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Side B

Noggin – Pictures of Clouds (an homage)

Sunday 13 November 2011 – 17:52
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Title: Pictures of Clouds
Artist: Noggin
Album: Side B
Date: 2009

This is an homage track to the Pictures of Clouds releases, technically by Noggin. Shortly after the POC sessions, I still had the studio set up very POC-ish and so I got to work making some new tracks. This one came out of running the mpc into the mixer with a feedback channel set to my secret weapon.
This song has even been played live a couple times, once at the very mellow, very rainy DOS proto-ambient show, and once more shortly thereafter at Ike’s in Wimberley.
Shout out to Robby Neighbor.
Download: 15 Pictures of Clouds (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October

Noggin – Orkas (Invitation)

Saturday 12 November 2011 – 18:40
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Title: Orkas (Invitation)
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2011

Figured it’d be a nice preview to start the record off with a little piece of the epic later to come. Plus, I really dig that snare glitch-splash through the reverb getting cranked up.
MPC straight to 1/4″ reels via LXP-1.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 01 – Orkas (Invitation) (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October

Noggin – Beat Friends

Thursday 10 November 2011 – 19:31
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Title: Beat Friends
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2011

Did I time it right? Are we conveniently at a collaboration Thursday again? SCORE.
Friend on the street, friends on the beat, beat friends.
Jon provided the base drum sounds during a visit to Denton. Amazing what you can do with only a single sm57 overhead. I have gotten so much mileage out of these sounds, sometimes I want to scrap every other drum sample I have. I also love using my fingers to recreate what it takes homedude an entire body and a fair amount of stinky sweat to pull off.
This track almost made it onto the Old Town Acid EP, but I felt it really went with the vibe of this collection , so here it is.
MPC and x0xb0x straight to 1/4″ reels via Mackie mixer and LXP-1 on send.
Chuck originally called this one “Day in the life of a hypnotist”.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 02 – Beat Friends (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Live at Stafford Sober October Demos

Noggin – mawL (Live from Stafford)

Wednesday 9 November 2011 – 18:18
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Title: mawL (Live from Stafford)
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2009

Once again, giving yall two tracks today so nobody can blame for taking an ‘out’ on a technicality. I posted the demo version of this track earlier this year, and here is the first recorded version. I played this song at Stafford in December as part of the Skull-you-know-what-er show that I also had participated in the year before. Basically, every musician still in town took over this empty bar in a time when the crowds are gone and so we can dominate and do what we do how we do.
The base chords out of this track came from Buzz samples, the drums all MPC, and this version even includes some An1x for fun.
MPC via a Yamaha DMP-7 (LOVE that sound) mixer to the cd recorder at Stafford.
Chuck originally called this one “Walking home”.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 02 – maWL (Live at Stafford) (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October

Noggin – mawL

Wednesday 9 November 2011 – 18:17
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Title: mawL
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2011

Named from a sampler naming mishap, I present to you another one of the oldest songs off this record. This was written in Anacortes in the fall around the same time as “Thumb”. It also contains rare samples created from even older buzz files. Performed live a couple times, and jammed to.
Then while recording, this really sweet groove opened up.
MPC straight to 1/4″ reels via Mackie mixer and LXP-1 on send.
Chuck originally called this one “Walking home”.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 03 – mawL (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October

Noggin – Jouges

Tuesday 8 November 2011 – 18:07
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Title: Jouges
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2011

Definition of Love-Hate here.
This track was originally a favorite of mine, though I figured it might not appeal to a wide range. However the first few listeners loved it.
It went through many permutations and edits.
I eventually started to despise it because it’s so nasty to begin with, its not easy to tame.
It almost got scrapped, but held on as being the first reviewers’ favorite – how could I let it get relegated to b-side-land?
It’s an ER-1 feeding back on itself and pressed really hard to tape in the garage with Jon.
ER-1 straight to 1/4″ reels.
Chuck originally called this one “Dirty”.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 04 – Jouges (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Instant Jams remixes remixes and covers Sober October Demos

Noggin – That Old Orange Guitar (Live Remix)

Monday 7 November 2011 – 16:52
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Title: That Old Orange Guitar (live remix)
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October Demos
Date: 2011

This track isn’t exactly suited for playing out at a bar where everyone is drinking looking to get their groove on. However, one time I played a gig out in the forest of east Texas where I thought I might could pull this one off without being too crazy (thank you Birds and Beats). I came up with this extra bit of beat to add to it though to give it a bit of a special touch for the night.
Here is the live ‘remix’ played live earlier today. If you can, take yourself out to the forest with me and your close friends, real late at night on the hottest night of the year. Take yer shirt off, embrace the dirt, smile at the dichotomy of so many colored lights amidst so many darkened trees, veg out.
MPC (w/ FX card!) straight to Logic.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: That Old Orange Guitar (Live remix) (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October

Noggin – That Old Orange Guitar

Monday 7 November 2011 – 16:51
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Title: That Old Orange Guitar
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2011

Final version of the ambient track I posted earlier this year (bonus track after so you don’t think I’m double dipping).
All the sounds in this one came from my first guitar, recently rigged up with piezo, plugged straight into my sampler. I got to say thanks again to my uncle for that guitar, cause it basically was my gateway into wanting to learn to hone my craft.
I want to dedicate this one to my good friend Kyle of California.
MPC straight to 1/4″ reels via Mackie mixer and LXP-1 on send.
Chuck originally called this one “Leftovers” (and I like that).
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 05 – That Old Orange Guitar (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October Demos Spring Tape

Noggin – Walk around (Furnace version)

Sunday 6 November 2011 – 17:19
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Title: Walk Around (Furnace version)
Artist: Noggin
Album: Spring tape
Date: 2011

Maybe you heard, but I have no idea how I recorded the original version of this that ended up on Reverb City and Sober October. So in an attempt to recreate it, I jammed this out one night.
It’s obvious a lot cleaner, but I think I still like something about that uber-washed out reverb-only version.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – Walk Around (Furnace Version) (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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Sober October

Noggin – Walk Around

Sunday 6 November 2011 – 17:18
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Title: Walk Around
Artist: Noggin
Album: Sober October
Date: 2011

Here’s the one track from the Reverb City sessions (sort of a Sober October sessions alpha version) that actually made it to the album. I just liked the jam so much I couldn’t let it go. And yes, since I already posted this, bonus track is included.
MPC straight to 1/4″ reels via LXP-1 on full reverb.
Full album available at http://soundcloud.com/djnoggin/sets/sober-october
Download: Noggin – 06 – Walk Around (right click and choose ‘save as’)

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