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table-top galaxy (boom dispenser)

2013-05-01T21:25:00.001-07:00

Just ran across a video using a Boom Dispenser track...oddly captivated by it.

galaxy (Enhanced) from Jay on Vimeo.

Mammane Sanni Abdoulaye

2013-04-25T20:28:00.000-07:00

A great reissue I have been enjoying a lot lately. Mellow infectious and unique. For the story behind this release go to Sahel Sounds.

La Musique Electronique du Niger by Mammane Sani et son Orgue

Sahel Sounds also included aboombong on a recent remix collection. If you missed it, you can download it free here and find the details here.

bendle - jesus

2013-03-10T20:29:00.002-07:00

One of my favorite new releases, a little tune called jesus is from a great friend here at pen & mallet. The main instigator behind dustdevil & crow, bendle has been doing his own thing musically since the late seventies (e.g., the door and the window and The 49 Americans and many, many other projects you can check out at his bandcamp page). This one is a collaboration with rob tarana and has been in heavy rotation since I downloaded it.

jesus by bendle

aboombong - noon

2013-02-27T09:45:00.003-08:00

Noon from the album amnemonic has shown up on a nice little ad for an event at the contemporary arts museum in Bordeaux. Nice marriage of images and sound to my mind. This is how creative commons licensing is supposed to work.

Artist:

And if you haven't checked it out yet, the latest album is available on bandcamp. Take a listen below.
aboombong
Album: adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis
Style: minimalist, looping, glitchy, electronics
Toys: Kaossilator, drum kit.

A new aboombong for a new year. Enjoy.

adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis by aboombongAlso available on Spotify, Rhapsody, iTunes, Last.FM and from most of your favorite places to purchase downloads. Bandcamp is the only venue where you choose what to pay.

Kamikaze spreads the word

2013-02-15T20:22:00.000-08:00

A nice mix of music from Kamikaze dropped awhile back. Includes a track from adumbral. Lots of other great artists included for you check out as well (track list below). Honored to be included.

Jason Crumer & Joseph Hammer - Show Em The Door [Accidie]
Powell - A Band [The Death Of Rave]
Vladislav Delay - Kulkee [Raster Noton]
Actress - Silver Cloud Dream Come True [Werk/Ninja Tune]
Bernard Gagnon - Dictee [Tenzier]
Yong Yong - Mongo [Night School]
The Entourage Music & Theatre Ensemble - Giraffes We Ride [Folkways]
Mustapha Skandrani - Mode Raml Maya Improvisation [Em]
Nishan Sedefjian - Huzam Taxim [Mississippi/Canary/Change]
Jung Nam Hee - Chinyangjo/Chungmori [Sublime Frequencies]
St. Gun Khin May - Shan Village Part 1/Part 2 [Sublime Frequencies]
Kesarbai Kerkar - Lalat: Ghatan Lagi Rain [Mississippi/Canary/Change]
Hacker Farm - 5:29 [Exotic Pylon]
MCMXCI - Untitled 5 [Opal Tapes]
aboombong - K1 [Bandcamp]
Trance Farmers - Purple Hay [Stones Throw/Leaving]
Filthy Huns - Infinite Ride [Not Not Fun]
Golden Teacher - Rashomon [Optimo]
Factory Floor - Fall Back Synth Loop [DFA]
Yong Yong - Bzzzr [Night School]
Karriem Riggins - Voyager I 5000 [Stones Throw]
Oh No - Creepers [KahRoc]
Jeremy Greenspan & Laurie Spiegel - Sirius Shake [Jialong]

Aboombong artwork and soundart

2013-01-22T20:01:00.004-08:00

A nice review of the latest aboombong album adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis over at Acts of Silence. We always appreciate help spreading the word...check out the other reviews and you'll find other great music.

adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis by aboombong

Also available on Spotify, Rhapsody, iTunes, Last.FM and from most of your favorite places to purchase downloads. Bandcamp is the only venue where you choose what to pay.

adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis

2013-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

Artist: aboombong
Album: adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis
Style: minimalist, looping, glitchy, electronics
Toys: Kaossilator, drum kit.

A new aboombong for a new year. Enjoy.

adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis by aboombong Update: now also available on Spotify, Rhapsody, iTunes, Last.FM and from most of your favorite places to purchase downloads. Bandcamp is the only venue where you choose what to pay.

aboombong release updates

2012-12-05T07:20:00.000-08:00

The next aboombong recording will be out January 1st, 2013. Title is adumbral: études dans le contrôle imprécis - seven shortish tracks that are a departure from the longer ambient tracks released in 2012. Watch for it on bandcamp and other outlets.

Also check out the latest release by Sahel Sounds: 8 remixed versions of the song "Tenere" by Amanar - an aboombong remix is included. You can preview all the tracks at http://sahelsounds.com/2012/11/amanar-rmx/ or download them via this mediafire link. Enjoy.

Download links here at Pen & Mallet.
ambient; experimental; noise; drone; improv; dream pop, warped, psych-folk, etc.
ABOOMBONG: anaphora

ABOOMBONG: atrophic

ABOOMBONG: admixture

ABOOMBONG: amnemonic
ABOOMBONG: asynchronic
ABOOMBONG: aboombong
ABOOMBONG (w/ dustdevil & crow): Taking Blue Mountain by Stages
dustdevil & crow: accidental music

dustdevil & crow : ...and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me
dustdevil & crow: while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing
Boom Dispenser: A Chronic Groove Feeder
AZWARM: shelter
AZWARM: a morning's work
¡para!helion: Midaq Alley

¡
para!helion: 3 Miles From Mecca
¡para!helion: >3
¡para!helion: When Technology Fails
¡para!helion: Harpers Bizarre Film Festival
Icastico: The-ambient-Sundae bar
Icastico: Étude for Six Mirrored Hands
Blotter: Once and Again - Minus Four - in Stereono
Blotter: Sludge the Butcher
Blotter: Songs for Mommy
Psychic Enemies Network: Valis (with bonus tracks)
Psychic Enemies Network: P.E.N. (with bonus tracks)

Punk; No-wave; Post-punk, etc.
Waltz Bop Shop: All My Idears are Flawed in Sum Way + Quartet
Waltz Bop Shop: Name Dropping at Angela's and Melting
Waltz Bop Shop: All my idears are played live today
Waltz Bop Shop: A whisper in the airwaves
The Jonny Cats: Last- Ode to Sergio
The Johnny Cats: Burns Rubber 7"
Swayback: Outer Space Tonight
AOS: Rip It up! + live tracks
AOS: live and Raw in the Pit also (some cleaned-up live tracks)
DJJ: Throw it out there, not away

Shoegaze; Rock; etc.
Choke: Choke (e.p.)
Choke: Hard to Swallow
Choke: Gauze/Total Reverence
[redacted]: left blank
Super Naam: two rough cuts

Most of these links will allow you to download in FLAC, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. Let me know if you have a request for a FLAC/WAV version of any of the other MP3 only files.

Amanar's Tenere - remixs from Sahel Sounds

2012-11-23T21:08:00.000-08:00

Sahel Sounds recently shared some sound files for remix from a 2008 recording session by Amanar; music recorded locally in their home of Kidal in Northern Mali. Details about Amanar and the record can be found at Sahel Sounds. They are now releasing 8 remixed versions of the song "Tenere" and an aboombong remix is included. You can preview all the tracks at http://sahelsounds.com/2012/11/amanar-rmx/ or download them via this mediafire link. Enjoy.

Download links here at Pen & Mallet.

ambient; experimental; noise; drone; improv; dream pop, warped, psych-folk, etc.
ABOOMBONG: anaphora

ABOOMBONG: atrophic

ABOOMBONG: admixture

ABOOMBONG: amnemonic
ABOOMBONG: asynchronic
ABOOMBONG: aboombong
ABOOMBONG (w/ dustdevil & crow): Taking Blue Mountain by Stages
dustdevil & crow: accidental music

dustdevil & crow : ...and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me
dustdevil & crow: while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing
Boom Dispenser: A Chronic Groove Feeder
AZWARM: shelter
AZWARM: a morning's work
¡para!helion: Midaq Alley
¡para!helion: 3 Miles From Mecca
¡para!helion: >3
¡para!helion: When Technology Fails
¡para!helion: Harpers Bizarre Film Festival
Icastico: The-ambient-Sundae bar
Icastico: Étude for Six Mirrored Hands
Blotter: Once and Again - Minus Four - in Stereono
Blotter: Sludge the Butcher
Blotter: Songs for Mommy
Psychic Enemies Network: Valis (with bonus tracks)
Psychic Enemies Network: P.E.N. (with bonus tracks)

Punk; No-wave; Post-punk, etc.
Waltz Bop Shop: All My Idears are Flawed in Sum Way + Quartet
Waltz Bop Shop: Name Dropping at Angela's and Melting
Waltz Bop Shop: All my idears are played live today
Waltz Bop Shop: A whisper in the airwaves
The Jonny Cats: Last- Ode to Sergio
The Johnny Cats: Burns Rubber 7"
Swayback: Outer Space Tonight
AOS: Rip It up! + live tracks
AOS: live and Raw in the Pit also (some cleaned-up live tracks)
DJJ: Throw it out there, not away

Shoegaze; Rock; etc.
Choke: Choke (e.p.)
Choke: Hard to Swallow
Choke: Gauze/Total Reverence
[redacted]: left blank
Super Naam: two rough cuts

Most of these links will allow you to download in FLAC, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. Let me know if you have a request for a FLAC/WAV version of any of the other MP3 only files.

Thanksgiving - giving music

2012-11-22T10:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving all. Just thought I would post the download links to all the music available here on Pen & Mallet. Not sure how many hours worth it ends up, but it would take ya all Thanksgiving day to listen to it, at least.

ambient; experimental; noise; drone; improv; dream pop, warped, psych-folk, etc.
ABOOMBONG: anaphora

ABOOMBONG: atrophic

ABOOMBONG: admixture

ABOOMBONG: amnemonic
ABOOMBONG: asynchronic
ABOOMBONG: aboombong
ABOOMBONG (w/ dustdevil & crow): Taking Blue Mountain by Stages
dustdevil & crow: accidental music

dustdevil & crow : ...and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me
dustdevil & crow: while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing
Boom Dispenser: A Chronic Groove Feeder
AZWARM: shelter
AZWARM: a morning's work
¡para!helion: Midaq Alley
¡para!helion: 3 Miles From Mecca
¡para!helion: >3
¡para!helion: When Technology Fails
¡para!helion: Harpers Bizarre Film Festival
Icastico: The-ambient-Sundae bar
Icastico: Étude for Six Mirrored Hands
Blotter: Once and Again - Minus Four - in Stereono
Blotter: Sludge the Butcher
Blotter: Songs for Mommy
Psychic Enemies Network: Valis (with bonus tracks)
Psychic Enemies Network: P.E.N. (with bonus tracks)

Punk; No-wave; Post-punk, etc.
Waltz Bop Shop: All My Idears are Flawed in Sum Way + Quartet
Waltz Bop Shop: Name Dropping at Angela's and Melting
Waltz Bop Shop: All my idears are played live today
Waltz Bop Shop: A whisper in the airwaves
The Jonny Cats: Last- Ode to Sergio
The Johnny Cats: Burns Rubber 7"
Swayback: Outer Space Tonight
AOS: Rip It up! + live tracks
AOS: live and Raw in the Pit also (some cleaned-up live tracks)
DJJ: Throw it out there, not away

Shoegaze; Rock; etc.
Choke: Choke (e.p.)
Choke: Hard to Swallow
Choke: Gauze/Total Reverence
[redacted]: left blank
Super Naam: two rough cuts

Most of these links will allow you to download in FLAC, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. Let me know if you have a request for a FLAC/WAV version of any of the other MP3 only files.

The Sextants: 1987 demo

2012-10-26T21:16:00.002-07:00

Back in the day when A.O.S. was working to dominate the local college music scene in our little corner of the American Southwest, our main rivals in town, along with The Young Pros, were a group of upstarts called The Sextants. I just ran across this track of theirs from 1987 on soundcloud, so I thought I'd share it with ya'll.

And to facilitate the head to head comparisons and a nostalgia overload - here's The Young Pros (doing a cover of an A.O.S. song)

and A.O.S.'s DIY cassette release from 1988- Rip It Up - Enjoy

Pre-Jonny Cats: The Drones

2012-10-24T06:39:00.000-07:00

Dave Chavez (RIP), the solid and heavy anchor for The Jonny Cats was in The Drones in the late 1980's. Here is a video slideshow of one of their tunes. There will be a memorial concert for Dave in Las Cruces next month at Hurricane Alley on the 17th.

PKD soundtracks...Valis, Leverage

2012-10-14T08:38:00.000-07:00

Was recently contacted by Aaron Sheppard, a guitarist and fellow PKD fan. He had some nice things to say about the psychic enemies network album valis. Listening to his album Leverage, I thought readers here might appreciate his work, so I thought I would pass it along. Leverage by Aaron Sheppard Makes a nice contrast/companion to valis valis by psychic enemies network

Banksy Cat in Tokyo

2012-10-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

The Jonny Cats bandcamp page now has the whole catalog - so you can make your own Cat Box set.

ode to sergio by The Jonny Cats

Death of a Jonny Cat

2012-09-15T23:44:00.000-07:00

Bass player extraordinaire and beloved friend Dave Chavez has passed away way too young.
No greater tribute to the man can be had than a listen to his music.

SBCPMF S.B.C.P.M.F. by The Jonny Cats
Ode to Sergio

Hear: The Beat Cowboys -Be Your Man

aboombong - anaphora (new release)

2012-08-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

artist: aboombong

album: anaphora

style: musique concrète, ambient, spoken word

players:

aboombong - field recordings, fetal heart monitor, happy apple, Kawai K3;

Random - beats;

Carl - words.

This one is a cross generational collaboration between my grandfather (pictured, on the left) and my son, born 101 years apart. Available name your price on bandcamp. Enjoy, and if you do, spread the word.

anaphora by aboombong

Dynamo Stairs - Reverse Screen, and other newness

2012-07-21T17:06:00.000-07:00

There's a new Dynamo Stairs CD sending out waves to world. It is a collection of tracks from across the many years that the project has been going. The project predates David's work with Choke and continues to this day with a wide range of styles exploring the edges of pop. I've been enjoying it a lot. You might as well. Here's a video taste

In other news, there is a new aboombong shaping up. It is a companion piece to atrophic and a bit of a departure for aboombong. I need to put together an album cover and cross some sonic T's, but watch for it on bandcamp soon. Also out soon will be the new Dustdevil & Crow, accidental music. Michael has a couple of teaser tracks up on his soundcloud: Big Wind & Broken Head Boy.

an aboombong oddity

2012-06-23T17:03:00.003-07:00

Found this on the interwebs this afternoon. A very short clip featuring a snippet of cheshiahud loop from the aboombong album amnemonic.
3d human lung visualization i created bak in 1994 (Enhanced) from b00nd0x . r0b on Vimeo.

Disquiet Junto Palindrone

2012-06-20T21:28:00.000-07:00

Each week, Marc over at disquiet.com posts a challenge to the soundcloud community he calls the disquiet junto. As aboombong I have been involved in a number of them. This is the latest one with an aboombong track (track 7 here), 0023 palindrone.

Don't forget to check out the latest aboombong album, atrophic, and the admixture project. Another new one is in the works. A few touches to get done and perhaps a release by late summer.

The Jonny Cats: S.B.C.P.M.F.

2012-05-11T23:47:00.003-07:00

Recently uncovered masters from The Jonny Cats. These songs were released in very limited edition cassettes back in 1994. The Burrrns Rubber 7" was taken from these sessions. Hearing them now, in better fidelity, after over 15 years; they seem to have aged like fine whisky. Rumor has it that Kenta and Jon (along with High Iron) are playing these tunes again. Recordist: Ryan Martino. Also available on on bandcamp.

Mondo Cane & aboombong

2012-04-23T10:46:00.002-07:00

A fan posted this on youtube. I heartily endorse the mash up...

aboombong: atrophic

2012-04-07T17:24:00.007-07:00

album: atrophic

artist: aboombong

style: classic 70's ambient/krautrock

toys: wooden headed dumbek, Kawai K3, Kaoscillator, voice, effects, electronics

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As always, this one is a pay what you want release. All proceeds go to more music. Also available on soundcloud (.wav)

Blue Mountain Review

2012-02-28T21:21:00.004-08:00

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A quick one today: there's a nice review of Taking Blue Mountain By Stages over at Recent music heroes. So I'll take this as an opportunity to remind you to check out its companion album over at bendle's bandcamp page...and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me is one of my favorite releases lately...and would be whether or not the one song I had a hand in was on it. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

Take a listen:&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://bendle.bandcamp.com/album/and-chuang-tzu-dreamed-that-he-was-me"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;...and chuang tzu dreamed that he was me by dustdevil &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; crow&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Bendle and Michael have promised me some help with the aboombong admixture project. And I can't wait to hear what they come up with.

High Iron - Tiger Blood

2012-02-19T06:39:00.000-08:00

Jonny Cats Kenta and Jon are in a great new band, High Iron. Kenta just posted a new track over at soundcloud. Check it out.

While you are there, you can also check out the aboombong page. Along with admixture,(also available on bandcamp) there are some tracks aboombong has contributed to the disquiet junto project. Have been having fun with these. If you are a musician both the junto and admixture are looking for your participation. Don't be shy.

aboombong: admixture; now on soundcloud, what you got?

2012-01-15T08:58:00.000-08:00

I meant to get this up sooner, but life keeps me busy. The aboombong admixture e.p. is now also up on soundcloud, which is really a perfect venue for the collaborative aspects of the project. Contributions are already starting to trickle in and I have begun working on the admixs. If you are a soundcloud user, you can follow the progress of the project there and watch for the final release of the admixs over at aboombong's bandcamp page, where things will be released cc-attribution, share-alike, non-commercial.

admixture by aboombong