@rachelrothofficial: Thanks, that's certainly the tone I was going for when I wrote it.  It's actually a continuation of the last track, 'The World is Math", so if you looped all five tracks it's a sort of "ouroboric" never ending "sonic continuum".  Something like that....thanks for listening! - Jason Williams

I didn't know Jason for very long, but he made a lasting impact on me. He will be missed.

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Anne Cherchait l’Amour
Arranged, translated, performed, recorded, produced by C&C
Original by Elli et Jacno, 1979
Mastered by Zach Shipps

O Sweet Joe Pye

Anne Cherchait l'Amour

I've been going over black cats in my mind
I don't know if I can make it but I know I'll try
I put on my shoes, but I do not lie
You've been making me to choose but I don't want this life
You've been making me to suffer, but I don't know why

Come and waste time with...

Black cats scratching at the screen on my front porch
Turning the metal into cinders for this torch
Fires burning the city down to glass
Turning the atmosphere into an oxygen mask

I was in the other lane
I was going the other way
I was in the backyard waiting for my train
I didn't think that it was going to come anyway 

I am a moral cripple whose actions react and ripple
Through time like vines crawling
High in the stratospheric where light is loud I can almost hear it
Now that we've finally found peace with the ground

I've been going over black cats in my mind
I've been dreaming of a dark dance behind my closed eyes
I put on my shoes, but I do not lie
I've been going over black cats, black cats in my mind...

I.  Black Cats

I wrote this and recorded it in a shitty, over priced hotel room a really nice police officer gave me a ride to.  Not all cops are bad.  But all La Quinta Inn's are shitholes.  
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DREAMTIGERS (lyrics by j.w.)

(dream tigers, dream tigers...)

Take me all the 
way down
I have been up for 
too long
now...

Let go.
Holding on.
Fall in
to this...

Dream tigers,
dream tigers,
dream tigers,
dream tigers.
Dream tigers,
dream tigers,
dream tigers, 
dream tigers...

Take me all the 
way down
I have been up for 
too long
now...

Let go.
Holding on.
Fall in
to this...


Take me all the 
(Let go.)
way down
(Holding on.)
I have been up for 
(Fall in)
too long
(to this...)
now...

Take me all the 
(Let go.)
way down
(Holding on.)
I have been up for 
(Fall in)
too long
(to this...)
now...
(Let go.)
Holding on.
Fall in
to this...

Anomie & me

DREAMTIGERS

DREAMTIGERS | by LO-TECH ("mastered" demo)

Crystalis Blue

From the full-length album "Wax Wings"

In the Lake Records (2017)

Slow Fade

Mercury Rock

June

The All-Seeing

"Yawning of the Dreamtigers" is a single, seventy three minute long track from off of the album entitled, 'DREAMTIGERS' released by ambient, no-fi sound experimentalist, LO-TECH.  The instruments used for this recording were an electric guitar (processed by several FX pedals), a dulcimer and the composer's own voice.  The composition was tracked, mixed and mastered in a small motel room somewhere in Nebraska using the very modest set up which the room could accommodate--a Telecaster Custom electric guitar, a Bugera combo amplifier, a dulcimer, an AKG C214 LDC microphone, a Tascam mixer and a Cricket smartphone to which the composition/album was transferred and from which 'DREAMTIGERS' was uploaded.

Yawning of the Dreamtigers by LO-TECH

Recorded at Potomac Studios in 2013.  All vocal versions of these early demos were never released or further explored.

I am repulsed by the silver on your tongue 
Our jaded slit it will invite 'em into our heart
Lonley bottom feeder, oh, haven't you had your fill?
So I've just I've got a question, but I know that you like to sleep

Untitled

On Birth (demo)

"On Birth" (experimental demo) by Rocket Miner with vocals & bass by Jason Williams

Incomplete song, but a better vocal mix than the complete version.

A Lonely Song From a Quiet Room (Incomplete/Better MIX)

Difficult to pinpoint stylistically, Animal Holograms are an elusive trio. High intensity, complex songs are balanced out by hypnotic, minimalist pieces often carried by Arabic and African based rhythms. 

Jason Williams - Vocals and guitars
Danny Ong - Guitars and synths
Marshall Greenhouse - Drums, hand percussion, Korg, Kaossillators and rhythmic effects/electronic drone and beat loops designer
Shannon Greenhouse - Vocals, theramin, saw, snare and keys
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"Jason Williams, the mastermind behind Chicago based project Animal Holograms makes big waves with his debut E.P. "Phantasmagoric Menagerie". Leading off with the high energy number "Black Cats" Williams pushes the envelope between art rock and indie pop with a healthy dose of noise driven guitar chaos. The captivating feel of "Psychoasis" carry things on an atmospheric whirlwind that channels the spirits of Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips while the synth drenched sounds of "Ferdinand Hodler" give way to an upbeat yet overall darker tone. It's a brilliant balance of both moody and uplifting territory. This mood continues with the dirge like grind of "Hello Mr. Dark" which at some point moves into a delightful realm of shoegaze bliss. Things wind down as the lulling presence of "The World Is Math" cap everything off with a collection of highly experimental textures that reverberate inside your mind . A beautiful collection of psychedelic dream pop wizardry."

--Dave Allison (Custom Made Music)

"Animal Holograms back up their stylish shoegazer tunes with some real muscle. A delectable saunter is developed in the tempo that carries the reach of everything across commendably. It is in these statures that the depth of tone is developed. Lingering qualities in the tempo follow a formulaic approach that is exacted with originality. As a result a due course falls across the causality of the tone neatly but also drives the worth of the tracking through in the meandering of the drift on show. Other tunes seem to grab the momentum when required. That sees a leaner calling answered in terms of how everything then sounds. In the operation of everything there is a mastery that truly gets to grips with the task at hand. What you get with this band is something that is very much on the proverbial money with the disenfranchised underground feel that permeates in the music." 

--U&I Unsigned and Independent Magazine

"Somewhere between the vocal stylings of Marc Bolan and Elliott Smith, Jason Williams’ voice is a hypnotic and understated element of Animal Holograms, a Chicago-based trio with a dreamily loose sound that blends shoegaze and dream-pop. What started as a solo project of Williams’ evolved into a trio consisting of Nick Biscardi and Jesse Askren. Now, Animal Holograms have their debut full-length - í sólina – slated for a May release. Judging by already-released tracks like ”lengi nætur”, listeners could be in for something special.

Starting with a progression that resembles both spacious post-rock and spaghetti-western nonchalance, ”lengi nætur” immediately shows Animal Holograms’ knack for atmosphere. Williams’ ghostly croon creeps in over the passive percussion and murmuring guitars, while an organ emerges as a bridge to a successfully clanky hook that is capped off by an elongated guitar solo. Much of the lyrics throughout the track are obscured somewhat by the gently involved production, which surely takes a cue from shoegaze. The actual instrumentation is more in the vein of post-punk and alternative, with a touch of glam-rock’s moodier bits. ”lengi nætur” is a great entry for listeners, as are tracks like ”halló dökk mín”."
 
--Mike Mineo (Obscure Sound)

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