The times they are a changing, and we at vosotros are feeling it happen.  Living in Los Angeles, California, a bastion of America's beauty (and ugliness), excitement and tension are running high as Barack Obama prepares to take office on January 20. The potential for a positive change has never been more real than now, and we have chosen some of our closest friends to express their excitement by covering tunes from America's national songbook!  All songs are in the public domain and were recorded locally in under 2 weeks time.  So stick a feather in your cap, ride to the top of Mount Rushmore and scream ¡ YES WE PUEDE !  (And don't be afraid to sing along - we know you-all know the words) 

Anchors Aweigh - B.R.A.M.

Stop.

These two albums are like nothing else you’ve heard.

They are overflowing with poetry and pathological stuttering.

They are laden with natural speech rhythms and melodies, intuitively blurted by some of L.A.’s avant-jazz heavyweights.

They are the sound of the 21st century finally breaking its leash. They were made by someone named Mooey Moobau, whose real name is Joseph Tepperman.

He has a day job doing experiments on speech.

He once published a serious research paper about automatic sarcasm detection.

He hears abstract sequences of phonetic sounds come to him like whispers from Old English spirits.

He sings his live shows to these sounds as he realtime cassette edits them, rocking the pause button.

He also plays trombone like Eric Dolphy played clarinet: verbally.

He’s done this verbose tromboning with lots of different people from L.A. – most often Killsonic.

And it is mostly Killsonic who back up Mooey Moobau’s jagged live shows.

And it was also mostly they who accompanied him on his first album.

And All Murmur Of Our Mothers’ Waters is the title of that album.

And that title refers to the place we are in before we are born, insofar as it is a place.

It came out in 2008, and is included here as Disc 1.

Live Bloody Live is its companion piece, Disc 2.

It is a live album among live albums, and it is not really a live album at all.

It was recorded all over Los Angeles over 2 years, at 12 venues on 16 dates, with 19 musicians.

It sounds like violas.

Like violas that bleed all over pianos.

Like bloodied pianos that, with their many keys, aren’t too different from sputtering computers.

Like computers that sputter and bubble until they start to sound like a gang of epileptic drummers.

Like epileptic drummers who exhaust themselves trying to breathe under layers and layers of applause.

It is as ambitious as it is disorienting.

It is a document of a truly shameless performer.

It is what you have been missing, whether you’ve seen Mooey Moobau live or not.

1. Love Bloody Love Food Sewer Food

3. And That May Be Who Hell Is For

6. Autopsy Of A Pigeon

10. Night And The Other One

As part of the Rhoda series, I wanted to reach out to friends from varying musical backgrounds. This particular song features a long time collaborator and friend of vosotros- Mike Gao. I have learned so much from Mike...he is so creative, using the computer like an instrument. We began sending tracks back and forth, adding and subtracting elements, boiling down ideas until the final product emerged. The trio of drums featured throughout the song are called batá, ceremonial instruments of the Lukumí, recorded in 2007 during the Quiet Orchestra sessions. I hope you enjoy I thought There'd be Lions (First Follower). 


  
   gabe


  
   written, recorded, and produced by Mike Gao and Gabe Noel. masteted by john wood.


  
   This is the second in a series of five songs – released weekly – culminating in an upcoming EP entitled vosotros presents: Rhoda.


  
   <a href="http://www.vosotros.com/2010/03/05/i-thought-there">http://www.vosotros.com/2010/03/05/i-thought-there’d-be-lions-first-follower-feat-mike-gao/</a>
  
  

I Thought There'd be Lions [First Follower] (feat. Mike Gao)

"Soulja Boi" by Ja Prawn - from the album Everybody - coming April 6 on vosotros

Soulja Boi

Everybody Shuffle

Porche Rap

Dreaditor

As Rhoda continues to develop, I wanted one of the tunes to serve as a companion to another. This is it. 


  
  A medley of sorts, I fused two sessions together from my time with two of vosotros' finest- John Wood and Bobb Bruno. 


  
  Lately I have been listening to quite a bit of electronic based music, specifically grime/dubstep from London, and beatsmiths here in L.A. So with this in mind I hope you enjoy You Said There'd Be Lions (You're Such a Lior) 


  
  gabe 
 


  
  Written by John Wood, Bobb Bruno, and Gabe Noel


  
  Mastered by John Wood


  
  Produced by Gabe Noel


  
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  This is the fourth in a series of five songs – released weekly – culminating in an upcoming EP entitled vosotros presents: Rhoda.
  
  http://www.vosotros.com/2010/03/19/you-said-thered-be-lions-youresuch-a-lior-feat-learning-music-bobb-bruno/

  
  

You Said There'd Be Lions [You're Such A Lior!] (feat. Learning Music & Bobb Bruno)

Shakuhachi

Lecturer

Zequencer

Insect Birth Rite

About a year ago I became obsessed with a group from Camden, NJ...they're called Tye Tribbett and G.A. I dunno how to describe them...prog-gos? Like prog rock but gospel music?!? They bring a Christian message but the box it comes in is what really intrigued me. Powerful, rhythmically driven with crazy harmonies and choir vocals. So naturally I really wanted to have my own prog gospel band!

Introducing Shoulda.

Here's  the bio I began last year:

It's not to good to be true- it's true!
Out of a good feeling comes a brighter sun and taller corn!

That's as far as I got.

Hope you enjoy "it was you"

Gabe

Shoulda is:
Alex Lilly- vocals
Beck Bennett- preacher
Aaron Arntz- organ, trumpet, vocals
Charles Altura- guitar
Gabe Noel- bass, programming, vocals
Lewis Keller- robot controlled percussion
Zach harmon- electronic percussion
Jody Giachello- drums

Music written by Aaron Arntz and Gabe Noel
Lyrics by Gabe Noel
Recorded by Nate Wood and Gabe Noel
Mixed by Franny Graham and Gabe Noel
Mastered by John Wood
Produced by Gabe Noel

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