Quatorze/Quinze Ans by Ô Paon (10")

The small town of Anacortes, Washington is said to have some sort of magical power which makes itself most obvious during the summer.  Somehow many creative people from all over the globe find themselves passing through, often making arrangements for a future, longer visit.  Gus Franklin, an innovative Australian musician living in Melbourne, spent the summer of 2008 as the artist in residence at the Department of Safety (a legendary music venue in Anacortes' old firehouse/police station). He stayed in touch and came back to town for large chunks of 2009 and 2010. Geneviève Castrée (Ô PAON) had the idea that she wanted to work on a record with Gus and another friend of theirs, the Canadian artist Nicholas Krgovich. Both Gus and Nick have established themselves as stellar pop music producers for their own projects (Architecture in Helsinki, No Kids) but Geneviève's style tends to be all over the place and raw. Somehow this combination and challenge sounded fun to all. Initially, a few i