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

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

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

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

The Emperors of Gnouv

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This album came from three recorded jams from March. This music is entirely improvised! Nothing was planned out ahead of time - we simply plugged in, and played. I feel like on all three sessions, our band was totally on. While small groups of us had been playing together in different parts of California and in different bands, we hadn't played all together as a unit in three months or so, and when we all got together, the music exploded! Enjoy this recording, and look for future albums and shows from the Emperors of Gnouv!!

Track Listing:
1) Intro - Premonition
2) Crash Landing in a Dark Forest
3) Shrouded Moonlight Rendezvous
4) The Badland Brigade
5) Interlude - Let's Turn On
6) Figz Fury
7) Interlude - Stasis
8) An Easy Mark
*9) Outro - Geodesic

Personnel:
Somnium - Samples, Electronics, Guitar (Tracks 2, 3, & 9), Percussion, Production
Antimi - Keyboards
Shrub - Guitar (Tracks 4, 7, 8) Percussion, Auxiliary Bass (Track 2)
Crags - Drums
Family Figz - Bass
Fynndlit - Analogue Synth, Auxiliary Percussion and Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6, & 9)
Everever - Percussion (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9), Trumpet, Recorder
J-Anton - Analogue Synth, Percussion (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8)
Ramon Metsoulth - Percussion (Tracks 4 & 8)
Layne Scheiner - Graphic
*Sampled - Robert Fripp Evensong Haapsalu