About The Gaslight Troubadours:WALTZES, GLITCHES & BRASS
Waltzes, Glitches & Brass: The New Sounds of Vaudeville (eve26)
Vaudeville, Music Hall, Freak Shows, Concert Saloons, Minstrelsy, Dime Museums, and Burlesque; all major forms of entertainment in the late 1800s/ early 1900s. A time where costuming and stagecraft was paramount, and a certain warped fascination with the bizarre and freakish, spliced with titillation and risqué humor, was the order of the day. Here the spirit of this evocative era is fused with dark waltz melodies, glitch electronic sounds, salacious burlesque, and gypsy brass for one of the most unique and lovingly crafted compilations you’re likely to hear this or any other year.
Compiled by Brit DJ/compiler Phil Meadley, with the assistance and advice of Frédérique (who appears on the sleeve), Rachel Brice, Jeremiah & Rachel Soto, and the big neon glitter.
ABOUT THE GASLIGHT TROUBADOURS
On the foggy streets of London three mischief making musical scoundrels were on the prowl for a new concept. With rag-taggle experience on their side and a thirst for the unknown they scoured the cobbled gas lit streets for inspiration and found it by listening through cracks in doors and gaps in window panes. The old out of tune piano, the tuba blasting a merry dance, the carousel far off in the distance, the thudding of a bass heavy beat in an underground cavern.
It was then that they returned to their DJ decks and tried out a few fiendish antique moves. Smiles broke out on all three faces. A nod and a wink secured the deal. This would be their new path and like vagabond pied pipers they would lead revelers to a new place of worship...
