Early Albums for Download
I’ve been meaning for months, nay, years, to put some of my earlier, more experimental music online, and finally i’ve gotten around to it. Just right-click on the images and ‘save link as’ to download the rar archives, should you wish to do so.
Traces: 2003-2004 (2005)
” ‘Traces’ is guitar music, but not as you know it. On this collection of live and studio recordings, Kapp pulls the temporal rug right out from underneath what accepted wisdom dictates the guitar should sound like; sustained swells drone over pointillistic loops of cut-up harmonics and microscopic rhythms from a noisy jack input.”
Tracklist:
- i am an avalanche
- embers, etc
- certain corners
- leisure resort of the mind
- music for airports
- ever the diplomat
- most of which were harmless (+ bonus track)
‘Traces’ review on FoxyDigitalis
PUIN (with Gareth Dawson) (2005)
‘PUIN’ was recorded live in one take, with no overdubs or edits; this collaborative effort pairs Kapp’s billowing feedback with Gareth Dawson’s harsh metallic skree, resulting in an evocative and strongly narrative piece.
Tracklist:
- Boarding
- Departure
- Ulan Ude – Irkutsk
- Disembarkation
- Line Terminates
‘PUIN’ review on FoxyDigitalis
Absence of Origin (2006)
‘Absence of Origin’ was actually never formally released, owing to reservations regarding the harsh sonics contained on it. Based around high-pitched sinewaves derived from no-input mixing desk feedback, and the discovery that these waves modulate each other when played in unison, ‘Absence of Origin’ is a record of dense, stochastic static and violently mangled loops, coupled with distorted guitar feedback. Warning: this album does contain very piercing tones. The ‘album art’ is derived from a similarly abstruse source: interference from a charging cellphone on top of a drawing tablet.
Tracklist:
- Anechoic Dialect
- Infinitesimal
- A Stillborn Language
- The Immaculate Concept
- I Am Not Lonely with Crickets
- Perfectly Formed Fingers and Toes (live recording, 19/04/2005)
No reviews of this album exist, but Tom Smith of To Live and Shave in LA did once compliment these tracks on their “subtlety, their inchoate menace, and thematic complexity”.
