Sunday, April 6, 2008

Album of the Week #33: Diversity au Troi

Project name: [early keyboards]
Album name: Diversity au Troi
Release date: unreleased (recorded in 1986-87)
Release format: cassette
Studio name: none

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Tracks:
1. Laceration
2. Thrall Stint
3. Treatise de Sticks
4. Nobody Cares Anymore
5. Amplitude of Immense Necromancy
6. Remorse of the Seraphims
7. Confusation
8. Lassitude to the Max
9. Black Square
10. Two Dogs
11. Indochina
12. Free from Jail
13. Stellar by Sunlight
14. Round One
15. Cedar House

The first few songs on this tape were recorded in late 1986, but it is guessed that most of this tape was recorded in early 1987. This was the follow-up to, or continuation of, The Deuce. As the tape used for The Deuce got full, a new tape was started and this is that second tape.

The title followed the trend that this was actually the third tape recorded (Merry Christmas to Me and The Deuce being the first two). It was also inspired by the fact that during 1986-87 (Jason's sophomore year in high school) he took his first French class.

This tape had the first experiments with "multi-tracking". A song would be recorded. Then while it played back from a tape, another part (or sound) would be played with it and both of those were recorded. "Laceration" and "Black Square" are good examples of this.

As with the previous two tapes from this era, this album has not been heard by others. It has been transferred to the computer so it will now live forever.


Next week's Album of the Week: Quadraphonic from 1987.

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