No-fi "Vol. 0" reissue 41 x File #AE26 2018
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No-fi was a field recording / cut-up audio cassette project from
Phoebus
VA circa 1994. By 1996 no-fi became a proper band led by Gary Stevens
along with siblings Danny & Elizabeth Stevens and neighborhood
friend Jeff Liscombe.
They wanted to be a "punk rock" band but things quickly devolved into
pure noise as they soon realized not one of them could play any
instruments at all! Poor kids with broken keyboards, one-string guitars
and any clamorous objects at hand they filled the block with a nightly
racket of wild improvised "music" amplified through practice amps with
torn speakers, recording everything on their little pink boombox.
Neighborhood kids began to join these sessions and No-fi became a
rotating ensemble of anyone and anything goes. As time passed the group
took on many forms, finally to settle on being a so-called
"experimental" project that never really took itself too seriously.
No-fi birthed the
Anti-Everything label,
Rat-Ward DIY venue and numerous
side projects, like
A.S.D. Related projects include
Autio-Ethik,
Sounds
From The Pocket label,
Igon,
Human Services, and many more.
This collection attempts to document some of
these moments captured between 1996 and 1999. Unimportant nonsense to
most but a very special part of a few people's lives, at least."
No-fi "Vol. 0" was originally released on CDr in 2001
Now here it is again, with 21 bonus tracks!
"Name your price" download from:
http://anti-everything.bandcamp.com/album/vol-0