DJ Sundae
Thursday, September 18
7-9 pm
Ergot Records
Free, with sundaes courtesy of Superiority Burger
DJ Sundae first came on our radar when Tommy McCutchon of Unseen Worlds insisted we check out the Sky Girl compilation Sundae had assembled with fellow French digger Julien Dechery around the time of its 2016 reissue by Efficient Space. An intimate collection of private press songcraft circa 1961-1991, Sky Girl has been close to our hearts ever since; the caliber of innocent sincerity, tender sensitivity, and melancholic aura it evinces so subtly potent as to rank it alongside the Anthology of American Folk Music as an evergreen channel of access to a(nother) vanishing era.
In his liner notes to Sky Girl, Ivan Smagghe goes through verbal contortions to avoid using the word “curator”—in this day and age an admirable omission which also conveys some of the magic of DJ Sundae’s work. Whether within the context of his monthly No Weapon Is Absolute NTS Radio show with Cosmo Vitelli or the mixes he’s made for The Trilogy Tapes and Tabi Tapes, there’s a real sense of humility at play in Sundae’s transmissions, which unfold like a treasured mixtape made by a dear friend, sequenced with love.
DJ Sundae also runs the Idle Press label, which has released music by HTRK’s Jonnine and a mix by Time Is Away, both of which are available, in addition to the Sky Girl LP, at the shop.