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Covid Kumbia

from 1918 by Mike Dillon

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    Vibraphonist/percussionist Mike Dillon has spent the last three decades playing well over 200 shows a year with both his own band, as well as a sideman with artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco. So when the pandemic hit in early 2020 forcing Dillon off the road, he instinctively directed his perpetually restless creative energy to writing and recording. Residing in Kansas City after spending 15 years in New Orleans, Dillon and producer Chad Meise would track a trilogy of albums: 'Shoot The Moon,' 'Suitcase Man' and '1918.' Collaborating with his record label Royal Potato Family, they would release these records exclusively via Bandcamp just days after they were mixed and mastered. In 2021, those albums will now receive the full vinyl treatment, as well as complete digital release across all streaming outlets.

    The third in the trilogy of albums, ‘1918’ more heavily focuses on Dillon's instrumentals: the dank, dark Moog/tabla/vibraphone psych vibe of "Pinocchio," the electro analog trance of "Pelagic" and the jungle groove, space rock of the title track. Both the instrumentals, as well as a handful of vocal-based tunes address the Covid-19 pandemic and social issues. "The parallels between 1918 and 2020 are immense. We just have fancier toys, but the tunnel vision and mammalian tendencies are the same if not greater," explains Dillon. 

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lyrics

It’s Starting to get Weird 
up in my head
things ain't working right
waking up in the middle of the night

what’s going on 
with my right arm
my toes are tingling 
I can’t feel myself

It’s starting
I’m Fighting
I’m Slipping 
I’m Slipping 
I’m Dreaming away

It’s getting strange
Every Day
new smells
and the noises are bizarre
Whats’s it like fucking a pirate?
he asked you the other day
you just laughed
He is on the Plank

I can’t feel my arm
I can’t shake my toes
I'm paralyzed
I’m waking up in the middle of the night
paralyzed
I’m paralyzed
paralyzed

waking up in the middle of the night
walking circles in the middle of the street
sleep walking again
the dream never ends

Dreaming dreaming dreaming
Sleeping sleeping sleeping
something's changing

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from 1918, released December 4, 2020

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