PennyNickelDime - Single

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Over the summer, I stumbled upon a funny/disturbing/addictive TikTok video that someone reposted on Twitter with the caption "What Gazelle Twin song is this" – it was a heavily filtered, heavily distorted clip of two kids singing a chant. It was borderline demonic but so over-the-top, and it somehow retained its musicality.

Gazelle Twin herself shared the video and I instantly longed for an official remix or cover. That sounds like a ridiculous thing to say, but I guess it's indicative of the mass overlap among various forms of social media.

In any case, I sampled said TikTok and started to make my own song around it, while very deliberately doing it in the style of Gazelle Twin – mainly as a fun exercise. I had also recently acquired a ton of great, new plug-ins and this was the perfect project to test them out on. I laid down & looped my own vocals (heavily processed of course), then dropped in a final sample from an obscure-but-canon ALIEN short film. Very fun.

This is a grimy electronic scuffle in the mud––a "dread banger" if you will.

So, as per my tradition of releasing new music on my birthday, I hope you enjoy. Free download.

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Penny, nickel, dime.

Penny, penny, nickel, dime.

Penny, nickel, dime.

Penny, penny, nickel, quarter.

Please clarify.

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released November 18, 2020
Written, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Jim Penola.

Features a sample taken from the following TikTok: twitter.com/dvnots/status/1274333892242280449

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23rd Boy is the musical alias of illustrator and storyboard artist Jim Penola.

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