JAGTVEG 69
i started this one first. i was in copenhagan after a mossyrock UK/european tour had ended. i was staying over there and wandering around for a while afterwards. i found myself with this lovely strange feeling that was a mix of being excited about my adventure, alone in the world, and missing a girl. it was topped with a weird lonesomeness. i decided that i wanted to try and capture all those feelings and i basically came up with these textures. when i wasn't working on music i had been noticing the number 69 written and spray painted all over the city. it turns out 69 jagtvej was the former home to a youth house (ungdomshuset) where all the punks, squatter, anarchist, and weirdo kids would hang out and see bands and other shows. they had been there for 25 years before a right wing christian woman bought the house and had it torn down (after some extremely violent conflicts). years later there was still nothing built on the empty lot. anyway, the layout of the song came together when i arrived in berlin and jagtvej 69 became the perfect title for it.
RYESGADE 58
while still in berlin i started playing around and making more of those pad sounds. it came together in a similar way to the song above and to evergreen. when i had learned about the youth house (mentioned above) i had also learned about the squat called ryesgade 58. i was pretty moved by their punk rock fuck you this is our home and the nine-day series of street fights they had with the police (in mid-september 1986). they stood their ground and fought for what they believed in. anyway, this time i built the song and sequenced the majority of it while on a train from berlin to amsterdam. it was a gorgeous train ride that followed on the heels of an epic berlin style few nights out. i think i managed to get that same sort of feeling that i captured with jagtvej 69 but this time with a bit more hope and joy. i made a video out of footage i had found taken of the battle of ryesgade. you can watch it here: ryesgade 58
SANG SEKS
this song is somewhat of an afterthought. i wanted to somehow connect the danciness of the first EP with this more textured EP. so i came up with the idea of making a slightly more beat driven version of the songs above. i basically rearranged sounds and tempos and took away some of the moodiness. i also figured that calling it song six was another connection. song six in danish is sang seks.
the BOOMBOX EP was released on july 15th 2008 via galactique recordings. i kinda thought it would be fun to release this EP with the word box in it also. boombox just kinda sounds great when it rolls off your tongue. it also planted the seed for having one more and making a little 'box trilogy'.
