Spaghetti Western Productions is a startup independent record label based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It operates out of the loft-style apartment of Teresa and Adam Amram, which contains a recording studio and performance space, and is adjacent to the stalwart of all Bushwick music venues, Goodbye Blue Mondays.
The venture is the brainchild of songwriters Teresa Amram and Aron Blue. Spaghetti Western's debut release will be a vinyl compilation of tracks recorded by local bands/musicians from Bushwick, and Music Moving Images will be there to document the compilation's creation and release.
Bushwick is quickly becoming an artistic enclave of a neighborhood, and a hotbed for musical talent and musicians/artists who have been priced out of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. In many ways, Bushwick is the "new Williamsburg," and what the neighborhood lacks in physical aesthetics it makes up for with some of the most compelling underground art and music that NYC has seen in years.
Two of Spaghetti Western's artists are Marionettes of Satan and Tribal Town Center. Interestingly, these bands involve the exact same members, but have completely different sounds and styles. Marionettes of Satan is loud, aggressive, avant-noise rock. Tribal Town Center is stark, ethereal, haunting. Husband & wife Adam & Teresa Amram are members of both bands, as is Matthew Vervil who is also a solo recording artist.
If Spaghetti Western goes as planned, it will develop into a bona fide record label, as well as become an artistic "collective" or enclave, maybe even resembling Andy Warhol's "Factory" of the 60's. (Time will tell.)
In Chapter One, we sat down with Teresa & Aron to discuss the launch of Spaghetti Western, and how it fits into the landscape of the Bushwick scene and the music industry as a whole. In a serendipitous stroke of luck, we were also able to capture recording sessions with Matthew Vervil and Marionettes of Satan which were happening the same day.
