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You Changed

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You Changed is high-energy funk-jazz of the 70s Miles Davis/Ornette Coleman Prime Time/harmolodic variety against angsty poetic rants. Cataldi's galloping funky beat, snappy clavinet accents and dueling snaky lead guitars propel Muro’s caffeinated rant about an actress friend who’s now too cool for school and their friendship. “You used to be nice, you used to be normal, you used to be my friend, then you suddenly changed… You started wearing vinyl pants and blowing kisses to strangers… You called me a sad sirloin burger…You wanted to be interesting, so you rented a wolf, had your elbows pierced, bought a stuffed owl and went to the opera dressed as a mermaid!”

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 and all instruments
Mark Muro - Words and vocal rant

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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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