Tuesday, September 08, 2009

DIG YOURSELF


Navajo Bixby is Judd Hower from Vincentown, New Jersey but he started this project in Vienna which might partly account for his interest in the cross-cultural -- Afropop harmonies, Californian surf and British Invasion pop swirl all around in this multicolored dream safari. There's also good feelings to be had in its 21st century cut-n-paste loop execution, and its overt love of 50s/60s guitar pop. The combined effect is strangely familiar and cross-generational, like yr grandad listening to old LPs while you blast some 'hot new mp3s' from yr laptop speakers over top -- it blends into a nice, all encompassing noise that is at once looking back, forward, here. Beginning jangly and straight-up, new/found sounds slowly bleed in creating some kaleidoscopic seasickness mid-song (including an oddly fitting Gene Wilder Willy Wonka sample) before recovering triumphant, care-free, spiraling over suburban savannah sunsets.

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[Navajo Bixby Myspace]

5 comments:

nate said...

great find, dude. these are some seriously rad tunes

Adam said...

YES! I told Judd to send his tracks over to you and I guess it worked. I've done a couple posts about Navajo Bixby here but I'm glad to see someone else catching on!

Diane said...

HELL YES.

shea said...

hahah sweet, thanks adam!

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