track 2 from the 2004 album "Advance Screening"
might make a new version for 2024 album 'shit is fucked" or "advanced screaming".  thought this was also on the 2008 perception management expanded edition compilation but it wasn't at all!

will be making a music video for this as it was the first song that came into my head after coming out of a K-hole following surgery after my bowel burst open. I misremembered the "live with fame" line as "live with pain' as i was in a lot of pain, but yeah, this is my near-death-experience song. This and Siberian Khatru by Yes got me through it.

I think original music for this was made using CES synth VSTI plug in. Was impressed by how close to a casiotone it sounded. The best earthenware songs are the ones where the music does not change, the mood stays constant and looping so i can "rap" my poetry over it.  (wrapped in poetry)

there are enemies that are close to you, eg: Family
and there are enemies that are experts, eg: Doctors
if your DNA is weird and you fall into the 5-10% of minority cases
that the 'best' treatment doesn't work for
then you are shit out of luck
and get treated like a guinea pig
you will become collateral damage
a statistically insignificant anomaly 
a casualty of statistics, 
a casualty of "experts" who rely on the aforementioned statistics
but you have to trust them
because they have the power save your life
but it is hard to trust them fully
your abusive parents you trusted to provide your physical needs
fed you to keep you alive
while simultaneously neglecting your emotional needs 
gaslighting you and traumatizing your mind

We're just learning
 it's not the same
You can walk on broken glass
you can walk on rain
we're just learning
to live with fame (pain?)
You can walk on broken glass
you can walk on rain

move up/on(?) to the sunshine
upgrade to a lighter (brighter ?) day
of an august bankruptcy (open up there's bankrptcy)
coming our way

take your time to take some time off
explain to the management that it's not good enough anymore

I was so depressed (unfocused - alt 2024)
you never  noticed
we assume (resume ?) the ceasefire
and now we trust our enemies so much more (repeat till end)

Advanced Screening

James Earthenware - Experts Will Suffer Casualties (2004)

from the 2004 album advanced screening
original version on 2003 album prototype jive
drum samples from pt-30, mt-70 and other gear 
(prob yamaha dx-200 or an-1x and maybe some circuit bent dd-6)
sequenced in flstudio ver3 or 5? #fruityloops

james earthenware - 1988 (2004 Orchestral version)

string / orchestral / karaoke / instrumental version 
from 2004 album "advanced screening"
orig casiotone mt-11 / vocal version from 2003 album "prototype jive"
drum samples : Mattel synsonics

James Earthenware - There's A Champion Out There (Pretentious Mix)

casiotone mt-65 mandolin voice
swarplug tambura and tabla
acoustic guitar

james earthenware - Keeping Up With You (Traralgon Mix 2004)

Perception Management (Expanded - Instrumental)

James Earthenware - I'll Take You There (2004)

recorded 2004 - advanced screening album (this upload)
remastered 2009 - perception management "best of" compilation
guitar solo by Lucas Wade
drums, bass, synthfuzz - casiotone mt-40
coda chords - Casio VL-5
intro synth - Yamaha CS-01

James Earthenware - Specifications Revision 1986

James Seeks Same (Demo)
 (James Earthenware)


I'm James Earthenware, I'm a man of action
I press random buttons and make it happen
I used to be an ordinary one man band
Till I met with Loscha and formed a plan

It was all about using the C-64
Until someone stole the interface I brought it for
So I'm back on the PC these days
Fruity Loops and Cool Edit all the way

VSTi's that rather crash than emulate
Cracked software (way) past it's use-by-date
And let me enlighten you to an economic fact
I gotta sacrifice some style to be where I'm at

My drum machine sounded like Phil Collins
So I circuit bent the bitch and it solved my problem
Now all the kids think I'm Aphex Twin
I wish I sold half as many records as him

I go to work all day and pump the beats till late
Doesn't leave me in a healthy state
Half asleep I say things I shouldn't say
Not eating right, no time to shave

Ccaffine in my veins where my blood should be
Re-recording one song in six different keys
A social life scheduled around ebay bids
It's a bit different than having a wife and kids

When we play live it's a total disaster
Can't find the patch, pitch or lyrics I'm after
Got a whole heap of tech spread over the floor
None of it compatible 'cause it's all pre ''84

But f**k having a laptop and MIDI on stage
Who wants to sound like a CD anyway
You remove all the fun when you remove the risks
But that said... it needs to get easier than this

Some ask Red Engineer "what's up with this s**t?"
You're too stuck up, you don't smoke or drink!
I state my title, I state my position
I'm straight edge by design and definition

Don't need hangovers putting me under pressure
If I'm up at 6AM to hunt at trash and treasure
Obsolete technology? It don't cost s**t!
But ya gotta be hardcore about finding it

Crohns disease tearing up my digestive tract
Don't need more problems on top of that
My Gran's in decline, losing touch
At the hospital twice a week to check her up

This schematic's left me a nervous wreck
I need every brain cell in full effect
Wired in parallel instead of series
Educating myself in circuit analysis theory

Don't ask me about movies you've seen
More than likely I haven't been
Let me introduce you to a small reality
I can't perpetuate fresh styles watching telly

I don't care if James Dies A Virgin
You preach distraction, I preach conversion
If you need a f**k why don't you f**k someone else
If I need a child I'll adopt myself

Don't bother about dressing to impress
If it's what everyone wants…I want it less
The media creates idols for us to adore
But they're about as intellectual as of a security door

But that's alright...I'm not involved
Steer clear of the hype, problem solved
Yeah that's alright...I'm not involved
Steer clear of the hype, problem solved
 
(©James Earthenware 2004)
	
 	Story behind this song:
  I wanted to write my token hip hop song for the Home Entertainment CD...I had a slower song that wasn't working...this song is slightly too fast for me to rap over because I'm not that good a rapper but it sounds exciting and that's the main thing.

The "hey buddy" is an in joke pertaining to a rather hilarious (albeit racist) flash animation called "Wesley Likes Goon"

The songs title is not about homosexuality...it is about seeking like-minded people.

The song was originally called 2004 (A year in review), Intellectual Property Markets Guide 2004, Lose Control and James Spends His Time...so it will probably be changed again when it is finished.

Loscha is really into it so it's definate for the album when I figure out how to incorporate the rest of the lyrics (Always too many sylables)

james earthenware - James Dies A Virgin (Unfinished 2004)

Feared More Than Death

james earthenware - Advanced Diploma Of Earthenware 2005

music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7r6Hga5nRM

310 views  3 Oct 2019  #circuitbending #vocoder #juxtaposition
#sadsonghappyvideo #juxtaposition #casiotone #circuitbending  #vocoder

15th anniversary video October 2019. 
Song recorded before we almost set the house on fire.
Released on the 2004 CD-R album 'Advanced Screening" 
Shortlisted for the best of CD in 2008. 

Loscha: main trippy riff on C64 quadraSID VSTI (or maybe Yamaha FB-01?) and drum sequencing / programming.   
Earthenware: guitar, lyrics, vocoder, Yamaha CS-01 improvisation 
Drums: casiotone mt-70 and yamaha pss-150 samples

Perception Management (Expanded - Conventional)

james earthenware - Empty Promises feat. Loscha (2004)

casio system 8000 symphonytron
yamaha cs-01 PWM synth lead
yamaha pss-150 drum samples

james earthenware - denial (2007)

ehx q-tron on lead guitar parts
octave or pitchshift from digitech rp-7 on "bass" part
casiotone mt-800 or mt-68 drum samples
digitech talker vocoder

Perception Management (Expanded - Experimental)

James Earthenware - Casualties (2006)

Track 17 on the 2002 album "the festival of light"
also appears as track 08 on bonus CD for the 555 records compilation CD 555cd56
https://www.discogs.com/release/135678-Various-555CD55
https://stats.fm/album/856394
https://555recs.bandcamp.com/album/555cd55

The Festival Of Light

james earthenware - james makes a new friend (2002)

track 042 on the end
maybe our love won't be unprecedented after all

james earthenware - Maybe You Be Mine (steve Lucas Cover 2009)

JE - Repair, Install, Maintain (2007 No bonus trx PM ID3)
casio symphonytron
yamaha cs-01

James Earthenware - Hypersensitivity (2007)

yamaha cs-01
casio mt-65
digitech talker vocoder
fl studio drum sample sequencing
https://soundcloud.com/turnstyle_perth

Teamwork (April 2008)

James Earthenware - Novak's Plan (Turnstyle Cover)

made on a laptop i found on the street in hard rubbish
could only play  4 channels of audio vsti
japanese stationery is also good...might do thAT as a sequel.
2004 advance screening album
dat politics obvious influence is obvious

james earthenware - European Stationery

from unreleased 2014 album corrections facillity
words by James Earthenware Music + Performance by The Gizzards
sounds more like a james earthenware song than most james earthenware songs

James Earthenware Vs The Gizzards - Practical Examination

Track 22 from 2001 album "rush hour in little chicago"
casiotone mt-11 and casio mt-40 synth fuzz
cool edit pro distortion and effects
hammerhead 909 drums

Rush Hour In Little Chicago

james earthenware - VENI VEDI VECI.

casio mt-70 organ

singing, arrangement, acoustic guitar : Andrew DeVries
lyrics, organ,  fripp-eno style lead guitar : James Earthenware

2002 : original version (the festival of light)
2004 : this version (advance screening album)
2009 : remastered by Greg Wadley for (perception management CD)

James Earthenware - The Explosive Australian (covered by Andrew DeVries)

either casio mt-65 or  mt-45 drums, (more likely mt-65 to allow button mashing) via alesis metavox vocoder square wave random pattern generator

analog beats by casio!

James Earthenware - Do You Love Your Hardcore? (2004 Soundclick Edit)

yamaha cs-01
casio mt-11 ???? violn
digitech vocoder
additional synth and guitar parts jimi edwards

Product Recall On Defective Earthenware (RMX v.2)

This is a new Fisherspooner inspired - dance remix of the original which appeared on "Empty Promises, Empty Tanks" CD

Product Recall On Defective Earthenware

Take me back to the factory
Where I can be repaired
Product recall
On defective Earthenware

Hold on to your receipt
And you'll get your money back
You thought I was beautiful
Before I began to crack

The manufacturer put the wrong
Mixture in the mould
But with the right marketing
Anything can be sold

Convincing customers?
No expense is spared!
But you decieved us once
And now nobody cares

Complain to the manufacturer
Or boycott the brand
Demand higher standards
Bury your head in the sand
 
(©James Earthenware 2002 -2004)
	
 	Story behind this song:
  LYRICAL CONSTRUCTION:
My entire family history is one of sickness and illness and I am no exception. I wish there was was a product recall and they'd take me back to the factory and fix me up.

(redacted)

SONIC ARCHITECTURE:
CHAPTER 1
It was around the time I just got the CS-01...one of my friends (Name also James) came over and we basically composed the bass lines as he explored of the instrument's capabilities. James then added some acoustic guitars because just by chance I had one that Mat had loaned me.

CHAPTER 2
Later I came back from seeing a live performance of South Indian Classical / Canartic Music.Being one of the most amazing things I'd ever seen I was completely inspired and used treated bongo samples to make all new drum pseudo-mridangram rhythmic patterns which I used to break up the monotonous TR-909 beat.

CHAPTER 3
About a week later I added the vocoder parts. I think it was the first time I'd got the vocoder sounding alright. A rough mix appeared (Monday mixdown) which went for about 7 minutes because it included all the new Indian sections, a horrible extended intro section (Where I sang "I am going to die a horrible death" because I was fearing devine reprisals for writing such a cool song) and an outro that was also dead weight.

CHAPTER 4
The song was included on the "Empty Promises, Empty Tanks - Essential Collaborations" CD-R but was otherwise totally forgotten about.

CHAPTER 5
Lyrically, this is one of my strongest songs, hence when selecting tracks for my "Best Of" compilation Product Recall came to mind...also I've had a poor run of health this year and I've been reminded how relevant the song still is.

CHAPTER 6
About two years after i wrote it I decided to "rescue" the track from obscurity. To this end I took three days off work to completely re-assemble the track from scratch and replace the drums with more simple/commercial house/dance rhythms. Also added some more CS-01 arpeggio to fill it out and   replaced the bass with the unique hollow sounding (Bandpass filtered?) SID bass which really made the track.

FUTURE REVISONS
This revision I'm still not happy with the "Indian" section in the middle because I'm actually using real mridangram samples now but the patterns aren't as good as the ones I wrote for the treated bongos so I might put the bongos back in before it goes on the CD. I might do a more IDM mix later too (because I hint to it at the end by completely destroying the vocal)

James Earthenware - Product Recall On Defective Earthenware (2004 Remix)

2004 b-sides
2008 perception management expanded 3-disc edition limited to 5 copies

James Earthenware - Poverty Saved My Life (Disco Remix)

Perception Management
2008
yamaha dd-6 circuit bent

Perception Management

James Earthenware - The Tease

mat's version of the earthenware classic
perception management remastered flac

James Earthenware - Water Damage (feat Mat Stirling)

The End

james earthenware - arctic park (boring & far fetched mix)

collectively you punish
represent and publish
expectations: unrealistic
your justice: sadistic
no correlation; fake statistics
random acts of blindness
insulated hypocrites
institutionalized shyness

you choose not to see
your efforts are effort free
you blame apathy
a distraction's all you'll ever be
you're all lost at sea

manufacture your identity
your only job: industry
sacrifice diversity
the real you we never see
just a construction of the media
because you felt so inferior
stability. status quo...
drown in puddles so shallow

you choose not to see
you choose apathy
there's no free will to disagree (your will isn't even free)
you can afford a blindfold or three
a cognitive dissonance refugee

2024 update:
how can i tell how it affected me
no other options were offered to me
underwater i learnt to breath
i just let it wash over and drown me
gills where my lungs used to be
i've never known any other reality 
just another fish in the sea



ehx v256

The Hobbist (Demos Jan - May 2010)

james earthenware - No Correlation (one take 2010)

sidechained to the strings, 
lit fires within, 
worn far too thin, 
now burn everything

they never gave you a chance
you never stood a chance
agency was lost in advance
a destiny without heroism or romance

there's nothing I can do to make things right
I just keep sleepwalking towards the light (moth like)
but the only light there will ever be
is from the flames surrounding me (consuming me)

4 Nov 2023,

original instrumental 
https://soundcloud.com/tragicshields/burn-everything

artwork
https://pixels.com/featured/bushfire-australia-graham-gercken.html

Tragic shields - Burn Everything (James Earthenware Vocal Demo)

The Niceness Of Loss (Demos Two - Finding You v.2c)

James Earthenware - Secret Track (May 2009)

Zebra Unofficial Version (Rarities 2003-2008)

Saturday Delivery - Better Choice (Earthenware version 2003)

Recent Times (Rehearsals and Demos 2001-2002)

James Earthenware - Factory Sounds Medley

team thesaurus - Unplanned Spaceflight

Truth 2804 
Punch In
music 2011
lyrics 2024

James Earthenware - interplanetary horizons

Track 11 Fondly Yet Firmly (aka Faulty ROM Fountain)
octopus make like duck 2004 for classic difficult listening album experience
20th anniversary reissue ELITE effects demonstration teaM THESAURUS
casio rapman voice effector pitch shifter mic input feedback loop 
with frostwave blue ringer briefly active in second movement  before it starts bubbling and gurgling at the end like a rainbow machine in a blocked dunny. 

this better not get sh4d0wb4nn3d by the new algorithm or I am migrating to a more egalitarian platform that doesn't try and underestimate the intelligence and sophistication of my audience. (update: this one didn't)

Octopus That Make Like Duck (memory Is the enemY)

Team Thesaurus - Fondly Yet Firmly (headphone warning : feedback at start gets good at end)

1988 riff song rec 2003
casio vl-tone vl-1 solo
photo credit vl-tone and cat 
https://syntherjack.net/casio-vl-1-secrets/

Traralgon Tecoma Sessions June 2003

James Earthenware - Hostile Admiration (2003)

heesom cresent sessions 2000 y2k
frank zappa / mike patton probably influenced nonsense

if i had followed this path i may have evolved into letspainttv
John Kilduff is an artist living and working in Los Angeles.   In 1987, he received his BFA in Fine Art (Painting) from Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design in Los Angeles and in 2008, he received his MFA in Fine Art (Painting) from UCLA. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/john-kilduff

Heesom Cresent Sessions

James Earthenware - Workplace Relations (Lightbulb Innuendo 2000)

kodak cd player malfunction probably circa 1999-2002
certified difficult listening iso9001 red book standard
triggering your DAC complex.
Freudian  semiconductors. 

stray microtonal interception beam
alien voices in your head
pulse code demodulation
disassembled bitstream

team thesaurus - Media Studies (Apron Core Is In The Safe)

Closet Hetrosexual Podcasting Soundtrack With Olives
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Distortion Clinic

Steve Layout - The Great Wall Of 2008

syringe mad y2k russell athletic
get stabbed at the station type beat
2001 out-takes / rarities compilation 
the 5:55 will not arrive today

The 5:55 Will Not Surface Today

James Earthenware - Syringes; Frankston Foreshore (dissonant melodies)

rip mark e smith 1957-2018
 I'm Bobby, Pt. 1  / the cd in your hand (1998)
 remixed / sampled (circa 2008)
those chords missing is gonna piss off rick beato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzjL4wesCF8&list=OLAK5uy_nZqqfpeYGwOgd_1f0YsxSIzvOFuz9Gxko&index=4

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I'm Bobby, Pt. 1 · Mark E. Smith

The Post Nearly Man

℗ 1998 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd

Composer: Mark E. Smith

Kareoke Mixes For Kana

James Earthenware - Split Personality Orchestra (Mark E Smith Spoken Word Remix)

from the aborted side project "the aphids" 2004 march 7th mastering ver.

if you're different...you fall through the cracks of any system

[2004]
Production by James Earthenware, 
concept, lyrics and bass Dr Aphid

This song is partly about the tragic life of Léon Theremin, inventor of one of the of the first electronic instruments in the 1930's. He ended up owing too much money to banks to continue developing his futuristic devices. So he returned to Russia, only to be thrown into a concentration camp until he was released and forced to invent things of Military significance (such as the world's first bugging device).

I brought Albert Glinsky's biography of Theremin but I couldn't read it because it was too depressing. It is a great injustice that of the smartest people of the last 100 years could not find the freedom to pursue his dreams in either "Democratic" or "Socialist" states due to the respective economic and ideological restrictions that each culture imposed to discourage individuals them from pursuing anything idealistic or radical.
Even in the Soviet Union, none of his contributions could be recognised by the state because officially he didn't even exist and all the work he did was top secret.

Most of the actual lyrics are about a friend's experience living with a mentally handicapped woman called Olga. Although she had apparently escaped the horrors of Soviet institutionalisation, being here in Australia she probably wasn't much better off as she had been left to fend for herself. Eventually her estranged daughter returned from Chicago, sold Olga's house and stuck her in a nursing home before returning to Chicago to leave her mother die alone.

The sample at the start is the death of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov during the re-entry of Soyuz 1 in 1967. As far as we know the sample is copyright free...if anyone can prove otherwise we will remove it from the mix.
If anyone wants to use the same sample in thier own tracks go to JB HI FI and buy Sound Effects 2 compact disc for 10 dollars. SP11012 (Digimode LTD - 1995) Most of the environmental sounds on these discs are terribly recorded (Ridiculous hiss and background noise) but if you buy a few discs your chances improve of getting something usable.
Overall, "Soviet Reunion" about the governments not caring for individuals welfare (Democratic or Socialist) and people dying as a result. Then years later the governments try and smooth it over by proclaiming those they inadvertently jailed or killed as "Heroes" or as is the case with Islam "Martyrs"..

Dangerous ideals, I fear this state
No empathy, in either place
Your breath smells sweet, Susy's by my side
Call Chicago? Don't waste your time…

And with any luck, I'll make it up those stairs
For the reunion, I'll see you there
Herbie's painting, each and every door
I don't know why, even he's not sure...

archived by giorgio - 2010/12/10 - 14:01

Perception Management (7th March - Mastering Test)

James Earthenware - Soviet Reunion (co written w/ Dr Aphid)

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incl. Sakitto Menda related side-projects. 
Likes late Showa era digital keyboards.

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