Projection 001
Well, we finally actually made this thing. After a couple of months of procrastination and just like, talking about it and stuff, we actually put together a list of songs and magically uploaded them to the world wide web for your consumption.
This is simply a collection of 19 songs from local artists that have impressed us over the past nine and a half months. Some of the songs are relatively new, some are relatively old, but they're all very solid.
There is a bit for everyone on here. Psychedelic rock, free jazz, folk, punk, synth pop, country, and a lot of other stuff in between and all over the place. What surprised us the most when we first listened to it was how enjoyable it was all the way through. I wondered aloud on several occasions how an all local collection of music could sound this strong and diverse. But it does. Listening to it straight through provides pretty decent evidence that there are some good bands around here, and we hope that everyone who downloads it will spend just an hour listening to all the songs in order, because that is really part of what is so much fun about it. People that are new to some of these bands will be pleasantly surprised with what they find here, and I think a lot of you out there who have heard most of these songs before will at least enjoy listening to all of these very diverse artists in one little package. Its just over an hour long and there is no talking or bullshit, only music.
Of course, the 74 minute length means that it will all fit on one CD for your burning pleasure, but we'll also be distributing CD versions of Projection for free at Good Records in the coming weeks. We're not sure where they'll be or exactly when they'll be there, but we'll let you know when we figure it out. I would expect to see them within a week or two.
We'd also like to thank Lindsay Graham for assisting us with all the technical stuff and helping us make Projection sound as good as it does. Some of the recordings are better than others, but Lindsay did a great job with what he had. The mix will also be available for download over at Lindsay's DConstruction, so you can stop by over there and say hello. Maybe they'll actually update the site some time soon. Here is the downloadable link for Projection:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/dconstruction/Projection.mp3
And here is the tracklist (thanks to the anon who figured out all the times for each track):
White Drugs- RU 365
Tree Wave- Sleep (02:48)
Current Leaves- Easy to Leave (05:43)
Washing Machine- Heart Like a Megaphone (09:38)
Eat Avery's Bones- Sweater Petter (12:50)
Prayer For Animals- Love in the Third Degree (14:15)
Theater Fire- These Tears Could Rust a Train (19:45)
Shiny Around the Edges- Waiting for the Night (23:35)
Chris Garver- Wasp in the house (26:26)
Undoing of David Wright- We Dig With Fingers Crossed (29:25)
The Angelus- Crimson Shadow (32:06)
Violent Squid- Nawlans Brown (35:53)
The Night Game Cult- The Sparking Sea (41:25)
Mom- We Know (46:50)
Krispee Ones (Prince William)- Erotic Citay (53:52)
Dj nature remix of Turbulence- Notorious (57:14)
Red Monroe- Finger Tips (1:02:04)
Teenage Symphony- A Promise (1:05:57)
iDi* Amin- Ziggurat (1:07:55)
Give it a listen. We think you'll like what you hear.
Labels: musicdl
posted by stonedranger at 4:03 AM
107 Comments:
thank you! this is awesome
None of your IT list bands are on there?
This is REALLY COOL. Thanks SR
I'll get it out of the way, but there are some glaring absences in regards to this list. Hopefully you'll do this every couple of months?
you can put depeche mode covers on your compilation?
me personally, i dont like bands that cover depech mode. especially accapella.
I'm just saying, since dconstruction has obviously spent months on this, because you clearly haven't been devoting any attention to your blog or record label, I figured it would be more well rounded.
Cool haven't been on here in a while.
non internet access at my house until now. Notes are playing for free tonight at J&Js for anyone interested
But you DID acknowledge mny comment, so thereFOR I am your GOD.
Um. Without seperate tracks its extremely difficult to figure out who you're listening to. Nice compilation though.
00:00 White Drugs- RU 365
02:48 Tree Wave- Sleep
05:43 Current Leaves- Easy to Leave
09: 38 Washing Machine- Heart Like a Megaphone
12:50 Eat Avery's Bones- Sweater Petter
14:15 Prayer For Animals- Love in the Third Degree
19:45 Theater Fire- These Tears Could Rust a Train
23:35 Shiny Around the Edges- Waiting for the Night
26:26 Chris Garver- Wasp in the house
29:25 Undoing of David Wright- We Dig With Fingers Crossed
32:06 The Angelus- Crimson Shadow
35:53 Violent Squid- Nawlans Brown
41:25 The Night Game Cult- The Sparking Sea
46:50 Mom- We Know
53:52 Krispee Ones (Prince William)- Erotic Citay
57:14 Dj nature remix of Turbulence- Notorious
1:02:04 Red Monroe- Finger Tips
1:05:57 Teenage Symphony- A Promise
1:07:55 iDi* Amin- Ziggurat
Just listened to it - it does flow really well. I am impressed. Cool compilation!
I am 9:22, and I have no idea what that chopsticks remark is supposed to mean.
Thanks,
Tim Delaughter
9:22 you are dipshit. Go back to your job at Apple you cunt horse fuck.
what a shock... 9:22 is a member of White Drugs. "Best Band on here" LOL
we are in fact going to do another one of these in the not too distant future... and the mix is not intended to be all inclusive, its just a mix of local stuff we like. Nothing more nothing less.
I really like the cover. It kind of sums up the cold aesthetic of suburbia that is growing out where the pastures and the prairies used to linger. Old and new.
Exactly like your mix, really. Where Tree Wave and the Theater Fire can co-habit and interpret, in entirely different ways, the changing environment that surrounds them.
Allright, let the homo-references and jokes ensue.
10:04, yeas the image perfectly captures the isolation and alienation that one often feels in a local rock scene. Like, the walls that I build, on my parcel of land, they are all that keep me safe. Through song and effort, we can feel secure in a cold and grey life. We will open the door and let you in, but ultimately our art is ours, and I will feed you at my table, but after the album ends, you must again face the desolation.
And your dad blew me!
10:07 - you should write lyrics for Blue October!
10:11... I already do! Here's my latest...
We have nothing
Except for our shoes
I wander through the club
And all the local rockers
Stare at their shoes
And tomorrow
I'll kill you on my blog
And tie your laces together
So you will fall
And then your dad blew me
And it was good
good
good
living with ya
uhoh
it was goooood
livin with ya
wuh oh
it was gooooood
livin with ya
oh, and thanks for the time thing by the way. I can't believe I didn't think of that. I'm going to go ahead and add all the times to the track list on the original post. Much appreciated.
Nice to see Mom representing the oft-ignored humpback whale mating call scene.
Stonedranger, now it looks like you're representing the length of each track. This is getting silly.
Congrats on the comp! Can't wait to pick it up!
this is just what I needed, thank you!
with only a grand total of four downloads, stonedranger comes to the painful conclusion that all of the anonymous commentors are actually just one schizophrenic old woman.
i love that treewave song. it's beautiful.
I read the dconstruction post about the podcast and at the bottom is stated some "issues" and serious problems. I would just like to know what they like about if anything.
No sarcasm, pure curiosity.
dconstruction, if you need bandwidth help let me know. i've got a place i could mirror this for you with unlimited bandwidth if you're going to end up having to pay something for yours.
dconstruction-
I was referring to the post on your website. At the end you say there are bands and songs that you hate or puzzle you. I was wondering if there was anything on it that piqued your interest. Anything you hadn't heard that you might now check out?
why is deconstruction all over this blog? because they're two dumb to figure out how separate the tracks?
i guess that qualifies them to run a mayoral race.
i wasn't attempting humor either. glad you've got your bandwidth in order.
Well, in defense of many of the recordings, a lot of them were just demos that the bands probably put together simply to get their music out there. I wouldn't assume that they all sound the way they do out of choice.
duh, the mono tracks are a tribute to the school of brian wilson.
on a lighter note, i could care less about anything dconstruction has to say. after being led over to their podcasts to listen to the sam m. stuff some time ago, i was completely annoyed by the opinions expressed by the dconstruction crew. it is absolutely ridiculous how narrow of a spectrum these guys have. go ahead, listen to the podcast.
so very typical that the only thing they can get out of this mix is a fucking red monroe song and his unapproved alteration of someone elses art (IDI AMIN track).
This is the exact type of group i thought weshotjr would try to avoid.
well we certainly have very different views on music, but it doesn't mean that we can't work together on things. Without them, Projection wouldn't exist.
I thought you said on myspace it was called protection? As in are you wearing any?
wow, you guys sure are ungrateful for free music. skip the ones you dont like. how hard is it?
that smug guy from deconstruction wants us all to know what a brilliant audio engineer he is.
god, i haven't heard this word around here in a while, so i think it's time to bring it back:
douche.
I think dconstruction is right about a lot of this stuff
"Eat Avery's Bones. Whew. You should have heard this track before I got a hold of it. It's mono, fellas. And distorted so badly, it's painful. I'm not a fan of that Pythagorean guitar, either. These sort of Crimson/Belew/Holdsworth lines are fun every once in a while, but, yawn, get over it. You can play weird shit. Good for you. I will say, though, that I think a good producer who hears and understands this band (and isn't completely locked out by the band's youthful arrogance, hypothetically) could make a good record with them. They've got drive and
inertia. No denying that."
This might be the worst paragraph I've read about music since Andrea Grimes gave her "anything to make a buck" speech about five months ago. For starters, what makes you think a lot of the bands even care about distortion and whether or not it's in mono? Are you a Dallas Sound Lab graduate? Or even worse, Full Sail? You had a website dedicated to Podcasts for crying out loud! You're part of the problem. Do you think local bands with no money should go into big fancy Neve console studios so people like you can play them on little tiny shitty sounding Ipods? We're glad you know what midrange and stereo is, unfortunately you don't anything about the actual music. Wow, good reference on the King Crimson guitarists. Have you heard any real underground rock music in the last ten years? The style of guitar playing on this track is nothing to call out and your criticism of it shows that you're probably living in about 1995 as far as "indie rock" is concerned. In fact the guitar part is actually one of the hooks in the song because it mimicking the (rather simple) keyboard parts. Does that make the keyboardist Rick Wakeman, smart guy? Sorry they aren't ripping off Kinks or White Stripes riffs like all the shitty Dallas Pop bands you worship (who record in "professional" studios). These youngsters actually have taste and you're bitching at these eighteen year olds for knowing how to play their instruments. The female bass player is in twelfth fucking grade!!! I hope she never grows up to be one of the worn out and played out (to use your term) losers that have been boring many of us to tears in Dallas (and hang around like the wannabe rockstars they are at All Good, Cosmic Cafe etc.). These kids are actually knocking the bullshit off of this pathetic and anemic music scene. Youthful Arrogance? Are you supposed to be humble? I hope this band doesn't ever meet a good "producer" who would probably make them play to a click track and water down their music until it sounded like D.A.R.Y.L. Luckily for me they're probably smart enough to align themselves with someone who isn't afraid of punk/noise/hardcore/ etc. and they'll avoid the tired old guard of Dallas popsters like yourself forever. Thanks for making DFW so lame for so long. But your time is up.
I mix all my 4-track stuff to mono because, after awhile, you realize panning things is a cheap way of covering up a bad arrangement. If a song doesn't work in mono, it's probably because the song doesn't work at all.
All this from the guy that signed THE CUTOFF! HA!
i was surprised and saddened to have found the EAB track "cleaned up."
its a fucking aesthetic. maybe not your ideal one, but still an aesthetic.
the real link is here:
http://geocities.com/eataverysbones/SweaterPet.mp3
listen to that one.
i'm going to record everything forever from now on in mono.
2:46
agreed.
stoned ranger,
you can put a bunch of tracks in a row. its not hard to do. this comp could have happened with any number of people on your side. not that you didn't choose dconstruction for one reason or another. just sayin probably half of your readership could have done what D did and most would have had a little more respect than to alter the material.
ZAC CRAIN IS FUCKED! AND THe CHICK IN EAT AVERY'S BONES IS A FOXXX!
Is he the redheaded prick looking one or the jolly fat one?
"I love listening to slow, maudlin Depeche Mode songs in the shower while a Saturn V rocket launches next door..."
Well, that's pretty much what we were going for, so I'm glad it worked! I'm sure David Willingham will chuckle at the "horribly recorded" comment. I know I did.
As far as it being mono, I had no idea, I think it was downloaded as an MP3 from our website. If this were really an issue, you should have contacted us. We could have provided the file in any manner you required... I think. Honestly, it's never been an issue that was brought up before.
Oh, and for the curious, the Saturn V was the uber talented Mr. Jeff Helland from White Drugs on destructo bass. It was always awesome to play music with him.
I look forward to hearing the disc. I am disheartened to hear that you "cleaned-up" the EAB track, however...
hey thanks for including a VS track on this. it's a nice local comp.
and anon 9:22 seriously if you wanna get things straight between you and i. go for it. you seem to think you know me somewhat so get a hold of me or next time you see me just let me know, walk up and take a swing. we can clear this up real easy.
Wow, dconstruction, you made what
I already thought was a shitty
recording, even shittier. Good
job!
I'm not a sound engineer, so I'm not sure exactly what was done on the track. What I do know is that nothing was altered and its not like we fucked with the levels of the instruments as compared with one another or "remixed" shit or dig anything like that. We just tried to make the volume levels on all the tracks even so that one song wasn't super loud and another wasn't super soft.
I certainly wasn't trying to make any substantive changes to the songs, and we didn't. Anyone that has read this blog knows that I don't share Lindsay's points of view on many of the bands and recordings that he discussed. The Night Game Cult track is actually one of my favorites on there, and I know that many of the tracks were simply demos, like I said before. I personally like everything on the mix, obviously, and many of my favorite bands OF ALL TIME generally recorded themselves with pretty shitty equipment. I just wanted everything to sound decent as a whole.
And with the Eat Avery's Bones track in particular:
the track was really loud compared to the rest, and with the overall volume of the mix, it had to be brought down a bit because it would have just killed your ears. Seriously, for whatever reason, if we would have left it the way it was (straight off the myspace page), most people probably would have skipped over it simply because it would have hurt to listen to. Again, I can't explain exactly what was done, but it was all that I knew to do in order to make it work.
I got permission from every band on the mix to use their songs, and have told them that if they have any problem with what we did, we will certainly make whatever changes they want. Again, anyone that reads this knows that I would never try to be like "dude bro, here is how a REAL musician records their jams." I just wanted the mix as a whole to be listenable as a whole, which was hard to do since we were working with such a varying degree of recording styles, etc.
a) pythagorean guitar. HA!
b) mono is the kissing disease
SR:
I don't think anyone is saying anything about you. Thad dude from Dconstruction is bragging about what he had to do to these tracks, so that raises red flags for people.
And just to calm everyone down a bit, I spoke with EAB about the mix and told them to give it a listen. They did, and said that they had no problem with it at all.
They seemed excited about the whole thing and I am too. Thanks to Gorilla vs Bear plastering our link all over his blog today (what the fuck would this town do without that guy?) we have already had people download the podcast from Dallas, Denton, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, London, Leeds, San Antonio, Lisbon, Portugal, Houston, and others that I can't remember right now.
I understand people getting pissed about the mixing thing, and about Lindsay's comments. I know that lo fi, mono and other methods of recording are often used by choice for artistic reasons, and we really should have checked before we did ANYTHING to the recordings at all. A lesson learned. But I think the overall impact of this mix will be nothing but positive for everyone (especially the bands), and I hope everyone can get past their differences with DConstruction and enjoy a selection of great local music.
The real story here isn't We Shot J.R. or Dconstruction, but rather the bands and their songs. I'd really like to continue talking about them.
i have been a recording engineer for about 15 years now and i gotta say that the guy from deconstruction is completely clueless. attending classes at dallas sound lab would actually help this guy out quite a bit because currently, the people recording their own music at home on four-tracks know a lot more about what their doing than he does.
teenage symphony, don't let this guy record your music!! in fact i would discourage anoyone from letting this guy record their music, at least for a couple of years, until he's learned how to do what he's trying to do. he shouldn't even be talking about audio engineering because he's just making himself look like an idiot.
Dear Anonymous 9:22 (Tim),
White Drugs invities you to manage White Drugs. You must change your name to Tom. We are in dire need of whiskey, can you do something about this? White Drugs is currently mixing a full length disc and single. My dingle needs a little tingle. You'll probably need to quit whatever day job you have now to: cook, clean, bathe White Drugs. Set up Asian/Eastern tours, stroke MY ego. Ignore others' ego. Edit PR releases. Find lovin'.
Reply with full name (touch me) to info at whitedrugs dot org or whitedrugs at gmail dot com. There is space on myspace. ES myspace.com/whitedrugs
Wurd,
Jordie RAY/SWEATGUN
Wasn't white drugs Tank Tank? You didn't rock then and you don't rock now.
namely their ignoring Eric's powerful voice and penchant for melody
;)
Give it a listen. We think you'll like what you hear.
sorry, but this sounds like an arby's commercial to me!
Lindsay Graham wets the bed
ask him which bush album he named his thing after
well that makes sense because the CD is actually sponsored by Arby's beef and cheddar melts! Them shits is good!
And plus, Arby's pretty much rules anyway, so I'm taking that as a compliment. Just remember, all the local music in the world will never be as good a juicy, slow cooked roast beef sandwhich topped with melted cheddar cheese. Mmmm Good!
stonedranger,
you're amazing.
j.c. could of mixed those songs ten times better all while baking his shit at 305 in the oven. But he likes to record drums in mono sometimes or maybe not.
jacking around with 128kbps mp3's is not mixing
There is a list of shitty bands.
There is a giant mp3 of the shitty music made by shitty bands.
Now everyone has their feelings hurt because they realized they are in shitty bands.
If all of these bands actually left Dallas/Denton for good, they may actually have a shot at being good.
There is no room for art in the cultural wasteland of D/FW. The sooner you musicians realize that and get out of here, the happier you will be.
Glad to see the art of bathroom wall writing is alive and well.
anon 8:28 - are you a failed musician too? Or are you just unhappy in your desktop support role?
To 8:48
Desktop support role? HA! I hire and fire retards like that.
Not a musician at all, you wouldn't want me playing a show, it would be shittier than all of these shitty bands.
My main point was that all of the effort these musicians are putting out is going to waste in D/FW.
Get the hell out of this town!
I'm glad I'm only in Dallas a few times a year now. And Denton well... my liver had enough.
Love you!
Anon from Colorado
Anon from Colorado - What the hell has Colorado ever offered in the way of new music? The "Hot IQ's" ?? THEY BLOW. is that the best you guys have? And, as far as Dallas being some kind of musical graveyeard as you say.. please don't tell that to bands like Midlake, Tripping Daisy, Old 97's, the Strange Boys, etc etc
i hate people that drop the name tripping daisy...that was a long time ago and it was a bad band.
Well, I only dropped it b/c they had a lot of success, major national exposure, etc... same with Polyphonic Spree. I know most of you hate them but.. these bands are from Dallas, yet are considered "national".
9:16 You know nothing. Midlake... ok that might count.
Old 97's save the Frat Boy shit.
Tripping Polyphonic Daisy - For insecure and highly medicated chicks and their douchebag boyfriends.
Strange Boys - not much there, although slightly above average.
To 9:16
Colorado doesn't have shit for music, but that's not why I'm here.
I just think its funny that Dallas's faux rockstars and Denton's gay cowboy scene are actually taken seriously.
Colorado Anon -
"Strange Boys - not much there, although slightly above average."
This shows how much of a dumbass you are.
We may have a gay Cowboy scene and feaux rock stars, but at least we don't shoot up our high schools.
we just shoot up at high school
you guys should be glad someone from out of state is even reading this blog. If that happens enough, maybe someone will hear your subpar band and you too will be a "national act". you have no idea what a service this site is to an undeserving scene.
It doesn't matter so much where your from if you put out records and tour. Some of the best music comes out of "cultural wastelands".
Enjoyed the comp from what I heard so far. Thanks for doing it.
you're, i mean...damn
yeah because the traditional texas gay cowboy scene is so much more of a fraud than a bunch of god damn idiot tiny coke heads sitting around listening to a turtle fart through an amp and whispering "amaaazing" to each other. "Damn. I wish I could get this turtle farting on vinyl." And then mike seman walks in and jamo freaks out because FINALLY someone understands.
"FL002:(hermetic series part 1)
A Turtle "Turtlesterion" Cdr (edition of 50)
A collection of sounds spanning from 10:30 to 10:31. Recorded in a creek in denton, this masterpeice is 10 seconds in the making and every second of it is CRUCIAL. These recordings are the very esscence of what we are looking for here at fl, they are an unbridled display of true love for sound and are created out of an intense intamacy with the aural world. This is the highest form of art. Soul cabbage for the turtle gut. I'm three feet of guitar strumming fury."
BOR-ing!
boring, maybe... true, yes.
that was awful.
Is the problem that
a. you hate local bands
b. you hate people that write about local bands
c. your band wasn't included in the fun/slaughter
d. it's fun to rip on everything pointlessly
e. all of the above
AMERICA IS A CULTURAL WASTELAND.
america rawks! i <3 toby keith
come out to open mic at bend tonight!
get in free if you say "i am anonymous" at the door!
when's the next mix?! can't wait.
stop reading the comments and only read the posts and your wish is granted
Come on.. give 1:12 some credit .. "Tania" was pitching an "open mic night" on this blog.
yay, somebody flamed me!
i was wondering when it was gonna happen.
i have to admit, my cheeks feel a little flushed,
and i was shocked when i read it,
but now
i can't stop smiling.
it's funny!
I hear Pluto is THE place to be but only because it's no longer a planet.
Tania, this isn't the Fine Line.
busted
Just got done listening and I enjoyed it. Not everything is exactly my taste but that is what is cool about the area as it has a decent amount of diversity in sounds. Quite a few songs on here are very good.
And as was mentioned, this is great for exposure for all these bands.
Looking forward to the next one.
smells like strident zend, 9:16.
are not gene vincent and eddie cochran dead?
tania, Ooooooo tania...
paul reubens called: he wants his compilation back.
shooting horse in dallas, how quaint!!!
3:24: i know douche has'nt been around for a bit, but that's no reason for you to give up on original thought.........
2:11 has some sharp, sharp wit. bravo.
yeah, no one has ever said THAT before!
"insert unoriginal insult to anything or anyone here"
even though anon 3:36 is kinda dissin' on me, his criticisms are painful, yet delightful - like wasabi.
everyone that posted before this post is super stupid and i am the king of awesomeness
Yo. 'Erotic Citay' is by Krispee Ones of which Prince William is a member, but not the only member.
I know... thats why I said so in the post. I only added Prince William because a lot of people seem to know him better than Krispee Ones. Not a dis, just a way to spread the info.
hi, Ben
"Frankly, the best part of this track is the last 2:54 - and I take full credit for it. I was just trying to use up the entire 74 minutes. But isn't it rewarding when the stereo field spreads out?"
No, No, AND NO, you piece of shit.
who let the 4 yr old on the panning knob???
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