Altered Zones

Toby Aronson of NNA Tapes says:
Son of Salami comes from the heart of our frozen town of Burlington, VT.  The man behind the project is Joey Pizza Slice. Some of you may know Joey from the Blanche Blanche Blanche video, which he created and produced. When I first heard about Joey, he was described to me as "that weirdo who just moved to town and has a cardboard robot and an imaginary vampire in his band." Over the years, Burlington, VT has grown to love Joey and all of his endeavors. I've seen Joey singing to frat boys, the homeless, and even the elderly. And it's not every day that "lo-fi pop" can connect with those sorts of folks.

Joey's music made it to LP for the first time this year with A Study In Eraserheadless Tape Recording, out on Feeding Tube Records. The record showcases Joey's virousic method for writing and recording his damaged, warbled pop songs. Joey uses "Eraser head-less" technology, which requires only a tape deck and a microphone. The idea is that you remove the eraser head from the tape player, and when you press record, you are able to infinitely layer music on top of itself. While this technique must have been discovered by early tape music artists, I have never heard anyone militantly making pop music this way. Although is seems slightly counterintuitive, Joey uses this method (which seems to lend itself to abstraction) to make incredibly catchy and bizarre pop music. Above is Joey's original music video for "Fresh Baguettes," a track from the LP.

A Study In Eraserheadless Tape Recording is available via Feeding Tube Records