Tim Doyle’s Micro-Brew (VULP-0040) is an album from an incredibly prolific artist of experimental fractal music out now on Vulpiano Records. He has been active on Last.fm in particular, not only releasing his own music, but in creating a diverse array of radio stations (see also The Radio Room) of everything from New Edge (“New Age that’s not elevator music”) to Chappaqua (“spoken word, avant-garde, post-romantic, noise, drone”).

Download here: http://archive.org/details/TimDoyle-Micro-brew2012

Background on the tracks from Tim Doyle:
The original sequences are utterly determined by the presets in the MusiNum program, and the result was then converted from MIDI to MP3 with a blend of soundfonts and the MP3, originally twelve-tone, was in turn subject to fairly simple editing procedures to create the first piece, “Get a Grip”. As those procedures included continuous deformation of pitch, and the layering of differently countoured results, it was at that point that they became microtonal.

The pieces form a unified whole despite their different emotional affects, but only the unconscious can fully appreciate that unity. The best way to appreciate them is simply to let them be, like a natural phenomenon observed.

“Get a Grip” is simply a reference to the initial disorientation that the microtonal environment evokes, together with the rhythmic deformations that make it difficult to pin any single tone down and anchor it in pitch-and-time space.

“Shellshock” refers in my mind not so much to the WWI experience as to the aftermath of a B-52 bombing raid, which I read sometime leaves any physically unharmed survivors wandering around in a state of disorientation produced by the pure sonic assault, now ended.

“Agoraphobe” is simply a trip from the safety of home to the scary outside world which seems to overwhelm the agoraphobe and come at him without warning from every direction… at last the process is reversed and we again melt into the quiet and safety of home base.

“Fogblind” created an image in my mind of being at the water’s edge in a port town early in the morning when not only is the entire scene blocked by the fog, but the sounds of the busy city itself reach one only in a muted and attenuated form. It is not at all an unpleasant sensation. Anyone who has lived in a harbor town can appreciate it. (Mine are Buffalo, Milwaukee, and San Francisco.)

About Tim Doyle:
Tim Doyle was born Feb. 12, 1949 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the oldest of nine children, and spent his childhood in a rural setting on a heavily wooded lake.

He has been making music in one form or another since childhood, when he soloed in a performance of his piano concerto âRhapsody #1â at age 9 in a school production, and had a band piece called âRough Draftâ performed a few years later. 

He turned to jazz and blues piano in his teens, but although he studied music theory and composition, he majored in mathematics, his first love, receiving his B.A. in 1968. He was always intrigued by the connections between music and math, and made some early experiments at computer composition in the late sixties. 

His love for jazz deepened when he discovered the Blue Note catalog at age 20, starting with Jimmy Smith, Art Blakeyâs Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Bill Evans. He still plays keyboard in various styles, but has not recorded his improvised music.

In 1999, he ran across a relatively simple fractal music generative program called Musinum, created by Dr. Lars Kindermann in Germany, who left it available as freeware and then moved on to other projects. Most of the sample music created by Musinum users was brief and (with a few notable exceptions) primitive, but the power inherent in the algorithms employed intrigued Doyle.

Posted by marilyn roxie 20 September 6 Permalink

Launch party in Belgium for the narrow musketeer’s self-titled album out now on Vulpiano Records!

January 25th 8:00pm

Au Zwanzeur: 11 Avenue Jean Volders, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels (Belgium)

Download here: http://thenarrowmusketeer.bandcamp.com/

Also available to purchase on CD: http://thenarrowmusketeer.bigcartel.com/

the narrow musketeer: Official site | Facebook | Last.fm

Posted by marilyn roxie 19 January 1 Permalink

the narrow musketeer’s self-titled release (VULP-0037) is out now! The new incarnation of Le Fils des Trois Mousquetaires (Belgium) includes some Le Fils tracks reworked and mastered, while preserving a lo-fi atmosphere and even making use of background noise to create a faux violin effect (“ripper wave”), as well as new material. As ever, the artist is shrouded in obscurity, greeting the potential listener with a surreal net art-savvy cover. the narrow musketeer is melancholy, melodic, and mysterious, beginning with a a stand-out opener, “ripper wave”, and carried forth with sweet sadness in songs like “easy girl”, “entomology”, and “rockets”. Grunge-esque “porcelain flu” turns the mood around in a surprisingly fun direction, before the mood slowly shifts back to the tender acoustics the narrow musketeer is so adept at, with “the island”. Overall, the narrow musketeer has succeeded in honing a sound and mood of their own, unafraid to add in a few surprises (“porcelain flu” and several curious interlude tracks) in between.

Download here: http://thenarrowmusketeer.bandcamp.com/

Also available to purchase on CD: http://thenarrowmusketeer.bigcartel.com/

the narrow musketeer: Official site | Facebook | Last.fm

Launch Party: January 25th 8:00pm, at Au Zwanzeur: 11 Avenue Jean Volders, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels (Belgium). Click here for flyer.

—-Tracklisting—-

1. ripper wave

2. don’t wake

3. easy girl

4. another zero

5. another one

6. entomology

7. gatekeeper

8. the song that i never wrote

9. porcelain flu

10. rockets

11. the island

12. bicycle

—-Album Concept—-

Somewhere in the 16th century, some people are inclined to believe that William Shakespeare didn’t exist.
In 1929, in Paris, heroicomic novel is being issued.
Meanwhile, in 1942…
The 8th of September 1957, a young man breaks his brother’s guitar.
Later, some discover that William Shakespeare did indeed never exist, but that all his works have been written by an unknown writer, also named William Shakespeare.
January 2012, release of the album « The Narrow Musketeer »
Around 2049, a wormhole, created by mistake after an unlucky collision of particles, leads to a revival of the 90’s pop…

Posted by marilyn roxie 17 January 2 Permalink

The latest Vulpiano Records compilation Sampler EP: Vol. 3(VULP-0036; also check out Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) is out now! Showing off the netlabel’s specialties, electronic, folk, and indie-pop, as well as containing a couple of experimental and post-punk surprises, this offering is yet another fabulous way to get acquainted with Vulpiano Records. This is the first of the compilation series to feature the new Vulpiano fox logo, designed by Solange Gularte of Natural Snow Buildings.

Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?kb9orcjt4dcgkq0

—-Tracklisting—-

1. J.G. Hackett - “Dereliction”

2. Le Fils des Trois Mousquetaires - “time and space”

3. Richey Hackett - “Flawed Above Bored”

4. Fire Island Pines - “Heaven Till You Say”

5. Unsub - “Challenge Accepted”

6. King Elizabeth - “Homecoming”

7. Red Bellows - “Three.six.five”

8. Lately Kind of Yeah - “Attractive Room”

9. Lately Kind of Yeah - “O2”

10. The Long Afternoon - “Bother”

Note: For those wondering what happened to a track inclusion Ava Zandieh’s release ‘Dreamscapes’, a future release replacement from Zandieh will appear in catalog # VULP-0028 per her request.

Posted by marilyn roxie 7 August 11 Permalink

The Long Afternoon originally formed as an indie rock group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1985. Dissolving in the late ’80s, guitarist and vocalist Eston Martz carried on studying music and, inspired by the reunions of Wire and Mission of Burma, Martz returned to the studio and reformed The Long Afternoon with drummer Greg Elliott and former Seen bassist Jeff Edmunds. The band released The Luxury Problem (2006) and Signifying Nothing (2009), with third album An Index of Maladjustments (2011) coming August 16, 2011.

Swinging Singles (VULP-0035) is an EP compilation of tracks from previous Long Afternoon releases The Luxury Problem (“That’s Not What You Said”, “On the Plane”) and Signifying Nothing (“Never Tell”, “Intent”, “How Did I Get So Far From Where I Should Have Been”, “Bother”). Swinging Singles shows off the variety in mood and style the Long Afternoon are capable of, from angular, spirited and fiery (“On a Plane”) to cinematic and mood-lifting (“Bother”). An excellent introduction to the band.

Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nf8a6b2vr4jf7ci

The Long Afternoon: Official site | Facebook | Last.fm

—-Tracklisting—-

1. That’s Not What You Said

2. Intent

3. Never Tell

4. How Did I Get So From Where I Should Have Been

5. On the Plane

6. Bother

Posted by marilyn roxie 3 August 5 Permalink

Veldt (VULP-0034) is a newly released EP from Lately Kind of Yeah on Vulpiano Records. A treat for enthusiasts of chiptune and vintage video game soundtracks, Veldt cycles through stages of an imaginary video game, from the optimistic title screen (“O2”) to boss fights (“DRACULA” and “P.Mantium”) and the dramatic conclusion (“恐怖”). As a bonus, licensed via Creative Commons, the songs in this work are available for use in on-line games!

Download here: http://finedelicatessen.com/secret/Veldt.zip

Lately Kind of Yeah: Last.fm | Soundcloud | Tumblr | Cargo Collective

—-Tracklisting—-

1. O2

2. S.Mantis

3. DRACULA

4. F.Gate

5. uc

6. x

7. P.Mantium

8. 恐怖

From LKY’s bio:

Lately Kind of Yeah is the solo output of Nathan Rich (Delicatessens, Why Tired, Biollante), composed of lo-fi home recordings influenced by shoegaze, post-rock, psychedelic and ambient music.

Posted by marilyn roxie 28 June 9 Permalink

“Three.six.five” (VULP-0033) is the new single release from Red Bellows, out now on Vulpiano Records. Two tracks off their free LP release EPONE, “Three.six.five” showcases Red Bellows’ somber, bluesy side while the strong melodies sweeping epic quality of “Phonetic” brings this single to a fantastic close.

Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?845phyozm5atz4z

Red Bellows: Bandcamp | Facebook | MySpace | Twitter | Tumblr

Cover art includes photo by Freddy the Boy, Dia 116: Solo numeros…

Posted by marilyn roxie 19 June 7 Permalink