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DIM019: Baked Potatoes

by (VxPxC)

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Radio Hill, Elysian Park 02:49
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Under The Bridge, Again 06:08
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Amarillo Helium Barons 07:28
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Blue Balls 09:05
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Dead Eyes 11:21
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June Bugs In July 04:12
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about

(VxPxC) or Vast Psychedelic Cassettes, was born in Los Angeles in early 2005 when Justin McInteer, Grant Capes, and Tim Goodwillie began creating their improvised music over spiked coffee and days spent skipping work.

Soon gathering together over 30 cds worth of sound, the trio began self-releasing some of the better pieces, and making most of it available through their still functioning website (www.vxpxc.com)

Gathering together a considerably talented set of friends, (VxPxC) has always stayed together, but also has split into other projects, like The Goodwillies, Thousands, Fantastic Sleep, and the Circle and the Point.

The tracks on this album, recorded in Los Angeles over a time span of many months, draw together thick, smoky hues of psych heavy improv using a wide range of folksy instrumentation and gloomy effects: campfire psychedelics.


"On two previous occasions I heard the music of (VxPxC), the trio of Justin McInteer, Grant Capes and Tim Goodwillie, out of Los Angeles. I now learned that the name stands for Vast Psychdelic Cassettes and that they recorded since their inception some material worth of thirty CDs, which seems a bit much. Their two previous releases, as reviewed in Vital Weekly 577 and 627 were received with some mild anticipation. The three boys, locked in the shed they call their recording studio, improvise over 'spiked coffee' on a variety of instruments, with guitar, bass and rhythm machine headlining. Recording techniques have been limited to a cheap stereo microphone which hangs from the ceiling, somewhere in the middle of the shed. This means that the rhythm machine is consistent low in the mix, boiling like a tea kettle in the background. Still, also this new one, is a nice lo-fi affair. The guitar is a bit tuned off, the singing a bit false, the compositions are a bit long and not always to the point, but this all has a great charming quality. One can feel the pleasure they had when they recorded this, it has a great sense of naivety filled with this improvised doodling. Sometimes music is not about delivering the best quality but about the sheer pleasure of making music, with all the imperfections that come with it. (FdW - Vital Weekly #660)"

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released July 9, 2020

Limited To 77 copies.

Photography by Renée van Trier

vxpxc.bandcamp.com

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