Evocative and eclectic soundscapes best heard in the dark for a surreal inner journey. Listen in original order for a chronological tour, or shuffle for a customized trip.

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dadalascapes

All tracks edited, arranged/mixed/remixed (June/July 2020) and produced by RDunlap from recordings by:
@erocnet
@r369improv
@loopy-c (tracks 2 and 5)

Cover graphic by @ai_curio (Bearsharktopus Studios), generated with Zoetrope 5.5 from text prompt "Time To Face The Music"

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Time To Face The Music

RDunlap created this playlist for his personal enjoyment, but it's also a great introduction to dadala. It consists of one track from each dadala album or EP (almost) plus one single.

desert island dadala

All tracks edited, arranged / mixed / remixed and produced by Richard Dunlap 2016-2017 from recordings by: 
Chris R. Gibson (aka Loopy C) 
Roger Sundström (aka Erocnet) 
Paul Mimlitsch (aka r369improv) 
and André Darius (aka DARIUS improvise, electric upright bass on trks 3, 7 and 9)

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Blues For Richard

All tracks edited, arranged/mixed/remixed and produced by RDunlap Dec. 2017 - Jan. 2019 from recordings by:
https://soundcloud.com/loopy-c
https://soundcloud.com/erocnet
https://soundcloud.com/r369improv

2018

RDunlap & Dan Bartlett - This Time Around

Eternal April

original composition 1991
2005/2007 remixed version called "Falling Upstream" also exists.

RDunlap - Chips Falling Where They May

original composition circa mid-90's
2005 remixed version called "September Cycle" also exists.

RDunlap - Autumn Segues

@erocnet: Drums200328, ArtFuture
@r369improv: 052320br2, 051620g1
@loopy-c: 47 V1rx-Styp Sc1nnyr (yxc1lxbvr LFw's), 103 Syr1tw S1mply x2, 107 1twm 1

Archaeology

@erocnet: VirusKaos
@r369improv: 052320br1

The Dawn Of Everything

@erocnet: RedOne, Carp_200520
@r369improv: 061420bc1

Private Property

@erocnet: Horizont
@r369improv: 041620g
@loopy-c: 11 Dv1l LFw Mwdvl1tyd S1mplyKxt x2-M1xn Mxx-6-T1ky50

Debt

Liner notes: dadalamusic.com/img/TacoTnotes.JPG

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You Could See Mars That Night

From 2005: trumpet solo by Billy Shaw (http://www.billyshawsongs.com/) originally recorded for a different track, treated, rearranged and combined with a rearranged excerpt from the RDunlap tape collage "Onion Peelings" (1992 - excerpt features sessions recorded with Steven Peckman 1985/86). From the album "summertime with Billy Shaw".

peeling the onion

From the album "continues", 2005: remix of a guitar track from Michael Chocholak (https://users.eoni.com/~mishamez/audio.htm) with "Still in the Thick of It" and "Aftershocks" by RDunlap 1994.

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afterthick

The first dadala track ever; the creation of this track inspired the creation of dadala. From Feb. 2004, a collage of various recordings and excerpts by RDunlap, solo and with Dan Bartlett, 1985/86. From the album "recycles".

brane forest

bonus track from "recycles" album, dadala remix of "You have realized reality. Can you tell us what God is?" tape collage by RDunlap from source material circa 1985/86, early sessions with RDunlap and Dan Bartlett remixed by RD at that time in an "on-the-fly" session with spoken word composition (from first and last words on each page of a book by Krishnamurti), synthesizer and Echoplex treatments by RD.

Recycles [bonus track]

you have realized reality

Drum kit improvisation by Erocnet mixed with selections from Loopy C's sets "Phono-Ambiences" and "Formatting the Wind".

Wind Wine

Frank Dunlap: guitar/effects (two parts). Erocnet: guitar (two parts). Johann Meier: synthesizer. Loopy C: ambient sounds.

Until Next Time

From Frank's solo project "Pulse" (private cassette release circa 2005-2006?).
Casio SK-1 sampler, guitar, flute. Recorded at his home in Talent, Oregon.

Pulse

Frank Dunlap - Meanderthal Man

From Frank's solo project "Pulse" (private cassette release circa 2005-2006?).
Steel drum, Casio SK-1 sampler, clarinet. Recorded at his home in Talent, Oregon.

Frank Dunlap - Sand between my tones

Incorporates “Dear Mr. Harzeim" (trumpet and trombone) and "Sanctitas" (layered trombone) by brass-lines, drum kit and electric guitar with fretless bass sound by Erocnet and two tracks from Loopy C (ambient drone and percussion sounds).


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Blue Triangle

Erocnet: guitar. Loopy C: ambient/glitch/acousmatic sounds. Darius: electric upright bass.

When I Snap My Fingers

Two tracks from Loopy c set "Oscillators Made Of Radios", Erocnet recordings "Memory of Bell" (sounds from a music box) and "Memory of Something" (bouzouki with ebow), and fretless bass overdub by Darius.


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Radio Memory

"Random Bells" by Erocnet (synth bells), track from "OctaGlitchBreaks" set by Loopy C, "Weather, Or Not" (bass clarinet and electronics) and "Random Thoughts Process" 
(bass clarinet) by r369improv (Paul Mimlitsch). 

Talk About the Whether

"Lettuce Spirit of the Yard Sale" by Erocnet (dulcimer, thumb piano, mobile app) and a track from the set "Tales Of My Magnet Volume 2" by Loopy C, with bass clarinet overdub by Paul Mimlitsch (r369improv).

It So Happens

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The Opening

ErocNet: "Spaino" (piano sample)
Loopy C: track from set "The Argle Bargle Of Two Zebras"

The Executive Suite

Gold-Plated Emptiness

Loopy C: trk from set "12232015 Harps (for Frank Z)"
Erocnet: "Chrimprov" (guitar) and "Crazmas" (ukulele, objects, tree frog)
r369improv: "echobodaciousness" (Paetzold contrabass recorder with echobode interactivities)

Light Bulb (Screw In (How Many)) Part 2

Loopy C: "Blues For Richard" (guitar), 2 trks from "Eight Compositions for Processed Voice".
Erocnet:  "Once" (ambient drone & percussion sounds), "Miss Bird" (upright bass sample) and "Spira" (piano sample).
r369improv: "Untitled ImpX", "sperry mental" and "fancy meeting you here" (bass clarinet and interactive electronics).

Erocnet: "Thinking" (acoustic guitar)
Loopy C: excerpts from five tracks from "Stepping Length Experiments"
r369improv: "032716g" (electric guitar, effects).
DARIUS improvise: electric upright bass overdub originally recorded for "New Hedgerow" (from "Hedgerows 2" album).

Thinking Steps

"2U & U2" by Erocnet (guitar), tracks from "Virtual Modular Glitch Sessions (Cable Modulations)" and "Zump Frak'd" sets by Loopy C, and "042216sc2" by r369improv (soprano clarinet/laptop interactivities).

Zen 2 U

Loopy C: trk from "12232015 Harps (for Frank Z)", trks from sets "Dazed and Concussed set2" and "1st Meetings (Vinyl Percussion Arrangements vs Spectral Prime Tones)"
Erocnet: "A New Start" (bouzouki)
r369improv: "flutterfly" (bass clarinet)

Light Bulb (Screw In (How Many)) Part 1

We can't keep our hands off you either

Ok we made it this far

r369improv: ftp1 & 2
erocnet: Free_Like_a & Chromasso
loopy c: Motors On Metal (Jam Suite C (CD))

Feel This Place

r369improv: RT052318bc1 & 051118sc
loopy c: Emissions from Daemon Station - Songbook 04 & 01
erocnet: Memoria

Emissions

loopy c: Rapid Viz (09302017) 50
erocnet: Drums1712a
r369improv: 121217sc1

15 December 2017

r369improv: rt060918bc
erocnet: Krypet & ScienceMode
loopy c: 5 & 89 Tesla Rhythms versus Kubrick Tones

Krypet

r369improv: then the phone rang
erocnet: TellMeGoodMorningStory
loopy c: 06192018 AADD (2017-2017~2018-2018) 008

Storyphone

Mean Business

from the album "continues", 2005
liner notes: https://dadalamusic.com/files/691301/ca274-03-back.jpg

continues

head out on the highway

from the album "dreams", 2006
liner notes: http://dadalamusic.com/files/691293/dreams-insert2-dadalamusic.jpg

dreams

uchuu apsu

from the album "current", 2005
liner notes: http://dadalamusic.com/files/691295/current-insert2-dadalamusic.jpg

current

do you know the way to san diego

Let Me Explain Something To You

Plasma Doctor Disappears

From the album "Expedition"
Johann Meier and RDunlap 2008
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1046447/expedition-notes-scanned.jpg

Expedition

PcOnTrApTiOn - Threshold

From the album "Night City"
Johann Meier and RDunlap 2009
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1046533/nightcity-notes.jpg

Night City

PcOnTrApTiOn - Some Time Ago

"SOCIALLY DISTANT since 2004"

Free-Fusion Avant-Ambient Glitch-Jazz Post-Post-Rock Electro-Acoustic Improv-Collage.

Since 2009 dadala has been a long-distance ensemble blending improvisation with digital alchemy, collage and serendipity. 

RDunlap produces, edits, arranges/mixes/remixes recordings from members @loopy-c @Erocnet @r369improv with past members and contributors including @darius-improvise @brass-lines @johann-meier-471100500 @michael-chocholak and RDunlap's brother Frank Dunlap.

Earlier dadala (2004-2008) was more specifically a remix project using already-existing recordings from an eclectic assortment of internet artists and RDunlap's own archive from 1985-1996 (solo and with friends/brother).

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