Zéro Vague, by MARKING & PLATING

Zéro Vague

by MARKING & PLATING

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1.	SpaceX Blow Up 02:21	buy track
2.	Joe Rogan 03:14	buy track
3.	South Of Hugo 02:09	buy track
4.	Drag Queen, TX 03:58	buy track
5.	Castroville 02:39	buy track
6.	Press 3 For French 03:27	buy track
7.	Loner Star 02:06	buy track
8.	Chez Joe Rogan 01:48	buy track
9.	Spanish Dog 02:26	buy track
10.	False Flag, TX 02:56	buy track
11.	Starbucks Gun 01:41	buy track

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MARKING & PLATING is
Michael Perret, vocals, lyrics
Gerard Guillaume, noises, capture

PRODUCED BY DAILY WORKER
RECORDED @ THE KIBOSH, AUSTIN, TX 2023
MASTERED BY TITCH THOMAS @ SUNNY PRESTATYN
MASTERED FOR STRANGE MONO BY CHRIS LAWSON-ALLEN
All songs by Harold Whit Williams BMI

cover art: Michael & Gerard
band photo: Paul Olson

Strange Mono is proud to bring you the debut album from MARKING & PLATING, a Lo-Fi French No Wave project created by two library workers trapped in Texas. The band consists of Austin scene veteran Harold Whit Williams (Cotton Mather, Daily Worker) and poet/translator Michael Perret. On this debut MARKING & PLATING showcase a variety of styles taking inspiration from bands like Sparks, DNA, House music, and classic French pop songs.

Created within the drab confines of cubicle land (and named after an old-fashioned end-processing cataloging unit), MARKING & PLATING started as a workplace joke. The recording project took shape quickly under the lo-fi production of Daily Worker at his Austin, TX home studio The Kibosh. Taping their tirades and tilting at tech bro windmills, MARKING & PLATING presents Zéro Vague, snarky punk/no wave ethos informing some seriously catchy electro-pop.

“What started as offbeat offhanded convo at the office about us becoming a Texas/French No Wave band quickly became a pretty fucking cool-sounding thing. There are certainly elements of pop/rock here (and hooks!), but the true spirit is indeed experimental. All tracking music was performed or filtered thru an old Boss drum machine straight onto 4-track cassette tape. French spoken word vocals were cut and pasted. No animals were harmed during production (unless you include us and our damaged eardrums).”
– Harold Whit Williams

All proceeds from the sale of this album through Strange Mono are being donated to The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). A non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with the American Library Association. FTRF protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect - and individuals to access - information.

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released January 9, 2024

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MARKING & PLATING is a Lo-Fi French No Wave music project created by two library workers trapped in Texas (one a poet & musician, the other a poet & translator).

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