People Like Us - Copia

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: CREP113
Barcode: 5065004291620
Release Date: 30 May 2025
Genre: Collage / Experimental / Pop

*People Like Us, the project of artist Vicki Bennet returns to Discrepant with a special vinyl release of "COPIA". This album marks the first new musical material since "The Mirror" in 2018, delving into the profound realms of existential collage and sampling, celebrating these forms as expressions of timeless connectivity. 

* The title "COPIA," meaning 'abundance' and 'copy,' reflects the essence of collage and sampling - art created not in isolation, but as a connective thread through time and space, linking ideas across generations in a seamless tapestry.

* By reconfiguring preexisting sounds and images, Bennet highlights the non-dual nature of creation — where distinctions between past, present, and future possibilities blur, revealing a shared foundation beneath. The album marks a return to not just solo works but collaborations with notable artists. 

* Drawing from the new People Like Us live AV performance, "The Library of Babel," sampling and edited sound collage, electronic music, combined with Ergo Phizmiz's lyrics and melodies, "COPIA" weaves and recombines a timeless blend of diverse elements that transcends traditional musical boundaries. This creative process unfolded through the exchange of multitracks across both water and ether. Collaborating with the voices, instruments and editing timelines of Matmos, Hearty White, Gwilly Edmondez, Lotte Bowater, Buttress O’Kneel, Douglas Benford, Irene Moon, Jon Leidecker, and Matt Warwick, the work evolved exquisite corpse-style. 

“Bennett has proven herself an alchemist of popular music, able to push her source material into fresh and engaging places. Where some artists hack existing instruments and technologies to create their new sounds, Bennet has circuit-bent the songs themselves.” - Spenser Tomson, The Wire Magazine 

Vinyl TRACKLISTING and CREDITS 
A1 Glass Onion 
People Like Us, Ergo Phizmiz 
A2 Nature 
People Like Us 
A3 You Wish (Babel Mix) 
People Like Us 
A4 Music Alone 
People Like Us, Ergo Phizmiz, Gwilly Edmondez, Jon Leidecker 
B1 Happy Jam 
People Like Us, Ergo Phizmiz, Hearty White, Gwilly Edmondez
B2 LSD Cha Cha 
People Like Us, Gwilly Edmondez, Lotte Bowater 
B3 Buzzby B 
People Like Us, Ergo Phizmiz, M.C.Schmidt, Hearty White 
B4 Lester Plays Trumpet, Gwilly and Lotte Sing, Hearty Plays Organ, Douglas Plays Melodica 
People Like Us, Gwilly Edmondez, Lotte Bowater, Hearty White, Douglas Benford 
B5 Camera Obscura 
People Like Us, Ergo Phizmiz, Matmos, Lotte Bowater, Hearty White, Matt Warwick 

Discrepant 2025
Pressed in Spain