Many people would say that Fester Spunk, ever in pursuit of a good piece of antiquated audio media, is a collector of vintage equipment and recordings.  Others would say he is, perhaps, a media pack rat. Restoring old wax cylinder players, digging reel-to-reel tapes out of dumpsters, purchasing Recordio home recording discs at flea markets and wire recordings on eBay so as to translate them all into digital form is the foundation of the sound collage work of Fester Spunk.

Starting with a few simple phrases from a 1940’s audio letter, the loop of a radio spot prepared (but probably never aired) for a local radio station, or the howl of a vaudeville theater audience in response to an unseen comedic pratfall, Spunk embarks upon his own unique creative process.  It is a process that often takes days and days of experimentation with little consideration of the end goal.  It is not one that will ever be repeated or mapped out, as that would destroy the central energy of his music’s impact. It is familiar yet thoroughly improvised.  It is the past, yet it is the future. It is directly from the artist’s hip, and as a result, thoroughly thrilling.

His first solo release, 2006’s ‘Fester Spunk Plays Songs From Amazing Science Fiction,’ earned him accolades from the press and a large fan base with its blending of techno rhythms, classic jazz melodies, and the American experience.  His follow up album, 2008’s ‘How To Combat Ghosts & Interference’ moves a step farther into the chronicling of the found and the formed into an album of lush texture and atmospheric spaces.