a party tide CARL CALM

this is a pretty incredible and rather fascinating new tape from Carl Calm (aka Eric Lanham) who is also 1/2 of Caboladies. I'm still waiting for my copy of the new Caboladies LP to ship from Students of Decay (pressing plant was running slow due to the Ohio heat, guess they'd never press records in Texas). but luckily in the meantime I've got this new jam as well as the Palmetto Moon Electronic Group (also Eric Lanham, his other new solo alias) to tide me over.

both tapes were self-released in small quantities and both are quite essential. I don't know how these dudes do it but Caboladies and all the solo projects: Carl Calm, Flower Man & Palmetto Moon Electronic Group are putting out some of the most interesting music around right now.

So back to this particular tape at hand..."A Party Tide" is quite different from the last few Carl Calm releases (Dayglo Port & The Sag) in that it is almost a throwback to 90's IDM but somehow it doesn't sound cheesy and it isn't too abstract and heady. it's the perfect mix of musique concrete, IDM beats, pop hooks and weird synth sprawls. seriously it's kinda mind-blowing how well he pushes all these disparate elements into a cohesive whole without nodding too much in any one direction. basically creating some of the most original synth music going on right now.

you can listen to A Party Tide here. highest recommendation!

after you hear it, you'll know how necessary it is to grip a copy of it. which you can do right here at Mimaroglu!! while you're there pick up a copy of the Palmetto Moon Electronic Group tape too! Both are gonna be gone very shortly! Act fast!

also just so you know Flower Man (the other half of Caboladies) has a 10" one-sided LP coming out soonish on Austin's own Monofonus Press! If you don't know Monofonus Press yet I suggest you get to know them. They've had killer releases lately: Sun Araw, Expensive Shit/Shit & Shine split 7", The Rebel one sided 12" (!!) and much more! But yeah, I've heard the Flower Man 10" and it is mindblowingly good! Seriously the best thing I've heard from Flower Man yet. Be on the look out for that one....