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Releases can be purchased with cash, cheque, or paypal by emailing musicforone (at) riseup.net or at gigs or from the following locales: smallfish records (online), 56a infoshop (london), selectadisc (nottingham), reveal records (derby), edgeworld (brighton), monorail music (glasgow), norman records (online), and zulu records (vancouver, canada).

here are 2 songs from the yet to be released album of resonator guitar:

  1. forward and back mp3
  2. please don't refurbish this space mp3

 

mobile disco roadshow CD (makeshift records) 2007

  1. mobile disco raodshow
  2. breathing is mandatory
  3. my presence over your absence
  4. flies covered my lips (duo with CHARLIE COLLINS)
  5. the sea swallowed me
  6. a short winter
  7. burn little star
  8. the insides of her insides
  9. that was then
  10. beyonce

A limited edition live recording from 2004.


frequenzen list
compilation CD featuring 1 track from music for one 2006
SOLD OUT


okeh CD (makeshift records) 2005

  1. in my beginning ... mp3
  2. hyson green
  3. they buried the tunnels mp3
  4. quiet revolution
  5. self-preservation
  6. thanked, missed, and blissed
  7. the house on windmill lane
  8. snip
  9. it rains a lot u know
  10. devilish luck
  11. lightening bug
  12. ... is my end

85 years ago, in 1920, a female African American, Mamie Smith, recorded the first ever blues record on the OKeh record label.  This album is a tribute to her and the women who followed her: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Clara Smith, Victoria Spivey, and Memphis Minnie.

OKeh is a studio recording of songs, ideas, and fragments that were collected over a two year period ... some of these were left intact and others distilled, forged, and processed into new beings.  Dusty, open guitar is imbedded between tracks of uniquely manipulated guitar with a tiny bit of harmonica, recorder, and toy organ thrown in for further texture.  Here is an album whose sounds shift smoothly from contemporary to erstwhile.

 

 

the insides of her insides 7" (seren records) 2004

A. the insides of her insides
B. 3rd wave robot

The inside of her insides was recorded live at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, at a gig with Cancel House and Urban Myth. It's a sweet, melting number, a simple riff dipped in a vat of syrupy hallucinogens.
3rd wave robot was recorded at Nottingham's Junktion 7 for a benefit for Ladyfest Manchester and is the polar opposite of it's A side. Precise scratches and clicks lead into a cacophonous roar of feedback and noise.

 

outside in CD (makeshift records) 2002

1. simple things that aren't mp3
2. 23 x 23
3. nuts 'n bolts
4. beginnings with no ends
5. my funny valentine
6. memo
7. along the way mp3
8. micromark
9. bypass still open (with Urban Myth)
10. give & take (with Pat Thomas and unplugboy)

This is inventive and captivating guitar; warm tones and drones soothe the soul while tensions get heightened by scrapes, pops, and crackles. Outside In is 53 minutes of music recorded live in the UK and Canada; ten heartbreakingly beautiful songs teeter on the brink of collapse while audiences hold their breath.

 

why can't we all just get along? compilation CD featuring 2 tracks from music for one 2002
SOLD OUT

 

s/t EP CD (makeshift records) 2001

1. ain't no wheels on this ship play/download
2. it's the daytime when
3. still raining, still dreaming
4. infinity mirror room mp3
5. clara, You rockmore
6. my funny valentine

A debut offering of instrumental music for a not so innocent time. Some songs are untouched guitar wanderings while others are built from guitar playing rendered unrecognisable through effects and processing. It's an emotional music that engages your mind on its way to your heart.