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Sex

by Vapor Vespers

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On Sex, Cataldi’s soundtrack is a slow-creep electro modal blues reminiscent of latter-day Jeff Beck, one on which Muro sleepily riffs couplets that illuminate what sex is. “Sex is a big basket of shiny red apples and a good sharp knife… Sex is a time bomb under your seat and a dog sleeping at your feet… Sex made a monkey out of Darwin and a man outta King Kong… It’s how I got here and how I wanna go.”

Underground radio institution WFMU called the Vapor Vespers “a supremely cool fusion of spoken word and progressive sound,” while NYSMusic.com praised its “blend of spacey synths, spicy guitar, ethereal drones and deep lyrics that redefine what music can be.” NYC-based Good Times Magazine called the debut disc “a wild, indescribable sonic stew that mixes outrageous lyrics and storytelling with expert musicianship that recalls everyone from Steely Dan to Was (Not Was) to Frank Zappa.” Fresh Underground Podcast labeled it “stunning slam poetry and electro music originality in the tradition of Joe Frank” while Music Dances While You Sleep called it “as captivating as it is wacky.” Anchorage Daily News said “Cataldi’s music gives Muro’s narratives more urgency, veering between funk-jazz acid trip and graphic novel accompaniment, a collaboration that is truly something to behold.” MusiciansforMusicians called it “colorful and inventive, a perfection of onomatopoeic expression” while esteemed poet and Bowery Poetry Club founder Bob Holman said “you guys are doing God’s work!” KMS Reviews might have said it best: “Push that play button and get ready to float in a sea of sound. It’s an album with a mystical glow that will keep listeners enchanted.”

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released August 18, 2021
Sal Cataldi - Music, all instruments, production
Mark Muro - Words and rants

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Vapor Vespers Anchorage, Alaska

Vapor Vespers is a transcontinental collaboration between acclaimed NYC instrumentalist Sal Cataldi (aka Spaghetti Eastern Music) and Alaskan writer Mark Muro. It’s a sonic funhouse that draws upon everything from Fripp & Eno ambience and Krautrock space explorations to 70s Miles Davis jazz-noise bromides and baroque classicalism, all to season a world of surreal spoken word ruminations. ... more

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