~Home Lines SS Oceanic~

Here is a recording made in 1996 (with some later work in 1998, gearing-up, then, to potentially take it out live) This sadly never materialized as a live set. 
These amazing songs were written by my brothers Walt Craven & Dan Quinlan.  The nature of the material / lyrics is coming from a very dark, personal place.  With textures and soundscapes finessed by us three, to this day, the record has a very 90s vibe ~ a particular complexity ~  representing one of the more dynamic eras in late 20th century popular music.  No doubt, in many ways, a precursor to shoegaze and electoacoustic sound models.  This is one that time forgot .. until now.  I really enjoy dusting off the old material, doing a gentle remaster and allowing folks to hear our work.  It is part of our history as musicians - as friends. 
Sadly, we lost Dan in 2014. 
Always missed, never forgotten; impossible to replicate .. RIP 🛤️
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TarMouth2wice

Featured here in duration is a live performance at the 2018 Frantasia Festival of Out Music & Arts, in Livermore Falls, Maine.  This is an improvised performance - an extended version - with an introduction / story by festival founder and curator, Fran Szostek.  This is real, in the moment activity, and it pleases me that, even I, after not listening or watching video footage for nearly 4 years, cannot tell my samples from my live playing.  How joyful. 
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Personnel: 
Nicole LePera:  custom stringed harp and voice
Sean Chartier:  Seagull Maritimes Dulcimer
Christopher Cathode:  tom-toms, rattles, bells, Synare-3 and SU-700 sampling unit

*All Rights Reserved* Stereophonic Scrotal Sax Ltd. 2021

(n) Kontrol 0f {u}

Here is a track I recorded with the group Whalesque. 

Whalesque is Stephen Cicia and Naythen Wilson.

CathodE:  Sampler(SU-700 by Yamaha), IC recorder,    FrenchBaby by Casperelectronics; electronic devices 

Naythen Wilson:  Electronics, samples; Tablet

Stephen Cicia:  Electronics & Tablet 

Wider}{After : CathodE with WHALESQUE

Feel Love; Fade (1996)

Green Page

CrayoNs

Bedsheets

Walter solo_Helpless (1996)

Left With…

Forget I'm Weak

Blanket

TM2_rehearsal (1996)

Feel Love; Fade (1998)

Helpless (1998)

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling_Vicino ' Mare

Naythen Wilson: Guitar
christopherCathodE : SIMMONS SDE, Zendrum; sampler

cathodE_wilsoN @ Frantasia 2013

1978, Lincoln, Rhode Island. 
The living room is filling with cigarette smoke spilling over from the adjacent dining room.  
The adults are all drinking - strong ones.  We are having a hayday with the Radio Shack pencil microphone.  We are fortunate that someone found and saved this 8-track cartridge. 
The adults are angry, buzzed, and hungry. 
This is the soundtrack to our lives.

Following this debauchery is a never before released recording of yours truly performing with Scott Cossu at Bates in 1996. 
Scott is playing the Khaen: 
the traditional bamboo free reed mouth organ from Laos / Northeast Thailand.

Fire\Truck Boys

a new work for Tape Recorder, Embalming Machine & Percussion (2025)

ONE MAN’s JUNK

a classic Italiano favorite, combined with another classic ... When isn't it a good day for a pizza ??

*Courtesy of the Gino Stante Quartet, Sun-Way Cruises, Home Lines s/s Oceanic*

the Pizza Song / Tarantella

La Lontananza (S.S. Oceanic, Sergio and His Band)

... brought to you by the GINO STANTE Orchestra, aboard the S.S. Oceanic cruise liner, from Manhattan to Nassau and back, Summer 1975.

christopher}{cathode: Archive producer

Rain Drops

Such a nice delivery ... especially the part about the ambulance.  How tender.

La Lontananza

Song about a donkey. Obviously. From the album of Golden Hit Parade favorites by The Gino Callegari Orchestra - featuring Renato - aboard the S.S. Oceanic cruise ship, 1970's.

Ciucciariello (The Donkey Song)

... gonna make you wanna hit the dancefloor, shake yer changepurse ... Donzelli's Group / S.S. Oceanic / 1975

Marianne (Merengue)

The ship's theme song (one of them) from the Donzelli's ... off the "band portrait" album

Oceanic Song (Donzelli's Group)

Comme Facette Mammete / O Ciucciariello / Funiculi' Funicula'

Here is my live set from Joshua DeScherer's "Frontiers of Music Series, installment #5" on September 27, 2012 - in Brunswick, Maine.  All performance/mixing is done by me, all in real time.  I was drinking Narragansett at this show. 

Das spectrE}{Haus (Let's get the f**k outta here_No wait, I've got a match)

This attraction is no longer in operation. 

ELFIS & His Band @ Santa's}{VillagE * 2006

This attraction is still in operation. Do not ride if under the influence of LSD.

christopherCathodE

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