Tripecac - Archives (1990-1991)

  1. Convo with Kim [1:35] 1990-05-27 - 1990-05-27
  2. Bang It [1:35] 1990-05-27 - 1990-05-27
  3. Flippy Floppy [2:25] 1990-06-0? - 1990-06-0?
  4. Maybe [4:26] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  5. Necromusak [1:37] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  6. Sex and Violence [0:08] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  7. Dream Crystal [1:49] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  8. Dream Dance [1:30] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  9. Asphyxiation [2:53] 1990-07-?? - 1990-07-??
  10. Numb [3:52] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  11. Take Sive [3:07] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  12. Paris Medley [5:35] 1990-09-0? - 1990-09-0?
  13. Thex Intro [0:06] 1990-09-0? - 1990-09-0?
  14. Thing Called Thex [2:28] 1990-09-0? - 1990-09-0?
  15. Psychological [0:27] 1990-09-?? - 1990-09-??
  16. Soft [4:31] 1990-08-31 - 1990-09-06
  17. Metalmas [1:32] 1990-12-?? - 1990-12-??
  18. Chimera [3:05] 1990-05-?? - 1990-12-??
  19. Football Solo [1:38] 1990-08-31 - 1990-12-??
  20. This One Goes Out [0:05] 1990-12-?? - 1990-12-??
  21. Football Soft [5:18] 1990-08-31 - 1990-12-??
  22. Organasm [4:33] 1990-12-?? - 1990-12-??
  23. Guitar Song [4:31] 1990-12-?? - 1990-12-??
  24. Your Countenance [4:38] 1991-0?-?? - 1991-0?-??
  25. Stompers [3:21] 1991-0?-?? - 1991-0?-??
  26. Spacy Swing [1:11] 1991-0?-?? - 1991-0?-??
  27. Intro to Louis II [1:43] 1991-0?-?? - 1991-0?-??
  28. All My Love [4:11] 1991-0?-?? - 1991-0?-??
  29. JungleJam [0:56] 1991-0?-?? - 1991-0?-??
  30. No No No [4:48] 1991-11-06 - 1991-11-06

This album documents my "baby steps" with the Yamaha SY55 keyboard workstation, purchased in May 1990. I used the SY55 as my primary composing tool for a entire decade; in May 2000, I finally replaced it with a Korg Triton. The only other instrument on this album is an acoustic guitar, which is featured on "Guitar Song".

I recorded the vocals at the same time as the music, vix a mixer. I didn't have a four-track yet, so all the vocals had to be done in one take. I used cheap microphones and no effects.

The sound quality is pretty rotten. The songs came from two tapes; one was mangled and broken several times, and the other had static (hence the "pops" in the last few songs). Noise reduction didn't work very well either, probably due to the low signal to noise ratio, so there's a bit of hiss.