everything on the record was previously posted within inri043-inri048 & inri050, with 'stress' initially appearing on inri038 (as an alternate version of that recording), in addition to inri048 (which is why it was recorded, in this form). so, in hindsight, thanks to jon for convincing me to make that recording, even if it wasn't how he intended it to be. but, these versions are the most final, complete versions from each of those recordings, sequenced together into a traditional rock-era "lp" that comes in around 80 minutes, the length of a cd - or two vinyls.
i mention that because the thing splits at about 40 minutes, roughly. the first forty minutes are mostly abstract jazz, and songs that cam be cleanly separated into each other; the last forty minutes is dominated by scored sequencer parts, and runs into itself as a giant piece of twisted electronic music.
there are some aleph discs to follow, and then we shift into 2002, which was dominated by rabit is wolf, and eventually culminates in the sequel to this record, at the end of the year.
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this is a full record of material documenting tracks written in 2001 that were in a more "serious" style and completed from 2001-2014.
the intent with the core of the material (1,3,6,7,8) was for it to be performed by live musicians one day. in early 2014, i came to the conclusion that this was not going to ever happen and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the technology had improved enough for a realistic presentation of the material using sequencers. these versions of (1,3,6) also include live guitars.
tracks 2 and 5 were salvaged from an aborted project meant to reinterpret classical guitar music as modern noise. the project was permanently aborted due to the loss of the sheet music that was necessary to finish it.
track 4 is an electric folk tune with heavy counterpoint that i was playing live as a party trick at the time.
the ordering is roughly chronological, based on the date the track took the form it exists in. tracks 1, 3 and 8 were written in 2001 and reinterpreted and completed in 2014. tracks 2 and 5 were interpreted and completed in 2001. track 4 was written in 2000 and reinterpreted and recorded in 2001. track 6 was written in 2001 and completed in 2006. track 7 was written in 1998, reinterpreted in 2001 and... more
released december 1, 2001
j - electric piano, programming, classical & acoustic & electric guitars, ebow, digital & analog effects & treatments, organ, synthesizers, sound design, sampling, vocals, digital wave editing, loops, production, composition.
the various rendered electronic orchestras include acoustic bass, electric bass, synth bass, distorted electric guitar, clean electric guitar, steel string acoustic guitar, nylon guitar, trumpet, trombone, brass ensemble, orchestra hit, violin, cello, viola, contrabass, piano, synthesizers, mellotron, organ, bamboo flute, clarinet, flute, voice, music box, bells, clavinet, kalimba, drum kit, hand drums, drum machines and electronic drums.