vocoder

Pete Drake was a really well known pedal steel guitar player in Nashville in the 60s, He played on some of the biggest songs/for the biggest artists ever. But he also came up with the idea of basically using your mouth as the amplifier for a guitar...

Here's a thick, densely grooving island reinterpretation of White Denim's "Pretty Green", taken from the b-side of the group's new Pretty Green 10" (out digitally tomorrow), which also features a bluegrass version of "Pretty Green" and an alternate take on Corsicana Lemonade closer "A Place To Start"...

Another gem from After Dark 2, which is finally/officially out this Friday(!): this glorious 9+ minute vocoder jam from Mirage:"Let's Kiss" was written the same week as "Under Your Spell" in November 2008. After a bizarre & beautiful twist of fate, I walked into a remote bar in Montreal where I met the love of my life...