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Active Cultures​/​Active Couture

by Tiers La Familia

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1.
this day's a wash I say 'let it rain' buck wild, get in everybody's lane. tell yourself you're the best and you did it for you! I was wet behind the ears didn't realize if days bleed into one another we should cauterize. tell yourself you're the best and you did it for you! I know something's happening by design for some refashioning tell yourself you're the best and you did it for you!
2.
I was twisted out my mind it's a roundabout way to deep fake nine cause he who slaps is slap happy rickety-split salt toffee stores all boarded up my modem's post-mortem's totem's fucked on our way to deep fake nine I got clean and I got weird huffing chemtrail lines deep fake nine I got drippy, dribble, spittle I'm so funky in the middle I'm a kettle in a shtetl a generation's mad at the one's who bury them on our way to deep fake nine
3.
caught it 03:52
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5.
yes I felt what I had lost before, I just had to look a little bit more. Yes I felt what I had lost before, Take it in and bring it down to the core. yes I felt what I had lost before, I just had to look a little bit more. Yes I felt what I had lost before, Take it in and bring it down to the core. & then u came thru 4 me &. then u came thru 4 me
6.
remember!! 02:29
7.
Me and my cousins We're a dime a dozen Uh uh, we're about to make nothing Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet Me and my girlfriend Dollars to donuts Uh uh, we're about to make nothing Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet My living wage puts my shame on center stage Me and my brethren Amir and Kevin, Eddie, Ceasar, Clive, Scott and Devon Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet Me and women Jenna and Gabi, Angela, Cristal, Rosanna and Abby. Up to our necks in debt but they haven't got our heads yet My living wage puts my shame on center stage
8.
dippin' 04:02
Yeah I'm going out for the weekend Not really sure what I'm seeking But sunrise hits and we're peaking. Yeah I'm going out for the weekend Not really sure what I'm seeking But sunrise hits and we're peaking. Seems like I had the time of my life but I'm dippin' It's quite nice to call an early night but I'm dippin' Me and you got a cosmic vibe so we're dippin' Break out and memory tonight so we're dippin' Yeah I'm going out for the weekend Not really sure what I'm seeking But sunrise hits and we're peaking. Yeah I'm going out for the weekend Not really sure what I'm seeking But sunrise hits and we're peaking. Seems like I had the time of my life but I'm dippin' It's quite nice to call an early night but I'm dippin' Me and you got a cosmic vibe so we're dippin' Break out and memory tonight so we're dippin'

about

"Active Cultures/Active Couture" — Tiers La Familia's second tape in six months — finds bandleader Joe Sidney continuing to carve out a singular, wildly eclectic electro-punk sound.

Working with mix engineer Jon Erickson, Sidney utilizes low-grade keyboards, a madcap approach to sampling, and his trusty digital eight-track recorder to create lo-fi beat music with unpredictable verve. The result is akin to El-P's early Def Jux productions, the grimy breakcore of Machine Girl, and Bobby "Boris" Pickett's classic single "Monster Mash." Amidst the idiosyncratic madness, Sidney makes sure there are plenty of hooks to sugarcoat the punkish abrasion.

Featuring contributions from Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers, Modern Nature) and Molly Kerker (No Lands).

credits

released May 20, 2022

Composed for Recording by Sefyu Sidney
Mixed by Jon Erickson
Mastered by 601
Artwork and Layout for Cassette by Seth Graham

Sidney...Instrumentals, Vocals
Cici...Vocals, Lead on 8
Molly...Vocals
Jeff...Chorus synth on 2, Synth bass on 4, Bass guitar and cotton candy synth on 5, Bridge synth on 8

Track 2 samples "Jack the King" with screenshot permission by Andrew Accardi. Track 4 samples EBS' very own Pengsoo with no permission whatsoever.

Cassette Version out courtesy of Strategy of Tension

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