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01 Adrian Clark- WAAAH! IT’S THE SCHIZO SISTERS! 4:16      This funny little ditty uses a Zappa-influenced musical approach which I really like - namely, that a one-off improvisation can become part (or all of) a written composition. Using some lo-fi drum loops as a backing, I improvised three guitar solos and used them as the verses and middle section of the piece. Being modestly impressed by the middle one, and finding myself singing it aloud, I learned it and doubled it on acoustic guitar to make it stick out a bit more. For the choruses and ending, I sampled some little acoustic guitar fragments and layered them in various ways. For the techies...      a Roland VS-880 digital recorder, Akai S2000 sampler and a Yamaha QY700 sequencer were the main tools, along with an Ibanez RG guitar, a Roland GP-100 and a Joe Meek compressor/preamp. I wish I’d had my RNC compressor when I recorded this, rather than just the VS880’s compressor.      Oh, and the title... the Schizo Sisters is the name I gave to the two women who lived in the flat downstairs. They weren’t problem neighbours or anything, but the only really loud noise we ever heard from them was either SCREAMING ARGUMENTS or SCREAMING SEX. One of them has moved out now, so I guess the relationship is over. Poor Schizos; true love is so hard to find.                          ©2000 Adrian Clark

 

02 AJ Wilkes- Fantasy Garden Through a Child’s Eyes 3:18         YES / NO That would be a Yes, Bob. All the rest is funky-dory. Full steam ahead, Private Pile. --T. 1. Listing as I received it from Patrick: Ever wondered what a three year old hears when they have that look of wonderment on their face? This is it.                          ©2000 tonywilkes

 

03 Antal Adriaanse- In Isolation/Getrommel 4:23      words and music by Antal Adriaanse/ Edwin van Mook (BUMA/STEMRA) recorded: March 1997 on analog 4 track cassette. mixed: August 1997 musicians:      Luc - vocal      Edwin - Hammond, keys      Bart - drums      Bas - bass      Antal -guitar, samples      Hi there, this is Antal Adriaanse, writing to you from Made, The Netherlands. I play guitar, a bit of bass, even less keyboards, and sometimes I sing (please, remain calm, I’m not singing on this cd). This track is a song I recorded with my former band Spine. These days I play in a band called In ‘t Wild, doing lots of gigs in the Netherlands. Also, we have just finished recording our new cd, which we hope to release in the spring of 2000.                          ©1999 A.Adriaanse

 

04 Michael P. Dawson- Crepuscule with Biffy 1:52         Crepuscule with Biffy is a study in harmonizing a melodic line set entirely in a whole-tone scale with an accompaniment that moves in chromatic steps, thus falling outside the scale of the melody exactly 50% of the time. It was composed especially for this collection.                          ©1999 Michael P. Dawson

 

05 Bill Leach/Tomland- Think About It Over A Joint 5:22      Written by Bill Leach and Rod Fitch. Arrangement by Tomland. Recorded in Tomland Studio around November 1996. Drums recorded on on a Tascam 234 Syncaset, then brought into Deck 2.6 using a Mackie 1604 mixer and a Korg 1212 card installed in a Mac 7500 upgraded with a Max Powr 200/604e card. All other instuments were recorded through the Mackie and into the Korg card. All mixing and mastering was done with Deck 2.6. The band Tomland consists of:   Tom Rangoni : Drums and percussion   Bill Leach : Rhythm and Lead Guitars   Wayne Bishop : Lead Bass                          ©1996 Bill Leach & Rod Fitch

 

06 Bossk (R)- Conditioner (Skiffle Version) 3:43      this is the only song I’ve ever written (1994) and it was recorded especially for this CD on May Day 1999. I live in the suburbs west of Stockholm, Sweden.                          ©2000 Johan Wikberg

 

07 Charles Ulrich (The Pygmies)- The Pygmy Song 3:25      Charles Ulrich - lead and backing vocals, anglo concertina      Mike Swick-electric bass guitar, hand claps, engineering      David Harper- mandolin.      The Pygmies (fl. 1984-1989, Albuquerque, New Mexico) were usually a duo of Charles Ulrich (squeezeboxes, key boards, vocals) and Mike Swick (bass, guitars). Their fifteen minutes of fame was opening for Timbuk 3 at Bow Wow Records, but their main haunt was the late, lamented Sheepherder’s Cafe. The Pygmy Song- one of their four theme songs-was digitally recorded at the University of New Mexico, circa 1987, for their unreleased album, which also featured David Harper (Celtic harp, banjos, fiddle, mandolin, saxes, recorders, slide guitar, charango, bassoon). An earlier version of the song, recorded in Santa Monica, California, circa 1981, by the Largely Responsible Pygmy Ensemble, was played on Dr. Demento’s radio show at least once. Ars longa; pygmaeus brevis.                          ©2000 Charles Ulrich

 

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