Originally written January 5, 2022
Very few artists are credited with the creation of something entirely unique. Some may point to the Velvet Underground or Captain Beefheart as monoliths in underground music, creating masterpieces unlike anything before or since. As time progressed new and interesting ideas seemed fewer and far between. With the rapid evolution of technology and communication, ideas are spread more rapidly and farther than every before. Trends come and go within the blink of an eye, most unaware of its existence at all. In this modern digital age, it is becoming harder and harder to conceive a totally original concept like it once was. Everything feels like it’s been done already. It’s all become the same. The rising and falling tides of fads wash over us, repeating on loop every 30 years or so. This sterilization of creativity and musical exploration makes Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1 all the more fascinating and awe inspiring.