Alleycatface

by Codex

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manboy25 The sampling and overall atmosphere of this thing is insane. Favorite track: aerosolculdeesak.

Sunn OwO))) Codex, this is mad Favorite track: aerosolculdeesak.

bonkoloid the relics of beast drum beats mangled and saturated between brick and mortar and phasing voices of people squished down to paste mixes well with the chaotic child-like yet grimy and ragged spray paint of plunderphonic layering. It delves more and more into the trance where delusion and observation becomes intersubjective, leading back into a peacelike state with your memory being somehow tampered with that you want to come back to it. this is absolutely beautiful. Favorite track: "bye, alleycat".

vomenlovemusic You're not gonna find a better, more interesting and innovative album this year than this. Favorite track: "bye, alleycat".

relentlessausage Easily one of the best records of 2020, from one of the most promising acts in modern music today. Thank you codex for blessing us with this incredible set of tracks this year. Favorite track: !!!!!!!!!!!WhAnGa-BaNgA-disabodiaim?!?!?!?!?!?.

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1.	Alleycatface 00:11	buy track
2.	!!!!!!!!!!!WhAnGa-BaNgA-disabodiaim?!?!?!?!?!? 02:36	buy track
3.	knuckleheadzThrowups 01:28	buy track
4.	Al!(I)EEEEEEEEEEEy tR-EP[anlings 01:22	buy track
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6.	aerosolculdeesak 04:50	buy track
7.	25,fSHBNE-z 01:18	buy track
8.	chase:One,TOO 04:01	buy track
9.	"bye, alleycat" 03:02	buy track
10.	Outside Alleycatface 00:11	buy track

about

Alleycatface all started on a sad night walk down a greasy alley. After many long weeks of screw-ups and loneliness, I dreamed that I was in Alleycatface: an urban cat world, populated by cats and littered with graffiti. In these narrow, shady alleyways, smothered in throwup tags and night sky, music crept around every corner, distorted and beautiful.
Walk a little further down and dive deep. Eyeball the Bengal that keeps flickering the TV static, or the posse of thug kittens that bang on copper sheets with empty spray cans. Wandering’s part of every cat’s nature in Alleycatface.

Alleycatface was completed in less than 72 hours using only a laptop, a turntable, and the Internet. Samples include MMSSTV call signals, banging on AC ventilators, TV static, broken glass bottles, AM radio preachers/football announcers, two drunk strangers screaming in an alley, and alley field recordings of rain, sirens, and night.
Alleycatface is free to download, but I kindly appreciate your support if you choose to donate. You're also 100% allowed to sample or remix any of my music. I want to hear the beautiful noise that you make!
Codex

credits

released June 2, 2020

Music, production, samples, scratching, tape manipulation, and artwork by Codex.
Dedicated to Pat O’Connor (1955-2016) and Evan Haywood.

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Codex Toledo, Ohio

Codex (Nick Felaris) is a Toledo, Ohio graffiti artist, musician, and animator. Codex prints punk art fanzines, paints murals, street-performs, and sells spray-paint prints on the street. Distorting records, amp feedback, and every oddity in-between, Codex fuses his art's weirdness with his love for noise. ... more

discography

I/O/T/A

Jul 2022
D~I~Z~Z~Y

Jun 2022
ADD Alive

Jan 2022
Food for Your Sampler

Nov 2021
Disagreement

Aug 2021
Knifemaw Wildstyle

Mar 2021
Alleycatface

Jun 2020

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