ANIDEIC by aboombong with Dynamo Stairs (2024)

Artist: aboombong with Dynamo Stairs 

Album: ANIDEIC

Release: 2024

Style: eclectic ambient-noise, rock, musique concrete

Players: 

aboombong: arrangements, manipulations, sequencer (1,9), darbuka (1,4,7,8), taganing (1,8), drum kit (2,3,5,6,7,9), piano (3,4,7,9), acoustic resophonic guitar (4,6), double sanza (2,10), field recording (10), hand claps (7), pueblo tom (7), various percussion and found objects (9,10). Recorded in and around Pen & Mallet Studios, Seattle WA.

Dynamo Stairs: bass (1,5,6,7,8,9), violin (6), electric guitar (1,5,7,8,9), acoustic 12-string guitar (1), steel string guitar (1), Spanish guitar (10). Recorded at Cave Studios, Saxon, Switzerland.

 

  

Putting the links for other music available here below, for your convenience. 

You can, of course, browse through the pages for artists. 

aboombong: ANIDEIC

aboombong: apophenia

aboombong: asynartetic

aboombong: AGNOSIS
ABOOMBONG: articulations

ABOOMBONG: Aprhonesis
ABOOMBONG: adumbral

ABOOMBONG: anaphora

ABOOMBONG: atrophic

ABOOMBONG: admixture

ABOOMBONG: amnemonic
ABOOMBONG: asynchronic
ABOOMBONG: aboombong

Boom Dispenser: A Chronic Groove Feeder

Boom Dispenser: Boom Dispenser

dustdevil & crow: accidental music

dustdevil & crow : .​.​.​and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me
dustdevil & crow: while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing
ABOOMBONG (w/ dustdevil & crow): Taking Blue Mountain by Stages

AZWARM: shelter
AZWARM: a morning's work

¡para!helion: Midaq Alley
¡para!helion: 3 Miles From Mecca
¡para!helion: >3
¡para!helion: When Technology Fails
¡para!helion: Harpers Bizarre Film Festival
Icastico: The-ambient-Sundae bar
Icastico: Étude for Six Mirrored Hands

Blotter: Once and Again - Minus Four - in Stereono
Blotter: Sludge the Butcher
Blotter: Songs for Mommy
DJJ: Throw it out there, not away

Psychic Enemies Network: Valis (with bonus tracks)
Psychic Enemies Network: P.E.N. (with bonus tracks)

Waltz Bop Shop: All My Idears are Flawed in Sum Way + Quartet

Waltz Bop Shop: Name Dropping at Angela's and Melting
Waltz Bop Shop: All my idears are played live today
Waltz Bop Shop: A whisper in the airwaves

The Jonny Cats: Last- Ode to Sergio
The Jonny Cats: S.B.C.P.M.F.

The Johnny Cats: Burns Rubber 7"
Swayback: Outer Space Tonight

Anxiety of Silence: Rip It up! + live tracks
Anxiety of Silence: live and Raw in the Pit also (some cleaned-up live tracks)

Thorn: solace of noise 

Choke: Choke (e.p.)
Choke: Hard to Swallow
Choke: Gauze/Total Reverence
[redacted]: left blank
Super Naam: two rough cuts

aboombong - apophenia (2022)

A new album for 2022. 

This one collects recordings from the last 7 or so years 

and weaves them together for your cortical pattern recognition system. 

Percussion & noise for fighting off the corrosion. 

artist: aboombong

album: apophenia

release: 2022

style: noise, field recordings, beats

players: me -drumkit, darbuka, dumbek, double sanza, tongue drum, field drum, tenor pan, guitar, piano, sequencer, treatments, feedback, field recording

Boom Dispenser - Boom Dispenser (2021)

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11 years since the last Boom Dispenser release, a 2-song ep.

All proceeds from this e.p. will support RAICES:

(Refugee And Immigrant Center for Education and legal Services).

You can donate directly at www.raicestexas.org.

Picture a lost 1980s James Caan movie where he plays that lonely schmuck that can't get a break. This plays in the montage where his girlfriend is headed to the airport and he’s stuck in a warehouse by the docks getting his ass kicked  - and she never knows why he didn't show up.

 

Some help with guitars from a guy I know.

My son composed the sequencer loop back when he was in 3rd grade. 

aboombong - asynartetic

My latest release is out on time for the latest Bandcamp Friday (starting 12am PDT on 8/7/2020). For 24 hours Bandcamp waives their fees to help out artists. I will be using that as a way to raise money to help the victims of the recent blast in Beirut. All proceeds raised this month from any aboombong purchase will go to http://redcross.org.lb who provides frontline relief to victims.

Most (not all, but most) aboombong songs involve improvisation at some level. I frequently use improvisations as source material and then editing and post-production manipulations to combine them into something coherent. On this album the improvisations themselves, the performances, are the focus. Taking cues from jazz - where the interplay between musicians is the substance of the performance -these songs were constructed "live" - with each performance played in direct response to the tracks laid down previously. Treatments and manipulations were applied (essentially) live as well (play, treat, playback while improvising the next track) for the most part. Enjoy and spread the word so I can raise some money for those in need. Thanks.

artist: aboombong

album: asynartetic

release: 2020

style: jazz, ambient, piano

players: me - piano, trap set, double sanza, wooden-headed dumbek, taganing, elephant bell, temple bell.

artwork/photography: me

Design consultation: Random

Old music and new

Dave from Choke (and Dynamo Stairs, and splayfeet) posts a newly uncovered Choke rehearsal tape. 

Also, out for #BandcampFriday (approaching 24 hours). aboombong will be donating all proceeds to http://redcross.org.lb to help victims of the #BeirutBlast: improvisations for piano and other percussion - ambient free jazz? https://aboombong.bandcamp.com 

Details soon. 

aboombong - AGNOSIS (2019)

artist: aboombong

album: AGNOSIS

release: 2019

style: 4th World Post-punk Goth, Kosmische Musik, ambient piano, liturgy

players: me - drum kit, percussion, piano, sequencer, treatments; Lana Van Boven -  vocals on track 1 & 3 (www.lanavanboven.com); David Liso - vocals on track 1 (dynamostairs.bandcamp.com); Brian Shaw - flugalhorn and recording engineer on track 3 (www.lsu.edu/cmda/music/people/faculty/shaw.php)

artwork/photography: me

Side One: 

Side Two

After nearly a decade of going it alone, this is the second release completed in collaboration with musical friends in so many years. Lana came to me with the desire to do some singing outside of her usual frame, and things snowballed from there - with contributions from David and Brian bringing it all together. As always, available via bandcamp pay what you like. 

Empathy Circuit (Oddeo Netwerx) featuring Psychic Enemies Network

After a short 15 year break, Psychic Enemies Network has a new song available as part of the 2015 Oddeo Netwerx release Empathy Circuit. Available at your favorite on-line music source as single tracks, or as a continuous ambient mix. 

You can listen here. 

And here's a video from the album.

I Gaze

Artist: aboombong
Album: admixture
Style: shoegaze
Release: 2012/2014
Players: aboombong, percussion; Dynamo Stairs, bass and guitars; Lana Van Boven, vocals; Wharf99, field recording; madrotter, samples.
Available in a variety of formats from http://aboombong.bandcamp.com/track/i-gaze-admix-one-suisse-miss

admixture, a two-track, interactive e.p. from aboombong. Back in 2012 I sent solicitations for additional elements for each track to my musician friends: not remixs, admixs. The additional elements here trickled in over the last two years. Additions are still welcome for both tracks. Send 'em if you've got 'em.

Vague Choir: Non-Ultra Joy

My old buddy Mark has a new record out.
This time with his group Vague Choir. 
Well worth your time.
 Check it out.
And here's Mark as a youngster (he's the one on drums).

 

Kamikaze spreads the word

A nice mix of music from Kamikaze dropped awhile back. Includes a track from adumbral. Lots of other great artists included for you check out as well (track list below). Honored to be included. 

Jason Crumer & Joseph Hammer - Show Em The Door [Accidie]
Powell - A Band [The Death Of Rave]
Vladislav Delay - Kulkee [Raster Noton]
Actress - Silver Cloud Dream Come True [Werk/Ninja Tune]
Bernard Gagnon - Dictee [Tenzier]
Yong Yong - Mongo [Night School]
The Entourage Music & Theatre Ensemble - Giraffes We Ride [Folkways]
Mustapha Skandrani - Mode Raml Maya Improvisation [Em]
Nishan Sedefjian - Huzam Taxim [Mississippi/Canary/Change]
Jung Nam Hee - Chinyangjo/Chungmori [Sublime Frequencies]
St. Gun Khin May - Shan Village Part 1/Part 2 [Sublime Frequencies]
Kesarbai Kerkar - Lalat: Ghatan Lagi Rain [Mississippi/Canary/Change]
Hacker Farm - 5:29 [Exotic Pylon]
MCMXCI - Untitled 5 [Opal Tapes]
aboombong - K1 [Bandcamp] 
Trance Farmers - Purple Hay [Stones Throw/Leaving]
Filthy Huns - Infinite Ride [Not Not Fun]
Golden Teacher - Rashomon [Optimo]
Factory Floor - Fall Back Synth Loop [DFA]
Yong Yong - Bzzzr [Night School]
Karriem Riggins - Voyager I 5000 [Stones Throw]
Oh No - Creepers [KahRoc]
Jeremy Greenspan & Laurie Spiegel - Sirius Shake [Jialong]

Aboombong artwork and soundart

A nice review of the latest aboombong album adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis over at Acts of Silence. We always appreciate help spreading the word...check out the other reviews and you'll find other great music. 

Also available on Spotify, Rhapsody, iTunes, Last.FM and from most of your favorite places to purchase downloads. Bandcamp is the only venue where you choose what to pay.  

adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis

Artist: aboombong
Album: adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis
Style: minimalist, looping, glitchy, electronics
Toys: Kaossilator, drum kit.

A new aboombong for a new year. Enjoy.

Update: now also available on Spotify, Rhapsody, iTunes, Last.FM and from most of your favorite places to purchase downloads. Bandcamp is the only venue where you choose what to pay.

aboombong release updates

The next aboombong recording will be out January 1st, 2013. Title is adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis - seven shortish tracks that are a departure from the longer ambient tracks released in 2012.  Watch for it on bandcamp and other outlets. 

Also check out the latest release by Sahel Sounds: 8 remixed versions of the song "Tenere" by Amanar -  an aboombong remix is included. You can preview all the tracks at http://sahelsounds.com/2012/11/amanar-rmx/ or download them via this mediafire link. Enjoy.

Download links here at Pen & Mallet. 
ambient; experimental; noise; drone; improv; dream pop, warped, psych-folk, etc. 
ABOOMBONG: anaphora

ABOOMBONG: atrophic

ABOOMBONG: admixture

ABOOMBONG: amnemonic 
ABOOMBONG: asynchronic 
ABOOMBONG: aboombong 
ABOOMBONG (w/ dustdevil & crow): Taking Blue Mountain by Stages 
dustdevil & crow: accidental music

dustdevil & crow : .​.​.​and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me
dustdevil & crow: while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing 
Boom Dispenser: A Chronic Groove Feeder 
AZWARM: shelter 
AZWARM: a morning's work 
¡para!helion: Midaq Alley 

¡
para!helion: 3 Miles From Mecca
¡para!helion: >3
¡para!helion: When Technology Fails
¡para!helion: Harpers Bizarre Film Festival
Icastico: The-ambient-Sundae bar 
Icastico: Étude for  Six Mirrored Hands
Blotter: Once and Again - Minus Four - in Stereono 
Blotter: Sludge the Butcher
Blotter: Songs for Mommy
Psychic Enemies Network: Valis (with bonus tracks)
Psychic Enemies Network: P.E.N. (with bonus tracks)

Punk; No-wave; Post-punk, etc.
Waltz Bop Shop: All My Idears are Flawed in Sum Way + Quartet
Waltz Bop Shop: Name Dropping at Angela's and Melting
Waltz Bop Shop: All my idears are played live today
Waltz Bop Shop: A whisper in the airwaves
The Jonny Cats: Last- Ode to Sergio
The Johnny Cats: Burns Rubber 7"
Swayback: Outer Space Tonight
AOS: Rip It up! + live tracks
AOS: live and Raw in the Pit also (some cleaned-up live tracks)
DJJ: Throw it out there, not away

Shoegaze; Rock; etc.
Choke: Choke (e.p.)
Choke: Hard to Swallow
Choke:  Gauze/Total Reverence
[redacted]: left blank 
Super Naam: two rough cuts

 Most of these links will allow you to download in FLAC, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. Let me know if you have a request for a FLAC/WAV version of any of the other MP3 only files.

aboombong - anaphora (new release)

artist: aboombong

album: anaphora

style: musique concrète, ambient, spoken word

players: 

aboombong - field recordings, fetal heart monitor, happy apple, Kawai K3; 

Random - beats; 

Carl - words. 

This one is a cross generational collaboration between my grandfather (pictured, on the left) and my son, born 101 years apart. Available name your price on bandcamp. Enjoy, and if you do, spread the word. 

Dynamo Stairs - Reverse Screen, and other newness

There's a new Dynamo Stairs CD sending out waves to world. It is a collection of tracks from across the many years that the project has been going. The project predates David's work with Choke and continues to this day with a wide range of styles exploring the edges of pop.  I've been enjoying it a lot. You might as well. Here's a video taste
 

In other news, there is a new aboombong shaping up. It is a companion piece to atrophic and a bit of a departure for aboombong. I need to put together an album cover and cross some sonic T's, but watch for it on bandcamp soon. Also out soon will be the new Dustdevil & Crow, accidental music. Michael has a couple of teaser tracks up on his soundcloud: Big Wind & Broken Head Boy.

The Jonny Cats: S.B.C.P.M.F.

Recently uncovered masters from The Jonny Cats. These songs were released in very limited edition cassettes back in 1994. The Burrrns Rubber 7" was taken from these sessions. Hearing them now, in better fidelity, after over 15 years; they seem to have aged like fine whisky. Rumor has it that Kenta and Jon (along with High Iron) are playing these tunes again. Recordist: Ryan Martino. Also available on on bandcamp.

aboombong: atrophic

album: atrophic

artist: aboombong

style: classic 70's ambient/krautrock

toys: wooden headed dumbek, Kawai K3, Kaoscillator, voice, effects, electronics

As always, this one is a pay what you want release. All proceeds go to more music. Also available on soundcloud (.wav)

aboombong: admixture; now on soundcloud, what you got?

I meant to get this up sooner, but life keeps me busy. The aboombong admixture e.p. is now also up on soundcloud, which is really a perfect venue for the collaborative aspects of the project. Contributions are already starting to trickle in and I have begun working on the admixs. If you are a soundcloud user, you can follow the progress of the project there and watch for the final release of the admixs over at aboombong's bandcamp page, where things will be released cc-attribution, share-alike, non-commercial.

admixture by aboombong

aboombong - admixture

Starting the new year with a new release, admixture, a two-track, interactive e.p. from aboombong. With the exception of a little harmonica, this one is all percussion. The interactive element here is this: I am sending solicitations for additional elements for each track to my musician friends...and will accept them as well from those of you out there that feel inclined; I will take submitted additions to the songs and I will combine them into new versions: not remixs, admixs. If you are interested in participating...put together your contribution and then leave a comment or send me a note here (click on the link that says "For all other inquiries, click here") and we'll figure out how I can retrieve your contributions. No complicated rules, but remember, your contribution will be combined with things you haven't heard. Oh, and I don't want any samples of already released material. Contributions should be something you created from scratch.

Artist: aboombong
Album: admixture
Style: shoegaze, drone-rock, idm, psychedelic, dream pop
Features: percussion, harmonica, effects.


As always, this one is a pay what you want release. All proceeds go to more music.

aboombong - Taking Blue Mountain By Stages (with dustdevil & crow)

Much of the discourse musicians have with fans is about the creative process. "Where do you get your ideas?" or "How did you get it to sound like that?" Usually, the musician doesn't have much to say on that front or comes off as pretentious and boring. I am hoping to avoid that with this post as I take you through a journey towards a completed song included on the latest dustdevil & crow release, .​.​.​and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me, which is officially coming out September 1st. The song is one that was initiated by aboombong, and developed by the whole crew in stages. The progression provides, to me, a nice view of the collaborative process. In this case, one that could not have occurred in an earlier era as the members of the group are spread out around the globe.

The journey begins with a song from the 2nd dustdevil & crow release, while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing. The song is titled Broken Skin and goes like this:

In the process of creating this track, and before we had the wonderful violin work of rob tarana, I created a drone as a background. We never used it, but I liked the way it sounded. The drone was created from the guitars already included on the track. Here they are by themselves:

Here is the drone that was left on the cutting room floor:

When it came time to do the next dustdevil & crow release, I remembered liking that little drone, and decided to turn it into something. Here is what I sent bendle & michael, a track I called Blue Mountain Drop:

When bendle sent it back to me, he had reworked some lyrics from an old The Door and The Window track called Rain (available on his bandcamp page). The resulting track, now Blue Mountain sounded like this:

Then michael added his trademark wall of guitars and sent us this:

Finally, with the help of nick toombs' additional guitar work, bendle's careful mixing, and mastering work by michael, we get the final song as it appears on the album still titled Blue Mountain. I decided I liked all the various steps towards this final track, so I am releasing an EP that details the journey on my bandcamp page to help promote .​.​.​and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me. You can hear the whole journey here:

The rest of the dustdevil & crow album is really good too and bendle is selling physical copies on his bandcamp page...don't miss out.