Dylan Reviews Ditlev's tapes

5/31/2018

Last week I received a pair of tapes from our good friend Ditlev Buster from Denmark!

The first tape I listened to was Skolens Toss. Side A consists of more traditional pop songs done in Ditlev's unique style, which brought a much-needed warm and fuzzy happy feeling to my mind (which has been kind of nerve-wracked all week).

On Side B, he gets a little more cinematic/experimental, with an instrumental track that sounds like he's watching a low-budget horror movie in the background, followed by a gloomier number that wouldn't be out of place on Matthew Moyer's PopNihil tape label.

After that is a song with delay added to the drum machine while Ditlev sings and strums his acoustic guitar over it, and eventually a John Carpenter-esque synth enters the foray.

Towards the end is a plunderphonics collage of various recordings from other artists run through delay, like changing through stations on your radio.

This tape is like his version of Eno's Another Green World or Bowie's Low. Strongly recommended!

Up next was Folk & Støl. Cover photos from our good friend Jen Sandwich!

It started raining when I hit play on this tape, which was very fitting for what I was about to hear.

A majority of this tape consists of more melancholy songs of just vocals and acoustic guitars, much like Nick Drake's swan song "Pink Moon", but also recommended for fans of Skip Spence, Leonard Cohen, and Sebadoh.

There's also some dark Casio jams and spoke word collages towards the end of this tape, hence the Sebadoh comparison.

I strongly recommend these tapes to brighten your day. I'm so glad I live in a universe where Ditlev exists!

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Dylan Houser

I started recording "noise music" in early 2004, completely unaware of any "scenes" or other individuals doing this sort of thing. A lot of lo-fi recordings on a portable tape player, oftentimes guitar or bass feedback drone and delay.

In 2008, I started putting out my own releases. I had by then given up on being in any rock bands with other people and stuck to improvised solo recordings on portastudios. Between then and 2011, I think only dozen people had heard any of my releases. And then I started Hell Garbage, where I started connecting with people a lot more.

At the end of 2012, I played my first Noise show, at St. Pete Noise Fest 5. I originally only did it on a whim and had no intention of playing live much after that. Lo and behold, the set had a good enough reception to enable me to seek out and play even more.

Fast-forward to June 2014, where I had booked my own gig for the first time. Uncle Lou's in Orlando had dates available, and again on a whim, I took a shot at booking. It went well enough, surprisingly good turnout for a Wednesday night.

2 years later, I moved into a house in Lakeland. Initially because it was within walking distance of my workplace...but a recent show fell through and I thought "why don't we just move the show here? As long as it's over by a certain time...I mean there's plenty of parking space..." The show was a success and nobody complained!

AND THEN MY MIND SPLOT OPENNNN

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