Winding keys loosely hug an over-worked 808
Mixing primitive harmonies
capturing gorgeous and revelatory moments from some of the archipelago's least visited regions
A Texas-bound band except in tracking Dead Man inside the furnace of Phoenix
and weddings on Saturday afternoons
The Cleopatra Label Slowcore Winding keys loosely hug anFrom a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny