'Since his split with Howard Stelzer we don't hear much from Jason Talbot, the turntablist that made such a wonderful duo with Stelzer, who played cassettes. His Kissy Records seems to have disappeared, and otherwise things are silent. However here he returns for a 2007 tour with Blake Edwards, also known as Vertonen (and CEO of CIP). In 'Thanks For The Kind Words' he has a rather rough collage of turntable noise and cable hum. Feedback generated through contact microphones (needle skipping on glass, ice and sand) and radio interference make up the piece, which somehow seems not entirely finished. Vertonen is back to his drone area, but with a louder piece than some of his recent drone outings. A arpeggio rhythm of a stylus that got stuck in a groove, feeding of through a synthesizer, make a rather noise/NON/Boyd Rice piece of music, but which is much friendlier than Rice ever did. The layers slowly shift and drift and it makes a fine piece that is perhaps a bit too short. On each side you will find five lock grooves (play at 33 RPM the cover says, but any daring and aspiring DJ knows it can be at any speed), which no doubt found their way in the sets of either Talbot and Edwards on their 2007 tour, for which occasion this 7" was produced. (vitalweekly)'
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Tracklist
A1 Jason Talbot - Thanks For The Kind Words -
A2 Jason Talbot - Lock Grooves -
B1 Vertonen - Cascadia (Driving Into The Sun) -
B2 Vertonen - Lock Grooves -
Notes
Please note: the primary track on each side is cut to play at 45 rpm. The lock grooves, however, are cut to play at 33.3 rpm.
It is in an edition of 300 copies. It was produced for our 2007 tour.
