The Sextants: 1987 demo

Back in the day when A.O.S. was working to dominate the local college music scene in our little corner of the American Southwest, our main rivals in town, along with The Young Pros, were a group of  upstarts called The Sextants. I just ran across this track of theirs from 1987 on soundcloud, so I thought I'd share it with ya'll. 

And to facilitate the head to head comparisons and a nostalgia overload - here's The Young Pros (doing a cover of an A.O.S. song)



and A.O.S.'s DIY cassette release from 1988- Rip It Up - Enjoy

Pre-Jonny Cats: The Drones

Dave Chavez (RIP), the solid and heavy anchor for The Jonny Cats was in The Drones in the late 1980's. Here is a video slideshow of one of their tunes. There will be a memorial concert for Dave in Las Cruces next month at Hurricane Alley on the 17th.

PKD soundtracks...Valis, Leverage

Was recently contacted by Aaron Sheppard, a guitarist and fellow PKD fan. He had some nice things to say about the psychic enemies network album valis. Listening to his album Leverage, I thought readers here might appreciate his work, so I thought I would pass it along. Makes a nice contrast/companion to valis

Banksy Cat in Tokyo

The Jonny Cats bandcamp page now has the whole catalog - so you can make your own Cat Box set.

Death of a Jonny Cat

Bass player extraordinaire and beloved friend Dave Chavez has passed away way too young.
No greater tribute to the man can be had than a listen to his music.

SBCPMF
Ode to Sergio

Hear: The Beat Cowboys -Be Your Man

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.

an aboombong oddity

Found this on the interwebs this afternoon. A very short clip featuring a snippet of cheshiahud loop from the aboombong album amnemonic.
3d human lung visualization i created bak in 1994 (Enhanced) from b00nd0x . r0b on Vimeo.

Disquiet Junto Palindrone

Each week, Marc over at disquiet.com posts a challenge to the soundcloud community he calls the disquiet junto. As aboombong I have been involved in a number of them. This is the latest one with an aboombong track (track 7 here), 0023 palindrone.

Don't forget to check out the latest aboombong album, atrophic, and the admixture project. Another new one is in the works. A few touches to get done and perhaps a release by late summer.

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.