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MC
TRACHIOTOMY featuring. QUINTRON
TRACHIOTOMY
 Former
Crash Worship trombone/vocalist and New Orleans Ninth Ward
superstar Pavlo J Poggi, adopting
the pseudonym MC
Trachiotomy, took both the underground rock and
hip-hop worlds by surprise with his shocking 1999 debut, Robot
Alien or Ghost. Not as out of the ordinary in today’s
increasingly experimental world of underground hiphop, Robot
Alien or Ghost, with its murky moonscape of atonal lo-fi
alien beats and cryptic, often indecipherable rhymes, confounded
critics and listeners when it arrived. Though no one could
decide whether or not it was a work of ultimate genius or
sonic terrorism, all agreed that it was bizarre.
2002’s
w/ Love From Tahiti, on Bulb Records, unveiled a
more listenable, and even more diverse and ambitious Trachiotomy
with all of the creative aspects of his debut. Italian philosopher
Pierre Scaruffi, in his History of Rock Music, best
describes the album as defining “a territory straddling
rap, spoken-word, psychedelic rambling, Captain Beefheart-ian
wackiness, lo-fi pop and the Residents' new-wave… The
album is the musical equivalent of a hurricane, sweeping away
swamp blues, freeform jamming, reggae balladry, hip hop, etc.
The comedian indulges in spoofs of spy-thriller cocktail muzak,
1940s' big-band
swing, Broadway show tunes, and soft-night-jazz.” Summing
up the first two records: “The creative intensity of
these albums is simply frightening.”
Even
more frightening are the golems Trachiotomy’s been conjuring
in the meantime. After taking a few years out to formulate
a new sound, touring the Caribbean, Central America, Australia,
Eastern Europe, even as far as Crete, not to mention the well
covered areas of the US and Canada, MC Trachiotomy is finally
ready to unveil three completed albums. Two of these are from
his collaboration are with Quintron,
and one from his collaboration with Seni’or el Tonios.
The
first installment, a Quintron collaboration, is a vinyl EP
entitled Rowdy Life, that is out
now “FRESH“ on New York Night Train Recordings.
Soon to be followed by a full-length - Rarsliveonevilstar.
The releases, mastered by fellow Ninth Ward legend DL Parker,
features Trachiotomy’s well-honed flow, a cast of cameos,
and astounding analog electronic sounds - with Quintron’s
Drum Buddy as the star instrument. The result, a warped, raw,
noisy, and danceable gateway into the fifth dimension, remains
far beyond description and guaranteed to scramble even the
most stable of minds.
QUINTRON
 Mr.
Quintron is a very eccentric concert and nightclub
organist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He plays music on a
custom made Hammond / Rhodes combo synthesizer / organ (which
he's got all built up to look like a car with real working
headlights) backed by raw simple drum machine beats (think
808 boom chika boom through one BIG speaker with all the treble
turned down) and his own patented invention THE DRUM BUDDY
- a rotating, light-activated analog synthesizer which is
played much in the same way that a DJ spins and scratches
records. Of course lets not forget about MISS PUSSYCAT who
plays maracas and sings backup as well as entertaining all
age groups with her highly amusing technicolor puppet shows.
The Quintron / Miss Pussycat experience is one of barely controlled
electronic chaos, "Swamp-Tech" beats, small explosions,
incredible clothes, and entertaining puppet stories. You can
see them perform regularly at the Spellcaster Lodge in New
Orleans, Louisiana or on one of their many tours around the
world. This act somehow has equal relevance in sleazy nightclubs,
pizza restaurants, and university lecture halls.
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| NYNT
RECORDINGS |
| MC
Trachiotomy and Mr. Quintron
Rowdy
Life 12" EP
- release: Sept 1
 Whadda
ya get when you collide one of the underground's more
bizarre rappers with one of its more unusual instrumentalists/conceptualists?
Twisted analog electro rap straight outta New Orleans
Ninth Ward. Limited edition vinyl-only release. Look
for their full-length, Ratsliveonevilstar,
in the fall.
(more)
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| LIVE
DATES |
| 10/12 New Orleans
- Circle Bar
10/13 Mobile, AL – Cell Block
10/14 Pensacla, FL Line Café
10/15 Montevallo, AL 0 House Party
10/16 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree Café
10/17 Atlanta, GA
10/18 Athens, GA – The Secret Lodge
10/19 Ashville, NC- TBA
10/20 Chapel Hill – Night Light
10/21 Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade
10/22 Richmond, VA - 9th Ave N
10/24 Sperryville, VA – TBA
10/25 Washington DC – House Party
10/26 Baltimore, MD – Talking Head
10/27 Brooklyn, NY- Rubulad
10/28 New York, NY – Cake Shop
10/29 Brooklyn, NY - Lucky Cat
10/30 Philadelphia, PA– Big Pink
10/31 New York, NY – sub-Tonic
11/01 Providence, RI –
11/02 Brooklyn, NY – Official CMJ Showcase Northsix
Downstairs
11/03 Brooklyn, NY – Pass Out Records
11/04 Hoboken, NJ – WFMU Record Fair
11/05 Providence, RI – Party-Tronix @ May N Kevin
For Eva
11/06 Portland, ME
11/07 Boston, MA
11/08 Montreal, CA – Zoobizar
11/09 Montreal, CA – Zoobizar
11/10 Ottawa, CA – Avant Garde Bar
11/11 Toronto, CA –
11/12 Detroit, MI
11/13 Chicago, IL = Hideout
11/14 Chicago, IL – Reversible Eye
11/16 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
11/17 Hot Springs, AR –
11/18 Memphis, TN
11/19 Jackson, MS
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| SOUNDS |
| "Drugs"
MP3
from
MC Trachiotomy featuring Quintron, Rowdy
Life 12"
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| LINKS |
Trachiotomy's
Myspace Page
Quintron
and Miss Pussycat's Site
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| PRESS
CORNER |
Hi-res
photo
Bio (pdf)
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| BOOKING |
Jay
Poggi, Pearl Touring
trachio@hotmail.com
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"MC
Trachiotomy is a Louisiana character, ... whose albums
Robot Alien or Ghost (Rhinestone, 1999) and
W/Love from Tahiti (Bulb, 2002) are rare collages
of madness highlighted by terrible production, drunk
accent, sub-standard percussion and cryptic lyrics.
The latter (73 minutes long) defines a territory straddling
rap, spoken-word, psychedelic rambling, Captain Beefheart-ian
wackiness, lo-fi pop and the Residents' new-wave operas
(EKG, Along th' Coast, Bareboat Blessing). The album
is the musical equivalent of a hurricane, sweeping away
swamp blues (Form of Gardenias), free-form jamming (Southpacific
Weenie Coast), reggae balladry (Now You Don't Know Where
to Start), hip hop (Palpitations), etc. The comedian
indulges in spoofs of spy-thriller cocktail muzak (Midway
Dining), 1940s' big-band swing (Drop Thkias Off At The
Pool), Broadway show tunes (Can You Feel It), and late-night
soft-jazz (Valentine). The psycho ridicules music in
the grotesque six-minute pantomime Long to Hold You.
Stay Awake sounds like someone cooking an omelette while
listening to classical music on the radio. Yes, some
of it is "that" musical. The creative intensity
of these albums is simply frightening."
-
Pierre Scaruffi, in his History of Rock Music
W/LOVE
FROM TAHITI (2002)
if
Gary Wilson woke up one day convinced he was Lou Rawls,
or if Tom Waits hijacked the 1970s pastiche of the Avalanches...
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Splendid Ezine
MC
Trachiotomy could be Dr. Dooom’s older, drunker
uncle. He’s more borderline than Ol’ Dirty
Bastard but seems less likely to smash a 40-oz. bottle
over your head when angered.
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Dusted Reviews
ROBOT,
ALIEN, OR GHOST (1999)
MOST
BIZARRE RECORD AWARD of 2000: "Super-distorted,
way-hard-to-understand lyrics over unique hip-hop tracks.
A sleeper."
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Urban Ambience Journal
Some
music is so original, creative, and brilliant, you can't
believe it's of this Earth. Surely, the beings who created
this music are of a more advanced form of intelligence.
That definitely seems to be the case with MC Trachiotomy,
making the title of his album, "Robot Alien or
Ghost," all the more fitting....
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Uncle Dan's House of Smut
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