(2002)

Opus 39 (Catalog Number)

This album is a percussion-driven electronic jazz album, and on that note, it also is probably my favorite record I've recorded so far. If I had recorded this just a year or two later, it would've had a completely different tone - due to the fact that software based recording had taken me by storm. But because it was recorded before I discovered software based recording in full, this record was done using REAL analog synthesizers, a real analog mixing board with knobs and faders and a good portion of it was laid down first on a reel-to-reel tape deck before being mixed down to a digital format. At the beginning of 2001 in Seattle, we had a major earthquake that shook the area. Of course, I had my tape recorder running the whole time - capturing news broadcasts as information was becoming available. Those samples are appropriately woven in and out of the album.

Recorded 2002 at the Flowerpot Recording Studio in Seattle. Recorded on 8-track reel-to-reel analog tape and mixed to CD-R. Synthesizers used include the Roland Juno-106 and Roland JX-8P analog synthesizers, the Korg DSS-1 sampling synthesizer, the Korg Poly-800, the Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas, and the Boss DR-660 drum machine.

All instruments composed, performed, recorded and engineered by Dave Flowers except where noted. Guest vocalists include Erin Hockett and Angela Roth.