A Slapstick Life, by moff skellington

A Slapstick Life

by moff skellington

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1.	A Stroll Through The Galaxy At Twilight 03:05	buy track
2.	Sponsor Me Missus 03:14	buy track
3.	Fragile Comfort Seeker 03:41	buy track
4.	Result One Broken Ankle 03:46	buy track
5.	On My Way To Work Where I Died 03:44	buy track
6.	Moby Children 02:39	buy track
7.	Dog Defied The Poisoned Riddle 03:44	buy track
8.	Remembering A Slapstick Life 05:55	buy track

about

A Slapstick Life is Moff Skellington’s 45th release and is a collection of tunes based around an early recording of his called “Remembering a Slapstick Life”.

The music on the new release is rooted in old jazz and ragtime recordings, described by Moff as a Hal Roach fever dream.

The track entitled ” Remembering a Slapstick Life ” is a montage of recordings from the original project from 1985-90. Moff took the Picasso/ Matisse path and used only what was irreducible, so it could be termed “Atomic”.

The recordings are full of jazz ghosts and narration is delivered by Babe Handy i.e. W C Handy meets Oliver ‘ Babe ‘ Hardy, thereby consummating the marriage between jazz and slapstick. Handy’s voice might be perceived as belonging to an overweight and seedy northern comic from the early seventies.

The listener is transported to Weimar Republic Berlin where Brecht and Weill might be constructing an entertainment for the theatre. And there’s a piece of synchronicity in that Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” had a significant impact on Brecht. Slapstick is omnipresent.

Moff has captured the music of the slapstick era wonderfully although it is heard through the prism of Eddodi – if indeed you can hear things through a prism.

credits

released August 21, 2020

Moff Skellington - all instruments, music, words, and art

Mastered by Bob O

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about

moff skellington Leeds, UK

Moff's chosen musical form is that of Edoddi, a species of folk music which celebrates the very individual and often skewed perceptions of the world engendered by modern life. Edoddi provides a refreshing alternative to the prescriptions and formulas of mainstream and "alternative" folk music. Edoddi philosophy: nothing is arbitrary. Make it up as you go along, it's bound to be authentic! ... more