Hopkins's Blue-Lit Half Breath
feedback from two tape recorders reworked through intensive studio techniques: slowing down
Hear the click of the stopping and starting Tascam 3340 open-reel tape machine as one hand presses the "record" and "play" buttons and the other plays piano phrases
The record Pacific City Discs now release is a selection he made from the double-CD released in 2019
Most striking is "White Christmas"
Various – PSF & Alchemy: 20th Anniversary Live [CD] Outer Rock (Noise / Psych / Free) Hopkins's Blue-Lit Half Breath"In 2004, Tokyo's PSF and Osaka's Alchemy labels, twin pillars of the Japanese noise, punk, psychedelic, whatever underground celebrated two decades of against all odds paradigm deformation, world domination, and unrepentant synapse mangling. To commemorate the occasion, two joint concerts were held at The Doors and Super Deluxe in Tokyo, bringing together luminaries from both labels in a celebration of freedom spirit and independent thinking. Some of