Citizen Band Radio - First Time In Forever

Three quick jams recorded before year's end, by Hannah Mattannah (a.k.a. CB Radio.) Artwork by Hannah Spector, Jesse Moore, and Matt DeBellis.Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham NC on December 30, 2013.

Riffs - Thirteen

Various sound things recorded in 20Thirteen. Recorded with samples and guitars and drums. Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham, NC. For Brett and Hannah.

Cadavre Exquis - A Surrealist Musical Installation

From The Carrack website:

Friday, December 13, 6:00 - 9:00 pm This event is the culmination of a year long recording experiment based on the surrealist writing/drawing game exquisite corpse, in which a multi-track recording was created with each musician hearing only the track recorded immediately before his or her own. The result will be presented in an interactive format where audience members can adjust the volume of each individual layer of music, thus controlling the mix that is played back to the entire room. With over forty participating musicians, the project explores new methods of musical collaboration and composition.

The recordings will play continuously from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, with a short introduction from Graham Cox at 7:00pm.
Featuring sounds produced by: accordion; acoustic guitar; alto saxophone; archival recordings; banjo; bass clarinet; bass guitar; classical guitar; computer; contact mic; drum machine; drums; electric guitar; empty bottles; Fender Rhodes; fiddle; fire; Hot Lixx toy guitar; keyboard; Korg Z1; melodica; microKORG; midi piano; Moog; oboe; piano; reel-to-reel tape deck; rice cooker; Roland Juno 106; tambourine; voice; washing machine; xylophone.

As played by the musicians: Robert Biggers; Jay Cartwright; Neven J. Carswell; Chris Catanese; Graham Cox; Matt DeBellis; Bryce Eiman; Andras Fekete; Alec Ferrell; Lawrence Giffin; Anne Gomez; Shirlé Hale; John Harrison; Brian Howe; Reid Johnson; Matt Kalb; John Killeen; Andrew Kindman; Dan Kinney; Greg Klaiber; Kyle Knight; Elliot Langford; Alex Maiolo; Brian John Mitchell; Bruce Mitchell; Princess Ojiaku; Robert Pence; Isaac Pinedale; Ben Riseling; Chris Rossi; Sterling Rozear; Ken Rumble; Joni Sadler; Betsy Shane; Greg Sheriff; Cody Spencer; Wendy Spitzer; Albert Steppi; Jeff Stern; NKG Sternhagen; Matt Tauch; Nick Tenev; Jonathan Thompson; Benjamin Trueblood; Christopher van Wert; Brennan Watson; Nathan White; Michael Wright; David Zielinski.

Who have been known to perform in the following bands: Agaw; All Your Science; American Empire; Arrows Out; Beloved Binge; Blood Jar Creepers; Boat Burning; Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan; Caruso; Clean Demon; D-Town Brass; Ellectronic; The Emotron; The Evil Tenors; Fan Modine; Felix Obelix; feltbattery; Flesh Wounds; Four More Years; Free Electric State; Fruit; The Future Kings of Nowhere; Harsh Reality; Hog; Holy Boats; Jphono1; Le Weekend; Lungbutter; Muscle Mass; New Hill; Organos; Pink Flag; Plankton Feast; Prisms; Public Transit; Regina Hexaphone; Remora; Savage Knights; Schooner; Small Apartments; Small Life Form; Static Lake; Stems; Vlor; Voidward; Wembley; The Wigg Report.

Stems - Stems

Matt Doodlebellis (drums/vocals)

Hannah Spectre (guitar/vocals)

Zack Accident (guitar/vocals)

Recorded @ Studio Magik by Matt and Hannah. 

Mixed by Hannah.

Stems - "Date With The Mayor"

Recorded live at Local 506 at a show with Le Weekend, in
Chapel Hill on July 12, 2013. Video courtesy of Mark Kleinschmidt:

Full Show:

Stems - Meltdown Countdown

New band! 8 songs! Stems is:

Hannah Spector - Guitar/vocals

Matt DeBellis - Drums/vocals

Zack Richardson - Guitar/vocals

Recorded on Noah's 4-track at Studio Magik in Durham NC in October. 

Liner notes:

Tenants - Would

Tenants are:

Brett Donahue - Bass

Hannah Spector - Drums/Vocals

Matt DeBellis - Guitar/Vocals

Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham NC on July 30, 2012.

Above: Tenants.  Below: members of Tenants, Stems, and Fruit, July 2012.

Deal$ - Deals

Deal$ were:

Hannah Spector - Drums/Vocals

Emily O'Sullivan - Bass/Vocals

Hyunhye Seo - Keyboard/Vocals

Princess Ojiaku - Guitar/Vocals

Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham by Matt and the Deal$.

Gyraffes - Gyraffes

Originally recorded on July 10, 2012 at Studio Magik in Durham, NC. Mixed in 2023.  2023 artwork with help of AI, above.

Mara - Bass
Matt D. - Guitar
Matt B. - Drums

Mara and Matt, July 2013:

San Francisco 1990 - SF 90

SF90 is Alex C., Zack R., and Matt D..  This video is from a summer solstice event at The Dwelling in Durham NC.  Recorded 06-20-2012 by Brett Donahue.   The set included some Caruso songs and a Wham! song.  Click here to sample.

Event Invitation:

The Dwelling at 1102 Taylor Street requests your presence for a psycho-social-spiritual alignment to take place this summer solstice eve, Wednesday June 20th, beginning at 7:09 PM.

Please join us for this cosmic event, part installation, part party: the house is filled with oversized voodoo dolls, raw painted floors, strange edibles, bones and human hair and will serve as an ideal location to ring in the first moments of summer. These first few moments of summer will largely determine the course of the successive ninety days, so we must insist that you act accordingly.

To enhance our chances of successful celestial accord, local musical celebrities will be on hand with moody tunes beginning at 8:30 PM. There will be a bonfire to promote goodwill with the lords of summer, as well as beer, wine, and herbal cocktails for balancing the humours. Axis will be achieved!

Free and open to the summer-loving public, 21+

Fotos:

Gyraffes - Live Giraffes

Gyraffes on stage. Filmed at Motorco in Durham NC
on June 13, 2012 (with Deals and Americans In France).

Brooms In Agony - May

More studio magik courtesy of Matt and Matt.   Off the cuff, just like you like it.

Various Artists - Sneaky Flute Moods: A Tribute To The Swirlies

A track from Sneaky Flute Moods: A Tribute To The Swirlies.  This track was originally recorded in 2003 and an alternate mix is included on Kitten by Caruso.  Recorded by Rob Girardi.

The compilation also features:

1 La Jecca–French Intro
2 Ghost Society–Jeremy Parker
3 The Hamiltones–Sleepytime
4 Sun Glitters–The Vehicle Is Invisible, Featuring – Darragh Nolan
5 Piyama Party– Dolphins Dance With Our Music
6 Moogle Charm–Chris R
7 Tender Frame–You Can’t Be Told It, You Must Behold It
8 The Harvey Girls–Vigilant Always
9 Cardinal Family Singers–One Light Flashing I Love You
10 Tiger MCs–Two Girls Kissing
11 Mijo Feo–Sterling Moss
12 Kasparhauser–Sounds Of Sebring
13 Paul Cogle–Pancake
14 Surefire Broadcast–Pony
15 The Starry Tides–His Life Of Academic Freedom
16 Nola Smock & The Charming Youngsters (aka Nolan from Desert Secretary)–The Vehicle Is Invisible
17 The Nib Heck Peck Reps–Every Single Day
18 The Evolutionists–Wait 4ever
19 Cinemascope–No Identifier
20 Liz Larson–Keep Their Eyes On Me
21 Bullpen Catcher–Jack Buckey’s Theme
22 The John-Ikes–Sarah Sitting
23 Presley–Tall Ships
24 Greasy Beardo–Sterling Moss
25 And Academy–Tree Chopped Down
26 Gods And Queens– Sea Wolf, Featuring – Sir Ryan Goodman
27 Så Småningom–Moonie Rox
28 mijo feo– Her Life Of Artistic Freedom
29 Prison Or The Moon–Didn't Understand
30 La Jecca–French Outro

Brooms In Agony - March

The Broom Handles LIVE! in Durham. Recorded @ The Washington.

Citizen Band Radio - Trunks On Tape

New Band! New songs-ish jams!

Shores Of The Unborn (The) Trunks Wood Types Tenants Mouse Count The Trunks 

Citizen Band Radio are:

Hannah Spector - Drums, guitar, bass, vocals

Matt DeBellis - Bass, drums, guitar, vocals

Recorded in Durham NC at The Halestorm on March 1st and Gramma's house on March 8th, 2012

Riffs - The Dory

New name, new riffs. "Riffs" is Matthew "T"he DeBellis.  Bass and drums (and .01% guitar), recorded at The Halestorm in Durham in February. 2023 artwork with help of AI, above.  

OG Artwork:

Brooms In Agony - January

Recorded 1/27/2012 at The Washington in Durham NC.

Matthew Thomas Burchett (6/8/1977) - Drums

Matthew Thomas DeBellis (6/6/1977) - Bass

Gyraffes - On Film

Watch Gyraffes live! (you'll be live, not the video).

Recorded January 25, 2012 at The Washington in Durham NC.

Mara Thomas - Bass

Matt DeBellis - Guitar

Matt Burchett - Drums

and

The Ire-Dells - X'd Out

One song by a one night band

released 31 December 2011

The Ire-Dells are (were):

Matt DeBellis - drums

Luc Perkins - guitar, bass

Hannah Spector - guitar, vocals

"X'd Out" recorded by Hannah at Gramma's house.

tags: pop tweemo Durham

Caruso - The Halestorm

#1: Guitar loops and sleepy sounds

#2: Keyboard loops and Baltimore sounds

Inspired by Old West Durham, July-November 2011. Recorded everywhere and with anything, and mostly at Thee Halestorm in Durham NC.

Also available on cassette as a split with Gyraffes' Rough Drafts.

(The non-Bandcamp version contains different mixes and alternative artwork, below)

Gyraffes - Rough Drafts

New instrumental group!

A rough collection of songs caught in mid-evolution: Recorded at the Hale Storm in Durham NC, October-November 2011. Also available on lime green cassette as a split with Caruso's The Halestorm, limited to 50 copies. 

Download and listen, in that order, at https://caruso.bandcamp.com/track/giraffes

Covert Art by Matt Burchett.

Gyraffes are:

Matt DeBellis: Guitar

Mara Thomas: Bass

Matt Burchett: Drums

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