#2 The Noisebox Singles 1995-96
Robot Carnival EP
This week we dust off another limited edition vinyl. This time we went for translucent electric blue, and decided to cram even more music onto those measly 7 inches. The lead track, Robot Carnival, influenced by a healthy dollop of early pavement, is a dirty bass riff with dirty guitars and drums and filthy vocals all squished together, and the treble cranked. Difficult to listen to now. At the time it was pure lo-fi heaven.
By now we had racked up a few Peel plays, a regular spin on the NME stereo, and our first Peel session was to coincide with the release. All exciting stuff.
The lead B-side, Candle Buddha was one of the few songs we ever recorded with no bass, and 3 guitars. Again recorded at the Swamp with Chris, in possibly an even hazier weekend than the last time, there are some improvised moments in this track we didn't want our parents to hear!
Andrew had well and truly got the 4-track bug. The two backup tracks on the E.P. were two of his own recordings. Firstly, Sampa Calmida (Land of Joy), a favourite of the Magoos which consisted simply of guitars making noise. Fantastic. Secondly, another instrumental with a surf twist : Rocket To Spector City inspired by the large amount of surf music (Man Or Astroman, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet etc.) being played by the wonderful Mr Peel at the time.
