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SWAPS
SWAPS

Catalog Number: jnr81
Release Date: 09/13/11

Vinyl + MP3: $10

(mint green vinyl, limited to 438 hand-numbered 10" records)

MP3: $6

Track List:

Pair Bonds
Aether Defects

Spouting an unstable breed of homemade experimentalism, SWAPS features four of the great modern experimental-indie performers. Featuring Steve Touchton of XBXRX, Ches Smith of Secret Chiefs 3 and John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez of Deerhoof, SWAPS is a dark, asymmetrical fever-dream of vibraphones and feedback. The album surges and spins in every direction, while remaining hypnotically engaging throughout.

"Pair Bonds", the A-Side of the record, appropriates a term from biology as its title, referencing the strong affinity that develops in some species between mating partners. "Aether Defects", the B-Side of the record, references an archaic theory of gravity in which a substance called 'the aether' was posited as a transmission medium for particles of light.

Just as SWAPS evokes recombinance, the song titles evoke a kind of laboratory ambience apropos to their musical referents. If this album were science, it would be 'pure research.' The erratic rhythms, atonality and structure of these pieces will please fans of far left-field experiments and truly adventurous works of art.

SWAPS is a one-time, limited edition release of just 438 hand-numbered 10" records on mint green vinyl.

"Genius shapeshifting avant garde... a mind-fuck combination of instruments that carom off one another like pool balls in a smoky billiards joint populated solely by schizophrenics... The noise this band produces is both inscrutable and somehow accessible. It both encourages and benefits from repeated listens - you'll discover something new in it every time."
Under The Radar

"A hefty dose of experimental sound presented by a pickup band composed of members of Deerhoof, XBXRX, and Secret Chiefs 3. Though none of the members (John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez, Steve Touchton and Ches Smith) are strangers to the weird and wild, as SWAPS, the group chucks out pop nuance for down and dirty tinkering, using only the filthiest, trashiest sounds to compose their two-song, two-sided affair. (4.5 out of 5)"
Nuvo

"SWAPS is one noisey supergroup... SWAPS is the result of four very talented experimentalists (Ed Rodriguez and John Dieterich of Deerhoof, Ches Smith of Secret Chiefs 3, and Steve Touchton of XBXRX) banding together for a sonic adventure through bizarrely lush regions. "
Impose

"Featuring key contributors of Deerhoof, xbxrx, and Secret Chiefs 3, it yields the assumption that the outfit's debut EP thrives on angular, jarring disarray-- which it does, aptly represented by the cover... Talents and backgrounds colliding, these musicians conjure disorienting jam session debris, divided into two 12-minute sides... Mesmoric and invigorating, the quartet attain an energy bound to keep a listener invested throughout its 24 minutes. "
Olive Music

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