Little bit of guyliner and manscara for the 80's crowd

Isolation (Final Demo)

Sometimes the Only Thing in my Head that Isn't Trying to Hurt Me is  Song

Sometimes The Only Thing In My Head That Isn't Trying to Hurt Me is a Song

Sometimes The Only Thing In My Head That Isn't Trying To Hurt Me Is A Song

Upstate

Avalanche!

Ami Rae recently uploaded a weird and (to me) disorientating video of a band playing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer as heard from the back of a building in an unnamed town.  On the original video, a car dopplered by at least once adding to to the ambience of the band recording.

I have no idea who the band is or where they were playing and it took me a few listens to realize they were even playing the well known xmas standard.  The atmosphere of the video reminded me of a weird out take from a David Lynch film and I immediately asked Ami if I could get the recording and start experimenting.

Ultimately the experiment didn't work out as well as I hoped it would.  As I was playing around with the recording i got stuck with a shoegazy guitar riff that wasn't even played on a guitar, but a synth.  I added a couple more synth riffs and some very muted drum machine parts (which ultimately expose my limitations as a drum machine programmer).  

Initially I was going to try and clean up the sound and isolate the vocals of the band's singer.  But the more I worked on it the more I got into the idea of making everything more muted, muffled and lo-fi.  For some reason it put me in mind of Iggy Pop's track 'Nightclubbing' from 'The Idiot'. even though it sounds nothing like that in reality.

So here is my flawed experiment Ami, an unknown band rehearsing their unknown song called Ottonwood Sitor Cethep as captured by a covert listener standing outside at the back of the building on a handheld recorder.

OTTONWOOD SITOR CEHTEP

Post RPM Challenge 2024

Mysterious Divers - playing with some new sounds

Mysterious Divers

Electronic sounds smashed together to make something approaching a tune

Pushing Bits (Q8) - 16:07:2019, 23.26

"Why" By Wayne And Alan

A New Life  Mastered Version

Because one of my favorite female vocalist/songwriter Estella Ramirez posted a collaboration we did with Michael Marquesen, I'm returning the favor. The three of us worked so well together on this track in 2007.

Macjams Collabs

They Never Fell In Love

QUARANTINE 

LA LA LA LA X 2020

SOMETHING I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU
I WANNA QUARANTINE
I WANNA BE WITH YOU 

LETS STAY AT HOME
DONT SOCIALIZE
RESIST THE URGE
DONT JEOPARDIZE

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 
WANTS OUR COOPERATION 
STOPPING CONTAMINATION 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 

THE UNFORESEEN
A QUARANTINE 
I WISH WE HAD A SUBMARINE 

CHEAP GASOLINE 
WONT GET US FAR
LETS WAKE UP WITH 
THE MORNING STAR

FRIED EGGS AND TOAST 
THE BACONS GREASY
COFFEE POT
IT SOUNDS SO EASY 

YOU AND ME
SIMPLICITY 
TURN OFF THE WORLD 
JUST YOU AND ME

SOMETHING I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU
I WANNA QUARANTINE
I WANNA BE WITH YOU 

LETS STAY AT HOME
DONT SOCIALIZE
RESIST THE URGE
DONT JEOPARDIZE

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 
WANTS OUR COOPERATION 
STOPPING CONTAMINATION 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 

MISINFORMATION 
ALIENATION
CIVILIZATION 
COMMUNICATION 

DONT POUT
SCHOOLS OUT (X2)

SOMETHING I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU
I WANNA QUARANTINE
I WANNA BE WITH YOU 

LETS STAY AT HOME
DONT SOCIALIZE
RESIST THE URGE
DONT JEOPARDIZE

(Blistering Lead)

LA LA LA LA LA X 2020

STUPIDIFICATION
ASPHYXIATION 
RIDICULATION
CROSS POLLINATION

CASHEWS (TATTOOS)
NEW SHOES
POOR BOBBY’S
GOT THE BLUES

(DONT POUT
SCHOOLS OUT)

CASHEWS (TATTOOS)
NEW SHOES
POOR BOBBY’S
GOT THE BLUES

(DONT POUT
SCHOOLS OUT)

THERE’S NO VACCINES
NO CASH MACHINES
DON’T GIVE UP ON
YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS

DESTABILIZED
POLITICIZED
THE WHOLE WORLD’S
BEEN IMMOBILIZED

I’M HOME WITH YOU
NOTHING TO DO
BUT EXERCISE…..
MY LOVE FOR YOU!

Quarantine

Dreamscape.mp3

The Cardinal Sins is the solo project of Lincoln Valentine, one half of Dynamite Van Pipe, the power pop punk duo forever working on their first album. The Cardinal Sins' songs explore romance, tragedy and missed opportunities. Lincoln plays; guitars, bass, drums, sings and butchers the keyboards on all of The Cardinal Sins tunes.
Get in contact. Always looking for a female singer for projects. 
thecardinalsins@btinternet.com