Tipsy is a combo out of San Francisco that uses samples and loops from various loungey, exotica, and easy listening tracks as the primary soundbed for some really neato music. Brought together by their shared fascination for experimental music and noise, the lounge-collage duo consists of Tim Digulla and David Gardner.

Previously, Gardner worked with sonic manipulators like PGR and Big City Orchestra; Digulla began recording noise projects on his walkman while in junior high under the name No One. He continued his experiments in the San Francisco noise scene, through which he connected with Gardner at a warehouse sound event. Interested in the possibilities early easy listening and lounge music presented for tweaking and remixing, the duo formed Tipsy and recorded 1997's Trip Tease at the Bloody Angle Compound, their label Asphodel's recording studio.

In 1998, the band applied their whack touch to a remix on Pulp's This Is Hardcore single. After a two-year period out of the spotlight, Tipsy returned in late 2000 with the Hard Petting single, which pointed to a more streamlined, less lounge-inspired sound. Trip Tease mixes modern and retro dance beats and the sensibility of '50s and '60s easy listening into a surreal musical confection; three singles, Flying Monkey Fist/Space Golf, Space Golf/Nude on the Moon and Grossenhosen Mit Mr. Excitement were released.

Trip Tease
Release Date: 2001
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'Trip Tease' was released in 2001. All instrumental and often clearly tongue-in-cheek, the samples are used tastefully in combination with some obvious additional instrumentation. Mr. Excitement, Tuatara, Liquordelic, and Something Tropical are among the most direct references to Martin Denny / Yma Sumac style exotica. Tunes like Space Golf and Nude On The Moon take their cue straight out of the "Sounds In Space" type stereo demonstration records that used to populate record bins. Grossenhosen sounds like a quirky number you might hear led by the organ of Klaus Wunderlich. El Bombo Atomico shuffles along with a Caribbean calypso guitar sound punctuated by sax honks every few measures or so. Cinnabar is one of my big favorites - very bassy with a super relaxed Hawaiian style slide guitar accent over a skittering shaker.

The Trip Tease sound continued on their second album, Uh-Oh!. Tipsy's members worked on other projects, including music for commercials, before reconvening in the studio in 2005 for their third album. The group finished recording in fall 2007, but the product of their labor, Buzzz, didn't arrive until a year later on Ipecac Records.

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