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Dylan Houser - Diamond Dust (2018)

9/30/2018

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Most of this album was recorded throughout the summer of 2018. 

I tried to list as many people as I could for the "special thanks" section: mostly people who've been an active part of my life over the past year. Whether they've booked a show for me on an out of state excursion, or attended a show that I've booked, or just been a great friend in general...I feel bad when I forget to list somebody, especially if they've played a big role.

The recordings would not have been possible without the following for loaning certain pieces of gear that I've used: Penny Grune-Fae (a looping pedal), Hal Harmon (a ZOOM bass fx pedal), Jeremiah Paddock (a Yamaha keyboard and a karaoke tape), and Emmy Lou (letting me record a few tracks at the ART/Ifact art studio down the road from me in Lakeland).

I went through a few track list revisions, track titles, the order of tracks. There are a few outtakes, at least one of which I might contribute to a future compilation or split release.

The second track, "Going to Hell Again," was recorded shortly after I had purchased a Behringer vintage delay pedal from a nearby pawn shop. I originally recorded it to test out some equipment and stopped right before the 5 minute mark, intending to use it on a potential EC Add-and-Pass cassette when another one arrives in my mailbox...but I liked the track so much, I felt like it made an appropriate "track 2" to an album.

Overall, I would have to say that I'm pleased with the results of this album. I personally feel like it's the best one I've done since Shock Ramen (back in 2013!). 

I hope to have physical copies available in the near future...
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14 Comments
Lord Litter link
10/1/2018 06:14:24

.. I'm not so much into loud harsh sounds at the moment (right in the middle of *new* Berlin I have too much of that all the time) .. BUT ... "Alive Abridged" is a wonderful atmospheric, mysterious track that takes me to another world! Great! .. In listened twice ...

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Hal
10/4/2018 16:22:36

You're so right about "Alive Abridged"!

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Rafael González
10/1/2018 15:23:48

Super chulo! Congratulations, Dylan, a great work.

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Adam J Naworal
10/1/2018 22:04:17

GREAT stuff, Dylan!

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Jerry Kranitz
10/2/2018 04:12:18

I listened to the first track, Area Damage. It's nearly 4am and I've been answering emails and working on projects. It's nearly time to jump in the shower and get ready for the day job work day. I'm at my most peaceful and relaxed at this time of the day. I'm enjoying the meditative drone/scrap/strum/whine/moan of the multiple strings. It's noisy, but the noise elements just add color, character, and bursts of intensity to what for me is a largely atmospheric experience. Very cool stuff. I just downloaded the album and loaded it on my iPod for listening at the office this morning.

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Dylan Houser
10/2/2018 06:31:15

Thank you everyone for your feedback...no pun intended! :)

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Jeremiah Paddock
10/2/2018 11:52:59

I'm really enjoying this album btw

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Ricardo D’Orlando
10/2/2018 16:04:10

Track one:
I envision a bridge unraveling in slow motion & falling into the water below. Very heavy metal.
Track 2
Excellent brain transport music.
Nice work !

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Ricardo D’Orlando
10/3/2018 10:35:09

Track 4️⃣
If you put a gun to my head....
Ranks up there with early Kluster.
Please do not put a gun to my head.

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Hal
10/4/2018 16:23:43

Ricardo, you are so right about Kluster!

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Hal
10/4/2018 16:33:01

Dylan, I feel compelled to say that this seems to be a major stylistic development. I downloaded the WAV file versions of the tracks to get the full effect, and wow, I'm impressed. Sure, some of this is "harsh" or abrasive (maybe that's a better term), but pleasingly so, and as Ricardo pointed out this kind of veers into krautrockish territory. The repetitions and pulses take on an almost synthesizerish feeling. Overall the album is deep and dark and mysterious-sounding, and the cover conveys that nicely.

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Dylan Houser
10/6/2018 16:46:02

It's funny, because I actually don't consider this to be a "harsh" release. The second track, maybe, but not quite the others.

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Per-Arne Hognert
10/9/2018 05:58:33

Finally got around to listen to this. Very good stuff indeed I must say! I agree with Hal, I definitely hear a bit of krautrock in there. Also made me think of Pekka Airaksinen's One Point Music album.
Great work!

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Evan Cantor
10/15/2018 00:04:27

Listened to "Area Damage"--ah, musique concrete!
Reminds me of stuff we were doing back in the day with an out-of-tune autoharp rescued from a dumpster (thanks go to Frank Zygmunt) and sheet metal in Jane Carpenter's metal-shop in old-town Superior, Colorado. I like the atmospherics of it--feels like a very large room, strangely soothing.

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