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Tape Archive V3: "Thrift Shop Demolition" Beat Tape 1997​-​1999

by DJ4AM

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jeffrothegreat DJ4AM is a lot of the reason I love music the way I do. He was a good friend of mine in high school and his mixtapes introduced me to way more music that I could even begin to describe in this comment. The musical tastes I have come from a mix of his influence and my dad‘s and I’ll never forget that and I think them both deeply.
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We Live In Fresno Outtake (feat. Jason Nevermind) 01:00
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2.
Bump Bu Bump Bu Bump 03:35
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3.
Church Rummage Sale 02:13
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4.
Baby (Original Demo) 04:07
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5.
Midnight or Midday 04:22
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6.
The Unseen Hand 04:21
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Bubbles 01:42
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Time's Up 05:10
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2AM 01:12
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10.
ECM Meditations 06:20
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11.
Diggin' At Spinners #1 02:52
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12.
Piano Song 05:53
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13.
A Rainy Night With Candles On The Windowsill 04:55
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14.
Diggin' At Spinners #2 05:00
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15.
Jason, Turn That Damn Tape Off I'm Trying To Sleep 04:40
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16.
Blues For San Pablo... 4 AM 06:23
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The Tower District in the late 90's... Fresno, California.
Long conversations about society and art with Gary while I cleaned records down at Spinners.
4 records for a dollar down at Neighborhood Thrift... then one day the roof caved in and the place was demolished.
DJ sets with the Beat Dynasty at Zapps Park, Veni Vidi Vici, Club Fred, KFSR 90.7.
The Ahh Yeah Poetry Crew at Java Cafe.
Shows with DLF and Sleep One at Starline...

All the while attempting to make hip-hop, formulating a style and code of ethics.

These tracks were submitted to my old friend Chrys Geringer for possible inclusion on his ongoing "Cultivation" CD series. An MPC2000 version of "Baby" made V4. The rest of these songs sat in a box at his house, spread out over two cassette tapes, unplayed for over 22 years.

Most of these tracks were one take Jakes shot straight to tape from a Roland MS1 phrase sampler through a Gemini PMX7 mixer with occasional vinyl overdubs. The rest are 2 track stereo straight outta the MPC2000. Here they are again in all their repetitive, meditative, static ridden, tape hiss saturated glory.

Many thanks for listening.
-J. Chavez aka DJ4AM

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released February 19, 2021

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The Vampire On A Pony Network Fresno, California

JP Lovecraft / Jason Nevermind / DJ4AM cut his teeth doing radio, poetry jams and DJing dive bars in Fresno, California during the 90's before moving to the Bay Area in 2001. Since then he has performed in Europe as well as across the USA. DJ4AM is formerly a member of Octavius, S.F. indy band Black Fiction and is currently a member of Dopestyle 1231, Rich Mahogany and Opal Heights. ... more

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