i've revisited this song "hatari" pretty regularly since hearing it amidst tune-yards sxsw buzz a few months back. really the thing to do with this song is just listen to it and try to imagine how it's played and by whom. the chances of predicting the actual artist, merill garbus, are just about nil. rhythmically and melodically this song continues to blow me away and the fact it was recorded on free/gifted software entirely by garbus (deliberately so it would all be hers) is really admirable, even if it absolutely sounds like it was recorded on a dictaphone. it's part of the charm and, as it turns out, selling her diy cassette tapes has resulted in turning a tidy profit. the video below is a stripped down version of the track but it's still captivating.
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