Vodyanoi: Ghost Note by Cookie Snake
If you pay attention to local music then chances are you know about Trent Moorman. Not only is he the former drummer for Head Like a Kite, he also is the skinsman for the Out For Stardom collective, which means he’s the utility drummer for Mad Rad, Fresh Espresso and Metal Chocolates. Oh, and he also writes a column for The Stranger. You should check out his interview with Yanni because it will be the best thing you read all day. The guy gets around in the best way possible.
Trent’s newest project is a collaboration with Keith Negley from the soon-to-be-defunct Sleepy Eyes of Death called Vodyanoi. Moorman’s manic drumming and Negely’s SEOD-inspired futuristic and peppy synth grooves are a perfect match.
I remember the first time Trent played the Vodyanoi cut “Ghost Note” for me. He needed a ride back to Seattle from the Gorge after Sasquatch! so he hitched one with photographer Dave Lichterman and myself. In return he played DJ and Vodyanoi demos were a few of the selections he sampled from his iPod. He also played the new Fresh Espresso record (and yes, it’s fucking sick) but sadly I don’t have that to share with you today.
There’s no telling when that Fresh Espresso record will hit the streets but there is music from Voyanoi that’s being made available for public consumption. So spend a few quality minutes with “Ghost Note,” a song that reminds me a bit of Tron-era Daft Punk.
Here’s the Moorman and Negley’s description of their first single, which is appropriately as trippy as the track itself.
The sorted portal sprouts edifice cakes of eyes. Femurs perch, parched for movement. Wires web out and run. Corpuscle outgoing wattage. Heron Machine. Electricity is the city’s dreaming.
