Anura – Audiobulb Plays He Can Jog - Vol. 2

Netlabel OGs Audiobulb have released a double-cassette compilation of remixes & covers of tunes by Erik Schoster AKA He Can Jog, including one by Anura.

Erik is an old bud from the pre-streaming-era internet music world. We went on to form the noise duo Rough Weather some years later, but we first met through early-00’s internet music – a different scene than it is today. At that point the vibe was something like chiptunes, demoscene, tracker DAWs, “folktronica”, and buzzy-laptop-sounds-meet-classical-instruments.

It was a cool sound & a cool scene, and I’m stoked to hear that echoed in this comp. My track is a cover of Suite Part 4, off his 2008 classic Middlemarch. Originally a laptop-beat kind of sitch, I transcribed the tune and played it on guitars, drum machines, onde magnétique, and glockenspiel. It’s a very cute & catchy tune, and was real fun to learn and play.

The rest of the comp is delightful as well, and boasts an impressive roster of fabulous musicians from the Audiobulb family and beyond.