Fred Armisen Announces New Sound Effects Compilation Album
Comedian, actor, and musician Fred Armisen has announced an album entirely made up of sound effects. The LP, titled 100 Sound Effects, is exactly what it seems: a large collection of sound effects ranging from a bouncing basketball to the voices of people booing in a small theater.
As a teaser, Armisen has dropped a track from the record called "Music Venues." It's a compilation of seven sound effects: “Needle on Record,” “Drum Sound Check at Medium Sized Venue,” “Guitar Tuned but Still Somehow Out of Tune,” “Band Sound Check Sound Guy and Band Agreeing for Too Long,” “Romanian Crowd at Rock Club Shouting for an Encore,” “Sparsely Attended Show Encore With Someone Shouting ‘Where’s Jim?’,” and “Music Venue Employee Kicking Everyone Out While Throwing Away Bottles.”
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The unique album is set for release on September 26 via Drag City, and is intended to “create a number of specific and evocative sounds” not typically found on more traditional sound effects records. According to a press release obtained by Pitchfork and Consequence, inspiration and additional help on 100 Sound Effects was provided by Mary Lynn Rajskub, Amber Coffman, Tim Heidecker, Riki Lindhome, and Alice Carbone Tench.
“I was thinking about haunted house sound effects albums and how fun those seemed to record. I wanted to do it at Steve Albini’s studio in Chicago, Electrical Audio, but since this wasn’t a collection of songs and I didn’t know how long it was going to take, I needed to do this where I live, in Los Angeles,” Armisen explained. “I told Steve what I was doing and asked if he knew of any engineers I could work with in L.A. He was very excited about the idea and asked Dave Grohl who might be available to help. Dave recommended Darrell Thorp, and we started working at Studio 606, and then later Sunset Sound. Darrell was really inventive and a lot of fun to work with. Because Steve was so instrumental in making this happen, I dedicate the album to his memory. I miss him every day.”
In other Fred Armisen news, the SNL alumni is going on a short tour in September called the "Comedy for Musicians but Everyone Is Welcome Tour." He also has some upcoming shows with John Mulaney (and fellow openers Mike Birbiglia and Nick Kroll) and a pair of events with his former Portlandia co-star, Carrie Brownstein. You can find tickets here.
Listen to "Music Venues" below.
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Article Image: Close-up of Fred Armisen at a 2017 LA premiere event. (Jean_Nelson via DepositPhotos)