Somnium - Cryogenic Lucidity

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This is the third solo release from Somnium. This album is a deviation from the experimental psychedelic space rock scenes of the last two albums, into a realm of space disco and experimental dance beats. This album is the soundtrack of your abstract dream on roller skates under a disco ball! Enjoy!

Tracks:

1) Intro - A Ship Approaches

2) Pixel Fix

3) O

4) Disco on the Lido

5) In My Private Chambers

6) Cryogenic Lucidity

7) Scootin' Round Solvang

8) Tiny Bots

9) Outro - Meet Jacques Disc

Personnel:

Somnium: Synthesizers, Bass, Drum programming, Guitar, Production, Art

James Lake: Bass (Track 4), Production, Keyboards (Track 8)

Aaron Cote: Bass, Production (Track 7)

Alex Metson: Drum Programming (Track 8)

Michael Caraglio: Keyboards (Track 9)

Todd Walker: Keyboards (Track 9)

Layne Daniels: Graphics

Communing - Beyond a Friendly Conversation

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This album unveils a completely new way of making music. This album was created in my home studio in Seattle when Aaron Cote came to visit in the summer of 2018. I recorded a collection of samples, and passed them to Aaron to stitch together one at a time in a sort of musical tapestry, which was further layered multiple times, until the final product came together. This is a beautiful ambient album that tells a story. Enjoy!

Tracks:

1) Beyond a Friendly Conversation

Personnel:

Somnium
Aaron Cote

Somnium - Suburban Rooftops

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Float over the suburban rooftops of a lucid dream with Somnium's second solo release! These tracks are a collection of dreamy, moody scenes from dreams. Enjoy!

Tracks:

1) Suburban Rooftops

2) Bit II

3) Interlude 1

4) Dash

5) Interlude 2

6) Hologram

7) Interlude 3

8) Blue Mirror

9) Dreamscape No. 2

10) Rapid Projections

11) Interlude 4

12) Driving on the Dreamscape Highway

13) Interlude 5

14) Promenade Along a Foreign Shore

15) Dreamscape No. 3

Personnel:

Somnium: Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Synths, Samples, Signal Processing, Art

Adam Pfeffer (antimi): Keyboards (Tracks 1 and 2)

Brian Evans: Drums (Track 2)

Bryan Truitt: Sample (Track 2)

Michael Caraglio: Drums (Track 8)

Alex Metson (Permadeath): Drum Programming (Track 6)

Layne Daniels: Graphics

Emperors of Gnouv - Deep Earth

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This album is a collection of tracks recorded in the cabin at Big Bear. Band members played a variety of improvised instruments on these tracks. Rhythms and tracks were created in really imaginative ways, and the result is a wild ride of unpredictable, interesting sounds! Modular Synths dominate the composition framework, but other instruments shine through and create full sounds. Enjoy!

Tracks:

1) Introduction

2) Lil' Junk

3) Interlude III

4) Elements of Cave

5) Deep Earth

6) Interlude I

7) Wunkle

8) Chonga

9) Interlude II

Personnel:

James Lake

Somnium

Aaron Cote

Bryan Truitt

Liza Patterson

Somnium - Contact Ritual

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This is my first solo release as Somnium. This album is a sonic collection of experimental compositions that play with rhythm, texture, and harmony. 

Tracks:

1) Intro - Meditation
2) Contact Ritual
3) Cosmic Chad
4) Dreamscape No. 1
5) Uber Deato
6) Straftic
7) Ultra Intelligent Machines
8) Bit pt. I
9) Homage to Antiquity
10) The Gnouv Boyz
11) Outro - Jayde's Bell

Personnel:

Somnium: Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Production, Composition, Art
James Lake: Drums
Gertrude Malingus: Vocals
Billy Petty: Drums
Alex Metson: Electronic Treatments
Bryan Truitt: French Horn
Brian Evans: Drums
Michael Caraglio: Voice
Nick Lake: Voice

Belvis Freshly - Sound Walls

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Belvis Freshly used guitar, percussion, and synthesizers to make this music. Gertrude Myrtle Malingus provided vocals. Layne Daniels provided the graphics. Art by Somnium.

Enjoy!

Tracks:

1) spectralwall

2) undergroundwall

3) sandwall

4) livingwall

5) waterwall

Somnium Presents - Gnouv Lyfestyle (Vintage Gnouv) Vol. II

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Taken from improvised jams from 2009 - 2011

Track Listing:

1) Super Submarines
2) Interlude - Megaliths I
3) Miranda
4) Interlude - Shadow Play I
5) Kraut
6) Interlude - Shadow Play II
7) Shizuoka
8) Interlude - Shadow Play III
9) Dragon Boat Festival
10) Interlude - Chime Hours
11) The Fourth House
12) Outro - Megaliths II

Featuring:

Somnium
James Lake (Fynndlit)
Aaron Cote
Jack Selberg
Shrub
Michael Caraglio
Lionel Williams (Vinyl Williams)
Nick Lake
Christian Noakes
Adam Pfeffer (antimi.com)
Billy Petty
Nick Tee
Alex Rowe
Ramon Metsoulth (Ramon Bravo)

Spuzz Jams Volume 2 - Reuinions

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This is the second release as Spuzz Jams. This album consists of snippets taken from many different jams throughout early 2013 through the Spring of 2014, and if I had to compare it to anything, I would say it is most like Emperors of Gnouv's Oh Baby New Year album, but a slightly more mature version. Like most of our improvisational music, this album features a lot of different musicians playing multiple instruments. I spent weeks on the post production overdubs, drones, samples, etc. The result is an eclectic group of songs that span fusion, post-rock, psychedelic rock, space rock, odd time signatures, and other weird stuff anyone familiar with Gnouv music would be accustomed to hearing. Enjoy!

Tracks:
1) Skidaleedoo
2) Engine
3) Deepsee Destiny
4) Gray Tower Sky
5) Mania Intro
6) Mania
7) Get It Out
8) The Lazy Morning After
9) Waiting Room Music
10) Intri
11) Y2K
12) I Thought I Got That Out

Production, mastering, and overdubbing by Belvis Freshly.
Featuring:
Somnium
James Lake (Fynndlit)
Aaron Cote
Michael Caraglio
Jack Selberg
Alexander "Shrub" Bravo
Ian Gibbs (of Vinyl Williams)
Nick Lake
Alex Rowe
Justin Neff
Ramon Metsoulth
Bryan Truitt
On various different instruments
Album Art by Renz Balagtas, Graphics by Layne Scheiner

Belvis Freshly - Music For Analogue Synthesizer (Vol. 1)

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This album was an experiment in learning a new instrument. The output was a very psychadelic, synesthetic soundscape. Enjoy!

Tracks:
1) Part I
2) Part II
3) Part III
4) Part IV

Featuring:
Belvis Freshly - Analogue Synthesizer, Production
Album Art - Gertrude M
Graphics - Layne Scheiner

Spuzz Jams Vol. 1 - Cinnamon Synonym Pseudonym

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This album was recorded in the cabin up in Big Bear - our third consecutive summer with a third consecutive album up at the cabin. For minanim and myself, this album explored a darker spectrum of emotions than the more celebratory, happy-go-lucky kind of music from Germish Sperman and Meals of Oblivion from 2011 and 2012 respectively, since each one of us were going through some things in our lives at the time. The music took on a glassy and dark atmosphere, which I think is pretty apparent to the listener when hearing it. The music is 100% improvised, and features some members from Emperors of Gnouv (James, minanim, Mica, and myself. Also featuring Neifs on synthesizers. Renz "Balla-G" Balagtas did the album art and Layne Scheiner did the graphics). Enjoy, and feel free to let me know what you think.

Tracks:
1) Intro - Sonic Droplets
2) Synonym
3) Interlude - Darkstar
4) Pseudonym I
5) Pseudonym II
6) Pseudonym III
7) Pseudonym IV
8) PseudonymV
9) Pseudonym VI
10) Interlude - Under Blue Glass
11) Cinnamon I
12) Cinnamon II
13) Cinnamon III
14) Outro - Human Headed Rooster

Emperors of Gnouv - Masters of the Galaxy

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This album was born in the back yard of the Rolling Hills house in Los Angeles California during a late night conversation between Minanim and Somnium regarding the future of humanity. The point was made that assuming we survive long enough, humans will move beyond our planet, to other planets, and eventually become masters of the galaxy.
This theme percolates into the music. This release consists of harmonic and rhythmic drones of complex time signatures, brooding jams, and space-inspired compositions. It will take you on an epic voyage through the cosmos!
Personnel:
Somnium - Rhythm and lead guitar, Auxiliary percussion, Signal processing, Drones, Production
Minanim - Bass, Guitar, Digital and Modular Synth, Piano
Fynndlit - Drums, Analogue and Modular Synthesizer, Bass, Production
Mica - Drums, Auxiliary Percussion
J-Anton - Fender Rhodes, Analogue Synthesizer
Ramon Metsoulth - Words, Vocals
Dink - Graphics, Vocals
Shrub - Guitar
Everever - Vocals, Meditation bowls
Gertrude Myrtle Malingus - Angelic vocals
Katherine Brannock - Album art

Vinyl Williams and Emperors of Gnouv - Gnouvinyl

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Gnouvinyl is a collaborative jam between members of Emperors of Gnouv and our friends from Vinyl Williams. This jam took place on 5-19-13, the afternoon after our show with Tan Sister Radio and Vinyl Williams. This was a super fun jam, and we look forward to future shows and jams with these awesome people!

Personnel:
Lionel Williams - Guitar
Ian Gibbs - Drums
Nikita Arefkia - Keyboards
James Lake (Fynndlit) - Bass
Somnium - Aux Percussion
Minanim - Digital Synth
Mica - Drums
Neifs - Album Art

Somnium Presents - Gnouv Lifestyle (Vintage Gnouv) Vol. I

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The following album consists of two mixes derived from the early days of The Gnouvment. The segments from Mix Tape I come from 2010 and feature a vast array of Gnouvists. Mix Tape II comes from early 2011 and features Fynndlit, Shrub, and myself. Enjoy, and look for Volume II of Gnouv Lifestyle (Vintage Gnouv) in the near future!

Track Listing:
1) Mix Tape I
2) Mix Tape II



Personnel:
Somnium: Guitar, Percussion, Production
Fynndlit: Drums, Guitar, Bass Clarinet, Production
Shrub: Bass
Minanim: Bass
J-Anton: Guitar, Argo Bass (Electric)
Alex Rowe: Guitar, Electronics
Ang Ngayon: Organ, Xylaphone
Sunyata: Analog Synth
Spaceship: Organ, Album Art!
Dink: Graphics

Emperors of Gnouv - Oh Baby New Year

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This album came from improvised jams from the summer of 2012 and the winder of 2012-2013. It marks the first Emperors of Gnouv album recorded with our expanded home studio, rather than the single mic Zoom H4N recordings of the previous two albums. Oh Baby New Year is the result of hours of improvised material, our growing knowledge of recording/post production, and most importantly, awesome times shared with awesome people. Represent the Gnouvment!

Track Listing:
1) Oh Baby New Year I
2) When J-Anton Smiles
3) Four Fertile Swingers
4) Mica Slams
5) Somniuuumm, I Guess This is Album Worthy
6) Antimi Plays it Dirty
7) Sky Sharks
8) Oh Baby New Year II
9) Fynndlit That Shit Up
10) Minanim Broods
11) Shrub Me Down Low
12) Astral Bodies
13) Oh Baby New Year III

Personnel:
Somnium: Guitar, Signal Processing, Effects, Production
Fynndlit: Drums, Modular Synth, Production
Minanim: Bass, Synthesizer
Mica: Drums
J-Anton: Rhodes, Digital Synthesizer
Shrub: Guitar, Auxiliary Percussion
Antimi: Keyboards, Vocals
Alex Rowe: Digital Synthesizer, Rhodes
Kyle Berzle (of The Guze): Electric Wind Instrument
Balla-G: Album Art
Layne Scheiner: Graphics

The Emperors of Gnouv - Illusions

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Here is an album recorded at the end of Summer 2012. It came from three different jams, all completely improvised. This album is a project in editing and combining ambiance with our improv sound. This will likely be the last album we release recorded with the Zoom HN4.

Track Listing:
1) Illusion I
2) Illusion II
3) Illusion III
4) Illusion IV
5) Illusion V
6) Illusion VI*
7) Illusion VII
8) Illusion VIII

Personnel:
Somnium: Guitar, Signal Processing, Electronics, Production
Minanim: Drums, Bass, Synthesizer, Album art
J-Anton: Rhodes
Fynndlit: Drums (Tracks 3 and 7), Synthesizer
Ramon Metsoulth: Organ
Justin Tonation: Chimes
*Sample: J-Dilla

Somnium and the Smooth Daibuttsus Mixtapes

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These are two mixtapes taken from a collection of improvised jams over the summer of 2012, poems by the Gnouv army, and other moments of Gnouvists gone wild.

Track Listing:
1) Mixtape 1 - Shake That Gnouv Thing
2) Mixtape 2 - The X-Tended Ballad of Heinz Karl

Personnel:
Somnium - Guitar, Samples, Signal Processing, Electronics, Percussion, Shit Talking
Shrub - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Shit Talking
Antimi - Keyboards, Vocals
Billy the Pimp - Drums, Shit Talking
Fynndlit - Drums, Modular Synthesizer
Minanim - Bass, Drums, Shit Talking
J Anton - Rhodes
Ramon Metsoulth - Words
Justin Tonation - Words
Sunyata - Electronics
Balla G - V-drums
Everever - Trumpet
Dink - Shit Talk, Graphics

The Fynndlit Big Band - Meals of Oblivion LP

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This is The Fynndlit Big Band's latest Big Bear studio recording. We approached this album track by track, focusing on ways we could combine what we had in original ways, trying to create something different from one track to the next. We ended up making an album with a lot of really interesting variety whose cohesion and textures came together in a surprising way - sometimes more obviously than others, sometimes more subtlety. Also, to me the whole thing had a totally playful air about it. The cabin is definitely a fun place to record. While we were there, we made a bunch of really kick ass meals and drew a crazy cool picture for album art. Enjoy!

Track Listing:
1) Squiggle One
2) And Two
3) Space Meet
4) Didnime Culd
5) Gopher Chauffeur
6) Level 6
7) Blue Lotus
8) Meals of Oblivion

Personnel:
Fynndlit - Drums, Analogue Synth, Production
Everever - Trumpet, Percussion, Reeds, Harps
Family Figz - Bass, Drums (Track 4), Digital Synth
Shrub - Guitar (Track 1), Bass (Track 4), Drums (Track 5), Percussion, Electronics
Somnium - Guitar, Samples, Signal Processing, Percussion

Shrub (ft. Somnium) - Ajna

Here's an ambient single I recorded with Shrub. Enjoy.

You can check out his music HERE

Shrub: Guitar, Electronics
Somnium: Electronics

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Somnium and the Quantum Round LP

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This album is the funky, freaky, sometimes dream-like result of the past two months of instrumental jamming and recording. All the musicians in The Quantum Round are improvisers, which means that even the ideas we compose prior to playing will be played differently every time. The music is a combination of our familiarity improvising with each other, exploration, experimentation, and uncertainty.

Track Listing:
1) Who is it That Knows
2) A Universe From Nothing
3) !
4) Boat on a Moonbow
5) Layin' Low
6) Trinth
7) As Heard Through the Haze
8) Sly Musings
9) *Island Part III (Under the Stars)

Personnel:
Somnium - Guitar, Samples, Signal Processing, Production
Shrub - Bass
Crags - Drums
Featuring:
Antimi - Keyboards (Tracks 4, 5, 6, and 8)
Billy The Pimp - Drums (Tracks 6 and 8)
Iris - Keyboards, Electronic Effects, Percussion (Tracks 1,2, and 9)
Pappa-J - Percussion (Tracks 1 and 2)
Renz - Album Art
Layne Scheiner - Graphics
*Sample by Robert Fripp

The Fynndlit Big Band - Germish Sperman LP

This is The Fynndlit Big Band's first LP. It was recorded in a cabin in Big Bear over the course of two days from 9-30-11 to 10-1-11.

Check out more of The Fynndlit Big Band or Fynndlit's other projects HERE

Fynndlit - Drums, Bass, Analogue and Digital Synths, Production
Somnium - Guitar, Loops, Signal Processing
Family Figz - Bass, Drums, Digital Synth
Shrub - Guitar, Bass, Synth

Track Listing
1) Intro
2) Gettin' Started
3) Interlude 1
4) Space Dew
5) Interlude 2
6) Baditude
7) Interlude 3
8) Fershaman
9) Outro

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