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David Fetcho has a long history in the music industry. From performing in 60’s bands like The People and The P.D.U.S.M. to work as a producer and work in radio, you’d hardly think he’d be the type of person to just release their first ever EP, but he has done just that under the name dsfečo on Watch It Sparkle and it sounds as fresh and relevant as someone new to the industry.
The six songs represent a song cycle, and are part of a loose mini opera encapsulating Fetcho’s basic world philosophy. The songs here reach into the darkest corners of psychedelic and classical music, combining, stretching, and distorting the two to the point where you wonder if this is really music at all.
His experimentation with rhythm and found sound sources like the eerie “Civilization” seem to echo the similar orchestral ventures made by Holger Hiller in the 80’s. His wailing on “Watch It Sparkle” is incredibly unsettling to say the least, and Fetcho would have been even considered an outsider had this been created in the original psychedelic era. It’s not music that you can just put on in the background and forget, but that’s precisely the point. Watch It Sparkle is a call to wake up and pay attention, and in a way the EP is strangely inspiring.
