Label: Finders Keepers

Reissued 2012, Originally released 1980

Alaska, 1980. The robotic harmonica and his Clones have landed on glacier planes. Meet mutant commander Gary Sloan – this is the dawn of Harmonitalk! Less than 1000 copies of this privately pressed Alaskan electronic harmonica album by the tight-knit synth trio called Clone actually survived the journey out of their Anchorage base camp, leaving an explosive trail of unidentified synth pop, New Age, low-fi blues, techno, vocoded folk funk and prog rock blazing behind them. See what happens when a homespun innocent blues collective become possessed by the souls of Vangelis, Klaus Schulze and Suzanne Ciani on the frost bitten film set of John Carpenter’s The Thing. Over 30 years later Cache Cache and Finders Keepers Records resurrect Harmonitalk’s original black box and find more lost transmissions in the process. Originally released as a privately funded 1000 copy vinyl run in 1980 this rare LP by Alaskan electric harmonica player Gary Sloan and his interchangeable synth trio known as Clone is a record that pushes the concept of American outsider music to its furthest geographical limits. With few physical copies travelling beyond their tight Alaskan fan base upon release this mutant album of conflicting mediums and truly forward thinking electronic pop music combines an unlikely mix of synth pop, New Age, low-fi blues, techno, folk funk and prog rock – providing the locale’s sparse vinyl industry with a much needed and veritable document of this collective’s truly unique and open-minded psyche.

Track listing:

1. Harmonitalk  
2. Mind-Script Copy: Vacation Permit 35-17 Final Transmission  
3. Good Indian  
4. Together Again    
5. Backporch Blues  
6. A.R.R.
7. Glacier Suite  
8. Blue Ice
9. Mix He Said (Jam)