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19:52 / 14.07.03

I've been off work all day with the runs. Pretty grim, but I thought I'd use it as an opportunity to fulfill one of my goals for this year: to record an album.

As it turns out it was a single piece of music, eighty minutes long, so I guess that still qualifies. It sounds like a cross between Morton Feldman, Michael Fakesch and John Cage. Feel free to PM me if you want a copy - I can do minidisc, and I'll explore a way of getting CD copies made.

This is a major result for me. I procrastinate something chronic, so to have something finished rules. I'm celebrating by scoffing four plain chocolate digestives and listening to the Darkness (oh, and by telling you guys).

So, how many people on Barbelith have finished recording projects? Anything you want to tell us about the experience? Anything you want to plug? Happy with your work?

20:27 / 14.07.03

I'm mostly happy with this. People who hear it seem to like it, too. Getting up in front of people and singing songs from it, though, is harrowing, sometimes. I like that part too, but it's more work. Quicker, but harder.

I need to get more copies from the label before I start offering trades for it. I'm willing to trade for your thing, set, once that's in order.

20:38 / 14.07.03

Cool. Pity my connection is slower than Swamp Thing's speech. I take it you'll be wanting a CD copy, grant? I'll see what I can do...

20:39 / 14.07.03

Oh, and trading definitely sounds good...

11:27 / 15.07.03

I'm still nominally the charismatic frontman of chirpy cheeky pop chappies Choppersquad (nothing to do with the techno outfit of the same name who came after us) although we only get together for weddings, christenings and funerals these days.

We had a nice home-burned CD out (pressing: 10 copies) featuring our superb pop anthems Mr Fantastic; Love and Happiness; Iron Wheel; Donkey; Come On, Stop Me; and Logic Bomb.

Ah, those were the days.

15:23 / 15.07.03

If I could get my horn section (one guy) to get some work done, I could brag about the beat poem I've posted at our artist's collective website. Unfortunately, I can't, said horn section also being webmaster of the aforementioned site. Try getting a webmaster away from his computer or Jack Daniels for 15 mintues. Not easy. But I carry on. I'm in the preliminary planning stages of a performance project that will someday be committed to disc. To drop a hint, I'm totally ripping off the Moon & Serpent Grand Egyptian Theater of Marvels (Alan Moore's posse) concept, 'cep it's jus' me 'n a plan.

Feel better, set. Kudos to you for turning adversity (and the shits ;-) ) into accomplishment. How can I get a copy of your work?

19:25 / 15.07.03

Anyone can get a copy by sending me a PM with their name and address. I'd really appreciate feedback (although it's the kind of music that might be a little outside of the experience of a lot of would-be reviewers). I'm definitely wanting Rothkoid's feedback - he gets a copy regardless of whether he wants one.

I can send minidisc copies at the moment, and I'm gonna look into ways I can get it on CD. I'd also love to hear anyone else' material...

21:30 / 15.07.03

Last summer, I compiled a CD of recordings, an album I guess; mainly dubby/chilled electronic beats and stuff. It was kind-of going somewhere by the more recent recordings; it's now going even further, having done some remixes and got a few more on the tracks on the go. I'm working on more material, maybe a second album, and perhaps a division of projects as the mellowier stuff and the housier stuff go their separate ways. Still, plugging away in the studio again and hopefully upgrading it soon.

I'll dig out a link to the album later.

The Return Of Rothkoid

22:48 / 15.07.03

Paleface: you still owe me!

Set: very interested. But you knew that. PM me?

11:39 / 16.07.03

Haven't actually finished it yet, but I'm in the process of creating what can only be described as a "lo-fi electronic ambient horror noise" project called 'Devil At the Wheel' with my brother.

The title is taken from this christian paperback with a recommendation from Johnny Cash on the front. It's the tale of a young criminal who gets sent to jail and see's the error of his ways and embraces Jesus etc. - neither of us have bothered to read it, but it has just the greatest list of chapter titles, beginning with "I'm a Young Hood in Big Trouble" and ending with "Everyone Needs a Master". Our plan is to make a horrible, unsettling track named after each one of these chapter titles and put them together as an album.

At the moment the main ingredients are movie samples, massively distorted background noise, monotonal keyboard dirges and unrecognisably mangled drumbeats.

16:16 / 16.07.03

Riz, your project sounds amazing. Which doesn't surprise me. I'd love a copy once it's done. Want a copy of mine in the meantime, once I can stick it on CD? (might be a little bit of a waiting list)

20:48 / 16.07.03

I've made lots of music. Making music can be fun. Like Rizla I've been making music with my brother recently. We should have a four track ep coming out for September on Sklent Industries. Never properly released an entire Album of work, but made three for my degree a couple of year ago. Made a comic in which the characters turned into sound and back again. That was fun, and I still have copies left if anyone's interested (£5 in the shops, £4 to Brittish Barbeloids). I've had three releases on other peoples lables which are, as far as I know, still available.

******PLUGULAR RANT FOLLOWS**********

I can highly reccommend buying the Hermetech CD "Word Become Flesh" (herm001), available straight from the good folk at Hermetech (www.hermetech.net) for only £5. It has tunes by EU and Multiplex for electronica heads, Lady Morphia for dark ambient lovers, Massimo Pilia (Skam Records) for bashy techno larks, Hope For The States for post rockers and 2 tracks by myself and some chums under the names Ob and Frang for twart faced idiots. Something for everyone. John peel tried to play the Ob track but in true John Peel style he played the wrong track, (the excellent John Apple). 17 artists for only £5. Now that's a bargain at twice the price.

Another true gem of a buy has got to be the Electroplegic Workshop Vol. 1 ep on Anticat Records (acat001, distributed by Ideal). Find it in descerning record shops on fine quality 12 inch vinyl. It has an amazing Metronomy track, 2 miraculous Multiplex tracks, an auspicious Noise Reversion piece, a wonderful Lone Shark number and right old krannis of a song by Ob (Fraely, Mr. K and Cheeky boy).

Ther's also a remix by Fraely and K on the "Iroquis" album by Multiplex on (Toronto based?) Piehead Records (www.pieheadrecords.com). Needless to say that this is the tits of all remixes.

Mostly happy with the work. Bit bored of much of it now. Rarely happy that any of it sounds mixed right played on anithing outside of my bedroom setup. Got emotional in a really nice way when I heared our music played on vinyl in a club. I'll shut up now.

03:05 / 17.07.03

Do any of you remember Mindset? I was in that band. We had two albums out, "Mindset" and "A Bullet for Cinderella." I actually joined after the albums were recorded.

Anyway, doing a project called "FifthColumn" now, something of an electronica-jazz-acoustic-folk-rock art project. Mostly members of Mindset. You can still see ads for our shit in Metal Edge and Kerrang! and such.

22:47 / 17.07.03

Did you get any reviews? How did you feel about them?

23:33 / 17.07.03

Personally, I joined the band after the two albums were released. Here in America no one cared, but across the Atlantic we sold about 70,000 albums. The Euro mags loved us (or, I should say loved Mindset, as this was before my time.) But, I wrote the liner notes for "A Bullet for Cinderella" under the pseudonym "madboy" and found myself being translated into Italian, Japanese, German... It was a rush.

We parted ways with Noise Records and pursued a deal here in the States. Our demo was reviewed by most all of the majors, so here I felt the criticism. They all loved our music, hated our image. If you happen to see a Mindset ad or CD somewhere, you'll see that our image was typical of nu-metal at the time. Any excuse to pass on a band, really.

I'll give you a great example. I'm about 5' 8" and weigh about 140 lbs. I've got a decent build, certainly not scrawny. One of the labels, it may have been Spitfire, told our manager that I was too skinny for rock and roll. Explain that.

23:47 / 17.07.03

does anyone remember Creme Brule? well....

09:24 / 18.07.03

Dave, major labels sound like arse holes.

10:41 / 18.07.03

It's a shit business.

14:33 / 18.07.03

One of the labels, it may have been Spitfire, told our manager that I was too skinny for rock and roll. Explain that.

%Yep, Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Richard Hell - fat bastards, the lot of them!%

What a bizarre thing to say.

A

03:39 / 21.07.03

My dodgy two and a half chord punk rock group the Fightin' Amish made a live cd which is fairly crappy, but kinda enjoyable, maybe.

00:14 / 22.07.03

Whatever happened to Naked Flame? I loved his Peace Mango song!!

16:06 / 23.07.03

The Naked Flames have a page on MP3.com, I believe. Do a search.

He's retired from Barbelith to pursue music...

00:33 / 24.07.03

i have a fun little band called 1209towanda, silly stuff really, put out 2 homemade EPs locally, the Import Single & 1209towanda and the Sugar Packet Solution, with plans to put out a 3rd EP and/or a live disc... we shine live... really... i've seen tapes, and i'm like "ah! that's why kids like to see us!" no lie, we just always thought "our friends think it's funny to put us on the bill", until we saw the tape... www.mp3.com/1209towanda that has the only song off the Import Single that was kinda worth keeping, so yeah, music, we make it...

21:39 / 27.01.04

No album, but here's our very first DEMO
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07:14 / 28.01.04

What a co-incidence. I was planning on bumping this thread anyway...

My piece is now available on CD! Anyone who wants a copy send me a PM. Feedback would be appreciated, too!

14:13 / 28.01.04

Two home made jobs which I was dead chuffed to put together, for the same reason as seth, ie I'm a slack bastard:

Les Waters - 'The Wizard's Sleeve'
Several talentless people making a racket with guitars and drums and things like that. Opening track 'Phant Biscuits' has been described by our very own grant as sounding like: "a beatnik band being tossed down the stairs and playing all the way down... or perhaps...were they just reacting to the lobotomy." Mostly recorded '96 - '98. Some computer jiggery-pokery and meddling here and there. Nice short songs (average 60 seconds). Examples here

Tokyo Squirrel - 'Flight of the Lumox'
Sample-based stuff. Or, as grant would say: "An optimistic productivity march for our robot overlords." Mostly nice and short again. Examples (not on the album) here.

I'll be glad to send copies to anyone interested. I, um, advise checking out the examples first.

19:37 / 28.01.04

As usual, your reviewer is quite interested....

10:33 / 29.01.04

To own a Les Waters record of some description would be the sum of earthly bliss.. thanks for reminding me to download more of those tunes, they're terrific!

Keith, like a scientist

01:54 / 01.02.04

a year or so ago, some friends and I put out a compilation of our music called Forcefeed.

check out the minisite here: http://www.four09.org/forcefeed

there is a link to buy a copy off of this and some reviews, plus a pretty snazzy clip preview.

personally, i uploaded what i consider my first "album" called Drama here: http://www.masaru.us

14:47 / 03.02.04

finished recording projects: i write songs and play them in front of people. it's lo-fi indie folk that gets compared to grandaddy and neil young.

http://www.thetrentaffair.com

tell us about the experience: this past saturday i played the crappiest gig yet, to only the other bands, with no soundman. this friday should be one of the biggest, a beatles tribute that i organized long before the grammy's decided to do the same. damn those grammy's! (joke)

plug: as long as i'm name-dropping, david mack drew the cover of my new disc. i apologize in advance.

http://shop.cincymusic.com

happy with my work: i can hear myself progressing and getting better, so yes.

thanks, i haven't been to barbelith in a while, but things are looking good around here. also, i have grant's new cd and it is very good. good job grant!

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21:06 / 03.02.04

Should be able to get this sent out after Tuesday.

22:56 / 20.02.04

i just finished one, titled; Tripping up the stairs (and other cathartic experiences)
more of an ep than an album
mellowish idm/downtempo, soundscapey

if interested lemme know

16:27 / 06.04.04

I got my album with the David Mack artwork scanned in on my site, so here it is:

If you're interested, you can order it from online retailer Galaxy CDs using their secure server. Thank you.

.

15:55 / 07.04.04

Apologies to anyone waiting for a copy of my piece, I AM THE UTTERANCE OF MY NAME. It's eighty minutes long, and as a result I need a CD burner with an overburn facility to get it on disc. Which I don't have, but the King has. So I'll sort it when I can.

19:18 / 07.04.04

Is "the King" the handle of a fellow Soton-based barbelite, or the actual King?

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