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OCEAN STATE | Tara Rodgers | 2007 | 48 min.
NOTES: Lullabies + reveries from mixed sources. 12 tracks that function as a seamless mix.
INSTRUMENTS: Piano, Moog IIIP, ARP 2600, Little Boy Blue, electric guitar, SuperCollider, field recordings; drums and percussion by Curt Newton
TRACKLIST: After April; South Station; Block Island; Ocean State; The Porch Swing, Late; Clover Dreaming; Blue Dory; Midnight Call; Holding Your Breath; Woonsocket Pocket; Corner Variety; Go On, Return; + outtake: Blues in the Key of P
LIVE @ THE SAVOY, MONTREAL | Analog Tara | 2007 | ...
NOTES: Live techno set for closing night party of HTMlles Festival; on the bill with AGF, Frieda Abtan, DJ Cyan, Women With Kitchen Appliances.
INSTRUMENTS: Mackie 1202, Akai MPC1000, Access Virus B, Jomox XBase09, ElectroHarmonix MemoryMan
TRACKLIST: excerpt
AT THE SWITCH HOTEL | Analog Tara | 2003 | 63 min.
NOTES:
Maximal tech house, created for a live set. Performed at the Black Cat (DC), AS 220 (RI), Milk (SF). Title track was dance/electronica semi-finalist in 2003 International Songwriting Competition.
INSTRUMENTS: Mackie 1202, Fatar SL-880, Yamaha RM1X, Access Virus B, Jomox XBase09
TRACKLIST: Second Thoughts; Of All the Gin Joints; At the Switch Hotel; Automation Blues; Springtime Badness; Hot Flashes; Night Sweats; Mood Swings; + bonus tracks: Midnight Run to Amarillo; Fatigue; That
UPPER LIMITS OF NORMAL | Analog Tara | 2002 | 51 min.
NOTES:
Downtempo, sample-based album using my performances on electric guitar and keyboards. Drum loops were processed through guitar amps and sampler.
INSTRUMENTS: Mackie 1202, Fatar SL-880, Yamaha RM1X, Yamaha A3000, Alesis QSR, Korg Electribe ER-1, Gibson Minuteman 1960s amp w/spring reverb, electric guitar, Hammond organ
TRACKLIST: Defunkt (Take 3); Tumble Dry; Missing=Failure; Steady State; Homoplasmic; Thermogram; Upper Limits of Normal; Not Otherwise Classified; Mechanism of Action; Molasses in January; Not Elsewhere Specified; Ensoulment; + unreleased tracks: Bounce; Coagulation Cascade
CHOPS | Cumulus | 2002 | 3"CD, 20 min.
NOTES: Short fragments of guitar sounds, sampled and looped.
INSTRUMENTS: Yamaha A3000 sampler, Arbor strat and 70s Telecaster electric guitars, Gibson Minuteman and Fender H.O.T. amps, samples of Jody Blackwell on acoustic guitar
TRACKLIST: no. 1; no. 2; no. 3; no. 4; no. 5; no. 6; no. 7; no. 8; no. 9; no. 10
LE TIGRE REMIX 12" | V/A | 2001
NOTES: includes Tres Bien (Nouveau Disco mix);
here's an unreleased Down & Dirty instrumental inspired by the same song.
OPENSOURCE:PLAYERS | V/A | 2001
NOTES: includes Defunkt (excerpted here); riffing on + on, on organ and guitar.
LIVE @ THE EMPTY BOTTLE, CHICAGO | Analog Tara | 2001 | 31 min.
NOTES: Mix CD of live set for Ladyfest Midwest 2001, at a show with Occasional Detroit and Tracy & the Plastics. Based on Mothering Sunday, plus two unreleased tracks.
TRACKLIST: Interstate 81; Seafaring; Elasticity; Incidentally; Furthermore; Summer Bank Holiday; Molasses in January
MOTHERING SUNDAY | Analog Tara | 2001 | 52 min.
NOTES: House music originally created for performances at Ladyfest Midwest and Frank's Lounge in Fort Greene.
INSTRUMENTS: Roland VS-880EX, Mackie 1202, Fatar SL-880, Yamaha RM1X, Yamaha A3000, Alesis QSR, electric guitar, field recordings (Coney Island)
TRACKLIST: Interstate 81; Seafaring; Mothering Sunday; Spontaneous Fission; Standard Deviation (Late Mix); Fluid Dynamics; Summer Bank Holiday; Mobile Sources; Elasticity
INTENTS + PURPOSES | Analog Tara | 2001 | 24 min.
NOTES: Ambient/trance-inflected techno for a live set, with a bust-out of funk on Ways + Means. Also reworks the guitar samples from Chops. The joy of MIDI! One of my faves.
INSTRUMENTS: Roland VS-880EX, Mackie 1202, Fatar SL-880, Yamaha RM1X, Yamaha A3000, Alesis QSR, Novation BassStation, electric guitar, field recordings
TRACKLIST: Intents + Purposes; Wow + Flutter; Ways + Means; Ends + Odds
LIMITED EDITION DEEP FUNK | Analog Tara | 2001 | 20 min.
NOTES: Mix CD with alternate takes of tracks on Epiphany and Mothering Sunday
INSTRUMENTS: Roland VS-880EX, Mackie 1202, Fatar SL-880, Yamaha RM1X, Yamaha A3000, Alesis QSR, electric guitar
TRACKLIST: Gold; Fossil Fuel; Spontaneous Fission; Standard Deviation (Early Deviance); Fluid Dynamics; Mobile Sources
EPIPHANY | Analog Tara | 2001 | 18 min.
NOTES: Mellow EP, on the jazz and drum-n-bass side. The basis for a live set at Tonic for the Pinknoises.com launch party.
INSTRUMENTS: Roland VS-880EX, Mackie 1202, Fatar SL-880, Yamaha RM1X, Yamaha A3000, Alesis QSR, Boss DR-220A, electric guitar
TRACKLIST: Gold; Frankincense; Myrrh
ANALOGICAL | Analog Tara | 2000 | 51 min.
NOTES: Sorting out the new sequencer and sampler...
INSTRUMENTS: Roland VS-880EX, Yamaha A3000, Yamaha RM1X, Alesis QSR, Roland HS60, Novation BassStation, Korg Electribe ER-1, Boss DR-220A, Fatar SL-880, electric guitar
TRACKLIST: Prologue in 7; Morphology; Defunkt; Strophic; When the Sun Is Low in the Sky; Active Transport; Reveche; + bonus tracks: Turnstile; Nothing in Tow; Tinta Rosa
LO-FI PATSY CLINE DANCE REMIXES | Cottage Industry | 1998 | Cassette, 60 min.
NOTES: First home studio output: clearly (!) not-for-sale remixes of Patsy Cline classics.
INSTRUMENTS: 4-track cassette recorder, Yamaha battery-powered mixer, Arbor strat electric guitar, Roland HS60 synth, Boss DR-220A drum machine, Boss SP-202 "Dr Sample", Boss chorus + flanger pedals
TRACKLIST: Intro: Here She Is/Searchin' for Me; Strange; Tra-le-la Triangle Techno; Crazy; Sweet Dreams (to Remind Me); Leavin' on Your Mind (Hurt Me Now Mix); Her Chorus's Minute to Shine; Heartaches (Instrumental); I Fall to Pieces (Maniac Mix); I Love You So Much It Hurts Me (Acoustic Dub); Outro: The Reigning Queen (Today, Tomorrow & Forever)
THREE SONG DEMO | Tara Rodgers Band | 1996 | 12 min.
NOTES: From my brief stint singing and rocking out on electric guitar in NYC. With Tony Pacheco on drums and Scott Mann on harmonica and audio engineering.
INSTRUMENTS: Roland HS60 synth, Arbor strat electric guitar
TRACKLIST: Garden; Preciously; All My Armies
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