El Guapo
The Geography of Dissolution (2000)
Mud Memory 001
Peter Cafarella - accordion, keyboards, vocals
Rafael Cohen - guitar, oboe, English horn, vocals
Justin Moyer - bass, drums, vocals
Nate Smith - drums, glockenspiel, vocals
The Geography of Dissolution is the only document of the eight months El Guapo spent as a four-piece in 1999. Two live sets -- one recorded in DC, another recorded in New York -- chart the group's transition from art-punk to the avant-garde.
The band went on to release two albums on Dischord, get a new drummer, sign to Touch and Go, change its name to Supersystem, and break-up in December of 2006. El Guapo's pre-Dischord catalog is available here.
Set #1
Black Cat, Washington, DC
Recorded by Davis White
March 24, 1999
1. Mappie
2. South of No North
3. Dut-No-Dut
4. Zelda
5. Minimal Improv (English horn)
6. The Snowmen
7. Mumbley
8. John Hinckley knew this one
9. Go for it like Xtreme Sports
10. Bow-E
11. Collage/Charty #1
12. Cholera! Cholera!
13. Topix on Tape
Set #2
Tonic, New York
Recorded by Damon Caldwell (RIP)
July 17, 1999
14. Sector #1
15. Sector #2
16. Sector #3
17. Sector #4
18. Sector #5
19. Information Session
20. Sector #6
21. Sector #7
22. Sector #8
23. Sector #9