I can't say that's it definitely not ZZ related but I don't see why he would keep that secret. He's a very serious collector and if he said it's obscure it almost certainly is. I've checked Power Glove before and they're a bit more silly, a bit more self-conscious and video game influenced. Think Kavinsky is also more Jan Hammer than John Carpenter and the band I'm on about is more definitely more Carpenter. I don't know the other two though so I'll check 'em out.
They're likely to be a small band cos he said he wanted to bring them over here - that also suggests to me that they haven't played here before.
Yeah, you're right. I'm worried that someone will turn it up and it won't sound as good as I remembered.... if that happens I'll just pretend it's not it. We've had a lot of fun looking for it anyway haven't we? Haven't we?
I played a record and said to him "It sounds a bit like that secret record" and he said "Yeah, it does a bit - and it's French like that one". I duly noted this down...
Maybe it would be better if I did the night on my own leaving a gaping hole of unfulfilled expectation at the end. Always leave them wanting more. Or some even."You could do a whole night called 'Not this one' and have a sample that you played over every track going (deep techno voice) 'Not this one' and then at the the climax of the night your friend could come on with The Holy Record and play it and the crowd could go fucking nuts chanting "THIS ONE THIS ONE THIS ONE". It would be rad as hell."
It's a white label yeah, I've heard him play it two or three times, the first time maybe two years ago. I know the band are current cos he said he wants to bring them over. So it could be older than three years but I don't think it is."lets start at the beginning.
you say its a white label from the last 2 or three years...
what makes you sure its from the last 2 or 3 years?"
I think so yeah, from peering over his shoulder."is it the only track on that side of the 12' ?"
Definitely the latter - his background is punk, hip-hop, psych and krautrock - think Andy Votel, Gaslamp Killer etc."is your friend an 'electro' collector or a general eclectic DJ?"
He does that sort of thing all the time. However he told me he has a spare of this that's up for grabs if I can come up with a good swap."do you know if he has ever cut a one off 'everlasting' record?"
I don't think he will let me touch it."will he let you touch it? if so run into the bathroom lock the door and get the catalogue number off the record..."
If I can get a snip I'll put it on here. Although it would kinda seem like cheating a little bit."Smuggle in a dictaphone to record a sample then use that clever app that listens to musics and tells you what song it is? Might not work for something really obscure though, I guess."