this is inri038. which is done. inri036 needs another week. inri037 needs some analysis before i make predictions about...time.
there's no new recordings here. it's not even remixed, it's just finally sequenced correctly.
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this is
the sum total of the completed rabit is wolf studio experiments, which
wound through a number of paths on their way to the project's eventual
collapse. while there would be further acoustic demos recorded with
sean, i ultimately decided to abandon their folky underpinnings and
finish all further tracks as electronic, instrumental recordings. there was some thought of completing an acoustic tour demo at the time; it will appear shortly as inri040 and contain those final demos.
the recording was initially sequenced as a demo in mid may, 2002 but i
foolishly deleted the files (i was running low on hard drive space) only
to find out that the burn was corrupt and that the result was skipping.
i did eventually recompile an ep of material, but it was in a different
order and made no attempt to mix the tracks together. in reconstructing
the demo, i've decided to recreate the original sequencing. the only
difference between this collection and the initial collection is that
the last track now includes sean's vocals, whereas it was initially an
(eventually rendered incomplete) instrumental recording.
i need to be clear that the decision in sequencing the material this way
is unilateral on my behalf. during this period, sean had made it clear
that he was not satisfied with the more experimental and electronic
tendencies underlying some of the tracks; specifically, he wasn't happy
with the first or last tracks on this disc, as he felt they did not
represent his vision for the project. on the other hand, i was less
interested in purely acoustic music and more interested in electronic
music. i was envisioning the project as having a split personality
between an acoustic live presentation and an electronic studio
presentation. sean argued this would be disorienting; it's less that i
disagreed with him and more that i thought that was a good idea. this
divergence in vision is one of the factors leading to the project's
dissolution.
while i feel this recording stands up on it's own, i've also taken the
time over the second half of 2014 to reclaim some of the tracks as my
own instrumental works. only tracks two and four exist uniquely as rabit
is wolf collaborations; the other four tracks have been resequenced as
completed instrumentals in my main recording sequence. please open the
track pages for more information.
written and recorded in late 2001 and early 2002. resequenced to mimic
the original sequencing on november 8, 2014. except to sequence the
record, these files have not been altered since 2002. as always, please
use headphones.
credits:
j - guitars (electric, acoustic, classical),
effects, bass, synthesizers, digital piano, electric air reed organ,
flute, drum programming, drum manipulations, vocal manipulations, loops,
sequencing, sampling, digital wave editing, production, cover art.
sean - vocals, lyrics, harmonica (1), ring modulator (6).
greg - drum performance sample source (5,6)
jon - guitar performance (2)
released june 20, 2002
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/rabit-is-wolf
