Novelty Records, Found Tapes, The Residents, Spike Jones, Radio Art, Outsider Music, Negativland, Alejandra & Aeron, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Felix Kubin, Music Hall, Raymond Scott, Renaldo & The Loaf, The Caretaker, Stanley Unwin, Coil, Luc Ferrari, Janet Cardiff , Glenn Gould, People Like Us, Christian Marclay, Nurse With Wound, E.V.P., Viv Stanshall, Matmos, The Flying Lizards, Gregory Whitehead, Chris Watson.
Sounds Like
A soundtrack to the notion of nonsense. Vibing vaudeville and quoting cabaret, they offer all the sounds of fun and fear, forward-looking nostalgia and emotional slapstick. File under vaudioville, variete concrete, documentary forgery, unsound art, whorespiel, blunderphonics, (not of this) world music, imaginary soundtreks & unimaginative soundtracks.
Vernon & Burns are a duo of sound makers who create radio plays, records and performances through an innovative blend of samples, field recordings, storytelling and music. They have performed across Europe and have produced radio programmes and sound works for the BBC, VPRO, Resonance FM, WFMU, and The Audible Picture Show. Their debut LP “The Tune the Old Cow Died of” was released on the Gagarin label with a follow up due for release in 2008. A radio session recorded for VPRO is due for release on Staalplaat’s Mort Aux Vaches series. They have also recorded as Boy Band Tax Returns on the Ultra Eczema label.
Mr. Vernon was a founding member of Glasgow’s pirate art radio collective, ‘Radio Tuesday’ and is one third of ‘Hassle Hound’ who have records released on Pickled Egg, Textile and Staubgold.
Mr. Burns has a layman’s ear.
“They splice real life audio recordings into small plays…… small,
fascinating journeys.” Vital Weekly
Discography
Audiotoop – ‘Play’ book and CD, various artists, live radio plays.
Lied Music vs Boy Band Tax Returns LP (Ultra Eczema).
Vernon & Burns - ‘The Tune The Old Cow Died Of’ LP (Gagarin Records).
Boy Band Tax Returns - ‘The Right To Be Lazy’ CDR.
Vernon & Burns - ‘The Christmas Naivety Scene’ CDR
Radio Broadcasts
Vernon & Burns 1-hour special on ‘Dwars’, VPRO (Dutch national radio)
