Oma333 No.30 Trouble Vs Glue "This Age"


Italy's Trouble Vs Glue have long been one of the most devastating live acts on the circuit but they only came my way somewhere around 2012 thanks to Oskar Carls who had seen them play a gig at Germany which blew his mind. The quickest of glances at a live clip and I was right there with him. I booked them to come to play Hemliga Trädgården (The Secret Garden, infamous former DIY venue in Stockholm) and they ripped it apart! That lucky crowd became a jumble of ecstatic limbs and I was in love. They've since been back twice and were awesome every time.

This killer duo makes fuzzy punky pop, which is often infectiously danceable with drums, guitars, synths, microphones and a bunch of other machines tamed into slavery. No pre-recorded stuff with these two and they somehow manage to sound like a mini no wave orchestra by playing a pile of instruments in a seemingly impossible frenzy. 

The two glorious freaks behind this racket are Lady Maru of Dada Swing, Cascao & Lady Maru, Le Truc Und Die Maschine and Toni Cutrone of Hiroshima Rocks Around, Mai Mai Mai and also the guy behind the legendary NO=FI Recordings label as well as being the heart of Rome's booking scene mostly through the great Dal Verme venue.

I've always been fond of the way the mighty music blog 20 Jazz Funk Greats described them; "Trouble Vs. Glue have the shake, rattle and stomp, the boy-girl shout and response, the Pynchonian collision between rockets and bongos, the synthesiser workouts arrived from an alternative universe where Bell Labs decided to invest in disinformation theory, found a way of communicating more information than existed in the original message, violated the First Law of Thermodynamics and made Faster Than Light travel possible, if not smooth..." oh yeah!

Its been thrilling to hear them evolve from album to album and I was very happy to be asked to be in charge of the cassette release of their newest masterpiece "This Age".
Musical references? DNA, The Residents, Devo, Gary Numan, Deerhoof, Mutant Disco stuff I guess but be aware that a lot of what they play doesn't fit anywhere!

100 yellow and black "bee" tapes are available from September 26th, with black body printing, and all of it was designed by the legendary mister Peter Larsson. ORDER YOUR COPY HERE http://oma333.com/product/no30-trouble-vs-glue-this-age

"Backwards" by Trouble Vs Glue from "This Age" Oma333 No.30

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Nr.001; Gabo and the Wartels "In A Very Small Boat" 100 copies. Release day Nov 29th 2013.
Nr.002; R Stevie Moore "In The History Of Ever" 333 copies. Release day Nov 29th 2013.
No.003; Blood Music "Bits And Pieces for Aunts 'n Nieces" 100 copies. Release day Nov 29th 2013.
Nr.004; Ufofbi "Dreamtrash Dreamtrash" a co release with Hockey Rawk. 120 copies. Release date Jan 1st 2014
Nr.005; DJ Bongo Man "Legon Flutes" mixtape. 100 copies. Release day June 9th 2013.
Nr.006 DJ Thi-Lot *blip* soundtrack [on]" mixtape. 50 copies. Release day June 9th 2013
Nr.007; DJ Singasongfighter "Two Minutes (is all your need... sometimes)" 50 copies. Release day June 9th 2013
Nr.008; Jason Urick "The Day" 133 copies. Release day Sept 20th 2014.
Nr.009; Chicagojazzen/Dammit I'm Mad "Golden Oldies" split tape 133 copies, Release day Sept 20th 2014. 
Nr.010; Morbida/Medicine Bow split tape 133 copies. Release day Oct 30th. 
Nr.011; 1914-1918 Anja Enerud mixtape. 50 copies. Release day Oct 30th 2014
Nr.012; Coco/Pura Marlena Lampinen mixtape. 50 copies. Release day Oct 30th 2014
Nr.013; Oho My Eyes Gavtape Vol.1 50 copies. Release date May 6th 2015. 
Nr.014; Where's Waldo? Galaxy My Dear mixtape. 50 copies. Release date May 6th 2015. 
Nr.015 Tv Dinner Education S/T 333 copies 10" vinyl. Release date May 28th 2015. 
Nr.016 with Canary Records; The Lighthouse, the Rooster, the Tears: mid-20th century Brazilian folk recordings. 100 copies, release date June 10th 2015. 
Nr.017 with Canary Records; Funeral Dance in the Mountains: Rural Percussion (& Vocal) Ethnographic Recordings from Southeast Asia. 100 copies, release date June 10th 2015. 
Nr.018 Hata Unacheza: Sub-Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s. 100 copies release date June 10th 2015. 
Nr.019 Day for Night / Night for Day - A mixtape by Ela Orleans. 100 copies release date Sept 18th 2015. 
Nr.020 The Orgy of Caring - A mixtape by Janus Mono (Jan Anderzen). 100 copies release date Sept 18th 2015. 
Nr.021 Optic Nest "Wheat, Heat and Eat" 100 copies release date Dec 18th 2015. 
Nr.022 Kraus "Golden Treasury" 100 copies release date Dec 18th 2015. 
Nr.023 Ela Orleans "Circles of Upper Hell". 250 white tapes with black body printing, released Feb 27th 2016.
Nr.024 Myttys "Sloggilukio" 133 jelly green tapes with white body printing will be available from Feb 27th 2016. 
Nr.025 "No One Cares" International 78rpm discs, ca. 1912-55. 120 burnt orange tapes, release date Mar 31st 2016. 
Nr.026 "When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time" African-American Gospel from 1939-51. 120 blue/yellow tapes, release date Mar 31st 2016.
Nr.027 "Love is a One-Way Traffic" Groovy East Asian Chicks of the 1960s-70s
120 pink tapes, release date Mar 31st 2016. 
Nr.028 Miaux Pop mix "Svedski Sto" 100 fluorescent orange and black tapes, release date June 22nd 2016.  
Nr.029 Tsembla mixtape "Jester's Journey" 100 hi viz pink tapes, release date June 22nd 2016. 
Nr.030 Trouble Vs Glue "This Age" 100 yellow and black "bee" released Sept 26th 2016 
No.31 Incidental Music for Invasion (i m i) "s/t" 100 black and white "piano" tapes released Sept 26th 2016 
No.032 "Mixi Tapetaan?" a mixtape by Jaakko Eino Kalevi 100 mushroom grey tapes Released October 12th.
No,33 "Amos and Sara Sing The Private World of Amos" by Amos and Sara. Reissue together with Singasongfighter. 500 copies released April 21st 2017.
No.034 "The Human Sound" a mixtape by Julian Murray. 50 metallic green tapes released on October 12th 2017
No.035 "Collecting Net" a mixtape by Marlena Lampinen 50 clear green tapes released October 12th 2017
No.036 Cheap Imitation "No More Weekend" 100 clear prison tapes. Released Nov 29th 2018
No.037 Kral "Ascending Ascensions" Side A / Max Park "Collages II" Side B. 100 clear prison tapes. Released Nov 29th 2018
No.038 Man Rei "An Awkward Guest" 100 clear prison tapes. Released Nov 29th 2018