Pressing Business by Pizza Hotline

Michael Silviera, head CEO of Generic High-Rise Incorporated enters his office one Monday Morning to find an ominous pizza box on his desk. Unfazed, Silviera has it removed by secretary, Shelly, and goes busily about his business. In another part of the city our anti-hero, Pizza Hotline, cruises soaking wet neon bleached streets carrying out ‘special’ delivery jobs in his beat-up 2041 Sedan. When Pizza Hotline is hired by an anonymous client to ‘take care’ of Silviera things get a little out of control…

"Pressing Business was the first thing I ever made as Pizza Hotline back in 2018—and today, it’s finally out on vinyl!

"It’s a laid-back, four-to-the-floor workout stuffed with hardware synths and tape hiss. I made it in my parents' cellar before I moved out, using a rag tag mix of hardwear and software I had at the time. The idea? Record to cassette, smash it with distortion, slow the tape speed right down, then re-record it back into my PC. That’s what gives it that juicy, sludgy, wavey, lo-fi sound.

"For the gear heads: from memory, I used a Juno-106, Roland JX-3P, Casio CTK810, Tascam Porta One, Tesla B100 reel-to-reel, Yamaha R1000 reverb, and a Joe Meek Twin Q2. I spent weeks getting it to sound just right—my dream at the time was to land somewhere between Mr. Fingers and vaporwave.

"Being a huge Eminem fan, I also wanted to inject a bit of narrative flair. So the album features skits between tracks that tell a story: Pizza Hotline is a pizza-delivering vigilante hired by the mob to take down Michael Silviera—a hot-shot CEO who’s made a few enemies with his shady business moves. But Pizza Hotline isn’t your average hitman... and things get a little hot and spicy.

"All the skits are original and written and performed by me and Mrs. Hotline.

"Massive shoutout to My Pet Flamingo for always supporting my music and absolutely nailing this vinyl release. 💿🍕"
- Pizza Hotline

Sister label of TimeSlave Recordings. Majoring in Vaporwave, Future Funk & Barber Beats

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