New CDR of Demos is out, collected from recordings at my house in the fall, winter, and even some outtakes from the instrumental LP i have been working on. That LP is done being recorded, I am currently tracking it out, then a bit of mixing/reduction, then its all set. Going to play some gigs in early August that are being worked out for that label. http://www.vdsqrecords.com to check out the series. If anyone is interested in obtaining one (of the demos) shoot me an email crystallineroses@gmail.com. Also a gig being set up for the end of July in support of my friends band Stoned Ambassadors LP release, its a great sounding recording done by the master of all recordings, Mr. Will Killingsworth. Really psyched its going to hit the light of day, buy it up. I will be breaking briefly from recording CR stuff unless we squeeze in the "Two Man Cult" recording sesh with Mr. WK himself... If that happens there will be a new LP on the rise. Frozen Corn is working on recording but Mr. C Carlt is across the country for a wee bit. Also some other new projects are abound unrelated to this one... Should be an interesting summer to say the least...
Last but not least Gluebag is playing July 3rd at an undisclosed location. Yes we are going to play again to celebrate D-moneys return to the east coast...
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Show in Northampton
June 11th, Meatgum, Northampton, MA
not sure what time it starts
Color Rabbit
Chris North Dream Quartet
Crystalline Roses
+1 TBA
Going to try and have some new CDRs at this gig, various collected demos for the past fall/winter/spring...
crystallineroses@gmail.com if you need that address.
not sure what time it starts
Color Rabbit
Chris North Dream Quartet
Crystalline Roses
+1 TBA
Going to try and have some new CDRs at this gig, various collected demos for the past fall/winter/spring...
crystallineroses@gmail.com if you need that address.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
New Band. Old Band.
Hello got some up coming gigs here... And some news down below...
Frozen Corn are playing our first show, me, josh and chris playing some old time/folk tunes. Its Thursday (5/12) at Open Mouth night at the Elevens. Shows usually get going around 10. Going to be a late night for me...
One Happy King/Goat Boy/THE Crystalline Roses/The Terribles. 8ish down at the Diamond Lanes in Palmer, MA. Not sure how much it costs or anything, but Zac is back from NC and has agreed to bring the organ and some other instruments so it should be fun. And if you go you can pick up a One Happy Tape off of one of the Kings.
Gluebag are in talks for a reunion gig July 2nd with the Outdates and One Happy King hopefully. More info as it filters in from across the states where the other guys are sprawled out and across western mass as we confirm bands and a space.
I am in the thought process of a post recording CDR. It may be a split with Anthony P. (ex-The Yankee Entertainer) or it may be a collection of oddities, or it may be a comp of both. But one thing is sure expect a lot of banjos. After doing all this guitar stuff I need to get back to what I learned how to play music on. Show with MV EE/Family Underground, was alright, I was slightly terrified while playing due to the demons dancing in my head and my fingers getting crossed up apologies for that. MV EE played a pretty diverse set with John M and Ron S, groovers, trancers, laid back feedback, nice set and Family Underground were LOUD. Grab a copy of that new MV EE Country Stash LP.....
Frozen Corn are playing our first show, me, josh and chris playing some old time/folk tunes. Its Thursday (5/12) at Open Mouth night at the Elevens. Shows usually get going around 10. Going to be a late night for me...
One Happy King/Goat Boy/THE Crystalline Roses/The Terribles. 8ish down at the Diamond Lanes in Palmer, MA. Not sure how much it costs or anything, but Zac is back from NC and has agreed to bring the organ and some other instruments so it should be fun. And if you go you can pick up a One Happy Tape off of one of the Kings.
Gluebag are in talks for a reunion gig July 2nd with the Outdates and One Happy King hopefully. More info as it filters in from across the states where the other guys are sprawled out and across western mass as we confirm bands and a space.
I am in the thought process of a post recording CDR. It may be a split with Anthony P. (ex-The Yankee Entertainer) or it may be a collection of oddities, or it may be a comp of both. But one thing is sure expect a lot of banjos. After doing all this guitar stuff I need to get back to what I learned how to play music on. Show with MV EE/Family Underground, was alright, I was slightly terrified while playing due to the demons dancing in my head and my fingers getting crossed up apologies for that. MV EE played a pretty diverse set with John M and Ron S, groovers, trancers, laid back feedback, nice set and Family Underground were LOUD. Grab a copy of that new MV EE Country Stash LP.....
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
SOME SHOWS.
Going to try and get back into playing a couple shows. We'll see what happens. Was going to put this CDR out but I don't really know if I am going to just yet. Working on some new instrumentals for a record offer I couldnt pass up, hopefully some more details to come. Sometime in the next couple of months I will be finishing up the 7" that was supposed to be slated for Labor of Love (if they still want to do it) and recording the LP of that stuff. Also plan on recording a solo banjo record exploring tunings and styles of the 20s and certain field recordings of the 60s. Here are the dates for the gigs...
May 1st w. Family Underground & MV EE at Feeding Tube Records
May13th w. One Happy King, TBA, Diamond Junction Bowling Lanes Palmer, MA
May 1st w. Family Underground & MV EE at Feeding Tube Records
May13th w. One Happy King, TBA, Diamond Junction Bowling Lanes Palmer, MA
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Heroes...
Here is a video, in which the user has disabled the embed function so you'll have to follow the link sorry about that. My friends Bill and Pat, playing "Danville Girl" (Dock Boggs). True Heroes of mine, they should be yours too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPlMA4aWcE&feature=relmfu Pat just had an LP come out as well, I recommend tracking it down as soon as you can *EDIT* here is the link (http://www.etsy.com/listing/69361913/american-songs-with-fiddle-and-banjo-lp).
And while on the topic of 1920s music and heroes... Frank, Kim, and Mike also known as The Little Brothers have put out a mind-blowing CD of country blues. And none of that "Fancy picking on fancy Chinese Martins" (Pat from the back of the CD). Check it out/support, you can probably still order there first one on CDbaby(link is for the new one, but search around for that other one). Also they were interested in having a vinyl release of that album so if you can help them out, get in touch, www.donegone.net....A video of them playing one of my favorite cuts on the album, "New Bumblebee Blues"
TOTAL SUPPORT.
I am doing nothing, I can barely play after the surgery, it hurts and I gave up on the last demos I was working on. No shows coming up or anything. Just lots of listening. There is a show in the works for May actually.
And while on the topic of 1920s music and heroes... Frank, Kim, and Mike also known as The Little Brothers have put out a mind-blowing CD of country blues. And none of that "Fancy picking on fancy Chinese Martins" (Pat from the back of the CD). Check it out/support, you can probably still order there first one on CDbaby(link is for the new one, but search around for that other one). Also they were interested in having a vinyl release of that album so if you can help them out, get in touch, www.donegone.net....A video of them playing one of my favorite cuts on the album, "New Bumblebee Blues"
TOTAL SUPPORT.
I am doing nothing, I can barely play after the surgery, it hurts and I gave up on the last demos I was working on. No shows coming up or anything. Just lots of listening. There is a show in the works for May actually.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Twilight Peaks
I am playing a show on Saturday February 12th at the Flywheel.
Love is a Stranger
Gallery opening and reception with the artists from 5:00 - 8:00pm
If anyone ever finds this tape/cd I would love a copy. thanks.
Love is a Stranger
Gallery opening and reception with the artists from 5:00 - 8:00pm
OPENING RECEPTION: Multi-media Group exhibit exploring the theme of Love, from ecstasy to neurosis, elation to grief, familial, romantic, mystical. Featuring the work of Maggie Nowinski http://maggienowinski.com/ Angela Zammarelli http://little-lungs.blogspot.com/ Josh Burkett fotolog.com/jibbajub Erin Newman-Long http://erinlong.carbonmade.com/ Tony Pasquarosa (Crystalline Roses) http://crystallineroses.blogspot.com/ Janice Young, Luke Cavagnac http://www.invisiblefountain.com/ Born in 1973 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Paints a lot and plays rock & roll. Opened The Invisible Fountain (Easthampton, Mass.) as a place to display art in 2003. Went to college. Has a family. Favorite color: rainbow. Ted Lee, Allison Ginsberg http://allitron.tumblr.com/ Remy Zbel http://rzbel.tumblr.com/ Chris Dooley Sita Magnumson Event is free and open to the public. Post-reception show in the ballroom to follow at 8:00pm (admission $7.00, with $2.00 off admission if you bring something sweet to share). Show includes video screenings from award-winning filmmakers, an Instant Cinema performance from New York City-based Naval Cassady, poetry of Lea Banks (All of Me, Booksmyth Press 2008), and musical performances by Crystalline Roses, Satan's Answering Machine, Timecard, and others. Image copyright Erin Newman-Long, courtesy of the artist.
TWILIGHT PEAKS, ROBBIE BASHO
I have been listening a lot to Robbie Basho's Twilight Peaks album. It is one of his last efforts and it really radiates a soul that seems to reach out of the speakers. The playing is a little bit more melodious and less frantic than a lot of the earlier stuff, even when he is tremolo picking something about it seems to be moving on air. As much as I love Basho's earlier stuff and his unique voice, I find myself coming back to this album again and again. I think what is unique about it is the fact that sometimes even if I am not in the mood to listen to Robbie Basho I can always throw this album on.
If anyone ever finds this tape/cd I would love a copy. thanks.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Discography...
I am bored and snowed in and sick of the TV, and the Lovecraft book I keep reading, I am at my folks house... Since I have the internet here, I figured I would try to upload my discography for this project while I have the internet... I am not very good at uploading things (basically I apologize if any of these dont work), but I got a hotfile account a while back to get some dead soundboards off of a great blog that now may or may not exist in secrecy...
Observational Chymistry Tape, was the first release for this project and where the name came from, its a song on this tape. Recorded the guitar and voice with Will at the old Dead Air, and the overdubs with Gebo. I did 25 tapes and 50 CDRs I think... The Download is a Side A/Side B thing, that is how Gebo and I mixed it in its finality, and I cant remember some of the song titles...
OC
Electric Abstractions were some bedroom recordings I made of Loops and did monologues over them sometime. I used to do this a lot and this was a compilation of the ones I thought worked the best... Some of the monologues are passages from Lautréamont's Maldoror. It was a CDR I made a few copies and gave it to friends. I originally wrote the tracklisting to include the piece "begin" but crossed it off and left it off the CDR.
EA
An EP named after a quote from On the Road, but written primarily as an ode to the secrets contained in the deepest parts of the ocean and possibilities of black holes and aliens. It is also inspired from a part of Maldoror, the part hailing the Old Ocean. /50 CDRs
Ripples
This was an instrumental CDR that I made about 50 copies of or so, it came with a full color print of a painting I made. It was recorded sitting on my porch, my friend was sleeping in the other room for the majority of the 12 string recordings, I was kind of zonked and had a tape recorder going for some reason, then I recorded some banjo and some other six string guitar. I think the whole thing was more or less improvised. I also included a tape I made about 15 copies of called Chemosynthesis, this long song eventually became the songs of the morning star I believe. Chemosynthesis is the process by which the deepest plants in the ocean are able to survive.
C.R.
These were recorded in Hadley in the summer or something I also recorded a bunch of demos, it was directly to the hand-held recorder I used for the C.R. disc. Justin Pigott put this out and it features him as well as legendary Dane Peter Bonneman. Peter's stuff is so good, Justin's as well, they are two of my favorite humans. My stuff is two written songs, an improvised minor song and a Charles Manson cover.
3 Way split
One Man Cult, this existed in two different horrendous versions, that I hope no one ever hears. The final product came after I recorded another batch of songs/improvisations while being snowed in in Hadley. Then I could replace some of the old stuff, then Ted and I went back and forth, eventually getting this out... The themes on this vary greatly from song to song, and the whole thing sort of describes the Cult of my own mind. I think it could be a lot better, but I am usually unsatisfied with my stuff. I think some of the stuff seems forced or something. It is still available (/250) if you dont have the record.
OMC
BUY
There was a couple of other things but mostly just other versions of songs on these things, hope you guys dig this... Any feedback is always appreciated. Thanks...
Observational Chymistry Tape, was the first release for this project and where the name came from, its a song on this tape. Recorded the guitar and voice with Will at the old Dead Air, and the overdubs with Gebo. I did 25 tapes and 50 CDRs I think... The Download is a Side A/Side B thing, that is how Gebo and I mixed it in its finality, and I cant remember some of the song titles...
OC
Electric Abstractions were some bedroom recordings I made of Loops and did monologues over them sometime. I used to do this a lot and this was a compilation of the ones I thought worked the best... Some of the monologues are passages from Lautréamont's Maldoror. It was a CDR I made a few copies and gave it to friends. I originally wrote the tracklisting to include the piece "begin" but crossed it off and left it off the CDR.
EA
An EP named after a quote from On the Road, but written primarily as an ode to the secrets contained in the deepest parts of the ocean and possibilities of black holes and aliens. It is also inspired from a part of Maldoror, the part hailing the Old Ocean. /50 CDRs
Ripples
This was an instrumental CDR that I made about 50 copies of or so, it came with a full color print of a painting I made. It was recorded sitting on my porch, my friend was sleeping in the other room for the majority of the 12 string recordings, I was kind of zonked and had a tape recorder going for some reason, then I recorded some banjo and some other six string guitar. I think the whole thing was more or less improvised. I also included a tape I made about 15 copies of called Chemosynthesis, this long song eventually became the songs of the morning star I believe. Chemosynthesis is the process by which the deepest plants in the ocean are able to survive.
C.R.
These were recorded in Hadley in the summer or something I also recorded a bunch of demos, it was directly to the hand-held recorder I used for the C.R. disc. Justin Pigott put this out and it features him as well as legendary Dane Peter Bonneman. Peter's stuff is so good, Justin's as well, they are two of my favorite humans. My stuff is two written songs, an improvised minor song and a Charles Manson cover.
3 Way split
One Man Cult, this existed in two different horrendous versions, that I hope no one ever hears. The final product came after I recorded another batch of songs/improvisations while being snowed in in Hadley. Then I could replace some of the old stuff, then Ted and I went back and forth, eventually getting this out... The themes on this vary greatly from song to song, and the whole thing sort of describes the Cult of my own mind. I think it could be a lot better, but I am usually unsatisfied with my stuff. I think some of the stuff seems forced or something. It is still available (/250) if you dont have the record.
OMC
BUY
There was a couple of other things but mostly just other versions of songs on these things, hope you guys dig this... Any feedback is always appreciated. Thanks...
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