…about the weekend.

(Photo of Electrobus studio)

Here’s a odd, catchy lil’ collaboration from two local artists, Mikah Sykes (the high voice) and K Nelson (AKA 486 Kid, the low voice and producer).

The two cranked out the track maybe two years ago, but I find it’s still worth a listen. But more than just a cool song, there’s a cool story behind it:

“Shadow in the Valley” was written and recorded in one night on K’s Electrobus, a retired San Francisco city bus that K converted to veggie oil. At the time, I believe, K lived on the bus. He’d take it from place to place, and when he could find a place to plug the sucker in, he had a full recording studio onboard. But it isn’t your usual studio — the tools on the Electrobus are all kinds of crazy, circuit bent stuff and old thrown out junk that K is smart enough to refashion for recording (like old 486 computers that run DOS sequencers).

Here’s the track: Shadow in the Valley

Mikah Sykes, who spends most of his time performing stripped-down, finger-picked, eclectic indie-blues, just returned from a European tour which he said went “better than he could’ve imagined.”

K, meanwhile, continues to turn found sounds into pop songs, and has been working with old Gameboy and Nintendo synths (hacking them with ability to play them live). Check out his project, The 486 Kid. His version of The Beatles “Taxman” with Nintendo sounds is fucking awesome.