Crib Notes

For today’s Roll Call we call out drummer Mathis Hunter of Noot d’ Noot and the Selmanaires.

Who are you?
Bimbi, Smoofus, Mathis. Aural Exciter.

Describe yourself in three words.
Seeker, Listener, Glistener

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Lame Deer or Don Juan Matus. Wouldn’t mind learning to shapeshift and fly.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Limbaugh is pretty jive, but rather than slap him, I’d like to keep feeding him ham sandwhiches and oxycontin.

What song do you wish you had written?
Too many to count. Right this second, I’m wondering what Chuck D and Flav thought when the Shocklee brothers played them the beat for “Fight The Power.”

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Beatles during the week, Stones on the weekends.

LP, CD or MP3?
Crests and troughs or right angles… a technology that thrived for over a hundred years, or something we just came up with in the last 30… they all have their place in these modern times, I suppose.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
People learning an instrument BEFORE booking a show.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
The concept of time, and therefore being “on time” to “things.” I’m just trying to get somewhere.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
We people who are darker than blue.

“Living the Life” MP3

Noot d’ Noot plays Stomp & Stammer’s 12th Anniversary Party at The Earl w/ the Coathangers and All the Saints on Fri., Nov. 21. FREE. 9:30 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Bimbi Smoofus)

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The 4TH WARD AFRO-KLEZMER ORCHESTRA plays exactly what the name promises, a merger of Western and African rhythms and Klezmer-influenced song styles laid down by some of the best jazz hands in Atlanta.

Under the direction of composer/trumpeter Roger Ruzow, the 10-piece ensemble barrels through original arrangements of traditional and exotic sounds. With so many players, 4WAKO features members of dozens of acts, including Noot d’Noot, Cadillac Jones and Gold Sparkle Band.

The group features Colin Bragg (guitar), Chris Case (keyboard), Ben Davis (tenor sax), Jeff Crompton (alto sax / clarinet), Ben Gettys (bass), Bill Nittler (baritone sax / clarinet), Keith Leslie (drums), Blake Williams (trombone) and Roger Ruzow (trumpet).

If you didn’t get a chance to witness their debut at Eyedrum a few weeks back, the group is convening  once again, this time at The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge at 664 N. Highland Ave. this Saturday night (Sept. 13 at 9:00 p.m. Admission is $5 and Jude Stevens (A.K.A. Pete DeLorenzo of Gringo Star) opens the show.

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The illustrious and ill-named “Worming the Starhole” monthly summer pairings of Noot d’ Noot and Judi Chicago at Lenny’s are coming to an end this Saturday, Aug. 16.

Judi Chicago takes a low road into pomp and spectacle where costumes and stage antics are the stars of the show. The Atlanta duo gives plenty of nods to classic house music and pop culture while providing the perfect soundtrack and stage show for a Saturday night dance party at Lenny’s.

Noot d’ Noot follows a much more tolerable musical path of tricked-out grooves and rhythmic explorations (with a much bigger line-up).

Envision, if you will, a psychedelic middle ground that lies somewhere between Can in the 1970s and Tortoise in the ’90s and you’re somewhere in the right neighborhood.

Throughout the course of these summer residencies both Noot d’ Noot and Judi Chicago have been taking turns opening for each other. For this final Worming session the Noots go first.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10 p.m. It’s $5 to get in if you’re there before 10 o’clock and $7 after. Chief Acid Officer and DJ DVA open the show.

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Now that Noot ‘d Noot’s much anticipated proper debut full-length Goofer Dust (International Hits) has hit the streets the world is getting its first real look at just what Atlanta’s premier party band is all about. Drummer Mathis Hunter (A.K.A. Bimbi Smoofus) and keyboard player Rich Morris (Dream Sanitation) took time out of their day to talk about the atmosphere surrounding the record, and where it’s going from here.

Chad Radford: Did Noot ‘d Noot start as a joke hip-hop band or something like that?

Bimbi Smoofus: No, there was never really a joke. It started as a side project to Good Friday Experiment. We were learning to make beats on the MPC and were trying to use our own music as a sample source. We were using records too, but we were trying to sample ourselves.

CR: Were you doing this because you wanted to sell beats to people?

Dream Sanitation: We were doing it mostly to have fun and make music on Friday nights because the clubs in town weren’t playing the kind of music that we wanted to hear.

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Atlanta’s premier space-funk party band, Noot ‘d Noot features members of the Selmanaires, Good Friday Experiment, and too many other forgotten local bands to name.

The Noots create an a cosmic blend of electro and organic beats, that expand the mind and get the party started with deep, psychedelic jams.

The group’s 2006 self-produced, self-released Goofer Dust Mix Tape, has been stepped up to legitimate LP/CD release via International Hits.

According to I-Hits co-owner Shannon Mulvaney the records and CDs should be in stores and available for purchase this evening, hopefully by 6 p.m., and the packaging of the LP is said to be lavish.

Stay tuned for more.

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“Retail Girls” was recorded in the spring 2008 at The Living Room, by Ed Rawls and Justin McNeight. The song mashes up the music of polyrhythymic funk of Noot d’ Noot and the down South vocal stylings of Grip Plyaz and the pop whir of Muffy. All three parties were brought into the studio for a musical endeavor that was spearheaded by Atlanta DJ Rob Wonder A.K.A. “No Static At All.”

To listen to the song, click here.

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