Riffs - Nashville

Sounds recorded live on the HD Audio Recorder, Android LG V30 phone on two days in October. Most vox and Yamaha keyboard #1 recorded at The Space in Durham, with additional vocalities and editorials created in Chapel Hill. 

Riffs · Nashville

Gallus Mag - Live! In Fall

Recorded live on 10/09/2019 at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC, with People From Earth and Stolen Jars, and at Johnny's Gone Fishing (Carrboro Music Festival) on 09/29/2019.

Some flyers from earlier this year:

Riffs - Sweets

New songs for the fall time.  Recorded at storage space with all of the instruments.

Riffs · Sweets

Riffs - Piney Mountain

Sound with instruments, mostly guitar (non-green) and keyboard (Yamaha PSR-E363)

Riffs · Piney Mountain

Riffs - New Julys

New riffs for July, featuring the new Yamaha PSR-E363 keyboard and a wee bit of 'tar.

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill 07/19.

Riffs - Gala

Songs recorded at home in Chapel Hill with keyboard and guitars.  Maybe some vocals, too.

Riffs - Riffs (2019)

 

A compilation of some tracks and a remixture of other tracks, 2017-2019.  Includes all of the instruments, ever!  All recorded at home in Chapel Hill, NC, USA.  Photo taken in Chapel Hill, 2019.  Mastered by James Phillips, 2024

Flyer for The Cave show on 4/22/2019 with Sister, Brother, and Karōshi.

Short video for the song "Pangolins":

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Gallus Mag - Live @ Night Light

Recorded live on 04/07/2019 at Night Light in Chapel Hill, NC, with Karōshi and Table Tennis Dreamer (solo).

Joel Floyd: guitar, keyboard, vocals, samples, trumpet

Matt DeBellis: guitar, keyboard, vocals, samples

Will Kitchin: drums, percussion, vocals

Riffs - Deserts

More mood music recorded at home in Chapel Hill using the Blue Snowball Ice mic.

Riffs - Archipelago

Sounds from keys, recorded at home.

Riffs - Bermuda Triangle

Recorded in Chapel Hill with the Yamaha keyboard.

Riffs - Blue Ice

More keyboardary to bring in the new year.  

Recorded at home in Chapel Hill using the Blue Snowball Ice microphone.

Gallus Mag - Drag

2 new songs for the new year. Recorded at The Space in Durham/Chapel Hill.

Joel - Keyboard
Matt - Keyboard, vocals
Will - Drums

Cover star: Maggie Smith

Citizen Band Radio - Criteria

One last hurrah before year's end:

Hannah - Roland drum machine, bass, guitar

Matt - Keyboard, guitar, bass, drum machine

Recorded on December 30, 2018.

Riffs - Bits

Tracks recorded on November 17, 2018 at home in Chapel Hill.  Recorded with keyboard and sampler.

Gallus Mag - Live! In November

Recorded live on 11/5/2018 at Nightlight Bar & Club in Chapel Hill, NC, with Woodvamp and The Funs, and on 11/10/2018  at the Burmorafat Forest Compound in Chapel Hill, NC.

Joel Floyd: guitar, keyboard, vocals, samples
Matt DeBellis: guitar, keyboard, vocals, samples
Will Kitchin: drums, percussion

(11/10/2018 Live at the Burmorafat Forest Compound)

Riffs - Details

Guitar, keys, and drums on a rainy day.  Recorded in October, 2018, at The Space in Durham.

Soft War - Soft War

Recordings at 197 The Space, 2016-2018.

Ana FM - drums, bongos
Joel Floyd - drums,bongos, keyboard, guitar, vocals
Matt DeBellis - guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals
Meredith Hazarim - vocals, guitar
Michael Itzkin - guitar

Will H. - guitar

Alt Cover:

Riffs - Kapow

More Guitarguitarguitarguitar, etc.. Also some drums.

Some new sounds, also some recycled drum sounds from March. Recorded at home in Chapel Hill and at the Space in Durham.

Spring in Chapel Hill #2

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Riffs - Apes

One half Joel's drums, my green electric Fender guitar, shakers and a tambourine, and one half Zack's Korg Sampler and loops

Spring in Chapel Hill

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Riffs - High Noon

New riffs recorded at The Space in March 2018, and also at home in Chapel Hill.  

Lyrics via Scruff, music by Green Fendre, using digital delay pedals, drumage, and vocals.

Riffs - One Day

Recorded entirely at Les Storage Space in Chapel Hill-Durham on February 11, 2018.  Appearences by: Zack's Korg sampler, Joel's drums, my green electric Fender guitar, and also shakers and a tambourine.

Riffs - Foxgloves

For Joseph. Recorded on October 21, 2017 at home in Chapel Hill and also at Storage.

Riffs - Timonium

New riffs just because. For Beth. Recorded at Strg Space and at home in Chapel Hill, NC with Zack's sampler, electric guitar, drums, and two digital delay pedals, 

October 14th and 15th, 2017.

Soft War - Sleep

Soft War eventually split into Gallus Mag and Harbors.  Recorded in Pittsboro NC and Durham NC in July 2017.  Unfinished and unreleased until 2023.

Joel Floyd - Guitar, Bass on 'Caverns' and 'Sleep', Drums/Drums Machine, Loops, Keys
Matt DeBellis - Guitar, Bass on 'Nu', Vocals, Keys
Michael Itzkin - Guitar, Vocals

'Nu' Co-written with Meredith Hazarim.

Soft War - 6 Songs

New band! New song bits! 6 Song samples recorded in February and March 2017. Video shot in Carrboro NC in March 2017. Recorded at the Storage Space on 15-501, Durham NC.

Joel - Drums, vocals, samples, keyboard
Matt - Bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals
Meredith - Guitar, vocals
Michael - Guitar, bass

Riffs - Riffs (2017)

A compilation of tracks recorded at home in Chapel Hill, January 2015-September 2016.  Some mixed, some remixed.

Riffs - Week Later

More loop sounds via keyboard and delay action, recorded on 9/12/2016 in Chapel Hill, NC.

Riffs - Today

Five new tracks/loops using keyboard and digital delay pedals. Recorded with Voice Recorder via the Samsung SCH-1200 in Chapel Hill, NC, on September 5, 2016.

Riffs - August

Riffs mainly recorded February - August 2016 at home in Chapel Hill, NC. Featuring electric guitar, some electric bass guitar, and the Seeburg Gulbransen Select-A-Rhythm Model 601B rhythm beat machine.  "Deep Ends" is based on a song by Citizen Band Radio.

Riffs - Nasa Rackets

New riffs and semi-old riffs recorded with Voice Recorder via the Samsung SCH-1200, and partly on Adobe Audition. Featuring electric bass guitar and the Seeburg Gulbransen Select-A-Rhythm Model 601B rhythm beat machine.

Citizen Band Radio - Finally

All tracks recorded in Chapel Hill on 1-1-2016, except track 6, which was recorded on 12-26-2014, and track 7, which was recorded on 2-8-2015 in Durham, NC @ Studio Magik.

Hannah Spector - Guitar/Bass/Vocals

Matt DeBellis - Guitar/Bass/Vocals

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Riffs - Loop Tape

Homemade loops via the Boss Digital Delay 6 pedal, plus keyboard and electric guitar. Recorded on cassette via Sony Walkman TCS-30D Stereo Cassette-Corder. Available in the real world as a small run of 25 hand painted cassettes with different loops on each cassette.

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Last loops

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Caruso - 2000-2011

 

Originally available on black print on white cassette.

Side A (Raleigh)
Tracks 1-10: 2000-2005

Side B (Durham)
Tracks 11-19: 2007-2011

All songs by Caruso, + Beth, Alex, Owen, Peter, Matt B., Robby, WTP, RDU, AA

Riffs - On Hold

Bits of songs inspired by hold music and/or Tamaryn. Recorded in Chapel Hill March 20-23, 2015.  Video 5/16/2015.

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