Twink the Toy Piano Band
Fellow Lycos superstar (check the wicked Angelfire-hosted URL) and indie rock children’s music deconstructionist Mike Langlie has a new record out under his alter-ego Twink. Mike was instrumental in developing this very Tripod blog tool along with various interfaces on the Lycos network. So, that makes him an honorary Webmonkey. Not to mention that every Twink release has enjoyed substantial airplay on the Webmonkey hi-fi upon arrival.
One of our favorite brick-and-mortar establishments, Aquarius Records in San Francisco, had this to say about the “Broken Record” album by Twink:
Move over DJ Shadow! Outta the way Cut Chemist! Same goes for all of the rest of you vinyl collagists! Twink (aka AQ pal Mike Langlie) has returned with his thoroughly engaging follow-up to last year’s delightful triple 3″ cd set of pling-plong music, The Toy Box. Always lovingly and artfully packaged and always with some sort of initial seemingly children’s theme, each Langlie release has been very different from the next. You might also recall the cute bunny book with cd combo from a few years back. This new cd is no exception! Now, when you think of a broken record, don’t ya think of a needle stuck maddeningly in a repeating groove just waiting to be swatted off the turntable? Well, this Broken Record is far from repetitive. In fact, it’ll probably keep you glued to your stereo speaker in anticipation of the next playfully entertaining morsel of which there are a generous twenty one! Meticulously pieced together from vintage novelty and children’s records, it’s already drawn plenty of tingling attention when it’s been played in the store. The Broken Record should definitely cause fans of John Oswald / Plunderphonics, Negativland, and DJ mash-uppers alike to sit up and take notice. For kids of all ages… really. It’s a super trip!
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