The Inevitable Object Registry

Digital music and art since 1999

Releases

Fifteen songs that capture the contrast and consequence of machine-age urban wonders. Sounds from the City blends lavish electronic ambience with exploratory piano as an exercise in temporality and interaction. Homemade tape samples and vintage drum machines frame tracks like visible scaffolding as layers of synth harmonies and jazzy percussion envelop and consume, positioning themselves as emblems of progress. These compositions exemplify an overwhelming stimulus, the barrage of a million simultaneous impressions, a kaleidoscope of tattered wheatpaste histories and aural panoramas. Sounds from the City is the second in a series of works that explores the continuity and coherence of our lifelong influences.

Sounds from the City by Bear & Walrus

Book of Cups by Church of the Undying Bloop

Book of Cups by Church of the Undying Bloop

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” An inventory. The Woods was designed by Maré Odomo and printed by Bear & Walrus, produced in a limited edition of fifty. Available in unisex sizes S, M, L and XL. Hand screenprinted with discharge ink on 4.5oz organic ringspun cotton shirt.

The Woods by Maré Odomo

A short story that’s equal parts anxious energy and and patient reflection, Words From The Woods explores an instrumental space inspired by 70s guitar trails, dark gospel swells, 8-bit textures and the vocabulary of early cinema. Galloping hip-hop beats and distorted synths are paired with gentle piano and glockenspiel phrases to form a summation of memories, a retelling of moments. The shimmer of light breaking through the trees on a still summer day, the melodic motion of insects in a quiet meadow, the persistent recollection of youth… this is the first in a series of works that explores the continuity and coherence of Bear & Walrus’ lifelong influences.

Words from the Woods by Bear & Walrus

The first proper release from Church of the Undying Bloop, Run / Jump functions almost as a proof of concept recording… two fifteen minute tracks that move through a wide range of ideas and introduce us to a very unique new sound. Mostly improvisational, these recordings seamlessly blend mandolin, guitar, piano, slap bass and Commodore 64 drum beats into a strange sort of folk/chip/hip-hop hybrid. Run / Jump is available both as a physical cassette tape and as a free download. The cassette tape packaging was designed and printed by Church of the Undying Bloop, produced in a limited edition of seven. It includes an additional thirty minutes of ambient recordings not available elsewhere.

Run / Jump by Church of the Undying Bloop

Bear & Walrus’ Image Poems is the spiritual follow-up to their debut album Lake Poems… again written and recorded in just 28 days, again inspired by writings about nature. The sound ranges from chiptune pop songs mixed with baroque orchestrations (“Epigram,” “A Year Passes”) to more free jazz inspired improv experiments (the incredible nine-minute “Two Impressions”).

Image Poems by Bear & Walrus

Bear & Walrus’ The Strength Of Summer is 13 tracks that recall the beauty of warm summer nights, good intentions, and earnest romance. French horns, piano, harpsichord, acoustic drums and distorted 8-bit wonders spiral downward into “Like Everyday,” the epic closing track.

The Strength of Summer by Bear & Walrus

The fourth and final summer EP from Bear & Walrus, September, 1846 is four songs about transition and transformation. Mechanical beats hold together a warble of synths and strings with the occasional piano denouement, bridging the end of one project with the start of another. September, 1846 is available both as a physical package and as a $2 download. The package was designed and printed by Bear & Walrus, produced in a limited edition of twelve. It includes a hand silkscreened audio CD, four signed and numbered digital prints and a letter-pressed chipboard case.

September, 1846 by Bear & Walrus

Another entry into Bear & Walrus’ summer extended play series, August, 1854 is songs about the space between hope and realization. Sprawling compositions with evolving 8bit melodies and jazzy piano solos pack 30 minutes of music into just four tracks. August, 1812 is available both as a physical package and as a download. The package was designed and printed by Bear & Walrus, produced in a limited edition of twelve. It includes a hand silkscreened audio CD, four signed and numbered digital prints and a letter-pressed chipboard case.

August, 1812 by Bear & Walrus

Another entry into Bear & Walrus’ summer extended play series, August, 1854 is songs about the space between hope and realization. Sprawling compositions with evolving 8bit melodies and jazzy piano solos pack 30 minutes of music into just four tracks. August, 1812 is available both as a physical package and as a download. The package was designed and printed by Bear & Walrus, produced in a limited edition of twelve. It includes a hand silkscreened audio CD, four signed and numbered digital prints and a letter-pressed chipboard case.

July, 1817 by Bear & Walrus

June, 1854 by Bear & Walrus

June, 1854 by Bear & Walrus

June, 1854 by Bear & Walrus

Lake Poems by Bear & Walrus

These are Christmas songs for our Moms and our Pops and our Babas. Recorded in the winter of 2009, mostly at Moore & 17th, but also sometimes in Baltimore.

Fat Bearded Christmas by William Segunda Family Band

Recorded on a Yamaha MT4X four track tape recorder using no additional effects during the summer of 2002.

Within Various Constellations by The Gallows Bird

Recorded live and dry on a Yamaha MT4X four-track tape recorder in Doylestown, PA, during the summer of 2001.

Gallows Bird by The Gallows Bird