Compilation of never-properly-released F&F tracks from 2004-2016.

Fairchord & Fixer - Singles 2004-2016

Christian Erickson - Parts, Pieces & Proclamations

Fairchord & Fixer - Resurrections, Protections & Maledictions

Woodland Mall 1981 - The White Beetle And Other Outright Lies

For no reason whatsoever I did this remix of a track of ours from 2002.

Astronaut Wife - Late Now (Remix)

Remix of a track from the 3Sides release "Long Way Up, Longer Way Down". http://www.3sidedsingles.com
    

Remix: Christian Erickson - Away Too Long (Lost At Sea Mix)

05 Stitching Time

04 Paper Airplane

03 The Long Season

02 The Way You Leave

01 Away Too Long

I never gave you much
Never said enough
Never took a breath
I made a mess of what you left

Pulling out the weeds
Spitting out the seeds
Resting in the grass
And calling out for what you need

Yeah
If I could give you something more I'd give it
Take it over, live it
Drown my body in it

Yeah
If I could see the moon come up tonight
I'd fly up to it
Fly up to it, yeah

If you'd had a cause
And told me what it was
I would have backed it
Would have hacked it
Would have died for us

And all the closets closed
All the shoes and clothes
Walking out alone
To find a place to call their own

Fairchord & Fixer - Moon Come Up

Excerpts from the February 19th, 2022 jam stream on Twitch featuring Dead Kousin, Littlewing, Badrico, Stevie_J and myself.

Endlesss Twitch Jam 02.19.2020 Mixtape (Section 2)

Endlesss Twitch Jam 02.19.2020 Mixtape (Section 3)

Endlesss Twitch Jam 02.19.2020 Mixtape (Section 4)

Endlesss Twitch Jam 02.19.2020 Mixtape (Section 1)

I heard the story
And I came to you
Had a feeling what I'd find
Remnant soul and half a mind
Drowning in your medicine
Drowning in your lies
Wasting time
Yours 
and mine


Called him a friend
You tried to saved his life
Couldn't get to him in time
Or was this another lie?
Was it really you?
Sitting by his side
Holding his hands
As he died


Oh you paint yourself a saint
But its a sinner they love
Its the reason they'll come
To pray at your grave
My friend
And sing your name

What do I see? 
The queen undressed
Whats left, no more, no less, no rest
Close to the chest
A wolf in the breast
Spiders in the mind
And the chain that binds

Christian Erickson - Canary

No matter what I said
I'm on the path
Im on the road to ruin
Don't know what I'm doing
Do i?

Don't know what to expect
Don't know how to respect myself
Is there someone I could be
For you?

I wanted you to lay with me
I wanted you to pray with me
I wanted you leave the world behind
To come and stay with me

But it was my mistake
You put me in my place
You told me I wrong
For you
But I don't believe it
Do you?

For everything I did 
I paid a price
I found myself in prison
Found a new religion
That suits me fine

Came back to where I left you
Don't know what I thought I'd find
The only clock that stopped 
Was mine

If this is where we are
If this is how its meant to be
You shouldn't have to look at me
Again

Christian Erickson - The Reluctant

I was on the back foot
I was pleading for my life
Never thought this day was coming
Never took you for the type
And I know its not a picture
Not how anyone should live
I take before I give

And you were more than willing
Good at telling me I'm wrong
And if I had a story
It was hidden in a song
Where I was the protagonist
The atheist, the priest
Giving blessings to the weak
Like me, like me

No one needs to know the truth
No one needs to know about me and you
And no one needs to be a judge
A jury and a noose
To hang me by a thread 
And leave me for dead

And can feel it splitting
Is this ringing in my head?
Like a million tiny pieces
A messiah breaking bread
You could put me back together
If you wanted to
But I wouldn't if I were you

Were you looking for some peace of mind
Thoughts that cost a penny

Were you looking for a place to hide?
A bullet for your enemy
And mine

Christian Erickson - Mr Blank's Testimony

When the sister ship sank 
And the water rushed in
I was carried away
I was cleansed of my sins

I was battered and burdened
and drunken and dry
I swam to the bottom
And reached for the sky

I could have blown away
You could have flown away
We could be lost 
To the wind

And I could be far away
And you could be close
To him

Nothing was a promise
So there was nothing to break
That wasn't already broken 
Like me

Bottles through the air
Weapons of war
Coming to pieces
On the floor


We kept it afloat 
With a coffee stained note
On a paper-white page
Of lies

We did what we could
Maybe not what we should
Have done

Christian Erickson - When The Sister Ship Sank

Cold rain
There was nothing to gain
No price to be paid
On this lonely train

On its own
It was nothing to me
But to prove my love
I would bend my knee

I carry this weight
Ready to die for you
Polishing this gun
Ready to take 
What comes
For me

Sun sets
Time to place my bets
Would I die for the cause?
Will it come to this?

Could you forgive
Give me a chance
To prove my love
For you
My love

And if I live
Will you take me back?
In your arms
In your body
Will you take me back?

I pray
That you take me back
In your arms
In your body
That you take me back

If you won't listen
Then there's nothing to be done
I mean to plead my case

Set out today
To be the savior of the world
But it was not to be
My fate

Christian Erickson - A Promise To The Bandit Queen

Woodland Mall 1981 - The Ashes Of The Witches On The Wings Of The Angels

Press The Green Button was Christian Erickson, Ed Ackerson and Janey Winterbauer - we were commissioned by Microsoft to write a bunch of songs about media technologies and these songs came pre-installed in the original Windows Media Center OS as demo content. Every now and then these tracks pop up on YouTube and people request better quality copies, so I've uploaded newly remaster versions here. Downloads are enabled. 

Enjoy! Enjoy!

Beats and Songs by Christian Erickson
Mixing and Production by Ed Ackerson
Vocals by Janey Winterbauer

04 PRGB - Enjoy (2023 Remaster)

03 PTGB - Online (2023 Remaster)

02 PTGB - Remote Control (2023 Remaster)

01 PTGB - Home Of The Future (2023 Remaster)

I dreamed I was alive again
I filled the holes like winter wind
You held me down
And spoke of love
But it was complicated
It was never enough

I felt the warm in the biting cold
The realization
Timeless, old
And gray and hazy smoke surrounded
The vision I had
Was nothing more than that

Your eyes they never looked at me straight
Your finger never led the way
I knew that I would have to walk away
Just not now
Please
Not now
Just not now
Please
Not now

Fairchord & Fixer - Lullaby For The Sunrise

The swan flies
Across the sky
And the stars and the moon go by
The constellations sail
The hunter in the vale
Leave us to imagine we're alive

But life is a weak and
Impermanent state
Love is weakness
A hammer and stake
Too much
Too much
To much to take

Heaven sent and hell undertaken
The devil cries for the souls he should have saved
Black ashes on the wings of angels
And the bones of the faithful few
Me and you

Free and wild
A sorrowed child
Looked but never found another life
Old and grave
Nothing left to save
But if you want to, stay a while

My shadow is my enemy
My paper shape
The mirror doesn't see me
Doesn't wait
Too much
Too much
To much to take

Fairchord & Fixer - The Unseen

Night was falling
I was waking up
Taking a drink from the golden cup
Rising up as if from the dead
I wept 
I smoked
I held my head

The fire
Long since burned out
And the grace of god
We went without
As we go out
To hunt and pray
And live another day

Why am I sinking
When I should be rising
On the run
Racing the horizon 
You were my vision,
My prison
My shroud
What am I left with now?

It is wise to be beside me
When I'm on the way down
Is it worth it for the gold
The gown
The crown
And the ring,
Does it sing
Is it everything
You dreamed about

Fairchord & Fixer - The Golden Cup

Before we broke up the band in 2006, we were working on a second Astronaut Wife album and this was one of the home-recorded demos we made for that record. It was inspired by an infamous proto-fascist speech given by George W. Bush in which he said "you are either with us or against us."

Astronaut Wife - The Shape Of Things To Come (2005 Demo)

Byzantine Beatbox - The Golden Door

This Trail Goes To Nowhere

An Interest In Trees

The White Beetle

The Desperate Mind

Cathode Ray Tubing

Sister, have you hit your stride?
Shadows short and windows wide
I see your flowers bloom
I see it from my room

Or maybe in my dream
Petals blowing in the breeze
Up above and down below
And back to earth we go

White tree
When are you gonna come for me?
I see you change in Spring
When will you change everything?
 
White tree
The grass is green the sky is blue
Like it will always be
When I’m with you
When I’m with you

I hear the sound you make
Reaching up and open-faced
Always looking to the sky
And never asking why

And if I feel afraid
Can I find shelter in your shade?
Will you believe in me?
Will you be there for me?

And when you've left your mark?
And when you've borne your fruit?
When time is running out
What are you gonna do?

Can you imagine it?
What you see is what you get
Do what’s wrong, do what’s right
Whatever lets you sleep at night


White Tree

When I broke apart and scattered
Like the colors of the trees
The quiet filled the spaces
In between the leaves
Took me back to where we came from
Back to when we loved
When I loved
When I loved you

Silver light is bending 
Through the greenhouse walls 
Everything is ending 
Everything dissolves 
Somewhere I can't follow 
Something I can't name 
Back to when I loved you
And you feel the same
Do you feel the same?

Am I going blind?
Or are you just that hard to find?
Will you find me
Find me
Find me
Find me

My dreams are tangled
In the bedsheets
In the morning haze
Like a maze
Like an outline of our best days
Where is the truth
Between the white lies and omissions
The conditions never laid out
Never paid out

Was it the light
Playing tricks on my eyes
Something beautiful
Something alive
Was it the light
The light

The Conservatory, Where I Wanted To Be Found

I saw you in the rose
The thorn
The poison leaf
The coming storm

The aftermath
The walking path
Impermanence
A broken fence

I crossed the street
To find the lake
To find the water
Find a place

Reflected in a pool of gray
Another broken day

The man with the camera
Is in my way
My thoughts on film
Don't fade 
Don't fade away

The man with the camera
Is in my way
My thoughts on film
Won't let me run away

The waves are racing 
To the shore
The sinking boats
The closing door

The water's edge
A pledge I never made
I never
Wanted more

I never wanted
Wanted
I never wanted
Wanted
I never wanted
Wanted

The Rose Garden, Where I Went To Forget

It was 
Plain
Plain to see
That you and me
Were on the path to nowhere

When we
Walked
Along the way
Something between us
Began to fade

The birds
They were singing to me
Telling me all about 
How it had to be

And the sun
Came down to say
You never needed me
Anyway

Time is wasting
Who's gonna say it?
Don't everyone talk at once 
Don't everyone talk at once

When the truth
Finally broke through
And I said goodbye
To you

And you
Said the same to me
Everyone knew
What it had to be

Did I wait too long to say it
Did I wait too long to say it

The Walking Path, Where I Saw The Truth

Collab jam using alone-a's custom Max-MSP voice processing instrument.

WM81 + alone-a - While The Willow Watches | Improvisation 04.12.25

Only If You Can Find The Sun

Woodland Mall 1981 - The Resilience of Roses

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