Porest (1976-77)

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1.	Porest Machines (drama with musical accompaniment) 1977 01:30	buy track
2.	Whispering (traditional) 1977 01:54	buy track
3.	We Go Tonight (drama with vocal accompaniment) 1977 01:10	buy track
4.	Everybody BROKEN (punk) 1976 01:37	buy track
5.	Yyesterday (traditional) 1977 03:16	buy track
6.	Rock & Roll Show (drama with musical accompaniment) 1976 02:39	buy track
7.	Can of Peanuts (folk) 1977 02:06	buy track
8.	Ali Cat (traditional) 1977 03:18	buy track
9.	Somewhere (traditional) 1977 03:15	buy track

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In mid-2023, an unmarked, unhoused cassette tape was discovered amongst tapes retrieved from Porest's late grandfather's collection, revealing one of the earliest known Porest albums – recorded in Northern California by a 6 and 7 year old Mark Gergis and unheard since.

Cassettes like these were recorded often at the Gergis household throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but very few survived the ages. Half of the cassette was recorded during a week-long stay at the grandparents' home, which housed a player piano in the basement. The tape was likely left behind accidentally and spared by a grandparent who shared an affinity for documentation but also had the foresight to know that it would sell for top dollar on Bandcamp in the distant future.

Porest the boy entertains with rudimentary radio dramas, sound effects, pause-button edits and inserts from radio & TV of the time, original numbers and several spirited attempts at 20th century musical favorites, manually pumped on a player piano. It's basically the same Porest you have always known, but better, and worse.

Longtime Porest collaborator Erik Gergis (age 2-3 yrs) can be heard on guitar (track 7) and in discussion on tracks 3 & 6.

Also featured is one of the earliest recorded 'punk' songs ever recorded in the United States. "Everybody BROKEN" was recorded straight-to-cassette and sung while violently straddling a rocking horse in early September of 1976 – well ahead of the competition. This track existed solely in the rumor realm for decades, until now – settling the disputes over Porest being one of the first to compose and record in the genre.

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released September 1, 2023

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Porest

Across decades, Porest has issued a trail of confounding agitprop sound art, post-globalized hate-pop, diabolical radio dramas and carefully rearranged realities.

Porest’s blatant embezzlement of human syntax and cultural misunderstanding broadcasts vital mixed messages.

Live performances integrate Porest’s music, performance and sound into a grand total sum that can’t be unseen. ... more

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