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YK Records has the fortunate pleasure of releasing music with the electronic artists Coupler – aka Ryan Norris – and sugar sk*-*lls – aka Ben Marcantel. These two have a deep catalog of works to explore but, most recently, they released a collaborative EP called The Great Oxidation Event. This piece is inspired in part by a cataclysmic geological event of the same name and created by following the methodology of Miles Davis & Teo Macero’s Bitches Brew. By that, an improvisational piece was recorded by Marcantel and delivered to Norris with the instructions to add no overdubs, only edit the piece with transformation and mutation. The results are fantastic.
Talking to these two is an absolute pleasure as they are both unbelievably thoughtful, extremely insightful and casual about the way they talk about music. Both tackle big heady concepts during our conversation but it’s never presented as some dull or dense topic, it’s exciting and inspiring to hear them talk.
I am beyond pleased to get to work with them both when it comes to releasing music and absolutely gleeful that we got to chat about their latest release.
Oh, and “The Three C’s” refers to “Community, Comradery and Creativity” – you’ll understand soon enough.
Preamble Quick Bites Links:
Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not
https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not
Jessica Breanne – Electric Heart
https://ykrecords.com/releases/electric-heart
Zook – Evaporating
https://ykrecords.com/releases/evaporating
Primary Episode Links:
sugar sk*-*lls + Coupler – The Great Oxidation Event
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-great-oxidation-event
Coupler (Ryan Norris)
https://www.instagram.com/couplermusic
sugar sk*-*lls (Ben Marcantel)
https://www.instagram.com/sugar__skulls
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitches_Brew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_crkd4fe4&themeRefresh=1
Coupler Making Of GoE
1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5o5szDuqu/
2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOJ063YjtS0/
3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtYv_MDkQc/
Hands Off Cuba – From Arrival to Survival
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nMPf2BERx-VBrAjS2VK5t1OkL0Z_rhzCI
Forrest Bride (early collaboration with Ben and Ryan)
https://forestbride.bandcamp.com/album/cats-with-wings
Rollum Haas
https://therobemusic.com/
William Tyler
https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/
Luke Schneider
http://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/
Dufflebag (Great Escape)
https://thegreatescapeonline.com/
Character
https://archive.org/details/character-a-flashing-of-knives-and-green-water
Hands Off Cuba + Lambchop – CoLab
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_LNSzMEONsko4YiXM4F9Yw3q5UQQNr2Y
Intersubjective Realities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersubjectivity
Glen Gould vs Leonard Bernstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nx09pigZRI
Brian Eno + David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)
https://davidbyrne.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-in-the-bush-of-ghosts
CAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)
Adoration of the Magi (DaVinci painting)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_%28Leonardo%29
Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Soleil
Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.
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