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TAPE: Two Exciting Albums on One Purple Cassette
Cassette + Digital Album
Full Color J card featuring extensive liner notes and essays by John Collins McCormick and Benjamin Holbrook.
Side A - Iteration
1 Introduction
2 Music Box Pts. 1 & 2
3 Still Life with Clocks
4 Two-Point Obsession
5 Manifold 1 - 3
Side B - Revision
6 Directionless (Funkhouser & Denham)
7 Surfaces
8 Three Prayers for the Lost
9 Interpretation Becomes Synonymous
10 The Meaning in the Moment
11 Adrift
12 Directionless (Neutrals)
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Nearly two hours of spirited explorations in rhythm and new music via two albums on one purple cassette (or digi).
Side A features the album ITERATION. Recorded over the course of four hours during the day at SSP in Indianapolis, Rob Funkhouser leads the listener through an expansive set of dreamlike improvisations taking oneself in and out of phase, and it feels so nice.
Tape insert features text from John Collins McCormick
Side B features the album REVISION. Over the last several years, Rob Funkhouser's original compositions within and without the structural realm have received attention and attentive ears, often leading to exciting reinterpretations of his work. Revision features live performances of some of Funkhouser's pieces by Neutrals, Dániel Matei/Cory Fica/Dan Reifsteck, So Percussion, Leah Andricopulos, Meghan Bartsch and a duet with Corey Denham.
Tape insert features text from Benjamin Holbrook
credits
released October 13, 2017
All music on ITERATION side was performed live by Rob Funkhouser in Indianapolis on 28 August 2017 and was recorded by Landon Caldwell.
Side A – Iteration
1. Introduction
- 3 string cigar box guitar made by John Birchfield in Indianapolis, IN
- Line 6 M9 Stompbox
2. Music Box Pts. 1&2
- Kikkerland music box kit watch tin resonator and pickup
- tuning fork
- Line 6 M9 Stompbox
- Electro-Harmonix HOG
3. Still Life with Clock
- Four antique clock coils with cigar box resonator and pickup
- Line 6 M9 Stompbox
- Electro-Harmonix HOG
4. Two-Point Obsession
- One antique clock chime with cigar box resonator and pickup
- Line 6 M9 Stompbox
- Electro-Harmonix HOG
5. Manifold 1 – 3
- 3 string cigar box guitar made by John Birchfield in Indianapolis, IN
- Line 6 M9 Stompbox
- Electro-Harmonix HOG
All music on REVISION side written and composed by Rob Funkhouser and performed as follows:
1. Directionless (Funkhouser/Denham)
- Recorded at the Rhythm Discovery Center, 6/17
- Corey Denham and Rob Funkhouser, Vibraphones
2. Surfaces
- Recorded at Wright State University on 8/17
- Performed by Neutrals (Evan Miller and Andrew Seivert)
- Instrumentation: Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Drums, Glass, Metal,
Wood, Two Electric Kalimbas, Chord Organ
3. Three Prayers for the Lost
- Recorded at the premier at Small World Coffee, Princeton, NJ, 7/17
- Performed by Dániel Matei, Cory Fica, and Dan Reifsteck
- Instrumentation: Six Tuned Bells, Six Graduated Woodblocks, Three
Pitch Pipes, Ankle Bells
4. Interpretation Becomes Synonymous
- Recorded at the Premier at Princeton University, 7/16
- Performed by So Percussion
- Instrumentation: Tuned Pipes, Drums, Glass Bottles, Wood
Blocks/Planks, Cymbals
5. The Meaning in the Moment
- Recorded at the Premier at Butler University, 11/16
- Performed by Leah Andricopulos, Prepared Piano
6. Adrift
- Recorded at Butler University, 12/16
- Performed by Meghan Bartsch, Prepared Piano
7. Directionless (Neutrals)
- Recorded at Wright State University, 7/16
- Performed by Neutrals (Evan Miller, glockenspiel, Andrew Seivert,
Vibraphone)
Mixed by Rob Funkhouser
Mastered by Landon Caldwell
Midwestern sound documentarians currently operating a cassette label digitally and physically out of Indianapolis, Ind. by Mark Tester and Landon Caldwell
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