To say Eric Din‘s output is eclectic might be an understatement, and he’s been on some kind of roll lately. After releasing the unambiguously SKA Rabbitus Maximus in January, he’s produced and released these two new singles, and it’s halfway through February. What’s going on over there, Din?
This one just went up today – On Top Of The World
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Here’s the description from Eric’s Bandcamp:
I recorded this at home two weeks ago with analog and digital gear. The song has been in the works for much longer, mostly in my head. I had the chords and melodies and some of the lyrics swimming about, til one day I felt inspired to track some drums and bass and guitars and see where that might lead. I recorded the vocal melody on guitar at first, as a sort of guide track, and once I had that, the rest of the lyrics came pretty easily. Once the song was complete and I had the vocals down, the track beckoned for tambourine and cowbell. So I picked up said hand-percussion instruments from a local music shoppe, took them home and and overdubbed them. By this time in the whole process, the song had pretty much mixed itself. So here it is, live on Bandcamp on Caturday the 17th of February. And I have it set to go live in the various streaming services exactly four weeks from today. Because this is how we roll, at Berkeley Cat Records. The cats and I wish you all a might fine long presidenty weekend, on top of the world.
While the above track is unmistakably pop-rock, with elements of glam and mod and a dash of psychedelia, the one below bears no resemblance to it that we can discern, and we wonder if our Din requires professional help.
It Is Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer would seem to be a poetry slam type of howl, only instead of Beatnicky bongos we have the full drum kit power of Eric’s fellow UpTones founder, Thomas White, as edited and re-fangled by Mr. Din.
Ostrich and upside down persons by Shannon Wheeler.
Most of the above including “Rabbitus” were produced entirely by Eric Din at his home studio. This marks a slight departure from previous outings like “Charlotte” and “1983” which involved some other fab musicians and studios. We ask again, what is going on over there, Din? What kind of music DO you make?
Tapping his whiskers thoughtfully Din replied, “I guess I’ll find out.”
