New band of the day – No 814: Ergo Phizmiz

Is he a genius or a hoaxer with too much time on his hands? Possibly bothHometown: London.The lineup: Ergo Phizmiz (vocals, music).The background: Listening to Ergo Phizmiz, we're torn between declaring him a genius and wondering aloud, as per Greil Marcus's famous opening line of his Rolling Stone review of Bob Dylan's 1970 album Self Portrait, "What is this shit?" Listening to the bewildering array of stuff he's recorded, from DIY krautronica and collages of radio static to jaunty novelty ditt...

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