Phenomenal Handclap Band is the one that was never meant to be: an initially loose collective of musicians who wanted to stray away from the show circuit and focus on production. However, demand for PHB exploded following the release of hit single “15 To 20,” resulting in this diverse group of musicians stepping back into the spotlight for two albums, including the new Form & Control. We invited Sean Marquand, one of PHB’s founding members, to guest edit magnetmagazine.com this week. Read our recent feature on the band here.
Marquand: Harry Smith is the compiler of the “folk and blues bible,” a remarkable experimental filmmaker, a collector of Ukranian Easter eggs (30,000) and the owner of largest found paper-airplane collection (eventually donated to the Smithsonian). Smith’s films took years to make and required incredible organization, as he would create them frame by frame and wait until they were finished to develop the work. I have a soft spot for his later films, which are just saturated footage of friends and acquaintances shot around New York.
Video after the jump.
