Sunday, December 31, 2006

Caruso - Boys

An odds and ends collection for the year of our Lord, 2006. Remixed Colours and Feels, mostly radio noises, drum samples, and the emergence of the digital delay pedal! Recorded at Kempwood in Cary NC. Also available on pink cassette, limited to 50 copies (cassette artwork below):



Some Notes:

"Lucia" samples Scrapbook: The Voices of Walter Schumann, and sounds from the movie Sailor In The Wild.
"Stay With Me For A While" samples the song "Gidget Goes Hawaiian", performed by James Darren

Cove star: Sal Mineo.

Several different versions of this exist.  Original CDR track list below:

1. Antoinette (2:09)*
2. Arctic Drifter (2:00)
3. Big Johnny (1:12)** 
4. Blue Honduras (4:39)*** 
5. Boys (2:01)
6. Chartreuse (1:07)
7. Clementine (2:20)
8. Decapoda (2:24)
9. Every Time I See You I Go Blind (aka Naples Yellow Deep) (1:27)
10. Feels Like A Cage (aka Canary) (1:00)
11. Feels Like Love (aka Christi) (2:06)
12. Gleam (2:30)
13. God Won't Bless You If He Can't Change You (aka Watercourse) (1:51)
14. Hailed (2:41)
15. He's A Halo (aka Varidian Light) (1:58)
16. I Had The Craziest Dream (1:10)***
17. The Boyettes - I Hear A New World (joe meek cover, version B) (1:25)
18. I Miss Your Love (aka Cadmium Red Light) (1:28)
19. I'm Not LikeThat (aka Greenish Umber)  (1:54)****
20. In My Dreams You're Everything (aka Tia Maria) (1:39)
21. Jeremy Crisp (1:49)
22. Leaf (2:24)
23. Lemon (1:07)
24. Lesson In Thievery Number 9 (4:14)****** 
25. Long & Red (0:38)******* 
26. Love Is A Cage (aka Mariner) (1:54)
27. Lucia (1:54)***** 
28. Manz (2:06)******** 
29. Mia (1:04)
30. Nite Creature (1:21)*** 
31. One Oh Two (1:02)
32. Purple (1:59)
33. Seagull (2:21)
34. Stay With Me For A While (aka Cabaret) (1:30)********* 
35. Studio (2:08)
36. There Is Plenty Of Time To Change Your Mind (aka Tulip Tree) (2:19)
37. Thinking About Your Love (aka Danube) (2:59)
38. When I First Saw Your Face I Knew It Was Over (aka Hummingbird) (1:49)
39. Whyte Notation (3:24)
40. Windsor (1:37)
41. The Boyettes - I Hear A New World (joe meek cover, Version A) (1:45)
42. The Boyettes - It Seems To Me (the gestures cover) (1:12

* samples a cadinot film, i beans, and enrico simonetti's "drug's theme"
** samples big john hamilton’s “big bad john” , courtesy dj kenny dope
*** samples the four freshmen
**** samples moondog
***** samples scrapbook: the voices of walter schumann and sounds from the movie "sailor in the wild"
****** samples wilson pickett’s “engine #9”, courtesy of dj kenny dope
******* samples mountain's "long red", courtesy dj kenny dope
******** samples sounds from the movie "falconhead two: the maneaters"
********* samples "gidget goes hawaiian", originally recorded by james darren

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Caruso - Feels


A re-mixing, re-recording, and resampling of the best bits from Coloursnow with vocals added also! "Stay With Me For A While" samples the song "Gidget Goes Hawaiian", performed by James Darren.  Cover star: Sal Mineo

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Caruso - Halloween Special



Songs inspired by Halloween.
"Night Creatures" samples the Four Freshmen. Recorded at Kempwood in Cary NC.



Friday, September 15, 2006

Various Artists - Talitres Is 5

A double-CD compilation from French label Talitres Records in 2006,
featuring a 2003 Caruso song originally on the Kitten CDR
The CD is available here!



Disque : 1
1. The Wedding Present - American Tan
2. Calla - Astral (Acoustic)
3. The Organ - Let The Bells Ring
4. Tex La Homa - Nowhere To Run
5. That Summer - Simon Nardis
6. The Walkmen - Clementine
7. Dakota Suite - A Darkness Of Moons (Alternative Version)
8. Piano Magic - I Have Moved Into The Shadow
9. The Birdwatcher - We Can't Live This Way Anymore
10. Early Day Miners - How To Fall
11. Elk City - My Type Of Criminal
12. The Wedding Present - Shivers

Disque : 2
1. Pela - Episode (Diphenhydramine)
2. Carlosound - My New Kind Of Beauty
3. Film School - The Longest Way
4. Marissa Nadler - Your Dreary Days Are Dead
5. The Weeds Of Eden - Undone
6. Hot Gossip - Real Mess
7. Hood - When We Wait All The Tables
8. Caruso - Hot Son & The Rolling Heat
9. Iliketrains - A Rook House For Bobby

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Caruso - The 4th


3 quick songs inspired by America and radios. Features the AA/citibank AM radio.


Monday, June 26, 2006

Caruso - Colours



Spontaneous solo recordings inspired by Julie Perini's Experiments In Immediacy. The music features the AA/citibank AM radio, along with percussion, electric bass guitar and whatever else was around (see unnecessarily complicated key below). Named after real live colors. Two were recorded every Sunday from January-June 2006 (except while in Italy). 






(Digital artwork above)

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

The Boyettes - I Hear A New World


The Boyettes are Matthew and Yevgeny. 4 cover songs:

- 2 versions of "I Hear A New World" by Joe Meek & The Blue Men
- "Somebody Find A New Love" by The Dave Clark 5
- "It Seems to Me" By The Gestures

Recorded at Kempwood in Cary NC.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

The Evolutionists - Doomy!


The Evolutionists are Beth Varden and Matthew DeBellis.

Artwork by queer-jihad.

All Songs written and recorded by The Evolutionists, except:

"Dame" originally written/recorded by Los Shakers.
"Gringo Suave" borrows from Hal Blaine
"Lava #5" borrows from The Savages and is an early version of "Spectres" by The Violet Hour.
"Ladybug Babydoll" and "Nights x 9" originally written/recorded by Slant 6

Recorded at Kempwood in Cary NC.

"Anthem" was recorded in January 2005 at Oak Run in Raleigh NC.