Blame the recession, or something, illegal downloading (OK that was a joke), whatever you like, we just lowered our prices for older PLU merchandise… all prices already include postage and packing. Buy PLU!
Jean Jacques Perrey remix
The Inaugural Poem Remix
People Like Us and many others have remixed The Inaugural Poem, because we felt that the first one needed improving. Take a look at and listen to the entire project, initiated by Kenny G at WFMU, thanks!
Download at UbuWeb
Kenny G’s Inaugural Poem Remix show on WFMU.
The Inaugural Poem Remix project on the Poetry Foundation website .
People Like Us “An Induction Is A Draft Is A Gust Of Air”.
People Like Us “Adjournment-Poem”.
PLU interview in Blow Up magazine
PLU interview
Withers in the Waking
7inch. Released October 2008 on Touch (TS08)
The 8th in the series of Touch Sevens, and the first to introduce melodic narrative. Both songs are results of the WFMU podcast series "Codpaste", in which Vicki & Ergo publicly composed a series of collage compositions, deconstructing their respective practices, and a live soundtrack to Christian Marclay’s "ScreenPlay". The series and soundtrack resulted in the online only album " in Glue", from which these two songs are alternative versions.
"Withers in the Whist" takes one of Vicki & Ergo’s current staple obsessions: the melody line of Prokofiev’s ‘Troika’ from the Lieutenant Kije soundtrack (originally used in V & E’s work during a particularly snowy sequence of the Marclay film). This treatment dispenses with sampling entirely, instead using instruments to create variations on Prokofiev’s deceptively simple melody-line, tied together with impressionistic, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. It is playing with Prokofiev like a bad child who loves it’s toys.
"In The Waking" began with Ergo replaying with multitracked guitars the main melodic motifs Vicki collaged in the composition "Carmic Waltz", with Vicki then ornamenting the guitars with splashes of colour like a real painter of sound, all blended into a pot of carnival steam with Ergo’s wordplay. It is a fantasy for the dream the fairground has when the world is sleeping, but only takes place five minutes before the carousel wakes up
Side A: In the Waking 5:55 [Locked groove]
Side B: Withers in the Whist 4:27
Scans of reviews HERE:
Withers In The Waking review – Record Collector (January 2009)
Withers In The Waking review – Norman Records (December 2008)
Withers In The Waking review – Aquarius (December 2008)
Withers In The Waking review – Boomkat (December 2008)
Buy it here – prices include postage and packaging.
PLU & Ergo cut 7″ single with Touch
Indeed, PLU & Ergo will be releasing a single with Touch later this month – more details soon. In the meantime, here are photos of the cutting of the record earlier today.
DO or DIY chart in The Wire
Final DO or DIY of the season
Downloadable DO or DIY, Volume 2
Just like last week, but this is the LAST DO or DIY of the season and People Like Us will be taking the next season off. So here is VOLUME 2 at the WFMU Blog – grab yourself the Best of DO or DIY for the past year’s broadcasts.
Zip file (everything: MP3s, cover art jpgs, tracklist)
1. It’s Just Amazing
2. More Noice Noise
3. Dancing On Hot Coals
4. Bringing You The Best In 1970s Rock
5. Tijuana Frog Trot
6. Put The Hammer Down
7. Wouldn’t It Be Noise
And at UbuWeb
People Like Us awarded Great North Run Moving Image Commission 2009
To celebrate the silver anniversary of the BUPA Great North Run in 2005, the Great North Run Cultural Programme was established, which featured the film broken time by Jane and Louise Wilson. As part of the legacy of this film and part of an ongoing commitment to exploring the relationship between sport and art through, an annual award – Great North Run Moving Image Commission – was born.
Supported by Arts Council England, this major commission awards an experienced artist or film-maker £30,000 to create a new work which responds to and captures the spirit of one of the world’s top sporting events and we’re delighted to be able to announce the winner of Moving Image Commission for 2009 is British Artist Vicki Bennett.
Vicki will be working with archive footage of the Bupa Great North Run to create a new vision of the landscape and the route of the world’s largest half-marathon to be screened as part of the 2009 Bupa Great North Run Cultural Programme.
For further information about the Great North Run Cultural Programme visit www.greatnorthrunculture.org.uk
Update 14th August 2009:
https://peoplelikeus.org/2009/parade/
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DOwnloadable DO or DIY DOuble Bill – 2008
It’s that time of the year again, when DO or DIY zip up their bags and… send it right over to you! Indeed, for the two final weeks of the WFMU Summer Season, DO or DIY with People Like Us are giving you an album sized chunk of all things avant retard – a lovely noisy collage, complete with artwork. So listen in live to DO or DIY at 7pm NY Time (that’s midnight UK time) Monday evenings, then go over to the WFMU Blog and grab yourself VOLUME 1 of the Best of DO or DIY for the past year’s broadcasts – or get it below.
Zip file of all tracks, atwork and playlist
or get it separately…
1. Sung Song Glue
2. I’m A Star In NY
3. O Wo Is Mio
4. I Am That I
5. All The Screamers
6. MupPet Sounds
7. We Don’t Go Too Far
8. Tweety Takes A Holiday
9. Look What You’ve Done
Also at UbuWeb
People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz sing Wings
We are very pleased to have recorded an exclusive track for “Recovery” – a new and really amazing boxset on Fractured Recordings. More info at http://www.fracturedrecordings.com/recovery/tracklist/
