Brokedown Palace Zones, by Sex Funeral

Brokedown Palace Zones

by Sex Funeral

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Cassette + Digital Album
2 C33 cassettes in clamshell case.
Art by Matthew Crowe, printed on metallic linen paper.
Dutifully dubbed in real time.
Edition of 50.

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1.	Needle Through the Black Eye 02:39	buy track
2.	Sketch Positive 12:28	buy track
3.	Just Lightning 06:42	buy track
4.	In Time With the Old Ones 03:18	buy track
5.	Speaker Can and String Along 05:11	buy track
6.	Apple of My Third Eye 06:56	buy track
7.	Bored of the Flies 09:01	buy track
8.	Getting the Band Back Together 07:15	buy track
9.	Ex-Spicy 08:56	buy track

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Personal Archives is proud to present the return of Iowa’s preeminent basement dwellers and exponents of “spiritual electronics,” Sex Funeral, with a new double cassette release. A nod to their two hour-long 2020 epic, Palace Zones (Orb Tapes/Midwaste), Brokedown Palace Zones was recorded in short bursts over an 18 month period. Each side represents different aspects of the duo’s sound, which is more defined by the decade-plus sympathetic interaction between Matthew Crowe and Bob Bucko, Jr. than any particular instrumentation or sonic approach.

The long-distance duo would intermittently commune for long weekends at Matthew Crowe’s house, improvising to tape as time allowed. As such, Brokedown Palace Zones exhibits a diverse sonic palate, with each session reflecting the present moment, pulling from an expansive variety of interests and influences, both organic and synthetic, melodic and dissonant.

Multi-instrumentalist Bucko utilizes whatever tools found their way to Crowe’s basement, while Matt holds it down with his inventive, virtuosic use of the SP-404 sampler. Acoustic and electronic wind instruments provide a focal point, while a vast array of consumer electronics and broken pedals burble beneath. Resting at the nexus of free improvisation and drone, Sex Funeral creates surprisingly placid and melodic noise, the contradictions cementing their unique place in the home taper freak beat underground.

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released April 19, 2024

Matthew Crowe - sampler, objects
Bob Bucko, Jr. - alto/tenor sax, bass clarinet, EWI, recorder, nylon/electric guitar, oscillators, casios

Art by Matthew Crowe

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