Alien8 is reissuing Tim Hecker’s Radio Amor:
It was January 1996 on the Carribean coast of Honduras. The musician in question was looking to catch a ride with a local vessel to the neighboring islands. There was one shrimping vessel in port that day, and its captain Jimmy willing to take disheveled hippies on board. He spoke some fragmented english, the boat set sail that evening. This album is dedicated to the idea of Jimmy the high-wire shrimper. Misplaced nautical charts, trade winds, shortwave miscommunication, midnight whispers, amorxxx.
Alien8 Recordings is reissuing Radio Amor, originally released on Mille Plateaux in 2002, in order to maintain the availability of the work of one of our label’s most important artists. The recording has been out of print for two years now, out of grasp of Hecker’s growing legions of admirers.
Indeed, I had to pay an arm and a leg to some Amazon UK seller for it last year. I’m transmitting tonight and 7000 miles have been my favorite “songs” since I first heard them. If you’ve got a jones for the drones, or are the sort who’s happier at 3am than at 3pm, don’t miss this.
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It’s available on iTunes.
Cool - did you buy it?