvs and organizing them into a large and unusual sonic journey.

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Jay Crocker-guitars, homemade pedals, keyboards, composition

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Label: Bug Incision Records
Catalog ID: bim-19
Squidco Product Code: 12100

Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Canada
Packaging: Paper foldover in a plastic sleeve
Recorded March 6, 2009 at Artunit Studios.

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"Crocker discards his usual array of guitars, homemade pedals, and keyboards, in favour of six years' worth of home recordings of himself. Mostly recorded on single track cassette tape, and patched through a larger system, these sketches and mini-improvs are woven together on one 'take', an acceptable one of which we have here. Moments here recall the denser sides of Richard Youngs or NWW. A strange one, for sure."-Bug Incision

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1. Joachim on Eggshells 29:11

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