The second in our Turntabling Records digital single series. Paisley Babylon recorded this track, Dolly Bird With a Gram of Hash, on New Year’s Day 2011, using two turntables, a MicroKorg, and several analog delays. The track is a unique blend of hallucinatory loops, found sounds and turntablism.

The New Year’s Day recordings are something of a tradition for Paisley Babylon, who got started on the ritual after a 1999 session with Post-Mortem Telepathy that stretched over the entire New Year’s holiday. After that, a symbolic session on New Year’s felt, according to Paisley Babylon’s Joe Wallace, a bit mandatory for having good luck in the coming year.

Dolly Bird With a Gram of Hash was created to “capture the mindset of the girl and hopefully, the listener, after ingesting substances hinted at in the song title.” according to press kit materials for the Paisley Babylon album this track appears on. Could the Paisley record “Songs From the Interstallar Hash Bar Jukebox” be a concept record of sorts?

Hard to say, but if you like Perry & Kingsley, Brian Eno or Nurse With Wound, Dolly Bird With a Gram of Hash might be a worthy investment of a dollar.

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Preview, buy and download Dolly Bird With a Gram of Hash by Paisley Babylon for one dollar at Amazon.