‘Before The sounds of ideas forming’ are sound sketches inspired by Guided by Voices, Jon Oswald’s Plunderphonics and ‘Revolution 9.’ More details can be found here.
In Volume 2, we hear emptiness, repetition and revolution, slowed down versions of slowed down cover versions, Jimmy Witherspoon as Nick Cave as Tom Jones as Elvis Presley, ‘Green eyes’, ‘Going underground’, ‘Nervous Breakdown’, Septic Death, I hate you, Pere Ubu meets Zak, Billy Connolly, Marie Laforet, the only recording of ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ performed by Siouxsie Sioux, Marco Pirroni and Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten meets the National Anthem, new lyrics for the missing verses of Johnny Cash’s ’25 minutes to go’ sung by a Cash soundalike, Kurt Cobain spliced to sing about the Loch Ness Monster, recordings of asking for Guided By Voices CDs in HMV, slowabilly from Dorsey Burnette, CaleWerk, grumpy Lou Reed interviews, and Maradona signing for Dundee as it falls apart in ‘The End’.