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Bobcat Flamethroat (1993)

by Arrington de Dionyso

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This merch item is a package of TWO different CDR releases that originally appeared as cassette releases in 1993 and 1994, "Bobcatflamethroat" and "Orga Ar".
    Both will be sent as burned CDRs wrapped in the original photocopied covers that were used for the cassette releases. Yeah, it would be cool if these were still available as cassettes too. I just don't have the right set up to make high quality cassette dubs right now.

    In each package I will include a surprise assortment of curiosities such as concert fliers and ephemeral artwork. If you decide to "pay more" than the asking price I will include extra stuff too. Free shipping in the USA.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bobcat Flamethroat (1993) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 25 

      $25 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    These are probably the only copies available in the US of the small edition released last November by Improved Sequence- LP editions of both Bobcat Flamethroat AND "Orga Ar"- originally released as a cassette only in 1993 and 1994 respectively, both represented a kind of blueprint or plan of action for what soon evolved into Old Time Relijun.

    Some of these come with Green vinyl, some with Black, I don't know which is which you'll just have to take your chances! Like rolling the dice...probably a 50% chance so much better than in most casinos.

    Price includes TWO LPs plus bonus poster art not shown here.

    If for some reason you only want to buy one of the two records, I guess just message me and we'll figure it out?
    arringtond@gmail.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bobcat Flamethroat (1993) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    edition of 300  6 remaining

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"Bobcatflamethroat" was originally released as "Pine Cone Alley Cassette #9" in August of 1993. The songs were recorded on a Tascam Porta-One 4 Track cassette studio inside a secret area in the basement of the College Activities Building at the Evergreen State College, known as "Happyland". This album has never before seen a digital release of any kind, however there is one song "Everything is Broken" which later became part of the original "canon" of Old Time Relijun after that band was formed in 1995. That song was re-recorded on the first Old Time Relijun album "Songbook Vol. I" released in 1997.

I still dig most of the tunes on this one- these were all written and recorded while preparing to welcome a new young life into the world (my daughter Lucinda, born August 22, 1993). So while not specifically "Children's Music" per se, the tunes are wild, hopeful, optimistic yawps of playful abandon for all ages. There are a number of "inside jokes" that only would have made sense to the very tight knit inner circle hat I considered my "core" group of friends at that point in my life. I also think there are more than a few "hits" on here. I was 18 years old!

Anyone who has followed the last thirty years of my musical career should find something of interest and delight on this album. For some reason I chose to record most of the guitar and bass parts "direct" without an amplifier- I'm not sure why I did that but it's a unique sound in retrospect. There's a decent dose of throatsinging and other odd vocal techniques, proving that I dove deep into this territory of vocal exploration at a very young age. Also plenty of mouth harps, flutes, kazoos, and clarinet, although this was just BEFORE I bought my first bass clarinet. The song "Kite Dragon Hypnosis" showcases the very first time I EVER recorded anything with a saxophone!

The lyrics are reflective of my interests in the theories of "Ethnopoetics" as put forth by Jerome Rothenberg in many of his books such as "Shaking the Pumpkin" and "Technicians of the Sacred", as pathways to understanding the universality of myth and shamanism as connective threads through human poetic expression. And yes, if you know something about the Evergreen State College, I did indeed receive 16 credits for working on this album.

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released July 3, 2020

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Arrington de Dionyso Olympia, Washington

Arrington de Dionyso conjures Utopic Spaces with multiphonic vocal work & minimalist instrumentation. It's shamanic seance meets rock and roll ecstasy; “TRANCE PUNK” combining traditional ritual trance, electrified experimental approaches, dancehall rhythms, gamelan scales and mystically inspired Indonesian incantations. Shocking and hallucinatory, MALAIKAT DAN SINGA always aims to channel Spirit. ... more

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