the lokey massive

a new track swirled out of some recent collaborations towards a monome-focused compilation for Summer Rain promotions. We’ve had a recent string of labour issues here in ottawa, what with the transit union strike, conflicts between the TA union cupe 4600 and the actual TAs, and issues revolving around the recent dismisal and arrest of a physics prof at OttawaU for his efforts at encouraging self-directed learning and general malcontentism. Anyhow, it’s had me thinking of the state of the union, and thats a pretty appalling circumstance to consider. This track arose out of it all, based around an excellent recording of Mario Savio at the Proulx Hall free speech rally at Berkley in 1964. It’s very moving, and I hope my attempts to give its spirit new light are well received. My best to all who seek to free the cogs of the machine…

…lo.

my friend Mike Verdone contributed heavily to the final master, presented here as the
SavioTestdrive,VerdoneOverlay.mp3

I encourage remixes, help yourselves to the stems and do your own thing.