A curiosity that I discovered in the Steamy Vaults.

Back in 2011, DeeplyDazzled had begun to relate the epic saga of The Donkeys. He asked me to contribute some guitar to a track and sent over a rough, unfinished backing track over which I layered various guitar parts. I sent the separate parts for DD to 'fold, spindle and mutilate'* however he saw fit in the final piece but I also included a rough mix of all the parts I'd recorded and how they lined up with each other just in case there were any synchronisation issues.

This is that rough mix with all the stinky** guitars to the fore.

Original idea, drums, synths and programming - DeeplyDazzled
Guitars - SteamAbacus

*© FZ

** "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar: now that's my idea of a good time" - Frank Zappa

(The finalised track may still be on SC although DeeplyDazzled's original page is no more and he can now be found as DeeplyDazzled2. I'm not sure if this track survived the transition)

[edit] The finalised track is still available here ...

https://soundcloud.com/deeplydazzled1/the-non-sacrificial-ritual-tap

Look at all those comments! Those were the days. :)

eMissions

DeeplyDazzled/SteamAbacus - The Ritual Tap Dance of the Two Missing Donkeys (Stink mix) (2011)

Making music, mainly with guitar. In the past (70s/80s) a lot, now from time to time. My paintings correspond to the music. You are welcome to listen and to enjoy if you like, if you can. Peace, Axel

Steve Baker, Producer/Guitarist, London, UK

Guitars, guitars, guitars.....and some more guitars! With a few other devices thrown in (notably, a Line 6 DL4 looping pedal).

All the tracks here are emissions from the venerable 'Steam Abacus' - once a wheezing old pentium-powered antique (Windows 98SE!, mainly utilising Cubase VST 3.7, Cool Edit Pro and T-Racks), now resurrected as an only-slightly-antiquated younger specimen (Windows XP, Cubase SX, et al).

Much is initially recorded direct to minidisc before being edited/compiled on the Steam Abacus.

Some older tracks even started life on Compact Cassette. 

State-of-the-art this ain't!

Exploring a blend of improvisation, styles, minimal composing and maximal production.

20-Mar-25
AU REVOIR
I joined SoundCloud in January 2010, the same time I took delivery of my hand-made Harrison Custom Merlin guitar. I have been paying a full subscription since then. Each year, when renewal time comes around, I weigh up whether I should continue paying for an ever diminishing set of tools. Nothing works now: stats (insights) don't add up; I am not informed of likes or comments to any track more than a few months old; the total stats only go back a few years - the first ten years or so don't count.
The platform, over the years, has changed from being musician oriented to listener oriented: in other words, a Spotify wannabe. The final push for me came this week, when, for the first time in sixteen years, my subscription charge was increased by 25%, so I have pulled the plug.
I have decided that I want to move to YouTube and post music with images and maybe animation, if I can figure out how to do it.
As a start, I have posted this - https://youtu.be/-lu0-L_zNHc .

Counter Silence is Southend based composer/producer Colin Ventura.
Check out my Bandcamp here:
https://countersilence.bandcamp.com/

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Big Beech REPOSTS is the place for music I love and like to listen over again.

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