Salon du Monde, Fremont "the show" is available (streaming freely) at miter.subtack.com.

Have you ever tried doing something for which you were totally ill-equipped but you did it anyways? Maybe some call this “living life”.

Have you ever risked something for nothing? Some people call this “living life”.

Have you ever been the best and nothing could possibly stop you? I guess some people call this “living life”.

I get a kick out of this “TV show”. I did my best to implement a vision, but the real point is to have fun and show-off the work of others in an interesting way. The idea was created/developed/encouraged by the LABELABEL collective and features artists that were all connected in one way or the other via Substack.

This soundtrack features songs from artists featured in the first three episodes of Salon du Monde, Fremont, "the show".

All songs are written, performed and produced by the following contributing artists:

Eric Pan a room at the end of space (Postcard 01. from a lost time) for Josephine the pharaoh awakens (Postcard 35. from a library garden) for Sophie ericpan.substack.com

Miter New Wave Revelry Occasional Hawk Photographer miter.substack.com

The Grassy Knoll The Confounded Bridge Created by Nolan Green Spoken Word: Becca Ayers be relentless: a creative life ofsoundandfury.substack.com

Fog Chaser Resolve fogchaser.substack.com

Peter Blasevick A Plethora of Cats polyestercity.com

Red Pants Draw a Line redred.bandcamp.com

Riffindots Qrayrinz brittap.substack.com riffindots.com

Olivia Rafferty Hardly (Live at Sands) How to Make a Cowboy Movie oliviarafferty.substack.com

Gadzooks Marchmain Coconut Ylang Ylang mynameiszookie.substack.com

Minor Fossil Relief minorfossil.substack.com

Ángel L. Martínez Non-fungible Tchotchkes almartinez.substack.com

Cassette art and design by d.w. kidclampdown.com onecouldargue.substack.com

LABELABEL Statement of Intent The goals here are simple: We’ll remake the industry by decentralizing power and building non-hierarchical structures where everyone thrives. We will create an audience of ourselves and our fans, because we are numerous. Our millions of Marshall stacks and speaker systems are so loud, that they cannot be ignored.

Salon Du Monde, Fremont Review by Steve Goldberg Earworms and Song Loops earworms.substack.com

If I left right now, it would take me 33 minutes by car to get to Salon du Monde in Fremont, California. With 106 reviews, Yelp gives the salon an aggregate of 3.5 out of 5 stars. In terms of grades, that would be either a C+ or B-. That's also about what to expect from this collection of original music, none of which can be heard while getting your nails done or a bikini wax. Yet. As soon as you cough up some dough to expedite the next cassette tape pressing of this above-average music compilation, I will personally drive it over to the salon, along with a boombox, and get my junk waxed and acrylics for my nails.

Did Ryan (aka Miter) ask me to do this? Not in so many words, but it was implied. If all goes according to plan, I will give both Salon du Monde: Fremont, the album, and the location glowing 5-star reviews.

And the holidays are coming up soon, so I suggest you buy at least ten copies.

Salon du Monde, Fremont: The Early Years By Jules The Dialectic juliadpickering.substack.com

Of course I had my ear to the ground when "Salon du Monde" first aired. I was at the first screening and it just blew me away. It was that first Substack gig that everyone says they went to, but only a select few saw the genius of this thing from day one, and we know who was really in the room.

After the screening I turned to Miter, producer and talent wrangler, and said: "This reminds me of those late-night TV shows from the '90s that were on when you got back from the pub on a Friday night, hammered, but with just enough motor skills remaining to turn on the TV. You know - "Crapstone Villas", "Max Headroom", "Adam & Joe", "Pond Life", "Stella Street", "Duckman"..."

Miter's eyes narrowed. He looked at me intently and said: "I haven't heard of any of those shows."

Britain and America. Two countries separated by the same language.

Red Pants Review by Kevin Alexander thekevinalexander.substack.com

Red Pants' sound is both fuzzy and clear. Noisy and subdued. It’s lo-fi. It’s shoegaze-ish. Think early Sonic Youth, early Yo La Tengo, or anytime Galaxie 500. There are plenty of 90s influences, but the sound is very much 2024, with everything economical and in just the right amounts.

The edges are rough but not too harsh. The lyrics are wistful. The riffs are alternately jangly and jagged but never abrasive.

The resulting mix is a catchy, pop-centric sound that reveals more of itself with each play.