Joseph Allred / Son of Buzzi

Split seven inch out just in time for Joseph Allred and Son of Buzzi European tour.

Joseph and Sebastian (Bischoff aka Son of Buzzi) are two leading figures of contemporary primitive guitar (and beyond).

This is a new split 7”. The idea for the split was sparked when their European tour (October 2025) got announced. Side A features long blues meditation by Joseph Allred, side B offers waltz from Son of Buzzi which reminiscents some of the deepest Fahey’s 60’s. Both tracks were meticulously mastered by Michael Potter.

Artwork for this release is by Štepán Adámek and it depicts Štepán’s vision of Sebastian and Joseph eating pho (?) on used cardboard. I feel like each time I receive a new artwork from Štepán, it hits hard. This hit harder.

Both Sebastian and Joseph are often greeting us with instagram live broadcasts and memos from their very own private temples of guitar. We can often see Sebastian jamming his guitar on the balcony overlooking the Limmat river in Zurich and Joseph playing tunes for his cat in different corners of his house. You often see that each one gave cute like to the other’s video. Now the two sweet maestros… more
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