Name: Epic Gong by Hydropark
Duration: 4 min 20 s
Description: Fourth cassette collection by Hydropark; Chadd Pratt, Jason Lymangrover, Chuck Sipperley, Fred Thomas. Recorded Spring 2014 and released in an edition of 50 cassettes on Life Like.

"MEQ" is the first track from the forthcoming MOON POOL AND DEAD BAND's MEQ, a double 12" of swinging, dirty, analog techno-funk, created with mountains of old synthesizers. MEQ consists of Moon Pool and Dead Band’s earliest  track, reworked by some of Detroit’s (and ex-Detroit) best producers: Patrick Russell, BMG (Brendan M. Gillen of Ectomorph), JTC (James T. Cotton/Dabrye/Charles Manier aka Tadd Mullinix), Ice Cold Chrissy (Coyote Clean Up), Michael Dykehouse, Erno the Inferno and Nate Young in Wolf Eyes mode. MEQ plays like an album, rather than a collection of remixes. The remixers were supplied with “stems” nearly one-half hour long, leaving each with an abundance of raw material at their disposal. There are no cloying, repetitive vocal hooks to disrupt the sonic narrative. Deep, dystopian techno-funk is delivered with the unerring raw assurance that only seasoned masters could deliver, leaving the music’s rough edges appealingly unvarnished. The strong, danceable music is rugged enough to test the limits of any club sound-system, yet contains nuances, subtleties and warmth that make it ideal for home listening. Mastered by Ruud Lekx (Rude 66) and cut by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in NYC. MEQ comes housed in a wide full-color UV gloss jacket featuring artwork by renowned sci-fi illustrator, Mark Salwowski. Layout by Beth Hall.

This is the first release on Midwich Productions (MW-001).


Moon Pool and Dead Band - MEQ

Second cassette of Haunted Sound pieces, Spring 2015.

The Facts (Ilona)

Fourth cassette collection by Hydropark; Chadd Pratt, Jason Lymangrover, Chuck Sipperley, Fred Thomas. Recorded Spring 2014 and released in an edition of 50 cassettes on Life Like.

Epic Gong

"Calling All Believers" 
from the album Patterns Of Light
released Nov 11, 2016 by London London Records, 
180 gram vinyl LP, CD and digital
exclusive worldwide distribution provided by Light In The Attic

Soon after Tecuciztecatl was released we were invited to perform at the large hadron collider at CERN in Switzerland by one of the scientists, sort of an experimental-music-meets-experimental-science type thing, so I immediately began studying particle physics to get up to speed. I asked the scientist to share his notes with me, diagrams, screenshots, or anything to help me get deep into this project . Mostly he said no but then I offered him the compromise of sending him lyrics and chord charts based on my frequent misunderstanding of the fundamentals of the Standard Model and he could "fact check for bad data, misquotes, dragons, pseudoscience and make sure the witchcraft to physics ratio wouldn't be too embarrassing" for him. Realizing what he was up against he quickly agreed to send notes, papers and also recommended books, videos and answered a lot of my simplistic questions. Patterns of Light is the album that resulted from my studies and exchange of information.

The research focused on dark matter, dark energy, the search for extra dimensions, mini black holes and the machinery that last year was colliding particles at high speeds using thirteen teraelectronvolts (13 TeV aka the most electricity ever used to do anything)but also studying the fundamental forces of nature got me turning to the classics, creation myths, the visionary theology of Hildegard Von Bingen, medieval manuscripts and cosmic maps, all in my effort to turn the physics back into poetry.

Personel
Andrea Morici vocals, mellotron, moog
Warren Defever guitar (left channel)
Dusty Jones guitar (right channel), bass
J. Rowe drums, percussion
Jean Cook violin 

Lyrics
Calling all believers
calling all the invisible seers
this is for the people
pray your number don't get called

This is a message to awesome
this is for the problems we both know that i caused
this is for the locators 
may you find the darkest part lost

Bring your witch stand before me
stand in the light of the darkest energy
give yourself a miracle
once in the morning and again at night

I gotta get myself checked see if I'm carrying
the thing you've been sharing
a million turns a million volts
I'll give you something to help you forget

This is dedicated 
to the darkest heart of matter
this is for the leavers
left in the night and lost it forever

Calling all believers
calling all the invisible seers
this is for the people
pray your number don't get called

Calling All Believers

this ones for new york

never possible without J. Rowe & R. Cronk

STONER LONERS 6

a remix of "Ravine" by Hydropark.
2016 Lifelike Tapes.

Hydropark "Ravine" (Trees Stateside Remix)

An unreleased gem from the On-U archives that features on the forthcoming 'Sherwood At The Controls Volume 2: 1985 - 1990' compilation.

Brought together through the efforts of BBC Radio DJ Steve 'On The Wire' Barker, the sessions that birthed this track saw Adrian work with one of his heroes and big influences for the first time. Working alongside Style Scott and Dub Syndicate, they cooked up a fresh batch of rhythms for the Upsetter to voice, resulting in the critically acclaimed Time Boom X De Devil Dead LP which came out on On-U Sound in 1987. This alternate mix of the track "Music & Science Lovers" is heard here for the first time.

More about the compilation here: www.smarturl.it/satcvol2

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Music & Science Madness

A Month Of Sundays (tuesday)

A late-stage rehearsal straight to cassette for reference. Recorded shortly before going into the studio, probably at John Henry rehearsal rooms. This is Mark on guitar, Lee on drums, and myself on piano and organ (the bass was always addressed in the studio once the basic track was down, which is why it doesn't feature here).
It's best to take the 8 minutes out and listen to the end, preferably in headphones, and in a quiet space,

Eden rehearsal cassette

Chad Pratt, Chuck Sipperley, Jason Lymangrover, Fred Thomas. Synth/jams from Michigan, 2013-Present.

Epic Gong

Hydropark

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