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andrewcsmith on 11/09/2009 at 10:15AM
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines
Robbie Lee and Chris Brokaw both performed as a duo back in August, and digging through our archives--August is considered the distant past in some circles--led us to return to some of these great tracks. For now, we've just got Robbie Lee's tracks but you can check out our past post on Alan Licht and punk memories to see what's up with Chris.
Robbie Lee's performance was a solo set using a hand-powered Medieval-style miniature pipe organ tuned to an 18th-century historical tuning. Moving freely among aleatoric moments, electronic loops, drones, and country western tunes, Robbie's performance has a way of making the familiar foreign and vice versa. In fact, after he sings "men will be drawn to the lure of the mine" from "Dark as a Dungeon" by Merle Travis, the music begins to occupy a space neither foreign nor familiar, but rather like a thought always in the back of your mind, just now coming to the surface.
The whole set is worth a listen, so turn your speakers toward the couch (or bed, or futon) and take a 28-minute vacation from whatever responsibilities you may or may not have.
