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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Green Light Cameras and Saint Nefarious – “Doctor”

Inveterate collaborators and Ball-of-Wax-contributors Green Light Cameras and Saint Nefarious have joined forces (maybe for the first time? Can I be totally honest here and say I’m not 100% sure on that count?) to bring us “Doctor,” which takes a … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Hyperbaric Slumber – “Glass Lake”

The duo Hyperbaric Slumber – composed of Jake Frye of Jesus on the Moon (btw, right about now is a fantastic time to crank that Festivus tune) and Mike Krushka of, well, many things – bring us “Glass Lake,” title … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Magic Genie – “Queen of the Forest”

Caroline Keys and Nate Biehl’s Magic Genie was not assembled specifically for this duo-centric volume of Ball of Wax. However, as far as I can tell it may well be true that their only recorded output is songs for various … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: JNA – “Gonna Fly”

When we last heard from JNA, she was making Domenica swoon with the premium grade ’80s style electro-funk track, “Tell Me Why.” Turns out that was just one Ball of Wax ago, but since we’ve had a longer gap than … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Mandy and Jeremy – “Simple Matters”

Ball of Wax 69 starts off with an erudite banger from the duo of Mandy and Jeremy,  of Season of Strangers and Summer Sleeves respectively (wow, that’s a lot of S’s), who came together specifically to create a song together … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 69: December 17 at the Rabbit Box

It is time, at last, to celebrate the release of Ball of Wax Volume 69, featuring 20 dazzling duos to delight and, uh . . . defy? Discombobulate? Sorry, kind of ran out of steam on that one. Anyway: Ball … Continue reading

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Call for music from WA trans/non-binary musicians for Ball of Wax Volume 70

Greetings old friends, new friends, and strangers! First, a quick note: For those of you following along, work on Ball of Wax Volume 69 continues at the pace demanded by thoughtful collaboration and uncontrollable life events. Thanks to all who … Continue reading

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News from Ball of Wax – and submit DUOS for Volume 69!

To celebrate the 18th year of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly, and what I hope will be a new era of even deeper collaboration and community, I am excited to announce that we are seeking submissions for Ball of Wax … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Too Tired to Say Anything – “help : less”

Too Tired to Say Anything may be the only music project I know of that’s primarily a podcast. Every couple weeks its creator (I’m unclear if I’m supposed to name him or not) releases a piece of music created to … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Pigeon Radio – “Benthos”

Darkness of the deep. Unseen resonances drift/float/hover in nowhere. That echo is a sea-star buried in mud. That other hum is an eel threading through murk. Deepness of the dark. Obscure sounds linger/pulse/murmur in oblivion. That chord is bioluminous jellyfish … Continue reading

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