first liner note release for inri021

the second record was always a...second record. see, the phenomenon of the underperforming second record is actually well-established. i just think it's worth thinking about what a second record actually is, in order to understand this.

a second record is necessarily the tracks that did not make it on to the first record.

i actually tried to resist this, but i was swayed by the argument (with myself) that the tracks would otherwise be lost because i was shifting in a direction away from the electro-grunge sound, and i would eventually go back and compile them anyways. i had enough raw sound for a full record, so i released a full record.

something that is common of second records is that they are uneven because the tracks are recorded at differing levels of attention. demos that were forgotten tend to get promoted without cause, while the tracks that show evidence of attention tend to seem overproduced, in comparison. in recompleting this record, i've paid attention to the uneven nature that the tracks initially existed in and taken an effort to close the gap where it was needed.

i've also removed two tracks from the initial recording due to a combination of technical and artistic incompatibilities.

while most of these songs have defined concepts underlying them, i have ejected these concepts from the final recording and left them in a series of singles, or behind altogether. i would prefer that this album be understood solely as the instrumental recording of electronic music that i am presenting it as.

written and demoed in multiple stages from 1993-1999. initially constructed in this form in feb, 1999. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reconstructed and resequenced over november and december, 2016 from parts that were rebuilt over 2013-2016. re-released & finalized on dec 15, 2016. first liner note release added on feb 9, 2020 to also include the deleted masters from 1999 and 2013 in 192 kbps mp3 only. this is my second official record; as always, please use headphones.

this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (1996-1999, 2013-2020). as of feb 9, 2020, the release includes a 126 page booklet in doc, pdf & html, with an html5 audio frontend, that includes journal entries from the remastering process over sept-dec, 2013, as well as the deleted masters from 1999 and 2013 in 192 kbps mp3 only.

credits

released January 25, 1999

j - guitar, effects, bass, bass synth, synthesizers, piano, octavers, drum programming, sequencing, found sound (paper crumpling), noise generators, sound design, cool edit synthesis, light-wave synthesis, windows 95 sound recorder, sampling, mic noises, digital wave editing, loops, a broken tape deck, chance, production.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inriched

so, it only ended up 126 pages because i removed a couple of images to be consistent with inri015.

and, it will be posted shortly.

so, the doc file for inri021 is done. it's 128 pages, and 90 of them are overlap with inri015, so the html frontend for this should be much quicker.

i just need to do a quality control check, and then the first liner note release of my second record will be up within an hour or two.

yeah, i just reminded myself why i've never been much of a fan of eric johnson.

there's absolutely no tension in his playing. at all.

this is an odd thing to attach to the sixth, but it might salvage it, too. it's somewhat of an awkward piece, but i kind of like the juxtaposition. i dunno. i'm going to want to fill the night out, somehow, but, if i go, this will be my main event.

i know that the sixth has a very dedicated following, and that this is considered by a good many people to be the high point of western classical music, but i've always found it to be a little bit pointless, anti-climactic and even, to an extent, inherently unbeethovenian. where's the drop, ludwig?

this is of course a major work, and it will bring out the bourgeoisie in force. but, i may actually be leaning more towards the eric johnson concert that night......

it's more about personal taste than anything else; i like beethoven when he's a barnstorming revolutionary, but less so when he's writing church music.

this is a classic piece, in the upper echelons in terms of importance in the western music tradition, perhaps one of the ten most important pieces of music in the history of western civilization, and i'm not sure i can add much of a worthwhile analysis to the history texts. i have not seen it live and am looking forward to it.

if you have never heard this, you should hear it.

just a few brief updates on some things i've been listening to...

i've listened to this at least 20 times, now, and it hasn't really generated a reaction in me at all, which is very bad. it's just hitting me as a sort of second-rate debussy piece - not bad enough to react negatively to, but not exciting enough to get excited about, either. i don't actually really have much else to say about it.

it's the fourth piece in the stravinsky/ravel/poulenc/debussy program that i will very likely attend next weekend.