''Mondo Decay'' is the debut release from
Nun Gun, the multimedia collaboration between visual artist Brad Feuerhelm, and musicians Lee Tesche and Ryan Mahan of the band
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After winning the 2021 Ear/Eye Award,
''Mondo Decay'' was released as a 144-page photo book of Feuerhelm's photography with an accompanying soundtrack cassette produced by Tesche and Mahan on February 19, 2021, by Witty Kiwi.
''Mondo Decay'' "turns the tourist gaze of mid-century Italian exploitation films onto post-industrial America, while scavenging the pulpiest bits of their soundtracks, giving them the chopped and screwed treatment, and festooning them with Tesche's brash sax flourishes."
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Mark Stewart of
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, Mourning
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Michael Salu
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Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Brad Feuerhelm – Photography, Drums on A1, A3, A4, A5
* Lee Tesche – Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel, Bass, Percussion and Motors, Bowed and String Instruments, Sampler, Drum Programming, Tape Manipulation, Field Recording, Radio and Electronics, Synthesizer, Voice, Mixing and Production
* Ryan Mahan – Synthesizer, Piano, Drum Programming, Voice
* Matt Ricchini – Mastering
References
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2021 debut albums
Nun Gun albums