RELEASES - DM017

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"Radar" CD

1. ? part 1
2. ? part 1 (cont'd)
3. emoh
4. tv-shooters (part A)
5. tv-shooters (part B)
6. rabbits & horses
7. dear freedom
8. ? part two
9. the bottom
10. ? part 3
11. ? part 3 (closing)

Radar Members:
Kevin Litrow: guitar, arp omni synthesizer, vocals, banjo, bull horn, organ, harmonica, Hammond M-3
Brandon Seger: Crumar Roadrunner, Crumar DS-2, Pro-One sequencer, Honky-Tonk piano, Hammond C-3, vocals
Rob Rizzo: drums, percussions, trombone

Recorded an engineered by Mike Mchugh (Le Shok, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Melvins) and Radar at The Distillery, March 2001. Mastered at Better Quality Sound by David Cheppa (White Stripes, Velvet Underground re-issues, etc...) and Radar. Radar have spent three years composing this album recording and re-recording to fine tune their eccentric and avant-garde sound. This will be their debut record. Total running time is over 57 minutes. They have played shows up and down the west coast with bands like Black Heart Procession, Owls, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Nels Cline, Vaz, Gogogoairheart, Syncopation (Los Cincos), From Monument To Masses. Their live shows incorporate media and art with dramatic performances that coincide with their political narrative in their songs which has created a strong avant-garde cult following. Kevin Litrow also plays in the Dance Disaster Movement.

Radar from Southern California, are constantly in the process of developing and re-developing creative and experimental musical landscapes that touch on the subjects of the philosophy of mind control and the global order. They are able to dramatize various voices and personalities to create a storyline throughout their songs both in their live performances and on this album. Very much like Godspeed You Black Emperor, Radar's vocal expertise and leading dexterity match the context of watching a political David Lynch film but adding explosive and experimental post-punk. Integrating trombone, banjo, percussions, synthesizers, and guitar, among other instruments, Radar explore spacey buildups that explode into multi-dimensional epiphonies. Mixing refined sounds from avant-garde artists like The Pop Group, Blonde Redhead, Brian Eno, and Kraftwerk with ruminations of electronica and organ from a range as accurate as Pink Floyd and Can, they possess an original sound and style that has not been heard before. This is the future.

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