‘Junkshop Coyote’
July 2006
A little background:
Big hugs to both Keith Hicc and UK Dragon, my partners
In DIH and probably my two biggest influences for me ever
Getting into creating my own music properly in the first place.
Earlier on this year after nagging me for ages – both Keith
And UK both nagged into signing up for http://digitalvomit.aimoo.com .)
Which is an independent experimental music forum in which
Loads of artists get together and produce loads of independent
Releases through each other and other labels and generally
Help keep music going in a wonderfully underground way.
Keith at one point round the end of April / beginning of May
Stage sent me over the link for this net label through Digital
Vomit called ‘Hallo Excentrico! Which I certainly hadn’t
Heard off before but which out of interest I had a listen
And downloaded one or two things and was quite impressed
Both by the fact Keith had got tons of stuff releases on there
Which he may not have got the huge record deal with oodles
Of money that he deserved but he got that released to the world
By this excellent little net label.
Some point after round the end of May, I sent over a mega mix
Which I had done and also the second album by ‘Distance’
And have since sent over two more albums – the 1st full length
DIH album ‘Internal Conflict’ (The 2nd one ‘Suicide’ (I meant
Forever) will be with Mitch shortly) and a Distance mini album
And much to my delight, Mitch who runs the label went and
Put them up and gave them some really nice praise.
Shortly after I discovered by chance that Mitch’s alter ago ‘
Junkshop Coyote had released his first album on there ‘
Selected I-Am-Bent Works, Vol. 1, which is a wild
Experimental album in places which comes close to the
Best of the wild stuff that me and Mr. Hicc do in places
Mixed with V/VM and then on other occasions deep
Chill music almost like The Aphex Twin did around
The time of Selected Ambient Works Volume II but
Done in a style that is very much his own.
Of course, it made natural sense to approach Mitch
For a interview but not before discovering that
Mitch had also several feature length mega mixes
Up there which range from all kinds of styles literally
Which add a total different meaning to things
Altogether.
The interview of course after that came very quickly
Indeed and a big thank you for Mitch must be said
Here and I look forward to hearing the second album
By Junkshop Coyote hopefully before way too long
Halo Excentrico can be found on
Mitch can be e-mailed directly
Make sure you check this label even if
Not to experience some of my stuff, but also
To listen to his debut solo album..
Cheers again
Andy N
Setting Sun:
How are tricks and what is happening at
The moment?
Right now, in between operating the net-label (Hallo Excentrico!) and
Real-life stuff like work, I am working on a second album which I hope to
Release physically. The working title is Industrial Lullabies. I have a
Blog at http://junkshop-coyote.livejournal.com if you’re actually curious
About personal stuff. J
Setting Sun:
Can you next tell us a little bit about
the history of ‘Junkshop
Coyote’ – What started all this off and
who fired the starting pistol
As I always like to say?
Junkshop Coyote:
I’m 39 years old, and I’ve been recording since I was 18 – most of it
Typical singer-songwriter stuff under the name Mitch Wolf. But I always
Had this body of stuff on the side that I made when I was just fiddling
Around with sound, and once I got into electronica about 10 years ago,
It took on a life of its own and became my main focus.
Discovering V/Vm was very empowering for me. I thought if his
Wonderfully crazy music could find an audience, then maybe mine
Could too.
Can you also tell us a little bit more about your label ‘Hallo
Excentrico’ – what started this off, etc?
Junkshop Coyote:
That was part of V/Vm’s inspiration too. I saw that his web site
(http://brainwashed.com/vvm) was a viable means of distributing
And promoting his music, and I wanted to do something like that for
Myself. I found a web host with whom I could afford unlimited storage
And tons of bandwidth, so I decided to share the wealth and help out
My fellow Digital Vomit collective members. (The Digital Vomit
Collective is based at http://digitalvomit.aimoo.com .)
‘Hallo Excentrico!’ (http://hallo-excentrico.com) is named after a track
By a Krautrock band I really like named Neu! (Negativland also got
Their name from a Neu! track.) I thought it had a nice “greetings,
Eccentrics” vibe to it that fit well with what I wanted to do.
Does this compare to Junkshop Coyoye, etc?
Junkshop Coyote:
I think they can be just as viable a means of expression as albums –
Basically large-scale collages. I know I consider mine an important
Part of my body of work, like you haven’t really heard it all if you
Haven’t heard them.
I often use ideas I come up with while making them in my own
Material, too, so it’s like looking at an artist’s sketchbook.
I also think they show that loosening up the copyright laws
Isn’t such a bad thing – by listening to one, you might get turned on
To an artist you end up liking, which ultimately helps that artist in
A way they’d miss out on if the laws were strictly enforced.
I-Am-bent Works, Vol 1’ in particular
Metamorphosis (Parts 1,2
And 3) ‘and also the excellently titled
‘I don’t want to be the P
President of ASCAP’ – can you tell us a
little bit more about both
Junkshop Coyote:
m-Ziq and Bola both did 3-part suites I was really fond of,
And with “Metamorphosis,” I tried my hand at something similar.
I started with a few basic sounds and ideas, and it just kept
Evolving, just like I’d hoped.
I sampled myself playing bass guitar and beatboxing on that
One, in addition to sampling records.
The double-speed coda is a nod to the classic Kraftwerk
Track “Klingklang,” and that ominous kick-drum and horn loop
Is actually, believe it or not, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
All the other percussion sounds are vinyl pops and clicks.
“ASCAP” is my little tribute to V/Vm. It’s a bunch of
Turntable manipulations of the 7” single of Queen’s “Bicycle
Race” all time-compressed to the length of the original and
Mixed together. At one point Freddie Mercury sings, “I don’t
Want to be the president of America,” and I share a
Birthday with Hal David, formerly half of the songwriting
Team Bacharach and David, and last I knew, president of the music
Publishing society ASCAP.
So the title, like the track, is a big raspberry to copyright
Law, while being personal and referencing the source material too.
Junkshop Coyote:
I have a side of me that I’ve always thought of as a cartoon character
Trapped in a human body. I’ve always particularly empathized with
Wile E. Coyote from the Road Runner cartoons, and figured if I were
A ‘Toon, I’d be his cousin or something. The ‘Junkshop’ part comes
From several things: I love going in them and looking for old
Records; wherever I’m living tends to resemble one; and they’re all
About one person’s trash being someone else’s treasure, which I think is
An important part of life.
/ Mixes planned?
Junkshop Coyote:
There’s the physical album I mentioned before, and I do or will
Appear on several Digital Vomit compilations. As far as Hallo
Excentrico!, I plan to continue the series of compilations from
Solypsis’ very limited DVD-ROM Purge, which began with the
Green and Purple Albums, and I’d like to release a compilation of
My guitar/vocal stuff from about 10 years
ago.
With every installment of the Can Buy Me Love series on Digital
Vomit, there’s been an online-only companion release called
No Time for Love. I’d be into hosting the next one of those,
If AKlass (http://aklass.org) doesn’t do it again. Other than that, it’s
Up to what people send to me. If any artists would like to send me
Audio for possible release on HE!, there is information on the website
About how do it, so just have a look and fire away.
With here, firstly where are you from?
What is the music scene like
Where you live? Have you been to any good gigs recently?
Junkshop Coyote:
I live in Indianapolis, Indiana; I’m originally from
Terre Haute, Indiana.
I hardly ever go to gigs, so I really couldn’t say what the scene is like.
I can tell you that regarding electronic music, I’m lucky if I run
Into someone who’s heard of Kid606.
Junkshop Coyote:
Spreading wisdom – which means I’d have some
To spread.
Junkshop Coyote:
Probably just blundering through life like I do now.
Junkshop Coyote: