Qualchan. shouldn’t be a
stranger to you, and you can check their discography (a bit of which I’ve
written about over the years) by clicking on the link below, or searching
online by yourself, I don’t know, it’s your call. Also a thing that shouldn’t
be a stranger to you: Superpolar TaÏps’s cassingle series, which has featured
the likes of German Army, Adderall Canyonly, and Nicholas Langley, among
others, a veritable Who’s Who of the international experimental tape scene.
Each artist gets five minutes, 2.5 minutes a side, and Qualchan. peppers side A
of their tape with a hearty dose of plunderphonic slow jams, an instrumental
hip-hop vape track called “Bumper Music for the End Times.” Imagine if DJ Wally
had smoked just a little less weed, refrained from including the
giggle-inducing speech samples, and bumped up the crispness level from “dank”
to “woozy” and you get the gist. As for side B … well, you’ll need to get your
hands on a copy of the tape for that one, titled “To Fall in Love at the End of
the World.” You’re not allowed to stream it – the authorities have their eye on
you.
https://hangontoyrego.bandcamp.com/
https://superpolar.bandcamp.com/
--Ryan