infinite time capsules

“Exercise the demons, to exorcise the fantasy.”

Another deep dive… this time, with feeling.

Sincerely,
Ian

Another one from Dan V.

Eventually, we’re all going to catch it… another dubbed-out jam from Rick. — Ian

Dan made an ambient track, and I added some warble and slow to it. The internet says, “Ambien is in a class of drugs known as Sedative-Hypnotics.” The internet is ALWAYS accurate. Use it and lose it. — Ian

This is one of Dan’s tracks. I added the guitar and samples for levity and/or inspiration. There are probably some Rick parts in here too, but it’s hard to keep track of who does what anymore. I rather like it that way. No darlings. No ownership. Lennon/McCartney? McCartney/Lennon? Who gives a shit?
– Ian

This is one of Rick’s li’l ditties. I love the way he writes. It’s a nice balance to whatever the fuck I’m doing. Couldn’t replicate it if I tried, the best I can do is complement it. Dan added a nice guitar part—channeling his inner Harrison.
Posting it on Rick’s behalf cause I’m the obsessive archivist of the group.
– Ian

An homage to spaced-out wakings at the end of a one beer airline flight. A collab with an old friend. – Ian

These two songs both speak to the difficulty we sometimes face in accepting our own inherent nature. At times we are our own worst enemies. I wrote the lyrics for Gyppin’ some time ago. It was probably closer to the time period when I wrote the music for Wohin Gehen. The opposite is also true. I wrote the lyrics for Wohin Gehen much more recently, nearer to the music for Gyppin’. It hadn’t occurred to me until I sat down to try and say something about them, but it seems they are something of a pair.

— Ian

I worked on this group of songs off and on for a number of years. They came to mean a great deal to me. It was important for me to release them, but I couldn’t ever be satisfied with them. I tweaked knobs endlessly in an effort to massage them into place. I listened to them countless times as if I could make them sound satisfying by wish or sheer will. The issue was less with the songs than it was with my relationship with creativity. The best way to make progress is to keep moving and fall in love with the process, not the product that exists in your mind or its imagined reception. There comes a point when you’ve gotta let things go. They are what they are. If you want to listen, please do. I could write a more detailed description of each song, as I have done with some of these in the past, but the lyrics are there on SoundCloud. I’m lucky to have other ideas to work on. I’d rather invest my time there.

– Ian