We first wrote about Twink The Toy Piano Band back in Nov. '05 when Mr. Twink was taking toy pianos to new places by mixing in sampled old kiddie records. He really blasts off into the futuristic future with his new album "Ice Cream Truckin'," which features a different producer on each track, each giving the plinky-plonky sounds of toys an electronic makeover (except for the last song's unexpected blast of guitar rawk).
As the title suggests, ice-cream truck music is the album's inspiration - all titles refer to frozen treats, and the album's lead-off track is a version of the theme that plays from the Mr. Softee truck's loudspeakers, letting the kids of the neighborhood know that the ice cream man is here.
I'm not familiar with any of the mixers involved except for Ergo Phizmiz and Mochipet, but if you've heard those two loonies then you know we're not exactly dealing with some slick Paul Oakenfold-type affair. There's a wide, wild diversity of styles here, including the psychedelic psounds of "Sugar Cone," which feature not only trippy echoing toy piano, but a little munchkin alien voice crying out "Ice cream! Ice cream!"
Twink: "Sugar Cone" (produced by Don Limpio)
On the pop side, here's a top bit of techno-pop that Chuck E. Cheese should spin if they ever hold raves:
Twink: "Fizzy Peach" (produced by Rainbow Maze)
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Twink has some new mp3s up on his site, ace covers of "Axel F" and Devo's "Beautiful World."
dee ee ay dee - dedd
All of Twinks albums can be listened to/purchased thru his website now, or thru his Bandcamp page.
http://twink.net/
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