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Charlie Megira

Da Abtomatic Miesterzinger Mambo Chic

The bastard love child of Elvis and Lux Interior, Israeli guitarist Charlie Megira brewed a heady amalgam of ’50s trash rock, surf-y tremolo, and reverb-drenched goth during his all-too-brief 44 trips around the sun. He recorded seven albums worth of material in 15 years, primarily issued on CD-R, most of which is now unreadable or in a landfill. Armed with only an Eko guitar, a black tuxedo, and his signature wrap-around shades, Charlie Megira was a mold-breaking artist who disintegrated while we were all staring at our phones.

On his 2000 debut, Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic, Megira channels the optimism of post-war America, narcoleptic surf, and the Twin Peaks soundtrack into a lo-fi masterpiece all his own. Sung in both Hebrew and English, Mambo Chic moves at a deliberate pace, unconcerned by the traffic of the modern world and wrapped in a blanket of Tascam 4-track hiss. On “Tomorrow’s Gone” Megira achieves the feat of being so far back in time that he’s somehow living in the future and waiting for the rest of us to arrive.

Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic LP out 1/28/22.

Track List

  1. Charlie Megira Golgotha Rock
  2. Charlie Megira Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
  3. Charlie Megira The Girl Who Was Frightened Of Ashtrays
  4. Charlie Megira At The Rasco
  5. Charlie Megira Hashahar Ha'ole
  6. Charlie Megira Tomorrow's Gone
  7. Charlie Megira The Death Dance Of The Busy Hot Lifeguard Instructor Babe
  8. Charlie Megira The Avenging Wolf II