This music is a score to a energetic building dance piece that was on video to which I responded to across a few tracks in my studio. I ran across this recently and thought I'd make it available.

Tim Motzer DANCE

A preview from the session recorded at WXPN studios in Philadelphia that yielded the Tim Motzer - Live from Stars End album. This piece was realized during soundcheck for the Stars End live radio broadcast but was excluded for the broadcast itself. 

personel:
Tim Motzer: guitars & electronics
Recorded 11.3.13 at WXPN studios.
recorded, mixed, mastered by TM.

Live PA: Jeff Towne
Host: Chuck Van Zyl
Photography & design: Dejha Ti

c 2014 1k Recordings inc
p 2014 one k music co. (bmi)
all rights reserved.




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Rumination (reference mix)
acoustic baritone guitar improvisations


tim motzer - acoustic baritone guitars

part of an  in-progress all acoustic guitar album played on two guitars—first layer, and then immediate overdub of the second.

recorded at 1k studios fishtown, philadelphia  through neve portico preamps, utilizing two blue microphones with each guitar recorded in stereo.

forthcoming on 1k.
update 9/23/17. I am still considering releasing these improvisations. let's see.

c 2014 1k recordings inc
p 2014 one k music co. (bmi)

Tim Motzer - Rumination

Bandit 65 
Excerpts from a Bandit 65 performance
recorded live at Underground Arts, Philadelphia May 2014.

Kurt Rosenwinkel - guitars, electronics
Tim Motzer - guitars, guitar synth, electronics
Gintas Janusonis - drums, percussion, circuit bent toys

C 2016 Bandit65 (Rosenwinkel, Motzer, Janusonis)

tourdates, and booking info at bandit65.com

Bandit 65 - 2014 Live Excerpts, Philadelphia

An interview with Orion Tango on WKCR-fm in New York.

Orion Tango, WKCR Interview 8:4:2017

Taken from a sprawling live 3 hour solo guitar concert with 9 screens of visuals in Crescent Park in the Summer of 2012 part of the Commotion Festival Philadelphia. I was blessed to do a 3 hour live soundtrack in the open air. It was quite a beautiful day, and remains a lovely memory. Happy to have this music still.

Tim Motzer - acoustic-electric guitar, electronics, live looping

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Tim Motzer - may our dreams still fly.

From the album "Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams by Nucultures, "Think I'm Losin It" features the composition, production, and vocals of Tim Motzer. This double album was a critical favorite when it was released in 2007 on 1k Recordings, was voted in top essential 200 albums 20th Anniversary List on Echoes Radio by John Diliberto, and "Butterflies..." still endures today. 

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The critically acclaimed kaleidoscopic 21-song double album featuring vocalist Ellie Perez, producer Tim Motzer, and songwriter Barry Meehan along with some of Philadelphia's finest musicians.

"a masterpiece" - Straight No Chaser (uk)
"essential album of the year" -John Diliberto Echoes National Radio Programme


Philadelphia’s finest unite and create 2-disc downtempo opus – NUCULTURES -- “Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams”

TOP 200 ESSENTIAL ALBUMS 20TH ANNIVERSARY LIST - ECHOES RADIO
TOP 10 ESSENTIAL RECORD OF 2007 - JOHN DILIBERTO (ECHOES)
ESSENTIAL RECORD OF 2007 TOP 25 - ECHOES RADIO STAFF

Recording as the collective “Nucultures”, ‘Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams’ is a collaboration  between Philadelphia lyricist/vocalist Ellie Perez, acclaimed guitarist/producer Tim Motzer, and bassist/songwriter Barry Meehan. Each contributes vocals, songs, words and music to this ambitious 2 CD album project.

At a time when artists and labels are downsizing, this group of Philadelphia artists have ramped it up and released an ambitious 2 cd set.—Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams on 1k recordings.  This adventurous collection of music is a kaleidascope of songs and sound.blending shapes and hues with vocals, horns, strings, piano, drumkits and machines, vocal loops, guitars, bass, and left-field electronics into a brilliant textured soundscape of modern pop music.

From three perspectives, lyrically and vocally, “Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams” delves into questions of love, war, darkness, despair, light, and hope. musically it’s an eclectic 21 song journey with acoustic guitars ruminating over electronic and tabla beats; the shimmering vocal downtempo tone-poems of Ellie Perez (Night is Beautiful, Run for Cover, Behind the Moon); the dark foreboding jazz of ‘Babylon Is Crying’; upright pianos floating over languid grooves of ‘Think I’m Losin It’ and the wind swept desert guitar musings of ‘Mind Dunes’.

Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams features stellar musical guest contributions from trumpeter John Swana, cellist Helena Espvall, and Brooklyn drummer Jeremy Carlstedt, among many others…

Nucultures latest album is a  stunning collection of songs, with some obvious electronic components but Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams is organic at heart.    

Produced by Tim Motzer for 1k recordings
(Tim Motzer has collaborated with many artists including David Sylvian's Nine Horses, Jaki Liebeziet (Can), Burnt Friedman (Flanger), Ursula Rucker, Kenny Lattimore, DJ Jazzy Jeff, King Britt, Jamaaladeen Tacuma (Ornette Coleman), Jeff Sharel, Les Nubians, Isaac Hayes...)

 
Reviews:
it's a masterpiece that sets up us nicely for the third cometh of Portishead later this year.
STRAIGHT NO CHASER UK

it holds a top spot on my list of phenomenal down-tempo albums of the year.
...a truly sublime aural experience. Ross Solomon -- SLUG MAGAZINE

At times, Butterflies, Zebras and Moonbeams could stand as a testament to the budding mystique of a great Miles Davis masterwork such Kind of Blue. But it exists in a post-Portishead era, encapsulated in its own time and entity. There's that gorgeous block piano chord tinkle on the standout track, "Babylon is Crying (Tigris)." Like a good Davis cut, "Babylon is Crying (Tigris)" fills the room with its ubiquity, changing everything in the room with its seismic wake. -- NIKKI STYLE

Silky smooth but never sleepy, Nucultures have arrived to fill the gap left after Kruder and Dorfmeister failed to follow-up their landmark K & D Sessions. This is unabashed trip-hop, a descendent of Tricky, Morcheeba and, on the more bootilicious bangers, Dee e-Lite. Where Nucultures expands on their ancestry is in the bedrock musicality and undeniable melodic grace of this ultra creamy double-disc offering, an endlessly shifting landscape spread over 21 tracks that never drags or falters. Nice. -- JAMBASE


It's a strong outing in the downtempo realm and boasts one of that subgenres more distinctive personalities of late. -- review by Kristofer Upjohn -- RAVES.COM


At times evoking images of Portishead, Postal Service, and even Pink Floyd... Unlike other releases flirting with the trip-hop sound, however, "Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams" transcends existing as sheer ambience, or a hot bedroom soundtrack. Songs like "Head," "Babylon is Crying," and "Think I'm Losing It" all prove the serious chops behind the songwriting talent. -- RIFFIN
        

	

Nucultures - Think I'm Losin It

"Ninth Ward" is from the album "Dark Matter" and was an improvised eulogy to the people of New Orlean's during the time of the Katrina Hurricane.

personnel:
Doug Hirlinger: traps, flute, mbira, percussion
Barry Meehan: bass
Tim Motzer: baritone guitars, and looping

Buy the physical edition here:
http://1krecordings.com/1kstore/shopexd.asp?id=211

A spontaneous session of visceral cinematic improvisations and in the moment compositions from 3 prominent Philadelphia musicians. Base3 is an experimental trio featuring Doug Hirlinger on traps, mbira, percussion, flutes; Barry Meehan on bass; and Tim Motzer on electric and baritone guitars, and loops--all international musicians vibrant on the Philadelphia jazz & experimental scenes. DarkMatter reveals an honest and compelling record exhibiting the musicians multi-faceted abilities and their pure expression. Among the albums four extended pieces in the haunting closer, Ninth Ward, a beautiful and dark eulogy for the people of New Orleans. Fans of guitar improvisers, like Marc Ribot, Derek Bailey, and Fred Frith, will appreciate Base3_DarkMatter.

C 2008 1k Recordings
P 2008 One K Music Co. (BMI)

Base3 - Ninth Ward

Part 1 of the WMUH interview with Tim Motzer.
interviewed by Paul Krempasky, WMUH.
Muhlenberg College, Allentown

Tim Motzer WMUH interview part 1 (3/3/2020)

Part 2 of the WMUH interview with Tim Motzer.
interviewed by Paul Krempasky, WMUH.
 Muhlenberg College

Tim Motzer WMUH interview part 2 (3/3/2020)

Tim Motzer - lead vocal, drum machine, rhodes, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, backing vocals 
Barry Meehan - bass, backing vocals
Claudio Rochat-Felix-drums

Recorded at nautica studio, Philadelphia 2004
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Tim Motzer
Starship - lyrics and music by Tim Motzer One K Music Co. (BMI)





Tim Motzer -  Starship

"The Earth Doesn't Want Me Today" from Global Illage - The Complete Portland Sessions available now from 1k Recordings, iTunes, and other fine digital outlets.

Jim Hamilton - percussion
Tim Motzer - acoustic-electric guitar, electronics
Chris Cuzme - saxophone, bass, percussion
Danny Sears - trumpet, keyboards


The powerful alliance of Jim Hamilton, Chris Cuzme, Danny Sears, and Tim Motzer makes this one of the world's premiere improvising ensembles. Global illage is forging new pathways in dark ambient world music with modified percussion and telepathic improvisations over layers of dense sound. Available as a 3 volume download with over 3 hours of remarkable music.

Download from 1k Recordings the "The Complete Portland Sessions" here:

Volume 1
1krecordings.com/1kstore/shopexd.asp?id=231
Volume 2
1krecordings.com/1kstore/shopexd.asp?id=232
Volume 3
1krecordings.com/1kstore/shopexd.asp?id=233

All music by Global illage (Cuzme, Hamilton, Motzer, Sears)
Recorded by Prince Elwood Strickland III
Assisted by Cegan Sabel-Dodge at Portland Underground Recording August 2010
Mixed by Brian Boland at Rittenhouse Soundworks December 2010
mastered by Jeff Chestek at the Hat with editing by Tim Motzer at 1k recording studio June 2012 Photos by Tim Motzer Design by Dejha Ti

C 2012 1k Recordings, Tension Rod Music
P 2012 One K Music Company (BMI), Ewbrose (ASCAP)




Global illage - The Earth Doesn't Want Me Today

i hope these sonic meditations may reach you in some way, and bring some solace. Many blessings.
Tim Motzer, May 20, 2020

'Deliberation' and 'Transformation' were recorded early mornings the first week of COVID-19 quarantine. They were created for choreographers and dancers to use for meditations. 'Inside' was recorded April 10, 2020—an excerpt from a live streaming concert from my studio. 'Lament' was recorded at the Living Room in Ardmore, PA on September 12, 2019. I felt it was meant to be with this collection of music. 'For Hal and John' is dedicated to Hal Willner and John Prine—recorded the evening of their transition, April 7, 2020.

Recorded and mixed by Tim Motzer at 1k Recordings, Philadelphia
Additonal mixing and treatments by Eric Bogacz
Mastered by Eric Bogacz at Spice House Recording Studio,. Philadelphia

Cover painting by Tim Motzer

© ℗ 2020 1k Recordings Inc
published by one k music co. (BMI)
all rights reserved.
catalogue #: 1k046

Tim Motzer - Inside - 03 Lament

i hope these sonic meditations may reach you in some way, and bring some solace. Many blessings.
Tim Motzer, May 20, 2020

'Deliberation' and 'Transformation' were recorded early mornings the first week of COVID-19 quarantine. They were created for choreographers and dancers to use for meditations. 'Inside' was recorded April 10, 2020—an excerpt from a live streaming concert from my studio. 'Lament' was recorded at the Living Room in Ardmore, PA on September 12, 2019. I felt it was meant to be with this collection of music. 'For Hal and John' is dedicated to Hal Willner and John Prine—recorded the evening of their transition, April 7, 2020.

Recorded and mixed by Tim Motzer at 1k Recordings, Philadelphia
Additonal mixing and treatments by Eric Bogacz
Mastered by Eric Bogacz at Spice House Recording Studio,. Philadelphia

Cover painting by Tim Motzer

© ℗ 2020 1k Recordings Inc
published by one k music co. (BMI)
all rights reserved.
catalogue #: 1k046

Available from
https://1krecordings.bandcamp.com/album/inside

Tim Motzer - Inside - 01 Deliberation

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