Non - Friction (XL3)

Composer/Songwriter. Proficient performer of piano, bass guitar, double bass, cello, 6 string , 12 string , drums, triangle (shall I include tambourine too?🤣), vocals, lyrics. 99% of the tracks on this page are original songs. None of my performances on any of my tracks, whether solo work, or collaboration, have any editing whatsoever. Effects and equalization? Of course! But no editing, no software, etc. Quite a substantial amount of these tracks are with The Eclectic Collective. We are like family and have been playing together on a daily basis since approximately March of 2022 as the Eclectic Collective. Before the band bore it's name Eclectic Collective; Josh, Ken, Stephen, Tez, and  CG Maness were doing some occasional collabs. At any given time we are all simultaneously working on about 15 different songs. And when we feel they are done cooking in the oven we release them.  We release a song every week on Fridays at 4AM UTC

Members of The Eclectic Collective :
The Beautiful Dark 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)
J.J. Terrell
Llanpsych
K2 and the Three [and the Four]
TexMex Shaman
Mistermark

Link to bandcamp
https://palestshadeofblue.bandcamp.com/
link to my youtube https://www.youtube.com/@Mouthsattheintersect/videos

★Caution!★These tracks can cause tinnitus.
Works from the past year or so have been released at a lower volume.
<<耳鳴り注意！ここ1年くらいは音量を低めで公開しています>>

Mix at a low volume for home listening.

Hello Earth! Hello humanity!
Thank you for listening to my music. 
If you don't forget to set it up, most of the songs are available for download!
I hope my music can be a part of your fun time.

”Nouten(脳天)” means the top of the head in Japanese.
The literal translation of each character is "brain heaven"

Nouten Party Alone MV on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz5V4RGh1jGynSuoRP1K7SCwuW9bF-hrK
180sec. Dream Effects (for sleep)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz5V4RGh1jGwt3-e-EonXzMOs0mz-xTjA

Hello and thank you for dropping by.

Thank you very much to everyone who takes the time to listen, like and share my noises. I am extremely grateful. My apologies if I take a little while to respond to those that leave nice comments.

I like listening to music, making simple, tunes when I have time, and generally faffing about in an inefficient manner. Hopefully you might like something on offer here. 

I use a Hinkler Cigar Box guitar (about $30 from Aldi, great fun), a Flying V ukulele, a couple of old keyboards, other bits and bobs, and a Yamaha tenor saxophone.

The RSH impro-course has a new account, please check it out if you happen to like the music presented here:

https://soundcloud.com/rsh-improkurs

a.k.a.  -..-
Pre-releases and Experiments
- Final releases via https://linktr.ee/dashdotdotdash (Apple Music, Spotify)
Support creativity through Bandcamp.

- Artists: 
  (1) -..- , xperimental 
  (2) XLab3 , xperimental
  (3) Ding Dong , vintage electronica

- xmachines: Logic Korg Yamaha Orchid Moog Teenage Engineering iApps ccMixter freemusicarchive field recordings radio
- Header Image Acknowledgement: (my silhouette in front of) an excerpt from the video, 'Plato's Alley' by Charles Atlas (2008)
- Profile Image Acknowledgement: 'Switching Marys' by Mike Kelley (2004-2005)

- History: 
1980s - Casio VL-tone, Wasp synth, Moog Concertmate MG-1, 2 track compact cassette recordings: tape to tape mixing ... emergence of Ding Dong. Revelled in the limitations in lo-fi sonic pallette and student budget...
1990s - Upgraded to 4-track compact cassette recordings... Casio CZ1000.
2000s - finally onto DAWs & xmachines & budget soft/hard synthesis & quirkiness in the Hikari Monos......Cakewalk>Sonar>Logic