this was the second 'single' to be released by taperecorder (via galactique recordings). this is the version of alight/alone we used for the video. we just edited out the first part of the song. which i sorta didn't want to do - but i had this feeling impatient 'important' people in the music world were not getting to the payoff in the song. it also made the work for the video easier.
HOBO
i made a mix for the bi-monthly galactique dj mix release. i was looking for something to bridge two songs. i wanted a dancer. i decided i would make something to fill in the space. i ended up doing something better. i made hobo. it took me an hour and i think it is one of my favourite songs i have ever made. i left it how it was for the dj mix. later on i found an old video of a hobo who rode the rails. he said some interesting things. i could relate to him a lot. so i sampled him and added it to the song. i figured that this song would end up sitting around forever without a home if i didn't release it soon, so included it in this single.
ALIGHT/ALONE [JAMES APOLLO COVER]
one drunken night in seattle i found myself walking along some old railroad tracks with my pal james apollo. we were carrying old wooden pallets so we could build beds out of them. i was passing out every night in my sleeping on a bamboo mat on a concrete floor in his basement. he was in the middle of a breakup and that was all he had to offer. he was sleeping on the same thing in the next room. anyway, we often talked about collaborating on some music together that week. it took a whole year before anything ever happened. i kept randomly nagging him. finally, i sent him alight/alone and asked him to cover it. within a week he sent me back this beautiful cover.
