“Ducktails” (Used 3 times)

Ducktails' Christmas 2008 live WFMU set on Marty McSorely's show is now available on 12'' vinyl courtesy of Inflated Records. It's the label's second release -- the first is a sweet Memoryhouse 7'' with a Teengirl Fantasy remix).

Ducktails Live on WFMU comes in an edition of 500, first half on yellow vinyl, and it's available starting tonight at the Glasslands release party. Joining Ducktails will be fellow Ridgewood NJ up-and-comers (and tour-buddies) Big Troubles and Julian Lynch, plus Chicago's Campfires, Brooklyn's La Big Vic, and the aforementioned DJ Marty McSorely.

Ducktails = Matt Mondanile of Real Estate, joined occasionally by friends and cohorts, and his live WFMU session was a pivotal moment in my appreciation of this underwater beach-jam project.

The session spread like wildfire across the web, posted by Mondanile himself, reposted on lotsa blogs, and referred to as "Best Tails set I ever heard" on twitter. Enjoy a couple cuts from this classic WFMU session, and from the bands playing tonight's release party (the studio version of this live Big Troubles track is available on a new Olde English Spelling Bee 7'')

>> Inflated Records, proprietor of Ducktails 12''

At a Monday night Death By Audio show a couple years back, Greg Fox, one of Teeth Mountain's four percussionists, passed along a sampler from his new Infinite Limbs label. This hand-painted cd-r introduced me to so much good music from the likes of Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Twisty Cat, Liturgy, Ducktails, and one Willy Weird...

Willy Weird, now known as Thick Business, is the solo project of frequent Infinite Limbs collaborator Tyler Dussenberry. Take a listen to the bad acid electro-surf jam "French Beach" (off that Infl comp), and the aptly titled, trance-inducing layered minimalism of "Smoothest Runes" (originally posted by 20 Jazz Funk Greats)!

The Infinite Limbs compilation also featured a track from Greg's solo project 5 Limbs, now known as GDFX. Greg's early solo stuff applied a percussionists' approach to loop pedals and sequencers to create hyper-active beat-oriented composition. Take a listen to the epic Altered Ego -- especially the 23rd and 24th minutes...