The Amplifucker

by Killick

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1.	Destroy Erase Improv 03:20	buy track
2.	Beautifficult 03:06	buy track
3.	Immense True Ration 02:40	buy track
4.	Accept we have three fingers, and were green. 02:57	buy track
5.	Her dog was grr at me. 01:52	buy track
6.	Together We Make A Deference 02:40	buy track
7.	The Fighting's So Vicious 'Cause The Steaks Are So Delicious 02:37	buy track
8.	Heidy Banegas! 00:52	buy track
9.	Ungoing 01:22	buy track
10.	Symbol Grab 02:20	buy track
11.	We're Ready For the Real Farfisa 00:55	buy track
12.	Ten Gallon Hate 01:53	buy track
13.	Not A Could In The Sky 00:24	buy track
14.	Hellmonk 03:10	buy track
15.	Tableau To The Ego 02:25	buy track
16.	Mouthbereaver 04:08	buy track
17.	Stereo Diabolical Hems 02:57	buy track
18.	Mono Maniacal Haws 02:35	buy track

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The Amplifucker is 18 further explorations in my Appalachian Trance Metal songbook. The goal for this project was to capture the interior and exterior life of my 18-stringed acoustic instrument called the H'arpeggione, a.k.a. Devil Cello. I went for maximum transparency across an extremely wide dynamic range, from whisper quiet to all get-out. It was all recorded live, first takes, with no edits or overdubs. The H'arpeggione is naturally soft-spoken, and after years of trial and error, engineer Tom Lewis and I arrived at our recording solution: four microphones, a contact mic, a pickup, two amplifiers, and then the whole lot was run through a p.a. speaker and that too was recorded. All the signals were then blended in the mix. Some moments are the most intense sounds of acoustic musical instrument origin I've ever heard, pushing the physical limits of (myself and) the H'arp. The title The Amplifucker refers to the ambiguity between "acoustic" and "electric," as we're typically dealing with both in most musical presentations, despite any marketing concepts to the contrary. It's also a musing on post-electricity creativity, and I hope fun and sexy, something sometimes painfully absent in "serious" music. Song titles include Beautifficult, Mouthbereaver, Symbol Grab, Not A Could In The Sky, and many other challenges to grammar and spell checkers everywhere...

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released August 1, 2008

recorded by Tom Lewis 3.09.08 at John Keane Studios, Athens GA

mixed by Tom Lewis and Killick 3.10.08 at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA

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