NOISE WITH BEAT

TWO PATHS CROSSED. NIKI PINKO A RUNAWAY FROM DETROIT AND SELBY HENDERSON HITCHHIKING FROM ENGLAND.THIS WAS THE SUMMER OF 1978 LOCATION BIG SUR CALIFORNIA.TWO WEEKS LATER THEY WERE MARRIED,PENNIELESS THEIR ADVENTURE TOGETHER STARTED ,SELBY HAVING HITCHHIKED AROUND EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA WITH A GUITAR; PLAYING AND SINGING FOR BREAD, SAUSAGE ,CHEESE AND WINE ,SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T KNOW. NIKI GIFTED WITH A PEN RUNNING FROM SOMETHING ONLY THE INK CAN SHOW. GRACED WITH A VOICE SO SULTRY, UNTRAINED ,SO HEART FELT AND PURE. TOGETHER ALONG WITH A FOUR TRACK TAPE RECORDER, A DRUM MACHINE NAMED 'LEROY DE BOX' A GUITAR, A MICROPHONE AND AN EARLY YAMAHA SYNTH.SO NOISE WITH BEAT WAS BORN.