The ResidentsFeaturing: Snakefinger
Diskomo / Goosebump (12"EP)
Format12"LabelRalph RecordsGenreExperimental
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condition (record/cover): EX / EX- (minimal ring wear) The 1980 12" featuring The Residents' characteristically perverse forays into dance music territory. "Diskomo" is their systematic deconstruction of disco - mechanical rhythms and robotic vocals turning dance music's pleasures into something alien and deeply unsettling. "Goosebump" continues the experiment in making popular forms strange and uncomfortable. As always, The Residents take widely accessible popular forms and make them genuinely weird, revealing the mechanical underpinnings beneath the surface pleasures. Essential for understanding how experimental music engaged critically with mainstream genres rather than simply ignoring them.
Release notes
First release on black vinyl, 15,000 copies. Front sleeve hype: "Special 12" - 45rpm Disco record - Based on the LP Eskimo - Disco will never die!". [Back sleeve:] "All sounds heard on Goosebump were originated on toy instruments which were provided by Toys-R-Us, Inc. - Drawing of The Residents by Jad Fair of Half Japanese". © 1980, The Cryptic Corporation/Manufactured by Ralph Records [Labels:] "Thanks to Wa-Wa Finger" on A-side label. B-side credited to Mother Goose/The Residents. © ℗…
| Diskomo | |||
| A | Theme From The Walrus Hunt, Bladder Music, Crossing The Tundra, Spirit Battle, Sunrise / Reprise Theme From The Walrus Hunt | 8:00 | |
| Goosebump | |||
| B1 | Disaster | 3:48 | |
| B2 | Plants | 3:14 | |
| B3 | Farmers | 5:27 | |
| B4 | Twinkle | 1:58 | |
- Pore Know Graphics
- Art Direction
- Jad Fair
- Illustration [Drawing Of The Residents By]
- LKulka
- Lacquer Cut By
- The Residents
- Written-By
