(August, Los Angeles) Alex
Gordon came up through the independent Los Angeles music
scene of the 90's. He was one of the main architects and
songwriters of Loomer, a headlining alternative guitar band
influenced by My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and The Jesus
and Mary Chain. Alex Gordon also battled in the trenches of
the West Coast rap and hip-hop scene as a recording engineer
working with various producers including Torcha Chamba,
Kenyatta "Kilo" Williams, Daz, and DJ Pooh. Alex left the
States in '97 for Tokyo working in the post-modern production
of Dream Angels, featuring the Old Moscow Circus, performing
alongside modern composers "Blue" Gene Tyranny and the Love of
Life Orchestra's Peter Gordon.Upon returning to Los
Angeles, Alex Gordon produced the tracks that were to become
Small Craft Warnings. SCW is an electronic work with
fragments of modernism, trip-hop, and ambience with enough of
a pop sensibility to pull it all together. His work has
elicited comparisons to Mouse on Mars, and Plaid among others.
Involved in the making of the record are bassist Karl
Leiker whose work includes "Rev", the title track from
Perry Farrell's recent foray into electronic music, drum loops
from the Sugarcubes' Siggi Baldursson, and mastering
from LA techno recording artist, and DJ John Tejada.
Since the completion of Small Craft Warnings, Alex
Gordon has worked on a collaboration with John Tejada as well
as remixes with Justin Warfield, a former Bomb the Bass
team member, rapper and recording artist in his own right. He
is also laying down the groundwork for the eventual follow-up
to Small Craft Warnings, Warm Tuesday, which
will break from his instrumental format to include vocals and
lyrics.
The album, which will be in stores on June 12th
2001, is being released on Klasky Csupo’s ambient label Tone
Casualties. Gordon has also released a 12" single with remixes
of the title track by Alex himself, John Tejada and Justin
Warfield.
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