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Cadillac (1963)

Pieter Engels

Pieter Engels

Title of the EP: Pieter Engels' Fabulous Oldest Hits / Oral Signature
Title: Cadillac (Fabulous Oldest Hits, Track 02)
Publisher: Simon Es. Publisher, Rotterdam - Atlas voor een nieuwe metropole
Date: 1963
Medium: 2x record 18 cm

 

The four tracks of this double EP were recorded by the Dutch artist Pieter Engels between 1963 and 1972. The double EP was released in collaboration with Simon Es and with Pieter Engels' third institute, Amsterdam. The subtitle "One Fan can't be wrong" of the first of two EPs gives an indication of the seriousness with which Engels recorded these pieces and released them on record. The recording of the piece Cadillac, heard here, was made using a cassette recorder and with Simon Es's help. The sound quality is so miserable and Engels' voice so overdriven that one cannot assume pure coincidence despite the rudimentary and improvised lo-fi recording technique.

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