release date: march 22, 2018
label: noisy vagabond
catalog #: nvr050
release text:
Time for a special and long overdue release here at noisyvagabond! For our 50th release we present a gigantic collection of tracks (43 to be exact for a total of 6 hours of music!) from Split Phase. Split Phase was a live electronic duo hailing from Upstate NY consisting of myself (c. ‘transient’ martin) and Mike McIntosh active for a period roughly through 2010-2014. For our live shows, we were joined by Nate Vanslyke on lights and visuals. I provided the musical backing via loopers and a plethora of synths and effect processors while Mike provided the rhythms via an acoustic and electronic drum kit. Split Phase was an attempt to make music in real time which generally was made with sequencers or computers and bring those types of sounds into an improvised live process. As such, the music lost some of it’s precision but gained much in the way of humanized passionate expression. Presented here is a small selection of the countless hours of recordings we amassed practicing and creating on a near daily basis. You will find an eclectic mix of genres ranging from jazz, funk, drum and bass, dub, techno, downtempo, and more as we were never interested in pigeonholing ourselves into any particular sound. I hope you can find something in this compendium that moves you. One day the fates will realigned and new Split Phase music will be churned out. Until then, ENJOY!
tracklist:
01 – tilt
02 – human factor
03 – slow curves
04 – fly
05 – ultradivine
06 – improvisations 10_29_10
07 – 3 month funk
08 – transmission
09 – gander
10 – coffee pot
11 – pirate dub
12 – improvisations 11_02_11
13 – jishma
14 – foundsound
15 – remedy into carmen chiles – love is (split phase remix)
16 – improvisations 03_05_12 part 2
17 – improvisations out of cloudwalker
18 – improvisations out of foundsound
19 – animal magnetism
20 – anchor
21 – glider
22 – drifter
23 – improvisation 1_11_11
24 – tuesdays groove
25 – unknown
26 – the walk
27 – dungeon dancin’
28 – compromise (featuring sarah winton)
29 – equinox
30 – espionage
31 – cloudwalker
32 – improvisations 08_19_11
33 – toulouse goose dub
34 – ascension
35 – lockdown
36 – thunder dub
37 – improvisations 03_15_12 part 1
38 – galaxies
39 – improvisations 03_25_12 part 1
40 – catching glitter
41 – improvisations 03_25_12 part 2
42 – improvisations 12_14_12
43 – finale
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