Four-Track Kings

More double music. One afternoon in February of 2000, while simultaneously playing LPs on my stereo and CDs on my computer (I was a little crazy at the time), I stumbled upon the unadulterated sonic collision linked above: “D” by Codeine (from Frigid Stars LP, Sub Pop, 1990) and “Stani Mi, Maytcho (Get Up, My Daughter)” by the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir (from Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Vol. 2, Nonesuch, 1990).

This isn’t a remix, which to my understanding is different from what mash-ups originally were. There is no editing—it’s simply two songs playing at the same time, both started at their beginnings and running their respective courses with beautiful serendipity. As you listen, see if you can’t picture both groups packed into the same studio together, laying down what would surely be one of the awesomest Bulgarian folk-slowcore records of all time.