A reconstruction of an album that never exists. To let the light through.

David Aguila & Ethan Marks have twisted reality.

Weirdo guitar rock from 5-Track & Marc Cantlin II... Songs composed with dice. In glorious weird fidelity.

Three songs from 5-Track: A love poem, a sociopolitical screed, & an elegy.

Live & last, a final burnt offering from Glowpeople UK.

The triumphant return of NYC's improvising GORPLORD.

Ty 'Keenen Magik' Berry & the screaming freefunk from hell.

Seattle rock&roll lives to fight another day.

Breath-based acoustic guitar music by which to meditate to.

Round 3 of beautiful semi-composed languidities from Glowpeople UK.

Debut from NYC improv ensemble GORPLORD, led by Seattle-borne freebassist Evan Strauss.

 

The Invisible Planet

by The Walking Faces
June 21st, 2016

 

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Opus #2 from The Walking Faces. Psychedelic skullfunk from the quantum bardo.

 

 

nude lives

by 5-Track
April 23rd, 2016

 

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REMIXED electric porch jams escaped forward in time from 1999
(also available as bonus trax with Live Nudes)

 

 

live nudes

April 23rd, 2016

 

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Electric porch jams escaped forward in time from 1999

 

 

slearp

by 5-Track
January 10th, 2016

 

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Acoustic guitar breath music, the soundtrack to your nap. Music to sleep to.

 

 

THE FINAL FUNKTIER

by Groover
December 26th, 2015

 

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Coloradoan dance-funk from the high mountains.

 

 

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL

by marc cantlin ii
November 22nd, 2015

 

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Someone's idea of electronic dance music. Or, what happens to marc in the middle of the night.

 

 

THE PROJECTIONS OF THE BARDO OF DHARMATĀ

by Evan Strauss & Tyler May
November 21st, 2015

 

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Idahoan contemplation music. A journey to the center of I-Don't-Mind. Trance-incidental mediation.

 

 

THE HAILEY IDAHO BLUES

by Evan Strauss & Tyler May
May 21st, 2015

 

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Country-folk-bluegrass-blues in somewhat lowish fidelity. Idahoan contemplation music. Acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle. Rustic rustic rustic rustic rustic.

 

 

BAD SPOONS

April 1st, 2015

 

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Moist, liquiddy northwest improv for guitars & bass. Andrew Woods, Marc Cantlin II, 5-Track. This wave collapsed in the quantum qat house in the tiny but mighty republic of Balphinwood, Seattle, Earth.

 

 

HAPPEN

by Glowpeople
January 13th, 2015

 

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Jazzydubbypsychedelicamishmashmusic. Whitens your teeth while you dance. The cat can eat it too. Use it for everything from housework to chill-out time to bikin around with the earbuds in.

 

 

ELECTROSTAGMALITES & LEAFY TRANSMISSIONS

by 5-Track
October 31st, 2014

 

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Home recordings, strange samples, gooey guitars, singing & songwriting, drums from the garage or none at all.

 

 

APHELION

by Golden Medallion
May 27th, 2014

 

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Crunchy golden-brown semi-ambient ethereal groove jams on toast.

 

 

CATASTROPHIC MOLT

by The Walking Faces
October 13th, 2013

 

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Freak-funk, skullfunk, post-world music... Psychedelically-tinted songs & jams from 5-Track & Patrick Lenon's power duo.

 

 

DUST STORMS MAY EXIST

by Marc Cantlin II and The Walking Faces
April 30th, 2013

 

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Freerock, semi-improvised madness for the mind & body. The deepest collab yet between maniacal guitarists Marc Cantlin II and 5-Track. Patrick Lenon, drums. Other special guests.

 

 

A BOX OF SKUNKS

by Yggdrasil IN The Skunk-Ape Moment
April 1st, 2013

 

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Freejazz, or freeprov if you prefer. Maybe just "experimental". The complete works (as of early 2013) of this improvising trio featuring Evan Strauss on bass guitar.

 

Floating Others #2 - Get To Know Your Neighbors

by 5-Track & Josh Charney
December 21, 2012

 

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Improvised duets, live to 4-track cassette. 5-Track (electric guitar) & Josh Charney (keys). Some studio fuckery after the fact.

 

SOMETHING REMARKABLE

by SINISTRAL MINSTREL
December 21, 2012

 

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Rocknroll. Woody Frank (electric guitar & singing) as produced by Evan Strauss. This is probably as close as we get to "popular" music of any kind.

 

EVOLUTION OF ACROBATICS

by Magnetic Circus
    December 12, 2012

 

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Heavy improvs. Featuring Zackery of Zoomsquad renown.

 

 

 

BREATH AS A HUMAN RESOURCE

by 5-Track's EPIC STRIATION Band
September 17, 2012

 

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Freerock improvs. 5-Track (electric guitar), Josh Charney (keys), Babs (bass), Patrick Lenon (drums).

 

REVIVALIVE

by MORNING GLORY REVIVAL
August 21, 2012

 

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ROCK and/or ROLL!! Woody Frank & Ian McKagan kill it stone cold dead at Chaistock 2012. Acid rock Seattle style.

 

THINGS

by GLOWPEOPLE
July 30, 2012

 

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Stoney grooves & instrumental jams from the UK. Vibey & homegrown.

 

TENNESSEE SUSHI

by John Norwood
June 28, 2012

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Singer-songwriter, country-rock, southern-rock, comedy. A cast of dozens.

 

If There is Truth in an Object, It Means Nothing to Me,
and Time is a Bleeding Heart, So Lets Drink Until We Die

by Evan Strauss & The Other Snock
June 15, 2012

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Guided improvisation by Evan Strauss, live at Chaistock 2012. Featuring Andrew Woods and 5-Track, guitars.

 

GROW IN SHIT OR GO BLIND

by John Leighton Beezer & Chocolate Covered Fungus
April 20th, 2012

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Freerock with teeth. Featuring grunge legend John Leighton Beezer (guitar), 5-Track (guitar), & the muthafunkin Fungus!

 

DOME / RICH MAN'S REVENGE

by 5-Track & Glass Goblins ... March 30th, 2012

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Someone's idea of a rocknroll single.

 

THE LAST DAYS OF BALLARD SAGA CYCLE
live on Sonarchy Radio KEXP Seattle

by Snoose Junction ... February 2nd, 2012

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Freerock. Live on KEXP Seattle. Featuring grunge legend John Leighton Beezer (guitar), 5-Track (guitar), Evan Strauss (bass), John Foss (singing).

 

ALBINO RHINO

by Albino Rhino ... January 2nd, 2012

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Heavy. Duty. Rocknroll. Featuring Marc Cantlin II and his Family Band.

 

TEXAS TEA

by Andrew Woods and 5-Track ... December 21, 2011

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Split single featuring Andrew Woods and 5-Track covering each others' tunes. Psychey vibey rocknroll grooves.

 

WHILE MY BASS GUITAR PROJECTILE VOMITS

by Evan Strauss ... December 12, 2011

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Solo improvs from "the Jimi Hendrix of freebass," Evan Strauss.

 

AFTER THE EFFECT

by Michael Beggs ... November 29, 2011

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Solo trumpet improvisations.

 

FLOATING OTHERS (duets)

by 5-Track ... November 21, 2011

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Freeform improvisations based on objects and behaviors. 5-Track (guitar) and guests.

 

ROCK N ROLL DREAM

by Volita Pearl ... August 23, 2011

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Singer-songwriter rocknroll. A stripped down acoustic set from the charismatic leader of New Zealand's maniacal Neo-Kalashnikovs.

 

SHINES LIKE GOLD

by Horse Thieves ... August 9, 2011

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Country-rock? Singer-songwriter music? As American as it gets, in the best way. Alex Maslansky (singing, rhythm guitar), 5-Track (slide guitar), Zander Schloss (bouzouki). Live at McCabe's in Santa Monica, CA.

 

3 MOMENTS TIL DAWN

by 5-Track and Marc Cantlin 2 ... June 21, 2011

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A rocknroll split single in which Marc Cantlin II and 5-Track cover each other's tunes.

 

BEAR COUNTRY: The Concert

by Evan Strauss ... June 21, 2011

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Amazing post-world compositions by Evan Strauss, performed live at Hampshire College with a band featuring, among others, both Michael Beggs and Morgan Greenstreet from Yggdrasil IN The Skunk-Ape Moment.

 

NEON GREY

by Andrew Woods ... April 1, 2011

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Solo acoustic mayhem from Andrew Woods.

 

THE ECHO PARKS DEPARTMENT

by Snoose Junction ... February 2, 2011

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Ambient improvs from expatriated Chai alumni.

 

RAINDROPS

by Morning Glory Revival ... February 2, 2011

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ROCK and/or ROLL, mystical Seattle style. Courtesy of Woody Frank & Ian McKagan.

 

 

RECURSIONS IN QUASI-REALITY

by Zoomsquad ... December 21, 2010

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Freerock from a Seattle basement.

 

 

 

 LIGHT ON / LATE BLOOMER

 by Tommy Santee Klaws & Amanda Jo Williams
 ... November 20, 2010

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Weird-fi singer-songwriter split single. In which Amanda Jo Williams and Tommy Santee Klaws cover each other's tunes. 5-Track on electric guitar.

 

 

COMETS

by 5-Track ... September 22, 2010

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Psychedelic dub-rock from 5-Track.

LOST SOUL ISLAND

by 5-Track & Glass Goblins ... June 21, 2010

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Rocknroll music. The debut full-length from GLASS GOBLINS. 5-Track on guitar and singing.

SPLEEK-O-MATIC SPEAKS!!!

by Marc Cantlin 2 ... re-issue April 20, 2010

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Free-wonk. Marc Cantlin II played nearly every instrument on this one. Indescribable. But essential.

BACKATCHA, POD PEOPLE!!

by 5-Track ... June 21, 2009

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Lo-fi singer-songwriter rocknroll. A sepia-toned Los Angeles travelogue from shellshocked 5-Track (guitar & singing).

 

 

ACOUSTICOPHILIA

by The Wax Evolution ... June 21, 2008

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Singer-songwriter. An acoustic EP from Woody Frank.

 

 

SEAMOO: A Moose, Remixed

by 5-Track & Evan-S ... March 21, 2008

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Remix. 5-Track's re-visioning of Evan Strauss' "Modern Human Show" album.

 

 

THE NATURALIZATION OF THE CETACEAN NATION

by 5-Track & Abalone Sandwich ... September 22, 2007

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Ambient improvised seascapes. 5-Track (guitar), Andrew Woods (guitar), guests.

 

 

 

GUSTY WINDS may exist

by Underground Weather & Marc Cantlin ... June 21, 2004

 

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Freefunk and caveman psych. Marc Cantlin II (guitar) and 5-Track (guitar) join forces in Seattle.