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   Plasma Snake Barrel Roll i is an avant-garde/free instrumental project I started a while back and I am looking for some feedback on it. I am not a professional musician, and I do not inspire to be, so take it for what it is. All of the music is synthesized. I have produced 7 albums so far, all of which I am putting up for free download. Please let me know what you think!
(I apologize for the slow downloads; I don't know a faster place to upload them)

Album #1: The Strain of Thought

The Strain of Thought is the first album I did, and I think that it is still one of the best. It is a pseudo-concept album about the difficulty of creative expression and communication. It begins a trilogy about the various aspects of life, this album representing the mental.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UD8IYYCL

Album #2: Liquid Light

Liquid Light presents a sort of out of order story, from the moment of creation until the final crystallization of the universe represented in a single life. It is by far the most philosophical of the albums, and it is the second part of the trilogy, representing the spiritual.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CYXODENE

Album #3: La Trahison des Musique

LTDM is named in homage to Magritte's La Trahison des Images, a picture of a pipe with the inscription "this is not a pipe," his point being that it was merely a picture of a pipe. All of the music on this album was improvised (with the exception of the final track, which is a mashup of music contained on the first three albums) and as such it represents a similar idea. The tracks are not music, then, by any traditional sense, they are merely images of music: notes and rhythms arranged willy nilly.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJYVGV6C

Album #4: The Extraordinary Chaos of an Ordinary Day

This album contains two epic length tracks, the theme of both being essentially explained by the title of the album and the songs' individual titles. 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7QC9IS85

Album #5: Orbis Terrarum: Meus Sententia Procul Nox Noctis

The title translates roughly from Latin as "The World: My Thoughts at Night." It is a single 55-minute drone/free track, and it represents the relative importance to me of my own thoughts. It is not really meant to be musical in any traditional sense, it is meant to be merely there. 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AZMVMP2R

Album #6: CANCER

Cancer was written after my grandfather's death from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood. As such, it is not a happy album at all, emotionally ranging from anger to sorrow. It is, like Liquid Light, an out of order musical narrative representing the moment of diagnosis until death. It completes the trilogy started by the first two albums, representing the physical.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CKUJHSX

Album #7: Absurdity

Absurdity is everything that the title implies. Containing two average length tracks and two epic length tracks, I feel that it really defies easy description. The second track, "Pleasuredome," is a sort of free tone-poem, and I personally feel that the last track, "Tetanus and Ladybugs," is the best I have ever created.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5O4T2SX5

I apologize for my pretentiousness, but hey, we're all prog fans here, right? If you have the patience to go through and listen to them all, I thank you, but if not I completely understand. If you listen to any of it Please Please Please tell me what you think, good or bad. I thank you for your time and hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed creating it!

If you like what you hear you can find us on facebook here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Plasma-Snake-Barrel-Roll/169674220347?ref=ts

P.S. I wasn't sure if this should go here or in the musician's exchange, so if this is in the wrong place I apologize.

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VanVanVan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 756	Topic: Looking for Feedback-7 Albums Free Posted: November 28 2009 at 14:32
	Plasma Snake Barrel Roll i is an avant-garde/free instrumental project I started a while back and I am looking for some feedback on it. I am not a professional musician, and I do not inspire to be, so take it for what it is. All of the music is synthesized. I have produced 7 albums so far, all of which I am putting up for free download. Please let me know what you think! (I apologize for the slow downloads; I don't know a faster place to upload them) Album #1: The Strain of Thought The Strain of Thought is the first album I did, and I think that it is still one of the best. It is a pseudo-concept album about the difficulty of creative expression and communication. It begins a trilogy about the various aspects of life, this album representing the mental. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UD8IYYCL Album #2: Liquid Light Liquid Light presents a sort of out of order story, from the moment of creation until the final crystallization of the universe represented in a single life. It is by far the most philosophical of the albums, and it is the second part of the trilogy, representing the spiritual. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CYXODENE Album #3: La Trahison des Musique LTDM is named in homage to Magritte's La Trahison des Images, a picture of a pipe with the inscription "this is not a pipe," his point being that it was merely a picture of a pipe. All of the music on this album was improvised (with the exception of the final track, which is a mashup of music contained on the first three albums) and as such it represents a similar idea. The tracks are not music, then, by any traditional sense, they are merely images of music: notes and rhythms arranged willy nilly. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJYVGV6C Album #4: The Extraordinary Chaos of an Ordinary Day This album contains two epic length tracks, the theme of both being essentially explained by the title of the album and the songs' individual titles. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7QC9IS85 Album #5: Orbis Terrarum: Meus Sententia Procul Nox Noctis The title translates roughly from Latin as "The World: My Thoughts at Night." It is a single 55-minute drone/free track, and it represents the relative importance to me of my own thoughts. It is not really meant to be musical in any traditional sense, it is meant to be merely there. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AZMVMP2R Album #6: CANCER Cancer was written after my grandfather's death from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood. As such, it is not a happy album at all, emotionally ranging from anger to sorrow. It is, like Liquid Light, an out of order musical narrative representing the moment of diagnosis until death. It completes the trilogy started by the first two albums, representing the physical. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CKUJHSX Album #7: Absurdity Absurdity is everything that the title implies. Containing two average length tracks and two epic length tracks, I feel that it really defies easy description. The second track, "Pleasuredome," is a sort of free tone-poem, and I personally feel that the last track, "Tetanus and Ladybugs," is the best I have ever created. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5O4T2SX5 I apologize for my pretentiousness, but hey, we're all prog fans here, right? If you have the patience to go through and listen to them all, I thank you, but if not I completely understand. If you listen to any of it Please Please Please tell me what you think, good or bad. I thank you for your time and hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed creating it! If you like what you hear you can find us on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Plasma-Snake-Barrel-Roll/169674220347?ref=ts P.S. I wasn't sure if this should go here or in the musician's exchange, so if this is in the wrong place I apologize.

Hox Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 18 2008 Location: Venezia (Italy) Status: Offline Points: 60	Posted: December 01 2009 at 05:11
	I was impressed by God, it's one step further Cage's 4:33, and not a simple copycat act. 4:33 is self-accomplishing, no meanings except the radicalization of pause concept, or the existence of music in silence. In God silence is pure humour. Everybody can assemble a bunch of sounds, more or less enjoyable; but decide to act atheist simply avoiding to touch your instrument is something dealing with a very deep sarcasm. I listened to The Strain of Thought, as I was attracted by title. Very rare need, in these years. I'ts oblique music, dealing with Fripp drones or suddenly falling as in Joy theme to spastic contemporary (I myself as musician I'm particularly interested in this kind of work), but also an incredible Tony Banks meets Philip Glass minimalism passage. I found it more contemporary than rock, it came in my mind mental processes like the ones by Glenn Branca, so a rock language, and fundation, to achieve an avantgarde sound. So it's an interesting minimalist art rock output.

Hox Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 18 2008 Location: Venezia (Italy) Status: Offline Points: 60	Posted: December 01 2009 at 05:12
	Ah, of course God can be also the impossible dialog between him and a believer.

VanVanVan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 756	Posted: December 01 2009 at 22:43
	Compared to Robert Fripp and Tony Banks, haha that's high praise! Thank you! I'm very glad you enjoyed it.