MIKE NOGA - Open Fire LP techno Colin Newman

Colin Newman

or Helen Johnstone - stoned and deadpan - but it can also summon a gothic intensity that Nico or Kendra Smith would approve of

Like the rest of the record

Recorded at a down-at-heel studio in East Hollywood

of course—before offering 30 seconds of squawking noise and titling that song “Rock Flute

MIKE NOGA - Open Fire LP techno Colin NewmanOpen Fire was written in Noga's hometown of Hobart. Writing to a friend during the recording process Mike reflected "Sonically and thematically there's a healthy dose of impending doom about the state of the world running through the songsI constantly have the Velvet Underground in mind when I'm writing for this album. Pop but with a weird, dark twist." Lead single 'Open Fire' is the centrepiece of the album, a big Springsteen esque rocker. A little