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Live @ Bildes '96

by Yaputhma Sound System

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Intro 02:45
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Live @ Bildes '96 17:44
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This is an archival recording by Yaputhma Sound System performing live @ Bildes, annual rock/pop music festival in Riga, Latvia, December 1996.

The suite "Можно Стать Воздушным / One May Become Aerial" is based on samples from Soviet 7-inch records with recordings of psychiatric hospital patients interviewed by doctors.

Musically, it's a semi-improvised set not exactly typical for YaSoSy: ditching songs/vocalising, trademark delayed guitar sound and trading live rave'n'roll drumming for steady programmed beats it was the only time Yaputhma Sound System had ever used a computer on stage. Partly it was a kind of a sneer towards the classic-rock-guitar nature of the festival, partly - a decision to try something different instead of popular song-based hits expected from the band which was already sick of those at the time.

A special mention deserves the stage design by the band's art director Tarantino, who was also amongst the ravers supporting the band on stage dancing their asses off.

The video of the 10-minute cut of the performance as seen on Latvian TV is available for your amusement here: vimeo.com/158830091

P.S. Latvian listeners will also be amused by the intro announcement of the MC and his brief conversation with YaSoSy's sound guy and percussionist Dr Ups in Yaputhmian language.

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released May 27, 2021

Mega thanks to Uldis Lavrinovičs for rescuing the DAT recording of this performance from the oblivion.

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Yaputhma Sound System Rīga, Latvia

An archive of recordings by Yaputhma Sound System (Riga, Latvia) and related projects - previous and subsequent bands by members of the collective, solo material, collaborations etc. Most of the recordings are done in the 1990s and either unreleased, or self-released in ultra limited editions. ... more

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