With the fuzz control all the way up and the 'HEAT' switch engaged the Mercury can produce some wild fuzz tones like a silicon transistor based fuzz on acid - the Mercury screams, chokes and spits like a wild beast! The HEAT mode takes the pedal over the edge so that is becomes an untamed animal. For this sound clip the VOLUME = 3 o'clock and the FUZZ = 5 o'clock. Setup used: Laney Lionheart L20 mic'ed with a Shure SM57 slightly off axis. Reverb and delays are added in 'Logic'. Thanks to Bjorn Riss of <a href="http://www.gilmourish.com/?p=4042">Gilmourish</a> for recording this sound sample.

'Maxed Out' Fuzz

A friend of mine, who shall be known as Cheat, and I decided to record a PInk Floyd tune a long time ago, 20+ years, on a whim.  Here's what we came up with.

Looking at my notes, it would seem we recorded this piece on July 19, 2002.  Later, Cheat (aka Mr. Egan) added drums to the recording to great effect.

I remember hearing a version of this song with parts one and two stitched together by a guitar solo Snowy White played around 1976-77, a super hard recording to get back in the 80's when I first heard it.  I thought it was cool as hell.  This is my version of that solo I heard many many years ago when I was about 15 or 16 years old.

More details can be found here:  https://www.flupe.com/music/music.htm

Read details on the album entitled "Messin' Avec History".

Pigs On The Wing, Pt. 1 (a Pink Floyd cover by Bounder and Cheat), 19-Jul-2002

A Beatles cover my buddy Brian and I recorded 20+ years ago in Boulder, Colorado.  Where does the time go?

A Day In The Life (a Beatles cover by Bounder and Cheat), 21-Jul-2002

My heart cries for the people of Gaza, for the Palestinians, and for the people of Israeli.

What's happening in Gaza is absolutely horrific and truly heartbreaking. My heart cries for all of the suffering, death, and destruction that is the result of this war and all wars. I wish we could rise above our differences somehow and come together as a race, the human race: all religions, all creeds, all peoples. We are not all that different from each other. Why do we keep pretending we are?

God, please help us.  Human Race, please wake up and start seeing the good in each other.  We are better than this.

Tears For Gaza, 10-Nov-2023

A demo of a song I wrote and recorded in December 2002.  I was certainly inspired by James Hilton's book of the same title, and intense feelings of regret, heartache, and lost love.

Lost Horizon, 8-Dec-2002

This is a rendition (demo) of a song I heard John Lennon play at his home in NYC in a documentary I watched many many years ago.    It was before The Beatles used this material to craft and release the song "Real Love".  Anyway, I was touched by the song so much that I decided to work out my own version of it.  I've always called the song "Crazy World".  Anyway, this is for you, John.  Extra points if you know who painted this image.

Crazy World, July 31, 2002

A harrowing adventure of a young man caught between life and death.  With only these two options, where can one go?

Simon,  30-Aug-2002

I wanted to try something a bit different from my usual stuff which has it's roots in Berlin School , this time however I decided to try a Hawkwind type track featuring my virtual guitars.

WINDS OF TIME

Featuring the Vocals of Ciara Mashea
Bass by Ben Eaton
Produced by Ellysa 
Mixed by Wishlyst 
Mastered by Thomas Rojo
Additional Recording by Jameson Fuller and Audrey Kelsey Karrasch

Stardust

Saudade (It's A Little Late)

A new recording of an old song I wrote as a Berklee student circa 1992.

Faces In The Clouds - 30-Dec-2020

Sailing On

Sailing on Cloud Ships
and Wild Horse Dreams.
Reaching through the Sky
with my Fantasies.

Serpent Flies, glimmering.
Silver Stars, shimmering.
The Silence
awakens me
to Castle Spires surrounding me.

A few thoughts about the origin of this piece...

This is a song a dear friend of mine wrote many years ago in late 1977 or early 1978. It touched me deeply when I first heard it almost 25 years ago and it still moves me today when I hear it. So, I decided to record my own version of it because I like the song so much and I want to be able to hear a proper recording of it. I added a little something to the piece as well, a middle section or bridge, if you will. Sail on, fellow travelers. Journey well. Journey well.

~Captain Flupe

Sailing On, 9-Jan-2021

These are recordings by Gabriel Perry.  To find out more information about these tracks and Gabriel please visit www.flupe.com.

Crazy World, July 31, 2002

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