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by Matt Sommers

2001

Continuing towards structured songs with real instruments, offset with experimental pieces - this album represents various recordings that happened very quickly. Building steam and learning about studio efficiency.

Three Serum 114 songs with vocals ("Big Man", "If I Could Be With You" and "The Prime") were tracked. I was working on that band's anthology at the time and became inspired.

Odd themes like "Transparency" also surfaced, beginning a long-term love affair with soundtrack writing.

"All That I Need" was recorded gloriously with Allison Eisenhauer for her own wedding.

Tommy Burnes actually left that message on my friend Trey Cannon’s voicemail.

Couple of weird mash ups (Joni Mitchell & AC/DC?)

The album ends with "Untitled II", an interesting sound collage of various bits of audio I had laying on my hard drive. My voice from two radio interviews (WFBQ & WIBC) appears on that track. My daughter Josie does, too.

The cover is blurred magnified salt crystals.