1 Amitriptyline
2 Time Travel is Lonely (with Spoon)
3 I Miss The War
4 You Were My Fiji
5 Speed Lab (Chris Walla robot mix)
6 Keep The Dream Alive
7 Saturation Dose
Recorded at Tiny Telephone by Scott Solter (1, 7), John Croslin (5) and Bob Weston (3, 4 and 6; which were recorded with great anxiety live to two-track). Except (2) recorded by Jim Eno, (5) remixed by Chris Walla at The Hall Of Justice
Mixed by John Croslin (1, 2), Bob Weston (3, 4, 6), and JV (7) at Tiny Telephone. Mastered by Cros.
"Amitriptyline" and is new and unreleased.
"Time Travel Is Lonely," "You Were My Fiji" and "Keep the Dream Alive" appear in different form on the forthcoming Barsuk CD release Time Travel Is Lonely (bark17)
"I Miss The War" appears originally on the MK Ultra CD The Dream Is Over
"Speed Lab" remixed from Barsuk CD release Mass Suicide Occult Figurines (bark14)
Drums: Gavin Foster (1, 3, 4, 6, 7), Jim Eno (2), Matt Torrey (5)
Guitar: Logan Hedin (3, 4, 6), Britt Daniel (2), John Tyner (5)
Chapman Stick: Alex Nahas (3, 4, 6), Bass: Dan Carr (5)
Trumpet: Bill Swan (6), Harmony Vocal: Carlos Forster (6)
Graphics by Sam Trout, samtrout.com
All songs (c) (p) 2001 Primers of the Pulse Sound BMI
Mad love to MK Ultra compatriots for help and support:
Matt Torrey, Danno Carr, and John Tyner
1 Amitriptyline
drums: gavin foster
scott tracked the drums, croslin recorded the vocals.
the songs starts with a rhythm ace beat that has been multed out to three tracks, like this:
(1, left) rhythm ace > ampex mx 10 > aphex gate
(2, center) rhythm ace > neve 1089 > urei 1176
(3, right) rhythm ace > neve 1089 > urei 1176 > h3000 harmonizer (delay patch) > kepex gate
scott recorded the drums with four mics: a U87 behind the kick, a RCA BK5 pointing at gavin (near the rack tom), a shure podium mic (under a felt hat!), and a sennheiser 421 (which had horse hooves strung on the stand which gav was hitting). this is my favorite recording of drums ever, thank you solter. you can hear these sounds isolated on the last song, "saturation dose," which is a remix of "amitriptyline" using mostly drum tracks.
2 Time Travel is Lonely (with Spoon)
drums: jim eno
guitar: britt daniel
drums and guitar recorded by jim eno at spoon studios
I was asked to play the listen.com party at sxsw 2000, I hadn't played live since my band, mk ultra, broke up. so I asked jim if he would play with me (as vanderspoon). britt joined us for "dream is over" and "time travel is lonely." afterwards we decided to record it. jim mailed me the 2" tape with drums and multiple tracks of britt playing his ventura, I added vocals, realistic MG-1, moog source, samples of bach harpsichord sonatas, and bass. the reverb effect at the end was achieved by sending tracks to a h3000 and recording the returns, erasing the rest of the tracks later.
3 I Miss The War
4 You Were My Fiji
drums: gavin foster
chapman stick, vocals: alex nahas
guitar: logan hedin
recorded by bob weston, live to tiny telephone's ATR 100 2-track running at 30 ips.
outtakes of the session are here in mp3
mics used: audio technica 4033 (bass side of stick), AT pro 37r (guitar side of stick), B&K (not sure of the model, used as room mics), neumann U87 (jv vocals), schoeps 221b (jv acoustic), U67 (drum overhead), akg d112 (kick), sennheiser 405 (snare), RCA BK5 (logan guitar). bob used the mic pres in the neve 5316 and very little compression.
5 Speed Lab (Chris Walla robot mix)
drums: matt torrey
bass, vocals: danno carr
guitars: john tyner
this is an old mk ultra song recorded by john croslin as we were breaking up. here's the original version in mp3.
remixed by death cab's resident genius, chris walla at hall of justice (which used to be stu and john's place, a very famous NW studio). extreme, abstract, and uncomprimising. thank you chris!
6 Keep The Dream Alive
trumpet: bill swan
harmony vocal: carlos forster
recorded by bob weston, done in the same session as "fiji" and "war."
additional mics: coles 4038 (trumpet), shure sm7 (carlos)
7 Saturation Dose
a jv remix of "amitriptyline," using mostly drum and synth tracks.
Mixed by John Croslin (1, 2), Bob Weston (3, 4, 6), and JV (7) at Tiny Telephone. Mastered by Cros.
"Amitriptyline" and is new and unreleased.
"Time Travel Is Lonely," "You Were My Fiji" and "Keep the Dream Alive" appear in different form on the forthcoming Barsuk CD release Time Travel Is Lonely (bark17)
"I Miss The War" appears originally on the MK Ultra CD The Dream Is Over
"Speed Lab" remixed from Barsuk CD release Mass Suicide Occult Figurines (bark14)
Drums: Gavin Foster (1, 3, 4, 6, 7), Jim Eno (2), Matt Torrey (5)
Guitar: Logan Hedin (3, 4, 6), Britt Daniel (2), John Tyner (5)
Chapman Stick: Alex Nahas (3, 4, 6), Bass: Dan Carr (5)
Trumpet: Bill Swan (6), Harmony Vocal: Carlos Forster (6)
Graphics by Sam Trout, samtrout.com
All songs (c) (p) 2001 Primers of the Pulse Sound BMI
Mad love to MK Ultra compatriots for help and support:
Matt Torrey, Danno Carr, and John Tyner
1 Amitriptyline
drums: gavin foster
scott tracked the drums, croslin recorded the vocals.
the songs starts with a rhythm ace beat that has been multed out to three tracks, like this:
(1, left) rhythm ace > ampex mx 10 > aphex gate
(2, center) rhythm ace > neve 1089 > urei 1176
(3, right) rhythm ace > neve 1089 > urei 1176 > h3000 harmonizer (delay patch) > kepex gate
scott recorded the drums with four mics: a U87 behind the kick, a RCA BK5 pointing at gavin (near the rack tom), a shure podium mic (under a felt hat!), and a sennheiser 421 (which had horse hooves strung on the stand which gav was hitting). this is my favorite recording of drums ever, thank you solter. you can hear these sounds isolated on the last song, "saturation dose," which is a remix of "amitriptyline" using mostly drum tracks.
2 Time Travel is Lonely (with Spoon)
drums: jim eno
guitar: britt daniel
drums and guitar recorded by jim eno at spoon studios
I was asked to play the listen.com party at sxsw 2000, I hadn't played live since my band, mk ultra, broke up. so I asked jim if he would play with me (as vanderspoon). britt joined us for "dream is over" and "time travel is lonely." afterwards we decided to record it. jim mailed me the 2" tape with drums and multiple tracks of britt playing his ventura, I added vocals, realistic MG-1, moog source, samples of bach harpsichord sonatas, and bass. the reverb effect at the end was achieved by sending tracks to a h3000 and recording the returns, erasing the rest of the tracks later.
3 I Miss The War
4 You Were My Fiji
drums: gavin foster
chapman stick, vocals: alex nahas
guitar: logan hedin
recorded by bob weston, live to tiny telephone's ATR 100 2-track running at 30 ips.
outtakes of the session are here in mp3
mics used: audio technica 4033 (bass side of stick), AT pro 37r (guitar side of stick), B&K (not sure of the model, used as room mics), neumann U87 (jv vocals), schoeps 221b (jv acoustic), U67 (drum overhead), akg d112 (kick), sennheiser 405 (snare), RCA BK5 (logan guitar). bob used the mic pres in the neve 5316 and very little compression.
5 Speed Lab (Chris Walla robot mix)
drums: matt torrey
bass, vocals: danno carr
guitars: john tyner
this is an old mk ultra song recorded by john croslin as we were breaking up. here's the original version in mp3.
remixed by death cab's resident genius, chris walla at hall of justice (which used to be stu and john's place, a very famous NW studio). extreme, abstract, and uncomprimising. thank you chris!
6 Keep The Dream Alive
trumpet: bill swan
harmony vocal: carlos forster
recorded by bob weston, done in the same session as "fiji" and "war."
additional mics: coles 4038 (trumpet), shure sm7 (carlos)
7 Saturation Dose
a jv remix of "amitriptyline," using mostly drum and synth tracks.