Altered Zones

Sam Goldberg (head of Pizza Night Tapes) returns with a new Radio People album, Hazel, for Mexican Summer. Through a busy patch of releases, including a Mist full-length and a solo LP for Arbor, Sam hasn't left himself dry for the Radio People follow-up. The analog tones bubble with grime-coated neon light and are fit for the most dystopian settings. With emphasis on the shorter end of the synth-drone spectrum, Radio People remains one of Goldberg's most accessible projects. Fans of fellow Cleveland sonic pioneers Emeralds will most likely want to snap this one up right away. --Andy French, Raven Sings the Blues

Radio People: "A Vague Year"

Hazel is available from Mexican Summer August 23rd

In addition to his collaborations with Emeralds' members Mark M and John (Free Time and Mist respectively), Sam Goldberg's been running the show on Pizza Night tapes and helming his own arpeggiated bliss sequence dubbed Radio People. With the help of Digitalis he makes the jump from spools to wax and it’s an analog immersion from start to finish. Goldberg unveils an unlikely affinity for shorter tracks (much as the Emeralds themselves have done of late) but in the place of sidelong epics he weaves tracks together into a multilayered tapestry of languid hum and skittering pulse. Copies are unfortunately beginning to get scarce but definitely worth possessing. (via Raven Sings The Blues)

MP3: Radio People: "Now Where"

Buy it through Boomkat or Insound and check out a great interview with Sam here