HUSH LIL’ BABY
December 23th, 2008
When my friend, Simon Guzylack, asked me to record a lullaby for an exhibition called “Kinder Zoo” that he’s curating with Bianca from CocoRosie, I couldn’t say no because he’s just one of those sweethearts that you can’t say no to. However, up until about two hours ago, I had never tried to record myself before, so it was a rather ambitious/moronic thing for me to agree to at the time. I don’t really know much about the show except that they plan on transforming Mad Vicky’s Tea Gallery in Paris into a room fit for a child, replete with toys and this “kiddy-friendly” soundtrack, so I tried to imagine what song I would sing to my hypothetical baby, and the first thing that popped into my head was The Cure’s “Love Song.” I don’t have ProTools or anything, but I have a sweet little HoneyTone amp and an mp3 recorder accessory for my Ipod, so I did some very lo-fi recording where I played my Rhodes and sang into the recorder, then recorded the recording while it played out of the HoneyTone, and kept repeating that process until I ended up with this very crunchy MP3, which I now fear is too creepy for a child’s sensitive ears. But, not too creepy for you, dear reader.
(BTW, A.R.S fans take heart, this is no indication of what’s to come.)
Here it is:
Happy Holidays!!
XH
Paul said,
December 25, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
OK, I played it for my 8 month old, Markus. He was a little creeped out. NOt totally creeped out - just a smidge. It might also have been the fact that I put headphones on him for the first time in his life…
Ali said,
January 3, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
I was creeped out, in a good way! If this thing you did it for happened to be some weird exhibit of child-sized mannequins with messy yet real human hair, I think it would be so perfect. I think it’s perfect either way. I just want to see some creepy German mannequins. (PS I did, and that was my favorite thing in Munich.) Very pretty.
grant said,
January 15, 2009 @ 11:17 am
Oh my, that’s perfect! I love the spaciness of proper lo-fi recording. The sense of being at a distance.
Shhhhhhh.
Lights out.