Bitchin Bajas

ok i gotta check this out
feel like i would have already been super into this band if they didn't have a dumb name

i like their dumb name. i know a lot of people who hate it though.

it's one of those things that makes them seem kinda arrogant (too cool to care, too good for anyone to question their dumb name) but i can't really be bothered by it one way or the other

like the diy venue called "club rec+um" or rectvm or something like that
whatever, young ppl

i can't imagine ppl saying the phrase "bitchin bajas" without a big annoying grin on their face like "haha can you believe this silly band name"

also it reminds me of mountain dew, but that's a +

i've never thought it to be too awful but i've never actually had a conversation about them in person so maybe i'd feel differently.

anyway, transporteur is sweet and so is this latest one

it doesn't bother me but it's just, if i ran across a random review or article in the past i might not have clicked on it

i used to be in a band called unbelievable jolly machine, i'm in no position to judge

This record rules

i like their name, don't like that they're too good for CDs

Went to a store today, they didn't have it, our main distro doesn't even list it (everything else on Drag City they have), our second distro lists it as TBA. I WANT MY BITCHIN BAJAS MFERS.

revisiting both bitchin bajas 2015 joints and dang, these guys are good.

i like their name, don't like that they're too good for CDs

Hmm, that's interesting. I happen to dislike their name but congratulate them on their anti-cd stance.

Yeah, Transporteur may be my favorite release of theirs yet -- but both are really good. Still hunting for that Live at the Hideout triple cassette.

Tapes are cool

whatever you think of their name i think you have to admit that it's A+ trolling

cf. eagles of death metal

but congratulate them on their anti-cd stance

how, why

Cuz CD's are gross...

gross?

they're slimy

and they smell bad

there are 144 of them

how square

44.1kHz of them

i like all the medias

media snobbery is pretty wack IMO

Deep breath people. Not snobbery, just personal preference.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2014/7/28/1406561403975/The-new-CD-dazzles-80s-co-012.jpg

Not really that big of a BPB fan, but shit, I can't get enough of Bitchin Bajas...and they've done something pretty great once again.

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/03/16/bonnie-prince-billy-bitchin-bajas-epic-jammers-and-fortunate-little-ditties/

yeah, this one is really nice

I generally enjoy every fifth BPB release, and this is right on schedule. Concept seemed silly to me at first (lyrics taken from fortune cookies), but I'll be darned if it doesn't work. I still have yet to hear a Bitchin Bajas album (ugh, that name!), but I like this a lot and I loved their collab with Abrams, so maybe I'm overdue.

yeah they're great -- the self-titled BBs LP from a couple years ago is pretty amazing.

Feel like if they just used the main guy's name they'd be getting more serious attention as like a Terry Riley/Niblock/Eternal Music/whatever style artist.

this is cool! (and bajas related) http://lakeparadiserecords.bandcamp.com/album/flux-bikes-sue-olas

idk if there are any other bitchin bajas trainspotters, but they repressed the krausened ep: http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/store/p570/LP_-_Bitchin_Bajas_-_Krausened_EP_%28Black_Wax_Repress_Ltd_300%29.html

saw them on friday and they had copies of transporteur, no live at hideout though ):

i was at the friday show too, though i left during the break/intermission

ah nice. yeah they picked it up a bit for the second set because everyone was drunk at that point i imagine. some sax wailing and motorik beats

programmed beats or human-produced?

ah sorry, programmed beats

cheers to tylerw to posting this in the drag city thread; been caning their 2016 performance of "in c":

http://sweetblahg.tumblr.com/post/154773932543/bitchin-bajas-in-c-2016

awesome!

some of their newest material (which they've been playing live) has beats, which is welcome here as Krausened EP is my favorite Bajas release

i really am starting to love these folks... any other similar acts out there? i sense a ton of obvious terry riley moves ofc but there have to be some other bands that are similar

i haven't really come across anything that really hits the same nerve as these guys do, so i'd be interested in some recommendations as well! in terms of loose live synth music, there was Emeralds but they don't really sound all that similar. first couple of kraftwerk albums maybe

one of my absoluted favorite acts right now. some records that scratch a similar itch:
-kaitlyn aurelia smith - ears (features rob frye from bitchin bajas on flute/wind instruments -- really helps complete the vibe...)
-kaitlyn aurelia smith & suzanne ciani - sunergy (percolating synth landscapes...)
-ariel kalma - an evolutionary music (early ambient...lots of warm loops, etc.)
-ariel kalma & robert aiki aubrey lowe - we know each other somehow (recent collaboration: minimal electronics + field recordings + sax/other instrumentation)
-cluster & eno / eno, moebius, roedelius - early electronic & ambient sounds. a bit more dependent on melody than bitchin bajas, but meditative & space-y.
-would back-up earlier kraftwerk, but also Harmonia (michael rother of neu! + cluster) - more beat-driven and along the lines of Krausened
-m. geddes gengras - i don't know a lot of his work but space-y synth explorations seem to be the deal...

would gladly take recommendations from others...i feel like this is my sweet spot, but nobody (IMO) is doing it as good as/as often/in quite the same space as bitchin bajas.

new album out in november, 1 track up now - https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/bajas-fresh

(it's dope)

Yessssssssssssssss. I listened to this 3x consecutively already. Wonder if this is coming out independently and not on DC?

Krausened has been my go-to BBs lately, and I'm getting similar vibes from this piece.

Nope, this is coming out on DC. Super excited!

http://www.sweetfreestuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/baja.jpg

yessssssssssssssssssss!

that reminds me, i recently saw a cooper crain solo performance which was really good. it was kinda like the bajas but with some samples. even had a mic set up outside and had the ambient sound thru a delay mixed so low it was barely audible. it sounds kinda trite but it had a really incredible psychedelic effect. i look forward to seeing if that ends up on an album eventually