Two Steppes / Greyon Greene split
$8.00 - $10.00
Two Steppes / Greyon Greene split
$8.00 - $10.00
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"Two Steppes and Greyon Greene have been close friends since 2016, first crossing paths booking shows in Brooklyn's DIY scene and later joining forces to run the cassette focused label SOLID MELTS in 2020. Fast forward a few years and they felt the time was right to release a split cassette with the help of We Be Friends records.
Two Steppes track’s were birthed in the neglected corners and crawl space of a secret fighting game lair. Reconnecting past memories & soundscapes from corrupted hard drives with the sounds of borrowed instruments in the present.
Greyon Greene’s side emerged during a four-day pilgrimage to the water spot, a place that has long held influence on the project. Returning to retrace forgotten sounds and paths, Greene channeled the cold, cloud-covered memories of his first recordings when he lived within walking distance to that zone. The resulting three tracks mirror the workflow of his earliest days."
This is the first split from We Be Friends. I've known Drew Gibson, the personhood of Two Steppes, since we were 20 and I used to book Greyon Greene. Back then, Drew played in Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk and by the time we were roommates he had a solo project called Katrina Stonehart. Eventually, I put out a Greyon Greene tape during one of Drew's 'I quit music' phases. I didn't used to know what this statement meant, 'I quit music'. I used to always think, 'how is that even possible? you mean you'll never touch another instrument?' For me this was unfathomable. Making music is one my greatest joys, but the statement was being made a lot by renowned and unknown musicians alike during the rise of streaming and social media metrics. This new era vastly altered the world of DIY and our methods of engaging with the world and each other. I now understand this sentiment as a step back from the commercialization of music. Most of us started making music because it was fun. Our desires were pretty simple. We wanted our friends to like our music and maybe eventually to travel around and perform with and connect to other weirdos across the weirdo map. Maybe build something new. Somewhere along the way though, we were coerced or tricked into thanking that there was something beyond that. 'I quit music' is a chance to tell the suits 'leave me alone, I do this for fun'. This music and the method of its making reconnects why a lot of us started, because we simply wanted to feel 'free'.
