Episode 221 - Tricentennial 2076 by Vyto B w/ Kapil Seshasayee

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we are delighted to welcome back our good pal Kapil Seshasayee as he talks about his upcoming album, his latest single and how this particular album by Lithuanian-American musician Vyto B was a huge influence on his early work.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tricentennial 2076 is a contender for being the most obscure thing we’ve yet covered on this podcast. Borning in obscurity in 1976, its existence and the mystery of its creator seemed to grow in the decades since its inception. Due to a couple of exceptional pieces by The Chicago Reader in 2019, much of the mystery of who Vyto B is was made clear to the general public. Which is particularly great for a podcast like ours, and someone as elusive as Vyto B is just catnip for us.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He claimed to have written hundreds of songs over the course of his career but most of it remains inaccessible. The music of his that is known though is fascinating. This album is a mixture between 70s acoustic folk and mental free-jazz piano pieces, all wrapped in a barely comprehensible sci-fi story set in post-apocalyptic America. Future records are all over the shop, and nothing at all like this. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we dive into the man, the myth and the pseudo-legend, and also chat to Kapil about his latest single, which you can listen to here: https://youtu.be/hZqF9DFkW_A</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next week - something very different from this indeed.</span></p>