Winston Goertz-Giffen and the wonderfully wonky sonic tensions, musical, percussive, glitchy of "100 Magical Coins"

 

"there are no batteries / the charge assault and battery / the neverending chattering / the neverending clamoring..."

The wonderfully wonky sonic tensions, musical, percussive, glitchy of "100 Magical Coins", by Gainesville - Florida experimental post punk / indie rock artist Winston Goertz-Giffen, pushed you along towards a kind of desperate stream of human traffic like adrenalized blood cells coursing through your veinal system, at least in my mind. From the recently released, curiously named album "Healthy Minds Pity Folk Disease vol. ii", there is a sense of precisely formed compositions colliding with improvisational machinations (or vice versa) and iconic artists like Devo, like Pere Ubu, like Oingo Boingo, like Talking Heads come to mind or at least partially into view. 

I am appreciating the sheer urgency, even musical angst expressed in musical rushes, in angularities and off kilter timings. This is the kind of music that can equally inspire or be used to illicit confessions depending on the use, the situations, the placements (smiling). 

ABOUT the album "Healthy Minds Pity Folk Disease vol. ii" via LINER NOTES:

[Most of these songs were written and recorded in a week, except for "He Lives" and "Rain on Metal". Genre-wise, it's all over the place. I used the exercise to experiment with a variety of recording strategies, some recorded to tape on a Tascam 388, several different DAWs, sometimes writing with drums as the starting point, modular synth improvisations, subtle tape manipulation, and one cover of the late great Seth Gibbs performed by my old band Saything. But mostly, it was an exercise in not being too precious.]

Enjoy "100 Magical Coins" and utilize responsibly. 

-Robb Donker Curtius

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://winstongg.bandcamp.com/album/healthy-minds-pity-folk-disease-vol-ii

https://www.facebook.com/winston.goertzgiffen



Winston Goertz-Giffen Gainesville, Florida

Recorded in my home studio except for drums recorded at Pulp Arts in Gainesville, FL and Santo Recording in Oakland, CA. “He Lives” written and recorded by Seth Gibbs at Superpop Records and performed by Saything. “Rain on Metal” is a collaboration with Lee Williams, my brother in Of*

Winston Goertz-Giffen, indie rock, art pop, post punk, proto, experimental music, glitch pop, avante garde, Gainesville - Florida, artist, musician, genre agnostic, improvisational, precise, odd, "100 Magical Coins",