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Man Meat

by Swahili Blonde

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Elixor Fixor 05:48
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LeMampatee 04:06
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Tiny Shaman 06:16
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Dr. Teeth 04:25
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Red Money 03:48
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Swahili Blonde's debut LP, MAN MEAT

Swahili Blonde began with Nicole Turley (ex-WEAVE! drummer/vocalist) sitting in a little room amidst a bunch of instruments and recording equipment. After many long nights of experimentation, she happily created the unconventional sounds and compositions that make up Swahili Blonde's debut LP "Man Meat". The album consists of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Turley giving a voice to paralleled realities, vibrant visuals, and mis-matched rhythms and patterns, musical and otherwise.

Alternating between tightly-wound and loose, the result is always funky, as "Man Meat" mines the grooves of Krautrock and Dub, the skronk of 80's No-Wave, and the Post-Punk sensibilities of The Raincoats and The Slits. The seven tracks are playfully driven by rhythm, with drum machines, live drums, and percussion rubbing up against ricocheting guitar melodies, spectral vocal mantras, with interesting sounds both electronic and acoustic. Woven throughout the album are lucid and eloquent guest performances, including guitarist John Frusciante, violinist Laena Geronimo (Raw Geronimo, Dante Vs Zombies), bassist John Taylor (Duran Duran), and multi-instrumentalists Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint) & Michael Quinn (Corridor).

Swahili Blonde live is...
Arianna Basco & Heather Cvar >>> backing vocals
Laena Geronimo >>> violin, bass
Alan Myers >>> drums, percussion
Adam Payne >>> percussion, drums
Michael Quinn >>> guitar
Nicole Turley >>> keyboards, omnichord, vocals
Dante White-Aliano >>> bass, guitar

Man Meat was originally released by Manimal Vinyl (US/EUR) & P-Vine (Japan) in 2010.

Neurotic Yell Records has re-released Man Meat DL, and will be releasing it, for the first time, on 12" vinyl January 2012.

credits

released January 30, 2012

John Frusciante > guitar
Laena Geronimo > violin
Stella Mozgawa > live drums, bass, keys, vocals (Red Money)
Michael Quinn > cello, trumpet
John Taylor > bass (Tigress Ritual)
Nicole Turley > drum machine, live drums, handsonic, xylophone, bass, guitar, sitar, keys, organ, vocals

Tracks 1-4, 6 written by N. Turley
Track 5 written by D. Bowie, C. Alomar
Track 7 written by J. Frusciante, J. Taylor, N. Turley

Recorded, Mixed, Produced by Nicole Turley
Mastered by Aaron Funk

Album Art by Nicole Turley

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