Recorded by Robin McLeod.  Mixed and mastered by Gardner Campbell.  Live at the Visual Art Studio, Richmond, Va, 6-4-21.

Robin McLeod: guitar (right channel)
Louis Schwartz: guitar (left channel)
Gardner Campbell: bass
Dave Ellis: percussion

More recordings can be found on the band's official Sondcloud page:

https://soundcloud.com/user-109597152

Silver Sands (Live)

Aurika is a band project started by Robin McLeod in which a couple of members of My Son the Doctor play. Live at the Visual Art Studio, September 6, 2019. Robin McLeod electric guitar, Louis Schwartz amplified acoustic guitar, Gardner Campbell bass, Dave Ellis percussion. Composition and recording: Louis Schwartz. Mix and mastering: Gardner Campbell.

Lupe d'Lou > Improv: Exodus (Live)

A cover of Big Star's "The India Song" from *#1 Record* 1972.  Composed by Andy Hummel.  

Eli Schwartz: vocals and acoustic guitar 
Louis Schwartz: electric guitars, Mellotron effects (courtesy of an EHX Mel9), mix and etc.

The India Song

Results of my first attempt at recording through my new UAFX Dream 65 modeling pedal. Also a new compressor pedal (Walrus Audio Deep 6). For those of you interested in such things:   the four guitar parts were played on a PRS Custom 24 S2 through my pedalboard into the Dream 65.  The drive sounds come from a Barefoot Effects Honey Bee overdrive or a J Rockett Audio The Dude V2.  Other effects:  Supro 1307 Chorus, Hotone Phaze phaser, Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb, and the multihead Binson Echorec setting on a Source Audio Nemesis delay. An Allen and Heath ZED 10FX was used as an interface into GarageBand (stereo outs on the Dream 65 into one of the stereo channels on the ZED).  Percussion tracks were created using Drummer in GarageBand (3 different drummer tracks panned left, right, and center).

From 80 Feet Below

Another recording experiment, this time using a Chase Bliss Mood pedal to create the basic background track (Envelope Mode on the right side of the pedal and Slip on the left affecting only the input).  Then I overdubbed two more guitar parts and some percussion (3 different Drummer tracks in GarageBand and a loop of cymbal beats here and there).  The guitar is a Strandberg Boden Classic NX 6 played through my pedalboard into a UAFX Dream 65 into GarageBand using an Allen and Heath ZED 10FX as an interface.  Pedals:  Source Audio ZIO, Walrus Audio Deep 6 compressor, EHX Mel9, Hotone Phase, Source Audio Nemesis Delay (Echorec algorithm), the Rotary and Particle Reverb algorithms on a Zoom MS-50g, Supro Chorus, more reverb from an Old Blood Noise Endeavors Sunlight and an Earthquaker Devices Afterneath (plus just a touch of the spring reverb on the Dream 65).

O Bless the Asynchronous Stutter

Ambient piece with a pulse.  Basic left and right tracks recorded with a Chase Bliss Habit.  Initial track improvised live, then the second track improvised over that from and through the same memory buffer. Center track then overdubbed over the result using the Stretch and Slip modes of a Chase Bliss Mood MK I.  Various effects going into these were:  Source Audio Zio preamp/buffer, Walrus Audio Deep 6 compressor, Shoe Pedals Robert Fuzz, J. Rockett Dude v2, Barefoot Effects Honeybee overdrive, TC Electronics Quintessence Harmonizer, EHX Attack/Decay, EHX Mel9, various modulations from a Zoom MS-50 Stomp, Source Audio Nemesis Delay, Hotone Phaze, Supro Chorus, OBNE Sunlight reverb, and an Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb.  Everything after the Mood and Habit into a UAFX Dream 65, then stereo out an A&H ZED 10FX used as an interface into GarageBand.  The guitar used on all three tracks was a Strandberg Boden Classic NX 6.

Whale Fall V

Background loop captured on a Chase Bliss Mood from a cell phone played into the pickups of the guitar (same loop out of sync, panned left and right).  Other effects/processors:  Source Audio Zio preamp/buffer, Walrus Audio Deep 6 compressor, Shoe Pedals Robert Fuzz, J. Rockett Dude v2, Barefoot Effects Honeybee overdrive, TC Electronics Quintessence Harmonizer, EHX Attack/Decay, Source Audio Nemesis Delay, Supro Chorus, Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb.  Into a UAFX Dream 65, then stereo out an A&H ZED 10FX used as an interface into GarageBand. The guitar is a Strandberg Boden Classic NX 6.

Still not Sleeping

Aurika Live at the Visual Art Studio, Richmond VA, June 2, 2023.

Robin McLeod: electric guitar (left channel)
Louis Schwartz: electric Guitar (right channel)
Josh Brown: electric bass
Dave Ellis: percussion

Am Minor Improv Into Rock Version Of "Dubby" Aurika VAS 6 - 2-2023

In Memoriam.

Guitar: Strandberg Boden Classic NX 6. Pedalboard signal chain:  Source Audio Zio preamp/buffer, Walrus Audio Deep Six compressor, Shoe Pedals Robert Fuzz, BearFoot Effects Honey Bee overdrive, TC Electronics Quintessence harmonizer (for harmonized guitar lines and bass effects), EHX Attack Decay, EHX Mel9, Source Audio Nemesis Delay, Hotone Phaze, Mr. Black mini tremolo, Zoom Multistomp MS-50g (vibrato, envelope filter, particle reverb), Supro Chorus, Chase Bliss Mood mk1, Old Blood Noise Endeavors Sunlight Dynamic reverb, Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb, Chase Bliss Habit.  Pedalboard into a UAFX Dream 65 to a UA Volt 276 into GarageBand (for percussion tracks and all mixing and processing).  Composed, performed, and recorded by Louis Schwartz.  Samples from "Margaritaville," Jimmy Buffett, 1977.

Wasting Away Again (mix 2)

Happy Leonard Cohen's birthday!

Guitar: Strandberg Boden Classic NX 6. Pedalboard signal chain:  Source Audio Zio preamp/buffer, Walrus Audio Deep Six compressor, Shoe Pedals Robert Fuzz, BearFoot Effects Honey Bee overdrive, TC Electronics Quintessence harmonizer (for harmonized guitar lines and bass lines), EHX Attack Decay, EHX Mel9, Source Audio Nemesis Delay, Hotone Phaze, Mr. Black mini tremolo, Supro Chorus, Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb, Old Blood Noise Endeavors Sunlight Dynamic reverb.  I also ran a Chase Bliss Mood mk1 and a Chase Bliss Habit in parallel using a GFI Duophony signal blender.  Pedalboard into a UAFX Dream 65 to a UA Volt 276 into GarageBand (for mixing and processing). Composed, performed, and recorded by Louis Schwartz. Sample from "Who By Fire," Leonard Cohen, 1974.

In Her Lonely Slip (Part I)

Happy Leonard Cohen's birthday Part II:

Guitar: Strandberg Boden Classic NX 6. Pedalboard signal chain: Source Audio Zio preamp/buffer, Walrus Audio Deep Six compressor, Shoe Pedals Robert Fuzz, BearFoot Effects Honey Bee overdrive, TC Electronics Quintessence harmonizer (for harmonized guitar lines and bass lines), EHX Attack Decay, EHX Mel9, Source Audio Nemesis Delay, Hotone Phaze, Mr. Black mini tremolo, Supro Chorus, Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb, Old Blood Noise Endeavors Sunlight Dynamic reverb. I also ran a Chase Bliss Mood mk1 and a Chase Bliss Habit in parallel using a GFI Duophony signal blender. Pedalboard into a UAFX Dream 65 to a UA Volt 276 into GarageBand (for mixing and processing). Composed, performed, and recorded by Louis Schwartz. Sample from "Who By Fire," Leonard Cohen, 1974.

In Her Lonely Slip (Part II)

Escape to Tarshish

Ask me no more whither doth haste 
The nightingale, when May is past; 
For in your sweet dividing throat 
She winters, and keeps warm her note. 
["A Song," Thomas Carew]

Ambient instrumental with episodes of minimalist melody and pulse.  Epiphone Casino, Strandberg Classic Boden NX 6, and kalimba.  Pedalboard and signal chain:  Source Audio Zio preamp/buffer, Walrus Audio Deep Six compressor, TC Electronics Quintessence harmonizer (for the bass lines), Source Audio Nemesis Delay, Mr. Black Mini tremolo, Supro Chorus, Earthquaker Devices Afterneath reverb, Chase Bliss Mood mk1 and a Chase Bliss Habit in parallel using a GFI Duophony signal blender, OBNE Sunlight Dynamic Reverb, Keeley Electronics Halo Delay (stereo), Boss Tera Echo (stereo).  Pedalboard into a UAFX Dream 65 (stereo) into a UA Volt 276 into GarageBand (for mixing, processing, and percussion loops).  Composed, performed, recorded, and mixed by Louis Schwartz.

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