The MARCHING BANANA MODULAR RECORDING ORCHESTRA PRESENTS :: THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF HERETOFORE ONGOING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT " BANANAGRAMS VOL. 4 " featuring work by 20+ MUSICIANS & friends coming together to render one massive collective piece.
Featuring members of :: Mothers, Sea Ghost, Futo, Fake Flowers, Jianna Justice, Material Girls, Fuiste, New Wives, Delphinium, My Son Gordeaux & more (full list of contributors below)...
RECAP :: volume #1 began on/around the 4th of July 2013, with Matt Anderegg, Taber Lathrop and Drew Kirby spearheading an "album-in-a-night" personal challenge that quickly roped in roommate Zach Gastley and, by proximity, piqued the interest of close friends/collaborators whom the door was opened to the next time around (Vol. 2 - marchingbanana.bandcamp.com/album/035-bananagrams-vol-2 ). That was the effort where everyone was collectively available & on-hand for contribution and dialogue; most was "live-tracked" in one main room, on the same digital 8-track that was used the first time around.
RECAP (continued) :: By our own admittance, that communal spirit wasn't particularly alive for volume #3. Although yes, these were still off-the-cuff collaborative recordings free of bandname/uniform genre, they were culled together over a much longer time period (jan 2014 blizzards-summer 2015) and most were neither conceived nor executed with more than a couple people on hand at a time.
BUT, We Done It this time. Continuing in the original spirit of the bananagrams projects we have further expanded the scope and volume (heh) of this album to include over 20 different artists from the Athens & Atlanta area. Everything was recorded to 1/4 inch 8-track tape for the first time, requiring a communal presence (since digital editing wasn't an option) as well as mandating a level of decisiveness in performance (even while improvising.)
credits
released February 10, 2017
Recorded to 1/4 inch tape via Tascam 388 at Cave Sound in Athens, Ga. between March 2016-July 4th, 2016
(except for "Moral Skeptic" which was recorded December 2016)
Engineered & mixed by Drew Kirby
Mastered by Garrett Burke
Cover photo by Cory Robertson/Jhourdynne Winston
(w/ jobs & life only about 1/3 of contributors made it into this photo but its the best we could do!)
FULL CREDITS ::
1. PRELUDE: MORAL SKEPTIC (S. Wilson)
Live personnel: Sam Wilson (guitar, loops) Matt Anderegg (drumkit)
Overdubs: Matt Anderegg (percussion) Drew Kirby (organs)
2. GRAVEL (C. Sutherland)
Live personnel: Carter Sutherland (guitar) Matt Anderegg (drums) Drew Kirby (Bass)
Overdubs: Carter (vocals)
3. FORK (M. Anderegg)
Live personnel: Matt Anderegg (guitar) Taber Lathrop (bass) Trent Johnson (keys) Drew Kirby (drums)
Overdubs: Kristine Leschper (vocals)
4. YOUR MIND & MINE (A. Gregg)
Live personnel: Abby Gregg (guitar) Taber Lathrop (drums) Matt Anderegg (bass)
Overdubs: Dillon Mccabe (bells) Patrick Brick (banjo) Abby Gregg (drums, banjo, vocals)
6. INTERLUDE: WOODSONG PT. 1 (Z. Gastley, B. Richmond)
7. FORD SPORTS (T. Cooper, C. Sutherland)
Live personnel: Taylor Cooper (guitar) Carter Sutherland (guitar) Drew Kirby (drums)
Overdubs: Zach Gastley (bass) Taylor Cooper (vocals) Carter Sutherland (sampler, keys, vocals)
9. ARE YOU SCARED TO RUN? (J. Chisenhall)
Live personnel: Jacob Chisenhall (guitar) William Freeman Leverett (drums)
Overdubs: Jacob Chisenhall (synth, shaker, vocals) Birch Richmond (clave, fx manipulation)
10. IT'S TO BE CUT SHORT (J. Blauvelt)
Live personnel: Jack Blauvelt (piano, vocals) Trey Rosenkampff (drums, vocals) Taber Lathrop (vocals)
Overdubs: Dillon McCabe (bass) Drew Kirby (air organ, samples)
11. CAKE (N. Estrella, D. Mirsajedin)
Live personnel: Noah Estrella (bass) Dariush Mirsajedin (drums) Ryan Taylor (2nd bass) Drew Kirby (bit crusher)
Overdubs: Drew Kirby (synth, guitar)
12. INTERLUDE: SUNKEN REVAMP (Z. Gastley, A. Kirby, T. Lathrop)
13. HOW TO MAKE SENSE (A. Gregg)
Live personnel: Abby Gregg (guitar) Taber Lathrop (synth)
Overdubs: Abby Gregg (vocals) Drew Kirby (bass, drums) Zach Gastley (bitcrusher)
14. CLUNE DUSTER (A. Kirby)
Live personnel: Matt Anderegg (bass) Jack Blauvelt (drums) Drew Kirby (guitar)
Overdubs: Drew Kirby (vocals) Laura Kirby (spoken) Matt Anderegg (guitar)
15. LOTTERY (T. Johnson)
Live personnel: Trent Johnson (guitar,vocals) Matt Martin (bass) Patrick Brick (piano) Drew Kirby (drums)
Overdubs: Taber Lathrop (clarinet) Drew Kirby (pedal steel) Trent Johnson (guitar)
16. FABRIC (C. Sutherland)
Live personnel: Carter Sutherland (guitar) Dariush Mirsajedin (drums) Drew Kirby (bass)
Overdubs: Carter (vocals) (carter fell asleep)
17. QUEEN OF THE CASTLE (R. Taylor, D. Tanghal)
Live personnel: Ryan Taylor (bass) Daniel Tanghal (guitar) Drew Kirby (drums)
Overdubs: Ryan Taylor (vocals)
18. INTERLUDE: WOODSONG PT. 2 (Z. Gastley, B. Richmond)
19. GALLONS OF FIRE (A. Gregg)
Modular recording ensemble: Abby Gregg (bass, vocals) Taber Lathrop (percussion, piano) Drew Kirby (percussion, piano)
Overdubs: Zach Gastley (guitar)
**all of these lyrics were taken from conversations abby had while teaching children at the Treehouse learning center in athens)
20. STABILITY (T. Lathrop)
Live personnel: Taber Lathrop (guitar) Matt Martin (drums) Drew Kirby (bass)
Overdubs: Taber Lathrop (vocals, bridge casio, end guitar) Drew Kirby (casio)
21. INTERNAL DIALOGUES OF A TALKING HEAD (Z. Gastley)
Live personnel: Zach Gastley (guitar, vocals) Patrick Brick (bass) Drew Kirby (drums)
Overdubs: Birch Richmond (piano)
22. PETUNIA PT. 3 (J. Chisenhall)
Live Personnel: Matt Anderegg (percussion) William Freeman Leverett (percussion) Jacob Chisenhall (guitar, vocals) Drew Kirby (air organ) Taber Lathrop (bass)
Overdubs: Jacob & Drew (vocals, percussion)
23. AFTERWORD: JULY 4TH 2016
Original composition by Taber Lathrop (guitar, clarinet) and Matt Anderegg (drums)
Field recording by Jacob & Drew.
24. EPILOGUE: MIST LIMITING (J. Blauvelt)
Live personnel: Jack Blauvelt (guitar) Dillon McCabe (bass) Matt Anderegg (casio) Drew Kirby (drums) Taber Lathrop (room clamour)
Overdubs: Trent Johnson (trumpet) Birch Richmond (tape loops)
FINAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO BGV4 ::
Matt Anderegg - Jack Blauvelt - Patrick Brick - Jacob Chisenhall - Taylor Cooper - Noah Estrella - Abby Gregg - Trent Johnson - Laura Kirby - Drew Kirby - Taber Lathrop - Kristine Leschper - Freeman Leverett - Matt Martin - Dillon McCabe - Dariush Mirsajedin - Trey Rosenkampff - Carter Sutherland - Daniel Tanghal - Ryan Taylor - Sam Wilson
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