This is a cover of Advance Base's Christmas In Oakland. Check out the original from his fantastic record "A Shut-In's Prayer" - http://advancebase.bandcamp.com/album/a-shut-ins-prayer

Rebecca Clay Cole - vocals, keyboards, omnichord
Matthew Morgan - beats, mellotron samps, knobs, faders
Michael Beaton - guitar
Catherine Lazar Odell - cello
Mark Robertson - double bass

Clay Cole & Sleepy Volcano - Christmas In Oakland (by Advance Base)

Around 2am we decided to go walk around the layer of ice that had covered our recent rare snow storm. Use headphones! (this is a binaural recording)... Some nice icicle sounds towards the end. 

Portland, OR Feb 8th ice storm walkabout. (BINAURAL- 3D audio - use headphones!)

Preview of the new Green Hills Alone record. Coming out early summer 2014 on Sleepy Volcano.

Green Hills Alone - new album preview.

Composed and conducted by m beaton
Recorded and mixed at Sleepy Volcano by Matthew Morgan
Tenor Sax - Ian Meyer
Trombones - Brandon McSwain
Violins - Robin Kim
Cello - Catherine Lazar Odell
Bass - Mark Robertson
Percussion - Matthew Morgan
Flute - Jinx
Clarinet - Barry
Piano - Gene

m beaton - Light Frequencies: Blue

Composed and conducted by m beaton
Recorded and mixed at Sleepy Volcano by Matthew Morgan
Clarinet - Felix Mercer
Tenor Sax - Ian Meyer
Trombones - Brandon McSwain
Violins - Robin Kim
Cello - Catherine Lazar Odell
Bass - Mark Robertson
Percussion - Matthew Morgan
Flutes - Jinx
Piano - Gene

m beaton - Light Frequencies: Red

Los Angeles, California based musician Holly Miranda performing a cover of Lhasa’s song titled “Fool’s Gold,” recorded live at Sleepy Volcano right in front of the crackling fireplace. Tracked through a Hamptone JFET MicPre with Hamptone HOC1 Opto Compressor on the vocal, straight to the half inch 8 track tape machine. Sennheiser 421 on the Fender Pro Jr. for guitar, Lawson L47 mkII on vocals. Orban 111B Spring Reverb, and Roland RE-201 printed live to tape.

Holly Miranda - Fools Gold (Lhasa Cover)

[**This performance is recommended to be listened to in headphones to achieve the full effect of the binaural recording process.] 

Dischordant is a structured improvisation based around a repeating cycle of 5 cluster chords. It is written for 3 instrumentalists playing electric pianos and manipulating tape echoes and loops. The performers begin in a staggered fashion, progressing through the 5 chord cycle in an improvised free meter. As it progresses the chords continue to harmonize and invert each other in different ways. The structure creates change, without ever changing. 

The greater concept was to create an atmosphere without melody, to be recorded binaurally. Binaural recording is a technique in which very small condenser microphones are placed inside human ears (much like headphone earbuds, but facing outward). In this case we have placed the microphones in the ears of Gene, a fake wooden head who has been acoustically designed to approximately match the shape and density of the human head. Through this technique, sound is captured with all of the same reflections and phase differences that human ears recognize, creating a recording that allows the listener to listen through Gene’s ears in an extremely realistic re-creation of the environment. Gene is sitting in the middle of the cathedral during the performance.

This composition was recorded entirely live at The Old Church in downtown Portland, Oregon on the night of March 31st, 2015.

Gene: listener
Mark Robertson:  mid-cycle rhodes,  tape loop
Arturo Martinini:  high-cycle pianet
Amos Roddy:  low-cycle rhodes
Matthew Morgan: engineer



Dischordant (Live Binaural Performance)

Weezy Ford - Shaky Knees

Met some travelers late night in Florence, Italy. April 20th, 2016. Recorded on the patio of Villa Camarata.
Binaural recording... use headphones.

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