Staubitz and Waterhouse // Out and About LP

The sound duo Staubitz and Waterhouse from Rhode Island, USA, the country's experimental label Gertrude in May 2023 tapesThis record was released in a limited edition of 125 copies.

Side A is a fictional ``average day'' created by collaging various sounds collected over two years, and side B is a sound recording of a trip to New York's Hudson Valley. DL code included.

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``How should we talk about these ``common things''?How, or rather, how can we find them? - Georges Perec - The Infra-Ordinary (1973)

Staubitz and Waterhouse are back with a new album!

Following their 2022 full-length debut Common Metals, the Regional Bears mini-album, and a collaborative EP with Chocolate Monk's Seamus Williams, Ocean State's Luc and Brunhild Ferrari , returns to Gertrude Tapes with Out and About, their most captivating and kaleidoscopic album to date.Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution and Wendy Carlos, Staubitz and Waterhouse continue to document their lives with diligence, sensitivity, and humor.

Side A was recorded over two years and condenses dozens of separate locations into a hypothetical "average day" for the duo.The album begins at dawn on the steps of their home, before wandering through an early morning outdoor antique market and stopping at James Turrell's Skyspace and hotel pool.Hot Stamper is a montage of the various sources of technophony that we encounter every day.While grocery shopping, at a car wash, inside a factory building, in the bathroom of a furniture store.That evening, the intrepid oral explorers enjoy a Pitbull concert in the Great Woods, where they almost met 2 years ago.Naturally, the two stop for a nightcap in Lafayette on the way home, where they overhear a stimulating conversation about all things jazz.The night ends with a blissful sleep, despite the berimbau-esque protests of the ferocious bugs trapped under the bucket.

Side B is a travelogue recorded over a weekend in early 2022, chronicling a trip to New York's Hudson Valley to perform on the legendary Tubby's Patio.The tone on this side is looser and more carefree, showing that for Staubitz and Waterhouse, there is no difference between living and performing, that they are a continuum.It sounds like Kingston's sound permeating the edges or a crazy bird tape running throughout the set, blurring the line between what's real and what's fake.The album concludes with the cave-like space of Dia Beacon, where ghostly apparitions flicker in and out, floating throughout the space.

Let me tell you, they always want action. "

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Includes DL code. 12" black vinyl. Edition of 125. 

Tracklist:

1. Morning Chorus 03:16
2. Heart of the Mart 02:35
3. Vocaloids 02:20
4. No Recess 01:11
5. Hot Stamper 03:39
6. Dale 00:33
7. Jazz Conversation 04:13
8. Night Sweats 02:21
9. I Am Sitting in a Car 02:04
10. No Coffee at the Rodeway 01:33
11. Live at Tubby's 10:11
12. Louise's Attic 06:28

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Text by Barrett Clark, Record Producer :

"Following 2022's full-length debut Common Metals, a mini-album for Regional Bears, and a collaborative EP with Seamus Williams for Chocolate Monk, the Luc and Brunhild Ferrari of the Ocean State have returned to Gertrude Tapes with Out and About, their most engaging and kaleidoscopic album to date. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution and Wendy Carlos, Staubitz and Waterhouse continue to document their lives with diligence, sensitivity, and humor.

Side A, recorded over two years, distills dozens of discrete sites into an imaginary "average day" for the duo. The album begins at dawn on their stoop, proceeds to an early morning stroll at an outdoor antique market, makes a pit stop at a James Turrell Skyspace and a hotel
pool - all before a chaotic lunch at a woefully beleaguered charter school. Moving on, through, and out of the halls of education, "Hot Stamper" is a montage of the many sources of technophony we encounter every day: while grocery shopping, at a car wash, inside mill buildings, or in the bathroom at a furniture store. Later that evening our intrepid aural explorers find themselves at a lively "Pitbull" concert at "Great Woods," where the two nearly met three decades prior. Par for the course, they stop in for a nightcap at the Lafayette on their way home, where they overhear a scintillating conversation about all things jazz. The night concludes with blissful slumber, despite the berimbau-esque protestations of a furious bug trapped under a bucket.

Side B is a travelogue recorded over one weekend in early 2022, which documents their journey to the Hudson Valley in New York to play on the patio of the legendary Tubby's. The tone of this side is more loose and sprawling, and demonstrates that for Staubitz and Waterhouse there is no difference between living and performing - it exists on a continuum. You can hear it in the sounds of Kingston that bleed in around the edges, and in the tapes of insane birds that run
throughout their set, muddying the boundaries between what is real and what is artifice. The album concludes with a trip to the cavernous confines of Dia Beacon, where ghostly apparitions flicker in and out of focus and float throughout the space."

Artist: Staubitz and Waterhouse

Label: Gertrude Tapes