fascinating earthbound objects – simultaneous eon [nvr052]

Everything happens at once.

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fascinating earthbound objects – coordinate points [nvr051]

‘fascinating earthbound objects’ returns to fill your head with the sparkling sounds of another spring on planet earth. enjoy!

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Split Phase – Compendium [nvr050]

Time for a special and long overdue release here at noisyvagabond! For our 50th release we present a gigantic collection of tracks (43 to be exact for a total of 6 hours of music!) from Split Phase. Split Phase was a live electronic duo hailing from Upstate NY consisting of myself (c. ‘transient’ martin) and Mike McIntosh active for a period roughly through 2010-2014. For our live shows, we were joined by Nate Vanslyke on lights and visuals. I provided the musical backing via loopers and a plethora of synths and effect processors while Mike provided the rhythms via an acoustic and electronic drum kit. Split Phase was an attempt to make music in real time which generally was made with sequencers or computers and bring those types of sounds into an improvised live process. As such, the music lost some of it’s precision but gained much in the way of humanized passionate expression. Presented here is a small selection of the countless hours of recordings we amassed practicing and creating on a near daily basis. You will find an eclectic mix of genres ranging from jazz, funk, drum and bass, dub, techno, downtempo, and more as we were never interested in pigeonholing ourselves into any particular sound. I hope you can find something in this compendium that moves you. One day the fates will realigned and new Split Phase music will be churned out. Until then, ENJOY!
Acknowledgements: Thanks to Carmen Chiles for letting us include our remix of her track ‘Love is’ and Sarah Winton for providing vocals for ‘Compromise’.

fascinating earthbound objects – eelahoo [nvr049]

My second release under the guise of ‘fascinating earthbound objects’ finds its way to your ears in the form of this 20 track album. Running the gamut of unrestricted genre exploration, expect a little bit of everything. Enjoy!

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transient – return to the white blazes [nvr047]

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15 years ago I released ‘white blazes’, an album made while hiking on the Appalachian Trail. A place that feels like my true home. Always residing in the depths of my mind, calling me back to the solitude and beauty that only nature can provide. So life recently provided me a little window of a bit over a month to return to this magical trail. Naturally, I thought it was a perfect time to compose a follow up to the original ‘white blazes’ and so you have here before you ‘return to the white blazes’. An album composed in the forests on the AT in Virginia, North Carolina, & Tennessee in the months of October and November of 2016. Back in the early 2000’s when I conceived the first release, I carried a heavy (15+ pound) laptop. The battery would barely hold a charge, and in the colder months of a winter hike would barely work at all. Oh, how times have changed in this short moment between then and now. This trip, I was able to carry 2 cell phones, a tablet, a plethora of power banks, etc. all weighing well under the weight and thoroughly out performing in terms of specs the original laptop.  The trip provided much adventure and time for deep thought. I was surrounded with beautiful vistas awash in the splendor of autumn, clean crisp air in the star filled nights. I shared my campsite with packs of coyotes, got interrupted during dinner by a hungry bear, read lots of books, experienced the intensity of forest fires, and generally got rid of years worth of clutter in my head in a way only the trail can provide. It is my hope, that in some way, I may have captured just a bit of that magic in what I present to you here. That in these tones and rhythms you can experience a bit of that solitude and beauty for yourself, and if I failed, I only hope I can encourage you to go out and experience the wonders of nature for yourself. Much Love! -transient

harmonic defiance – bloom ep [nvr045]

Long-form straight techno tune. Plays a bit like a dj mix. Made with Sunvox on various beaches and tweaked further at home on the PC. Certainly my longest track to date. Enjoy!

transient – ebb & flow [nvr044]

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Album made with tablets and phones in various forest-y places, coffee shops, beaches, and balconies with Caustic 3 by Single Cell Software (www.singlecellsoftware.com)

beat.dowsing – washed.out [nvr042] MP3 (Extended Edition)

Originally released via trmbl music. Since the original release has been pulled i’m re-releasing this one on my noisyvagabond label with a couple of bonus tunes (an unreleased beat.dowsing tune, and a billie.dowsing tune which is a tribute to one of my faves Billie Holiday) Enjoy!\

beat.dowsing – rising.currrent [phoke109] mp3/flac

Release Text (Phonocake):
Good bye, old self,
welcome to the new century,
no matter, when it begins.

The power lies inside the calm. And beat.dowsing again enjoys us with his new album, full of sunny n peacy tracks that warm the winterly hemisphere and properly heat up the current summer hemisphere.

Phonocake is honored to bring this full length downbeat electronica release by beat.dowsing a.k.a Transient, one of the first musicians who were active in the world wide web.

And big up n thanks goes out to Kaylee Kopas for providing the great piece of visual art.K00PS.tumblr.com/

transient – symphony of curves [dwk196] mp3

Release Text (Dusted Wax Kingdom):
This is the special remastered edition of “Symphony Of Curves” EP by Transient (originally self-released back in 2010). A sample-heavy trip into deep downtempo dimensions and a tribute to the music of the 30’s to the early 70’s. Released as MP3 in 2010 on noisyvagabond, Re-Issued and Re-mastered by VPD on Dusted Wax Kingdom in 2013.