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Sure Beats Living

  • Cat No: SKALP039
  • updated:2025-08-10

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LP 4990 JPY

1993年にブライトンで結成され、Skamから2000年にデビュー、IDM、エレクトロニカシーンに一石を投じたWevie Stonderが長い沈黙を破り活動再開。新作リリース。

GESCOMの一員でもあるAndy Maddocks主宰のレーベル〈SKAM〉を中心に、変名Wevie De CreponではSonigから、メンバーの一人 MR.VA STのレーベル〈Cack Records〉から 2009年にリリースした作品を最後に長い間沈黙していたWevie Stonderが復活。チップチューン的なRAWな音色から、現代的な質感のエレクトロニック、サウンドコラージュ、カントリーウェスタンからドリルまでミクスチャーされ、世界観もユニークなストーリーテリング。SKAM。Wevie Stonder。当時を知る人も、初めて知る人もぜひチェックしてみてください。 (サイトウ)

Wevie Stonder's Drawing on Other People's Heads - Worst Album Ever Made? Feat. Glumburger

Opener "That's Magic" features a magician talking us through a convoluted magic trick, to a mysterious synth theme that a celebrity conjurer might use to help the pyramids disappear. It's probably one of the only pieces of music to draw influences from Paul Daniels. "Carpet Squares" is a hefty slab of squirming machine bass, acid squidges and clanking industrial drums, its samples extolling the virtues of fitting comfortable flooring, with a voiceover recorded on a Canadian golf course. "Vanja & Slavcho" tells the odd story of twins who have an extraordinary ability to a bustle of spiralling arpeggios and comedic sound effects, while "Tiktaalik" has a glam rock beat, guitar twangs, wild synth runs and dance music drum rolls that build to nowhere, plus processed dolphin noises and a vocal about evolution. Then there's "Piccolo's Travels", a spellbinding mix of classical strings and... is that a malfunctioning Clanger?

"Album Titles" lists rejected names for the record to hilarious effect, with outlandish blips, accordion riffs and bubbling percussion setting the scene, "The 38th Parallel" is a wonky slab of electronica, while "Push It" has everything from rock guitar interjections to explosions and birdsong. If "Customer Services" imagines the bewildering experience of dealing with a sentient automated phone call, then the following "Nothing To Write Home About" is a waltz-time organ piece with a nostalgic, bittersweet air. "Ready?" lists practically every genre under the sun and gives you a burst of it, from drill to country & western, hardcore to Miami bass, and the final track, "The Void", is an AutoTune-laced R&B track with a deep, emotional core.

That's the genius of Wevie Stonder: their ability to make you laugh one minute, and the next transport you
to an atmospheric reverie.

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