Dan Friel - Total Folklore

Armed with an arsenal of thriftstore pedals and noisemakers splayed across his lap, Dan Friel has spent the last decade home brewing electronic music that is equal parts ragged, punk, psychedelic and glorious.

Total Folklore is an urban album, the jagged, overblown electronics mimicing the grit and chaos of Brooklyn. The album is peppered with recordings Friel made on his phone while walking around cities, from the sound of kids playing basketball in Brooklyn to the sound of a Con Edison strike in Manhattan, to the sound of the inside of a panchinko parlor in Tokyo.

"Astonishingly glorious." (No Ripcord, 9/10)

"Total Folklore is a captivating release of memorable, “hummable” tunes dressed in the trappings of noise and difficult listening." (Tiny Mixtapes, 4/5)

"Every moment of “Ulysses” is so consistent, packed with the technicolor brilliance of the best psychedelia and the sense of danger and cracked headspace that draws so many people to the noise genre to begin with." (Beats Per Minute, 75/10)

"He uses cheap keyboards, chained pedals, field recordings, and knick-knacks to brew his blown-out, euphoric tunes, and records them on an ancient PC. The precarious setup translates into punchy instrumentals instilled with the raw energy of punk." (Pitchfork, 7.7/10)

Listen here:

https://soundcloud.com/thrilljockey/dan-friel-thumper

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