RDunlap and Frank Dunlap 1985-2005
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1111132/thedunlaps-reunion-linernotes.jpg

More info:
This collection (remastered 2008) includes tracks from 5 sessions by The Dunlaps: 1985, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88 and 2005. All tracks except “Moments had” (2005) were originally recorded direct to stereo cassettes under relatively primitive recording conditions. Tracks 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 14 were spontaneous improvisations recorded in single takes with no overdubs (there was a bit of subsequent remixing done to the beginning of “Abridged”). On the other tracks overdubs were improvised and mixed “on the fly” while copying from one cassette deck to another. In some cases (trks 1 & 5) additional accompaniments were pre-recorded or sequenced (using samplers’ on-board sequencers) and flown into the mix live while improvising. The percussion on trk 1 was recorded to 2 short answering-machine cassette loops of different lengths. “Moments had” was recorded in 2 improvised takes to 4-trk cassette multi-track then treated and remixed by RDunlap in digital software. “To Walk a Thousand Lands” was originally an RDunlap solo recording, overdubbed with sax and additional percussion by The Dunlaps.

Frank-o: saxophone, guitar, sampler, flute, synthesizer (rhythm part on trk 2), percussion.
RDunlap: synthesizer, sampler, guitar (trks 5 & 6), percussion.
Flies: buzzing the mic (trk 2).

The Dunlaps - Reunions (with Bonus Tracks)

From the album "Reunions"
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1111132/thedunlaps-reunion-linernotes.jpg

Reunions

The Dunlaps - Off Into the Sunrise

The Dunlaps - Moments had

The Dunlaps - Pastoral Reverie

The Dunlaps - If your friend jumped off a cliff,...

The Dunlaps - X & Y

The Dunlaps - Abridged

Spontaneous improvisation recorded in Ashland, Oregon at Frank's home (aka "The Long Room", a former cow-milking barn made of concrete) in 1985 (later edited and remastered). Frank on sax, Richard on synthesizer.

From the album "Reunions"
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1111132/thedunlaps-reunion-linernotes.jpg

The Dunlaps - Delightful Dirge

The Dunlaps - Bagpipe Meltdown

The Dunlaps - To Walk a Thousand Lands

An elaborate production from when we were still performing overdubs on-the-fly while bouncing from one cassette deck to another, this involved Frank and Richard reading dialogue between a philosopher and a physicist (with the remarks in reverse order). Each also selected and sampled individual words and played them during one of the overdubs. Frank: alto sax. Richard: electric guitar, bass sequence (sampled combination of guitar and synthesizer). Both played percussion. Recorded at Frank's place (aka "The Long Room", a former cow-milking barn made of concrete) in Ashland, Oregon, 1987.

From the album "Reunions"
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1111132/thedunlaps-reunion-linernotes.jpg

The Dunlaps - Time of Ending The

The Dunlaps - It was as if we were in a dream...

Spontaneous improvisation recorded in Ashland, Oregon at Frank's home (aka "The Long Room", a former cow-milking barn made of concrete) in 1985 (later edited and remastered). Frank on alto sax, Richard on synthesizer.

From the album "Reunions"
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1111132/thedunlaps-reunion-linernotes.jpg

The Dunlaps - Remembrances

From the album "Reunions"
Liner notes - https://dadalamusic.com/files/1111132/thedunlaps-reunion-linernotes.jpg

This track was always one of Frank's particular favorites.
Recorded at Frank's place (aka "The Long Room", a former cow-milking barn made of concrete, in this instance filled with flies, some of whom contributed to the piece by buzzing the mic) in Ashland, Oregon, 1986. Frank played the main keyboard part (distorted synthesizer), alto saxophone, and percussion (the good parts). Richard played additional synthesizer embellishments and percussion (the sloppy bits), and performed live mixing and effects manipulation on Frank's sax.

The Dunlaps - Flies

The Dunlaps - Is It Just Around the Corner?

Bonus track.
with Dan Bartlett on drum machine, electric drums and synth sequence.

The Dunlaps - Dinner Music at Milliways (with Dan Bartlett)

Bonus Track.

Spontaneous jam recorded at Richard's cabin in Tujunga, California, circa 1985 or 86? Frank on alto sax, Richard on electric guitar, with Dan Bartlett on drums. The "Magic Beans" of the title were the chocolate covered espresso beans that fueled that session.

The Dunlaps - Dance of the Magic Beans (with Dan Bartlett, drums)

The Dunlaps - What Was That (with Dan Bartlett, drums)

"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).