 
WTF..

..Music without Hookline!? I don´t care!
That´s Bullsh**
The whole track´s the Hook.
You only have to think:
"WOW, i need to hear this again!"
and not:
"Oh, there´s a stab-melody i can keep
in mind"
F** it, I can´t take it no more.
If you are someone like that,
don´t take a listen to my tracks.

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get1..

..If you are a DJ or Podcaster and would like to have a promo of one of my tracks, hit me up.
Contact & Licensing: takeydo@googlemail.com

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me?..

..In the early 80’s I didn’t know that electronic music existed at all.

I thought to my self “That’s what I’m talking about!”.
From that moment on sleep was the last thing on my mind.
I needed a computer, but how?

I scraped together all the money I could get
my hands on, till I had the legendary C64 in my sweating palms.
At first I started with a tracking program called Noisetracker. It took some time
to reach the limits of this system, so again I started to scrape together all my money.

In 1995 I bought an Amiga 500 with a new tracker program (Fasttracker).
Worked with it 2 years,
then it came my first PC. *Yikes
1997, the music I developed was reaching new height’s with the aid of 44.1 kHz
and 16Bit Sampling Rate.
then..
I took out a loan to get a Synthesizer and stuff:
Yamaha CS1X, Cubase and Co. I worked with this Setup till the end of 1998.

1999, bought some more Equipment which resulted in better arrangements and sounds.
But this was not enough for me!

2000 - 2001, I took a break from producing because I needed some time to reflect on
how my life would progress. But then, in Mid of 2001 I took up the fight by taking a helping
hand in the creation of TAKEYDO, the start of a new chapter.

At the end of 2001 I bought Apple´s G4 Powermac with new software which opened
new worlds for me. New Synthesizer´s and other hardware was duly bought.
The Sequencer from this point on was Logic! :)
2002, the project was growing which resulted in my first vinyl release.
An accomplishment that I’m proud of.

At the end of 2003 one member of the group left the project.

TAKEYDO is a one man project again and the development continues ..

.. till today

Well, we will see what the future has in store, but one thing is certain,
it will be worth it as long as there is good music to listen too ..

Dusk is a collection of stories that span a lifetime.  
It’s a travelogue from my younger years - nostalgic episodes of seasick fishing boats, suffocating poverty, and first loves.  It’s a road trip soundtrack from the desert to the coastal forests, stopping at every shitty Greyhound bus station along the way.  It’s the purples and grays that conclude another day; another phase of my life.

Dusk is my fourth LP, and by far the most realized.
In the Spring of 2016 I built a studio at the back of my house in Sonoma, CA (with the help of engineer Eric Ruud) and over the next six months, played and recorded the album on my own.
As the record found it’s final form, long-time collaborators Timothy James Wright and Payam Bavafa added instrumentation to select tracks.

My songs have always been stark and lyric-based, but Dusk is more expansive with rich organs and pianos to go along with the guitars.  

When asked about my influences I’ve always been more apt to cite Richard Brautigan, John Steinbeck or Ernest Hemingway than a contemporary songwriter.  But more recently, I’ve looked back on musicians who were able to combine poignant, dark lyrical content with a melodic backbone like Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, and Joni Mitchell.

The album has a story arch which benefits from unbroken listening .  The first song begins in the crisp dawn air, and ends with me packing my bags at Dusk.  
In a strange way it feels like a bookend and a beginning at the same time - the way the sunset brings the night, yet the darkness is oftentimes the most exciting part of the day.

GP - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Piano/Organ, Drums 
Timothy James Wright - Banjo, Drums (Distant Thought); Lap Steel, Guitars, Organ (Enough); Piano, Organ (One Last Breath)
Payam Bavafa - Guitars (Greyhound Song).


Flowerss is following