2009's first edition of "Spine Blowing Decisions" has officially been released to the listening public. (That howl you just heard wasn't the winter wind, it was the sound of the universe exhaling.) Listen on-line or DL here. This month I'm joined over the airwaves by my longtime friend and colleague, respected music journalist (and former ego trip contributor), and soon-to-be author, Mr. Dave "DCT" Tompkins.
If you are fortunate enough to know Dave personally then you know that besides being a truly original stylist with the pen/keypad, he's extremely passionate about two things: 1) the Vocoder, and 2) anything (even tangentially) Vocoder-related. He's so dedicated to said classic voice manipulation hardware that he's been writing a book about the subject and its history (from its invention at Bell Labs and commission by the U.S. military as a message cloaking device to its prevalence on tunes like this) for I think about as long as he's lived in NYC (he's originally from and still reps North Kakilak). When we recorded this radio show I wanted to introduce him by debuting a new nickname, "Yoda of the Vocoda," but can't remember if I did or not.
Actually, Dave is not just extremely passionate about the Vocoder, he's one of the most open-minded music enthusiasts I know, which is why chopping it up with him about records and whatnot is always both fun and enlightening. As you can tell by his selections on the program (which range from stock report readings via Vocoder to electro classics and obscurities to unknown boogie gems to beat ballad soul to something that sounds suspiciously like a long lost Nate Dogg track) his knowledge and taste are as eclectic as they are, yes, electric. So check for his byline (in Wax Poetics, the Village Voice, Stop Smiling, and other fine publications) as well as the book (title TBD) coming sometime hopefully in the not-too-distant future, and enjoy the show.
(Special shouts to DJ Monk-One for providing a few super-superb edits, a few of which we world-world-world-premiered-premiered-premiered. As the Brits say, nice one!)
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