Chop Suey Presents Slashed Tires // Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets

— SLASHED TIRES —
Slashed Tires is the ongoing musical endeavor of Seattle-based prodcuer Kenneth M. Piekarski. Classically trained in public school as a trumpet player in orchestra and marching band, Piekarski discontinued playing any instruments on a consistent or serious basis after graduating high school. Years' later, in 2009, the first Slashed Tires song to ever be created was Beach Ghost, comissioned by Pacific Northwest label Wizards of the Ghost. The following summer and fall of 2010 would see the release of PreMixes Vol. I and Weather (an extended Play). Two years later, in the winter of 2012, the "assure" EP would be released by Off Tempo as a limited release of recordings made in the summer and spring of 2011, displaying broad array of musical preference and style.

The music of Slashed Tires experiments with beats, textures, and feelings partially influenced by dance, funk, punk, jazz and improvisational music.

Zach Burba (iji) defines it within an independant genre of "TenseWave"

—ANGELO SPENCER —

… Angelo Spencer was born in Brittany but quickly moved and grew up in the French Alps where he was put on ski at the age of two. At the age of four his life took a twisted turn when he heard for the first time the soundtrack of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Despite living only two hours from Italy, Angelo has never crossed the border. He blames it on his own stupidity. After playing in a handful of bands (including the Best/Worst band name ever “Johnny Cash is Dead”), Angelo Spencer moved to the great Northwest of the United States of America in 2006 where he began playing as a one man band. After self-releasing a couple of albums, and a split 7″ with Tender Forever, Angelo recorded a single, “Music is My Sweat,” for K with L’Orchidee d’Hawai as his backing band. Soon thereafter Karl Blau recorded Angelo’s new record Angelo Spencer et Hauts-Sommets at Dub Narcotic with the help of Arrington De Dionyso and Clyde Petersen. It sounds like a soundtrack. Currently he lives in Olympia, Wash. with his family and chickens.