Initially based on guerilla impulse and a dissatisfaction with the early 90’s post grunge diaspora, the No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) emerged in 1993 on New York’s lower east side, soon congealing into an 8-piece cabal of practicing improvisers, determined to collectively inhabit an elsewhere entirely of their own design. Informed by the relentless determination and arch defiance of the free jazz movement, NNCK’s performances are wild, unpredictable, cathartic events, and the records they published were mysterious, encrypted missives.
Invisible Conga People
New Yorkers Eric Tsai and Justin Simon use synthesizers, pedals and drum machines to create a psychedelic slow pulse boogie. Their first 12″ came out last year on NYC label Italians Do It Better.