How the Chemical Brothers turned answering-machine poetry into dance-floor epics
by Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2019
2 minutes
The first sample that the Chemical Brothers locked down when building their new record, "No Geography," made its way into the present from the far end of a long-disconnected telephone line.
The recording was taken from a 1972 two-LP collection of spoken pieces recorded as part of a "dial-a-poem" art project. Featuring lines uttered by Michael Brownstein from his poem "Geography,"
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days