''press record AND play''

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1.	press record and play 01:32	buy track
2.	attic doctor (Youth Lagoon cover) 04:24	buy track
3.	TV 1, 2 and 3 00:40	buy track
4.	chores ( Animal Collective cover) 03:59	buy track
5.	golden-age-thinking radio 02:59	buy track
6.	jane says ( Jane's Addiction cover) 06:41	buy track
7.	driving to the sea 00:42	buy track
8.	this boy ( Hiroshi Sato cover) 03:46	buy track
9.	knife (Grizzly Bear cover) 02:53	buy track

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A mixtape of covers and found recordings in glorious lo-fi.

Recorded, performed, mixed, moved from digital to tape back to digital to tape back to digital etc. by Ampersand

Album art by LA Cohen

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released March 26, 2022

Track 1 features a looped sample of ''I can never go on'' by R.O.P.E. soundcloud.com/user-157379189/9-i-can-never-go-on

Track 5 features samples of:
- 'You Suffer' by Napalm Death,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOB-vE6wqks
- 'International News' by National Wake
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze5yn6KneJg,
- 'Independence Day' by The Kalahari Surfers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf_-sboER5Y
- 'Brain Damage' by Corporal Punishment;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkC-0Y3olPc
- 'The Spear has Fallen' by Mzwakhe Mbuli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lMHlGAvOm0

Track 2: Cover of 'Attic Doctor' by Youth Lagoon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuoyjV2tJ4E

Track 4: Cover of 'Chores' by Animal Collective
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn6X1nNuwZ4

Track 6: Cover of 'Jane Says' by Jane's Addiction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PzoKyv9fvk

Track 8: Cover of 'This Boy' by Hiroshi Satoh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=phQ3KMHVXUs

Track 9: Cover of 'Knife' by Grizzly Bear
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjy2P0MSVlo&t=66s

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Ampersand Johannesburg, South Africa

Ampersand is Warren Cohen.
Started in 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa

Neither square nor round.

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