Project: alphabets
Collaborator: Crab Lab
File date: 2012-10-23
Archive location: _Documentation/Music/alphabets/alphabets_ Crab Lab split tape
Format: Split tape
Confidence: medium — one track confirmed in archive, full split tracklist unknown
A collaborative release pairing alphabets with an act called Crab Lab. One track confirmed: tienesquelavartelasmanos (Spanish: “you have to wash your hands”). Whether this is an alphabets track, a Crab Lab track, or a collaboration between both is unknown.
The Spanish title is unusual in Colin’s catalog — nearly all his track titles are in English. If this is an alphabets track, it may represent an instance of Colin working with Spanish-language text. If it’s a Crab Lab track included in Colin’s archive, it reflects him preserving a collaborator’s work alongside his own.
Split tapes in the DIY cassette tradition typically divide side A and side B between the two acts; whether this release had a physical cassette form is unknown.
Track Listing (confirmed)
- tienesquelavartelasmanos (translation: “you have to wash your hands”)
Archive Notes
- File date: 2012-10-23
- Format: MP3 (single track in folder)
- Attribution of track to alphabets vs. Crab Lab is unresolved
- A separate “split” folder in the alphabets archive (dated 2012-10-22) contains one other track: maku skream.mp3 — possibly the other side or an alternate draft
Tracks
- crab lab split 01 tienesquelavartelasmanos
Track pages not written yet; titles above are from filenames.
Archive: _Documentation/Music/alphabets/alphabets_ Crab Lab split tape