(c) 2006 Bryan Douglas

Written, composed, performed, under-produced, un-mastered by Mateo (Bryan Douglas)

Volvox

Once (2006)

(c) 2006 Bryan Douglas

Composed & recorded in February/March 1999 originally as  live recordings and manipulated samples of the sounds discovered though bashing a broken Fender amplifier... with rhythm against the concrete floor of my home studio.  

Every few years the composition grew, and more voice was added to the original minimalist constructive through destructive recordings, and the samples: the original field recordings would offer up more and more nuance as they are sampled & re-sampled, re-configured, re-composed, re-recorded, and re-imagined without ever losing sight of the very first incarnation (despite that now  the very first recording from 1999 may be forever missing or accidentally destroyed).  

So on the day that this, the final mix was composed and recorded.... as the final seconds of music reverberated about the room, I look out the window to see a crow electrocuted while sitting on a power line just feet away on the other side of the window.  He falls to his death.  I immediately step outside and join the chorus of the mourning crows.  I quickly design a small placard that reads "NEVERMORE".  I walk across the street and approach his lifeless body, next to the small pool of blood around his head I set down the small sign, the memorial in respect and in remembrance. 

I never again, from that moment, edited, manipulated, or even re-EQ'd the song.   I will allow that moment to live on in memory, as it remains.  Nevermore.

Nevermore (composed and reinvented sporadically between 1999 - 2006)

Hands Drawing Hands (2007)

Year of the Dog - 2006

Automatic Writing practice... song composed, arranged, and recorded within 1 or 2 hours while sitting out on my balcony with the headphones over my ears as I manipulate recorded samples of my earlier live music recordings and conversations.

A.I. (2006)

last song of the year

Composed and recorded years ago when I was obviously inspired by Squarepusher...

Scenery (circa 2003)

Farewell... Ari: Somewhere in Arizona

Composed and comprised of samples of acoustic guitar, voice, and the sound of smashing an amplifier against the ground... recorded... sampled... mixed... sampled again later... lather, rinse, and repeat over the course of about 10 years between 1999 and 2008.

404: No Name

On 11 April 2007 Kurt Vonnegut died... and on that day I reflected on his impact in my life.  This song is... well... so it goes..

Calm the fuck down

Vonnegut's Dead (April 2007)

Flamenco guitarist.
Brian Eno enthusiast.