Museum of the Dry Bugs, by Eli Gras

Museum of the Dry Bugs

by Eli Gras

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1.	Taxi 03:37	info	buy track
2.	Insectes 01:10		buy track
3.	Hawai Sustitos 00:59		buy track
4.	Bicicleta Robada 01:20		buy track
5.	Gru 00:45		buy track
6.	Osos 03:42		buy track
7.	Grill 01:11		buy track
8.	Muñeca Revés 01:28		buy track
9.	War 01:22		buy track
10.	Automatic-Automat 01:42		buy track
11.	Flut 00:33		buy track
12.	Camp 01:20		buy track
13.	Comba 00:42		buy track
14.	Sica 04:42		buy track
15.	China 00:50		buy track
16.	Flu 03:58		buy track
17.	Elis 00:54		buy track
18.	Clau 03:17		buy track
19.	Negre 00:55		buy track
20.	Cajita 00:42		buy track
21.	Nido 02:35		buy track
22.	Masa 00:46		buy track
23.	Sigma 03:00		buy track
24.	Muñeca 02:30		buy track
25.	Uuu 03:16		buy track
26.	Mand 00:31		buy track
27.	La Nave Va 01:21		buy track

about

This endearing and quite odd compilation of 27 low-fi tracks was recorded between 1983 and 1992 by sound maverick Eli Gras on cassette players and 4-track machine. The early songs and sound sketches allow a peek into the talent dome of this unusual artist who is in the game for a long time. Next to making music she is running the underground festival "No No Logic" in her home town Barcelona and builds her own beautiful instruments.

In addition to the regular tape edition, Gagarin Records released a special edition of 30 wooden boxes containing the tape "inside a piece of soap". According to Miss Gras, this is a new form of music archaeology related to the idea of an "insect inside amber". There is a download code for the impatient but you can also wash your hands and background noises until the preserved object of desire slips out of its cocoon.

1. Regular tape edition: 90 copies
2. Special box edition with tape inside soap: 30 copies

If you want to order either of the two tape versions, go to:
www.stora.de/index.php?goto=artikel&index=gr2038
www.stora.de/index.php?goto=artikel&index=gr2038SoupBox

Eli Gras has worked in several creative fields since the early 1980’s, from experimental to electropop, Greek music, minimalism, choral, funk and electroacoustics. As a trained luthier she builds her own instruments and creates visual/sound installations (“Peeled Piano”, “Saló Sonor”).

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released May 1, 2019

Music and design: Eli Gras | eligras.com
Mastering: Pablo Miranda (La Isla) | laislaestudio.com
Gagarin Records gr2038 | www.gagarinrecords.com
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Gagarin Records Hamburg, Germany

Gagarin Records was founded on 24.6.1998 by Felix Kubin in telepathic alliance with Juri Gagarin. We release music that rains on your head from the distillery of the velvet void.

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