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Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:38:02 PM
Free MP3 Album for you to download and enjoy..
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:13:35 AM
"Tonight To Sea" is the twelfth song of the Vacant Sky Parlor album "Octopus Zoo". This is sort of the closing song of the album that washes everything away in ocean and synths. Kind of a quiet one.. drifting and sinking away.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 1:27:38 PM
This week's MP3 is "Anchor Light, the 11th track from the Vacant Sky Parlor album Octopus Zoo. This is probably the most complicated song I've ever done, and a little on the extravagant side. It has loud and quiet, it has a little minuet, it has orchestral instruments next to synthesizer freak-outs. It has distorted vocals and miles of phase, flange and delay. I will have a B-side for this one next week.
Sunday, February 8, 2009 9:42:02 AM
Here's track 10, "Octopus Zoo".. the title track of the album. This is a reworking of a song I recorded as StrawBerry Yoga back in 1993. I think I gave out maybe two copies of that album ("Garbage") on tape. It was some lo-fi noise freak-folk kind of something or other. It's a strange song, seeming to meander a bit at the beginning, until it takes off into a danceable pop bit and destroys itself in a climax of noise and confusion. The bonus song is a different mix of "Octopus Zoo" that is just even noisier and stranger.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:19:56 PM
"Circles" is a laid back song with vocoder vocals. It has a bit of a 70s era Kraftwerk/Jarre vibe to it.
It borrows some phrases from the classic "The Spinning Song" by Albert Ellmenreich. For that reason, the b-side is a Vacant Sky Parlor arraignment of that piano classic.
Sunday, January 4, 2009 5:34:23 PM
"Honey Lamb" is sort of bit of a hopping groovy song of sorts until the halfway mark it jets off into a rising barrage of descending chords and percussion.
The b-side is a lo-fi sounding alternate mix in an attempt to emulate the sound of an old cassette tape copy of a vinyl record.
Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:46:21 PM
"Eyelids Blossom Tulips" is sort of a trippy song mostly based on my love of a cup of tea, and other ideas sort of thrown in. I like the music in this one a lot.
The b-side is a song from the scrapped "hype!" ep project. It's an instrumental song that I feel is kin to Eyelids.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:38:29 PM
"Nor a Drop to Drink" is one of the longer songs on the album. It goes through several sections and, I think, it is a bit of journey from start to finish like a storm building.
The b-side is a stripped down mix revealing primarily the background instruments.
Sunday, November 9, 2008 9:21:57 PM
Monday, November 3, 2008 9:10:39 AM
Track 4 is now available. It's a noisy synthesizer freakout laid atop of frantic distorted piano and some driving drums, with a short break in the middle for a nervous interlude. Pick it up!
The b-side is just a little extra noise to get you through the day.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:33:37 PM
I am going to release the album one track per week.. each track with an accompanying bonus track.
Here's the first 3 to get you started:
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