I can’t remember when or how I stumbled upon Twink. It was through the internet a couple of years ago, but I have no idea who to give credit to so I’m just going to go ahead and give all the credit to the one who most deserves it: Mike Langley. He wasn’t the first. He is definitely not the last. But from what I’ve heard, he is definitely the best: A musician specializing in using children’s toy instruments.
Mike and his friends create a weird, whimsical, dreamlike, fantasy-land inhabited by teddy bears, play-dough snakes, laughing clowns, decapitated Barbies, GI Joes with lit cherry bombs taped to their backs, and the Easter bunny handing out nitrous balloons. Twink’s music jumps from carnival music to new age penny-whistle to plushy rave party to a dark terrifying cartoon theme. Twink’s music spans inconceivable distances in genre which makes for an incredibly interesting listen. Aiding in the incredible diversity in style is the huge variety in children’s instruments used to create Twink’s two albums Supercute! and Twink. Instruments/toys such as the hurdy gurdy, jaymar brownie, the pling plong, giggle sticks and the see-n-say all get used. And they all get used to great benefit through the imagination, skill, and musical sophistication of Mike Langley. KHUBS Radio is providing you with a stream of the majority of Twinks self-titled début album and, per usual, a hard to find track by Anaphylaxis that features Twink.
And I know that you’re expecting Kitsch, but trust me, it’s not. Enjoy.
KHUBS radio. Amazing. HOw did i miss it?
The music is making me happy and lighthearted and dreamy feeling like Disneyland.
This is good. Kudos Hubs.
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i put five on black for you and the little bastard ball landed on red.
then i put five on red for gijyun and the turd of a little white ball landed on black.
my condolences.
i really tried to appreciate that music. but its just too grating.
isabella – glad you like it. you’ve missed out on some great progams before: hammers of misfortune, carissas wierd, etc.
james – thanks for trying anyway. at least it didn’t land double zeros, that always pisses me off.
chevy – maybe try the last half of the album its a little less chirpy and a little more ambiant.
Hmm. Every few years i get into a new musical genre.
Now, you weren’t the sole catalyst, this has been coming on for a while, but i’ve got to admit, i’ve been listening to TWINK all day long.
Argh. Techno– the last frontier. I won’t even be able to make fun of it anymore. Come to think of it, you’ve robbed me of another prejudice!!!! I’m going to have to rely on my own intrinsic qualities of ass-hoilshness soon enough.
check out this eletronic music link in my annex. it’s a great way to start finding out about the history and styles of the dreaded “techno”.