Martin Dosh, most well known for being the drummer and Rhodes player
in the Minneapolis band Fog (Ninja Tune), has struck out on his own
with his debut, solo record. When he wasn't practicing drums,
playing in bands around Minneapolis or teaching drums to elementary
school students, dosh was collecting hours upon hours of drum breaks
and keyboard riffs in the basement of his house.

Deep in a dank Minneapolis basement cluttered with musical
instruments, old samplers and effects pedals, blown out amps and a
couple of dusty couches, dosh worked for a little over a year
putting sounds to tape with the occasional accompaniment of friends.
These recordings would become dosh's debut untitled full-length, a
collection of 12 self-engineered mature instrumental recordings.
dosh's live drums, which are filtered, overdriven, looped, and
effected sound like a robot with human hands playing a beat-up kit
through a vacuum cleaner. They are set in layers of sad jazzy Rhodes,
beautiful feedback ambiance, pianos, vibes, reverb and delay drenched
Casios, turntables, guitars, and Dictaphone tape. The album displays
a full hi-fi sound-spectrum while maintaining the down to earth
honesty of a homemade recording. Riding the faders, mutes and effects
knobs, dosh mixes in the spirit of Lee Perry, making each pass a one
of a kind spontaneous performance.

Salient Points:
* dosh is the drummer and Rhodes player in Fog (Ninja Tune).

* dosh is set to embark on a world tour in autumn 2003.

* this is the debut release for dosh on anticon, and also his first
official release worldwide.

File Under: Electronica - anticon
For Fans Of: Fog, Four Tet, Delarosa and Asora, Boom Bip, anticon.

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