Yellow Fever Pitch by Psychic Seizures

Yellow Fever Pitch

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My friend Maria approached me in 2017 and asked if I could write a lullaby for her then infant nephew. I said I would start immediately. A few weeks later we had recorded all the music for the song, which I ended up calling "The Violent Bear it Away". When Maria moved to Africa, I teamed up with Ezgi instead. She initially had little patients with my introverted ways and moody guitar noodling. It was not until I put down the final lead-guitar track for the song "Ted Said", that she realised that I sort of had an idea with what I was doing. More or less at least. To her credit she then showed great enthusiasm, and we productively continued to record what became the songs; "Two Timer", "Does Not Matter? Antimatter" and "Day of Wrath" together. Ezgi played a Korg keyboard through my very distorted amp and did some great melodies for the songs. And though she, when hearing the finished album in late 2019, was still dissatisfied with some of the parts, I hold them in very high regard. Ezgi and I then had an argument which led to her slamming the door and leaving. Rather than following her and apologising, which I probably should have done, I finished the guitar-tracks for the song "The Skitzo". I asked Bart to add some freaky out-there saxophone to that song, and another one which was named "The Transatlantic". He did so with apparent ease in what seemed like half an hour, maximum an hour. The result still thrills and overwhelms me to this day. I then asked my friend Doğa to help me out with a song I just could not get right. The song "Plasticine (Another Day)" had given me great trouble. However Doğa had absolutely no trouble with it. As a matter of fact it was a little too easy for her. To get the desperate and pleading feeling I wanted for the song, I made her redo the vocal-track shall we say about 25 times. Sadistic indeed, but nonetheless effective. The vocal-track you hear on the record is the second to last take we did, and she is singing beyond what I would have expected from her, which says a great deal. Finally Michael mixed the record for 0,00 euros, in 2 sessions of about 3 or 4 hours each. In order to relieve myself of the guild of using unpaid slave-labour, I then offered to give him a ticket for Neil Young in Waldbühne for his trouble, which he agreed to. Thank you to everyone for helping me make my record. The record is called "Yellow Fever Pitch". It is my second full-length LP. It is available on all streaming platforms and as a limited edition 12inch vinyl. You can buy the vinyl here or in "Dodo Beach Berlin" Vorberg Str. 8, 10823 Berlin Or Danziger Str. 31, 10435 Berlin Mads… Expand

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