Tripecac - College Collage (1993)

Painted Friend [4:42] 1993-01-01 - 1993-01-01
Numb (live) [4:52] 1993-01-03 - 1993-01-03
Funny Head [3:34] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
The Flop [4:45] 1993-02-12 - 1993-02-12
IPECAC is Dead [1:44] 1993-02-?? - 1993-02-??
I Don't Wanna [2:08] 1993-02-21 - 1993-02-21
Buzz of Nothing [3:42] 1993-02-2? - 1993-02-2?
Filler [3:06] 1993-02-2? - 1993-02-2?
The Raft [3:33] 1993-02-26 - 1993-02-26
In Voice Only [2:45] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Eaten by Mimi [5:07] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
The LoveFish [4:29] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Narration [0:35] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Anand's Journey [5:30] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Allen and Luke [4:52] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Travis and Jon [2:11] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Testing the Cup [2:44] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Almost There [3:03] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
The Battle [1:41] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Gonna Die Today [1:46] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
Going Home [4:25] 1993-04-25 - 1993-04-25
Die Today Reprise [0:08] 1993-04-25 - 1993-04-25
End Chatter 1993 [2:23] 1993-04-25 - 1993-04-25
Anand's Journey (original) [5:43] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??

I recorded these songs in the first part of 1993, when I was at college.

"Eaten by Mimi" through "Die Today Reprise" are based on a play I wrote in 1990 called "The Band in the Land of the Anchovies". It was a silly fantasy story involving the members of the Master Anchovies (Allen, Anand, Jon, Luke, and me). By 1993, it looked unlikely that we'd ever actually perform or film the play, so I decided to "perform" it myself, musically. These songs are the result.

My main instrument was a Yamaha SY55 keyboard workstation. I also added a Roland TR-505 drum machine on many of the songs.

I'm pretty sure I was recording with a four-track by this point (instead of a mixer and tape deck). I'd record the SY55 and drum machine together first (onto separate mono tracks), and then add vocals and sound effects to the remaining two tracks.

Here's a scan of the original tape cover (from 1993):