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CANAL Vol. 1

by GEORGIA

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Rosa's Door 00:44
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Tuck Sam 02:48
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Hear Park 04:08
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Orl IRL 07:14
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Weak Dun 03:30
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Lorna Life 09:37
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Intersects 04:33
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New Bobo 03:50
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IKOU Weave 07:01
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Tuwa 03:03
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Darter X 06:53
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HAJ.GAT 03:00
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Op_K Mss 05:13
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Kiro 05:57
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Crast 03:38
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Well Luck 03:24
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Fire Lad 05:12
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Lao Ai 04:28

about

"CANAL Vol 1." is the first of a series of archival releases consisting of music recorded by GEORGIA from their studio inside the ManChee Dramatic & Benevolent Association, a Chinese opera and social club located at 167-169 Canal St. in Manhattan's Chinatown. (www.manchee.org)

The tracks on this collection were produced between 2012-2015 and are very much inspired by this unique location- tucked away on the 5th floor of a wellworn building whose mahjong parlors, massage dens and medical offices hummed and buzzed, whose sirens blared and electrical fires burned, whose tea boiled and garbage piled, whose cigarettes smoked and cymbals crashed, 24 hours a day without respite -along with the beautiful and wild people, sights, smells, and sounds that moved in and out of their time and space during this fertile five year period.

Here's what Maggie Lee had to say in 2012 about the first musics to emerge from the space:

"The members of GEORGIA have created a new polyrhythmic movement with their scandalous wealth of music.

A few core instrumentalists of the "Asemic Club" include an adolescent playing an electronic drum kit in the basement of Sam Ash, a woman carrying a sheet of metal on a windy day, a griot from Mali, Delia Derbyshire enthusiasts and a posse of children from North Korea.

Sounds like:

-cinematic visions of discovering new land
-a lemming playing a guitar solo in the desert
-episode of Seinfeld with a jungle twist
-dirty disco
-the utterance of your nightmare going away
-pygmy performance
-a contempo cowboy's tale
-an instrumental synth set for teenagers to cry to
-bouncing a ball to the beat of your thought
-the sound when you run your finger on the rim of a glass of wine
-feedback morphing into melody
-woodwind mitosis
-plucking all of Suzuki's book for advanced players
-sensual sorbet sunset
-music of your mother's ancient land mixed with your favorite DJ set
-melody of a circuit bent chirp
-idioms of distortion and dissonance
-on a raft floating down the Congo
-binaural beats that induce panic
-Haitian zombie takeover
-cryptic salt shaker
-laying on the lawn outside a club powered by Electribe
-working in an industrial metal factory and sweating
-Tompkins Square park at night
-mixing ideas of the new and old world."

Some CANAL musings:

"チャイナタウンのキャナルは魚の臭いがするだけでフレッシュウォーターは流れていない。ここを根城にする人々はまるで水槽の中に生きる原色の魚のようにフワリと漂い、長い深呼吸を繰り返しながら何千年も生きている。深い呼吸はメンタルを高め血中のモジュールを身体から張りめぐらし、このバイブレーションはストリートまで伸び、フルーツの屋台やボングの屋台、ファッキンファックユーとプリントされたTシャツや、I LOVE NYと帰る場所を待つ剥き出しの愛のマグカップ、水槽の外はどこも乾いていて喉はすでにカラカラでコーヒーと紅茶を混ぜたドリンクをオーダーした後は、ゴールドチェーンと絡まりながら角の雑居ビルに戻っていく。アンバランスな階段の最上階までたどり着くと、鉄の扉を揺らす振動と共に、その合間から美しい琴の音、キレのあるサクスフォン、足元をふらつかせるぐらいのベース、狂った調子のビートが不思議にバランスをキープし、永遠に終わらないジャムセッションからはドアが開く気配すらない。君たちは、ニューエイジミュータントジャズと言えば気がすむのか?" -Kiki Kudo/Chef, DJ, Musician

"No finer feathers than the Georgia birds, and the space at 169 Canal was a real roost. Time disintegrated once you crossed the threshold, and every corner of creativity, collaboration, and chaos was open to be explored. While these moments of deep immersion in free spirit make profound memories, they are just as vivid activated through a collection of sound like this. No expiration in experimentation. Thank you, Georgia ~ :) ~" -Matt Werth/RVNG

"I saw an ad in the times and it read school for the lost people of school. My first day at Georgia university I wore my best button down shirt and collected gourds. Placing the gourds in each corner of the room, I sat silently on a velvet sofa watching spiders gather, weaving interlocking webs of prehistories. To say the least, It was the best country I’ve ever visited!!" -Maggie Lee/artist

"Canal
Street
Georgia
Center
music
synths
instruments
live
DJs
singer
dancer
character
New York City
International
Community
Anarchist
Artist
Vibes
New
Mix"
-Gabi Asfour/Designer

"I'd heard about Georgia, I think in 2013/4. Wanted to get in touch. My friend Kiki told me to come by the space on Canal. To meet Brian and Justin. Long hangs staring out onto the street with the sun pouring in. Eminem. Birthday parties ... mezcal.. walking up the 5 flights past some random businesses thinking 'wonder if they know where i'm going.' Listening, listening. talking, eating. Ideas borne out of exploration and recreation, gatherings, sounds - little Canal. No one had anywhere else to be, this was what it was and is about." Jacob Gorchov/Palto Flats

"LIFE AT THE EMBASSY: Georgia's events at the loft on 169 Canal Street were thrilling, for many reasons. First of all it was free and nothing was for sale. Great start! No gallerists peddling art, like rug salesmen, no agro doorman, no merchandize for sale, not even any drinks for sale. It was BYOB and Bring Your Own Art.

The performances on stage always mutated into unexpected affairs, with people joining on stage, in unplanned manner. Performers would get a heads up, 20 minutes ahead. I did it a few times, but the details remain murky. All I remember was that it was a lot of fun!

Not only that: The conversations you had at the events always flowed freely. The unmediated exchange of ideas that normally would have been kept far away from each other is how new art and new ideologies are born. In that way, I always saw Georgia's events at the loft at 169 Canal Street as a gathering of delirious diplomats, coming together, in the best Embassy of New York, where the toilet facilities were medieval, but where the art is futuristic.

I don't think it's over. There are a lot of empty lofts in New York right now!" -Jakob Boeskov/Artist,Diplomat

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released May 1, 2020

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