Comedian, actor, and musician Fred Armisen has announced an album of sound effects. It’s called 100 Sound Effects, and it actually features 101 sound effects. You’ll be able to hear all of them when Drag City releases the album on September 26, but, for now, check out “Music Venues,” which collects seven sound effects.
The seven sound effects on “Music Venues” are: “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.”
According to a press release, “help and inspiration” on 100 Sound Effects came from Mary Lynn Rajskub, Amber Coffman, Tim Heidecker, Riki Lindhome, and Alice Carbone Tench. Additionally, Armisen is dedicating his album to the late Steve Albini.
“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.”
Armisen is going on a short tour in September called the Comedy for Musicians but Everyone Is Welcome Tour. He also 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. See Armisen’s tour dates below.
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100 Sound Effects:
01 Music Venues
02 Music Store and Car Doors
03 Theater and Glass
04 Planes
05 Tasks
06 Camping and Leisure
07 Haunted House
08 Film
09 Museum and Travel
Fred Armisen:
08-08 Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts ^
08-09 Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena ^
09-16 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
09-17 Santa Barbara, CA – Lobero Theatre
09-18 San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater
09-19 Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
09-20 Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre
09-27 Madison, WI – Capitol Theater *
09-28 Milwaukee, WI – The Pabst Theater*
^ with John Mulaney
* with Carrie Brownstein
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