Day 19 - Prelude To Glory (bt)

AI (Avocado Inspector)

A Jon Hassell Tribute II

From the 2023 Blue Flux album In Search of Comfy.
SoundCloud-exclusive free download.

In Search of Comfy

Bushidō

Addicted to Deception

from the EP Time Gardeners, released June 14, 2021
U8 Touch Guitar, Guitars - Tim Gardner
U8 Touch Guitar, textures - Markus Reuter
Drums - Pat Mastelotto

Time Gardeners

Muted Forest

Inspired by the short story "Transience" by Arthur C. Clarke.

Transience

Hope Syndrome

This is where I hang things up to dry. See and hear more at chrisstack.bandcamp.com


Hi, it's Tibor. Thank you so much for listening to my music!

Around 2000 my buddies and me started our first band which evolved from a Punk band into rhythmically crazy Prog-Metal somehow. We split up a couple of years later, followed by a long period of studying, getting my first job and trying to find answers to all of the many meaningful questions you have when everything you do feels ok at the best but not right.

Life became easy. And boring. So I tried my best to find nice people to jam with. I quit my job to move to Berlin in 2015 hoping to meet the right people. Some really good relationships developed from this period. As frustrating it was at the time to not be able to form a band I totally overlooked how inspirational and motivational this time was for me. Without consciously aiming for it I became able to set up mics and record myself playing guitar within a studio. I learned to set some decent bass and even drum tones, and how to utilize synthesizers and virtual instruments. So I began to build my own cheap home studio and I liked the results. Ideas turned into parts, parts turned into songs and suddenly, songs turned into my first little album called Infinte Gest.

Now, in mid-2019, I have no clue what this project is heading for in the future. Maybe it will remain as a solo diy-project, but it could also turn into live shows as well. I don't know what's coming next but I am looking forward to it. Love what you do and do what you love.

Tim Gardner is an experimental guitarist and Touch Guitar player from Portland, Maine.   Tim has been playing guitar and experimenting with sound for over 25 years.   He started exploring touchstyle techniques in 2001 with the NS/Stick, and a few years later, on the Warr guitar.  Since 2013, he has been playing the Touch Guitars U8 Deluxe exclusively and studying with Markus Reuter.  As a US member of the Touch Guitar Circle, Tim has participated in a number of workshops and study groups.   He has also studied (creative coaching) with Trey Gunn.

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Tim has also been exploring looping and soundscapes for over 20 years, starting with guitar/guitar synth and looper pedals (Boss RC-20, RC-50), and then various techniques for looping with DAW software.  He currently uses a multi-layered hardware looping setup that combines a number of looping-capable pedals (Microcosm, LVX, Mood/Habit/Blooper, Zoia, Volante).

 

Thirst And The Cow (TATC) was initiated in the mid 90s by Tim Gardner as a project to record 'instant music' (improv pieces created and recorded in a single session).  The name now applies to all of Tim's solo work.

 

The music of Thirst and The Cow currently includes 4 instrumental ambient albums ("Glacial Pools", "Gates", "Distances Vol 1" and "Distances Vol 2"), an EP of composed instrumental post-prog music ("Time Gardeners") and a full-length CD of composed instrumental prog/post-prog music to be released in Dec, 2023 ("The main sequence at last").  TATC music heavily features the Touch Guitars U8 on all albums.  The sounds created as part of TATC music are largely recorded with Touch Guitar and guitar using combinations of hardware effects units with some software plugins for post-processing and mixing.  

 

TATC ambient albums were all created via 'instant music' improvisational techniques  ("Glacial Pools", "Gates", "Distances Vol 1" and "Distances Vol 2").  All tracks are recorded in a single evening with only editing, mixing and mastering happening later (no additional overdubs).  Most solos are fully improvised.

 

TATC instrumental prog/post-prog music features a layered approach to composition that highlights rhythmic elements and interactions between layers, and draws from a diverse set of influences such as King Crimson, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Tool, Trey Gunn and many more.

The official soundcloud page for singer/songwriter Jesse Vinyl Jr.

Independent Scottish post-alternative band.
They had a dream. We stayed awake.

New tracks tagged #post-prog