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People Like Us

Real Name:
Vicki Bennett
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Vicki Bennett, under the name People Like Us, has been smash-and-grabbing from the shallows of cultural waters for eleven years. Over the course of more than ten solo albums, as well as dozens of contributions to compilations and collaborations with like-minded artists, dadaist samplings and reshuffling of cultural oddities have been recurrent themes.

Likewise, the use of "found" and recontextualised recordings into entirely new soundscapes has played a major role, exposing simultaneously the ridiculous and the sinister. People Like Us expose a surreal world of bad connections and faulty communications, where presenters, interviewees, lost stars and found sounds become trapped in a misfiring loop of reference and repetition. Bellowing a gagged love song in a stifled spew, this mean mash of psychobabble is a window into a world of monotony induced trance.

Using modern tools as afforded by the advent of desktop video/audio manipulation and editing, People Like Us create new landscapes where once were merely soundscapes; the two disciplines are seamlessly melded together. There is no limit to the possibilities for new emerging narratives in the visual and aural world of People Like Us, narratives spoken in a voice unique in the world of mixed-media appropriated art.

At present is working on a commission ("in.site") for The Lux in London, for an online a piece about the benefits of keeping archives not just in the past, but available to the present. In September 2003, Vicki performed a concert at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and also took part in the symposium, Sample Culture at the Tate Modern.

Vicki also has a weekly radio show, "DO or DIY" on Wednesday evenings on WFMU in New York.
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Discography

Releases:
Another Kind Of Humor / Another Kind Of Murder (2 versions)   World Serpent 1993
Guide To Broadcasting (CD, Mini)   Staalplaat 1994
Lowest Common Dominator (CD, Album)   Staalplaat 1994
Beware The Whim Reaper (CD, Album)   Staalplaat 1996
Jumble Massive (12")   Soleilmoon Recordings 1996
Plunderphonic (LP)   Kleptones 1996
Blundersonix / Special Mix (LP)   Kleptones 1997
Hate People Like You (CD)   Staalplaat 1997
Lassie House (10", Pic)   Staalplaat 1997
People Like Us And Sniper Play The Three DJs Of The Apocalypse (LP)   Kleptones 1997
Hate People Like Us (3 versions)   Staalplaat ... 1999
People Like Us Meet The Jet Black Hair People... In Concert! (CD)   Audioview 1999
A Fistful Of Knuckles (CD, Album, Dig)   Caciocavallo 2000
Lassie House / Jumble Massive (CD)   Caciocavallo 2000
Thermos Explorer (CD)   Hot Air 2000
People Like Us And Friends (Volume 1) (CDr)   Not On Label 2001
Swing Largo / Going Out Of My Town (7", Ltd)   Klanggalerie 2001
Recyclopaedia Britannica (CD)   Mess Media 2002
Stifled Love (LP)   Mess Media 2002
When I Was Young / Downtown Once More (7")   For Us 2002
Nothing Special (CD)   Mess Media 2003
Wide Open Spaces (CD)   Tigerbeat6 2003
Abridged Too Far (21xFile, MP3, 192)   UbuWeb 2004
Story Without End (DVD)   Sonic Arts Network 2005
The Bits In Between - Mic Break Outtakes On WFMU (File, MP3)   Touch 2005
Honeysuckle Boulevard (10", Ltd)   Arts Council England 2007
On The Rooftops Of London (CDr, EP)   Not On Label 2007
Perpetuum Mobile (CD, Album)   Soleilmoon Recordings 2007
Rhapsody In Glue (13xFile, MP3, Album, 320)   UbuWeb, Plurgo 2008
Withers In The Waking (7", Single, Ltd)   Touch 2008
Remixes:
Occupied Territories (2xCD) Muzzel Of Deceit (Gurg... Staalplaat 1996
Remix Party! (2 versions) Reverse Cowgirl (Prese... Asphodel 2002
Crazy Price (CD, Enh, Album) Import Export (Remix) Solnze Records 2003
Multiple Peady (12", Tra) Tremble Peady Boniato 2004
Appears On:
Jetlag Disko (12") Liebe Mutter A-Musik 2000
Nose Points In Different Directions : Music By Ergo Phizmiz 2001 -2006 (CD, Album)   Womb Records 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Series 6, Issue 2 (2x12", Promo) Deliverance (A Raging ... Hot Tracks 1987
Sonderangebot (CD, Comp) Ursula Fährt Ski Staalplaat 1996
The Answering Machine Solution (CD, Comp) Excuse Me A Moment (It... Staalplaat 1996
The Sound Works Exchange 2 (CD) A Sampler The Sound Works Exchange 1996
Antiphony (2xCD, Album) Fire At Will Ash International 1997
Subraum (7", Comp, EP) Muzak Concrète Subraum 1997
I'm So Bored With The USA (LP) Moronically Yours Diskono 1998
RRR 500 (LP, Comp) Untitled RRRecords 1998
The Sound Of Music (CD, Mini, Ltd) Taking A Walk Staalplaat 1998
Turkey (2 versions) Christmas Show (Edit) V/Vm Test Records 1998
Breaking The Ice Volume 3 (CD, Comp) Just Listen Mole Listening Pearls 1999
Female Of The Species (2xCD, Comp) Suger & Splice Law & Auder 1999
4am Eternal (CD) Sugar & Splice Mixmag 2000
Touch 00 (CD, Comp) KZSU 14 Sept 99 Touch 2000
Ringtones (CD, Comp, Album) I Know... Touch 2001
Avantometric Attachments 2002 (CD) Stifled Love Avanto Recordings 2002
Experiments With Truth (CD, Smplr, Promo) Dolly Pardon Soleilmoon Recordings 2002
Illegal Art Exhibit (CD, Comp) Swinglargo Illegal Art 2002
KREV X - The Kingdoms Of Elgaland-Vargaland, 1992-2002 (2xCD) The National Humm Ash International 2002
Urban Kulture - Sampler 2 (12", Smplr) So Natural Genuine 2002
Why Are People So Unkind? (CD, Mini) Like Kryptonite 2002
And I'll Be The Wind (CD, Smplr, Promo) I've Got You Soleilmoon Recordings 2003
Mind The Gap Volume 47 (CD, Comp) Too Far Gonzo Circus 2003
A Call For Silence (CD, Comp) Cage Silenced Sonic Arts Network 2004
Oddpop (CD, Album) Bier Bier Bier Downtown Oddpop 2004
Volatile Media (DVD-V, Enh) We Edit Life Lovebytes 2004
Windpipe Moods (CD, Comp) Ne Me Mukow Productions 2004
Raiding The 20th Century - Words & Music Expansion (CDr, Mixed) Nobody Does, Sound Esc... Ninja Tune 2005
Taucher Nr.2: Auf Der Suche Nach Dem Zu Hause (CDr) WFMU-Premium-03/2004 Taucher 2005
Girl Monster (3xCD, Comp) Fom Fom Chicks On Speed Records 2006
Gizmo Variations (File, MP3, + A) Gizmos R Us Fällt 2006
Wonder Show Artist's Television Access 2006 Audio Compilation (CDr) Fertile Artist's Television Access 2006
Recovery (Box, Ltd, Comp + 10x7") Mull Of Kintyre Fractured Recordings 2008
Smiling Through My Teeth (CD, Comp) Air Hostess Sonic Arts Network 2008
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Review by earsfilled Jun 18, 2009
...She has a gift, and she shares it well, working with NEGATIVLAND, ERGO PHIZMIZ, WFMU+++.
The work is by Vicki Bennett from the UK, doing a weekly radio show broadcast from NY "DO or DIY" coming back summer '09 on WFMU. All her work is archived on her playlist page on the WFMU website (years of weekly shows and guest fill-in's) ALL FREE!!!!
Spike Jones is commonly used in her sets, ranging from pure noise-insanity to quiet bits whistled in a melody so pure relaxation. See Also (Some Assembly Required)
Review by behemoth Mar 15, 2003
I think this People Like Us is just one person - Vicky Henderson. Very interesting use of samples - cleanly and professionally done, but in a silly way, if that makes any sense. Everything i've heard by her has been great fun. If you like the Cuban Boys / Beatbox Saboteurs, i'm sure you'll like this.

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