Dark Muse - Discography

~Dark Muse~

The Wake of Death

1. Cold Cold - 15:09

2. Tourniquet - 23:55

3. Breath Under Glass - 19:24

4. The Seeker - 19:46

Recorded between 2007-2008

THE WAKE OF DEATH ~ Track Commentary ~

2008 & the last months of 2007, have been a hard time for me physically

& mentally. During November, in what would have been a Very busy

season for me, I caught my first & only case of Adult Chicken pox. Which

had me kept up & kept in. It was one of the Most painful things Physically

I've ever endured. Causing massive scarring all over my body, that has

gotten me low as I had always felt my skin was one of my best physical

assests. Which goes to show, sometimes things are out of your control.

You must deal with the cards you are dealt.

The months that followed were somewhat depressing & heavy, yet busy.

At the forefront, was the forced reworking & rebuilding of the new website,

all while trying to catch up with previous business that was neglected

during the holidays... Also at the Foremost forefront, was my

grandmothers health, which was further & further slipping away. Stroke

after Stroke, then fittings for a pacemaker too late... April came & news of

my Grandmothers passing hit me hard.

I dropped everything to fly home for a blurry & surreal family gathering,

over one of the last pivotal characters in my family's life. I don't think I've

ever truly cried as much and as long in my whole life. Even when my

Grandfather passed in '89 (my main music & sound guru & inspiration for

my art & music) I had kept everything inside, it was all like a dream.

My grandmother, along with others, helped to raise me & was also like a

mother figure to me. She was the reason I got into Jewelry & crafts & art

in general. The last coupla months has been a grieving time. Though I still

have days of deep dank darkness.

Sounds have alluded me all during these last 9 months. The 2 times I was

able to sit down or even feel like attempting anything... it turned into a

reflection of thoughts & feelings over the loss.

My voice had suffered a coupla years back when I was very ill & couldn't

stop hacking & wheezing (a direct development after moving beneath a

freeway that would be under construction for 10 years). And yes, now I

must use an inhaler for my wheezing, just don't make me laugh or I'll lose

it.

I started to lose my voice. For 3-4 months I was so ill, that I could barely

whisper... & the thought of losing my voice full time, was a reality. I

couldn't hold a note anymore, couldn't even whisper sing. I had never Not

been able to hold a note, or find a note, but I was discovering that my

voice was tweeked & sometimes fell flat.

Although I haven't completely lost my voice... I still find it hard to sing

sometimes... & what used to feel effortless, now takes more practice to

find my vocal notes. When I first sat down to create sounds this year &

most recently the track Cold Cold, recorded in June 2008. As I opened my

mouth, I half expected moths to fly out. I dove deep down... & let unearth

my distant fathoms of space & time.

The Wake of Death was the result of my feelings. Not all my feelings, but

a brief moment in time... slightly confusing sorrow. Churning agitation at

myself & frustration over the lack of knob turning over the year.

Cold Cold ~ Lyrically cold as the dirt covered ground

Tourniquet ~ Broken, mistep

'Breath under Glass' ~

With Knife cuts under shards of broken glass... & whispering wails faintly

traced into screams of breath cutting beneath. A definate piece equated to

my feelings of overpowering loss that drowns you by it's mere depressing

theme.

To balance the heavy aspect... the crazy woodland nymphs on crack...

come in to sprite about... only to get knocked over... by the lovely ghostly

flow of sounds that come after.

(recorded Mid '08)

The Seeker ~ the finder, the looker you seek

The Artwork for this mix is a collage I created with images taken the day I

buried my heart.

This album is dedicated to my Grammy Gert or as some lovingly referred

to her as 'Flirty Gerty'. She will deeply be missed & will be a constant

inspiration then, now & always.

My heart is your heart.

~X~

~Dark Muse~

Conjuring Blood Lust

~ CONJURING BLOOD LUST ~

This is one of my new favorite mixes. This album, along with 'Thorn', have

a certain ethereal ambient flow which I have been known for. Lots of

chanting & fluid vocal flows...

Conjuring Blood Lust

1. LUST - 6:27

2. BLOOD - 6:30

3. Saturation - 15:55

4. WASTED - 6:18

5. Sinter - 23:18

6. Reflection - 6:09

7. Conjuring - 6:24

8. Breath - 2:34

Most all recorded in 2006

Conjuring Blood Lust ~ Track Commentary ~

'Lust' ~

a darker wave ethereal vocal & deep guitar tones. Completely nostalgic

loveliness. There is a track by the Band 'Trance to the Sun' called 'Swing

Lower' that always put me in that familiar space. This track does the same

for me. Though both are completely different.

I tend to think that most tracks where I utelize an ebow... always have that

overly familiar trait. Wailing & caterwaul.

Unfortunately, this piece has a few pops in the recording. Hopefully you

can look past these small flaws. There may be a full length extended

version of this piece floating around somewhere (can't recall at current).

This was the edited down for web version.

Recorded one year on my birthday.

'Blood' ~

This track was also recorded the same birthday night as Lust. Though this

was the first piece of the evening. I had a few friends over to celebrate my

night. I was to give a little performance for all in attendance, in turn, I

handed out a live mic for anyone to grab and add to the piece. My fellow

musician & friend Pasha took the mic... though I am sure a bit nervous...

she finally opened up & began very low bass tones into the mic. I followed

suit shortly after to match her bass & play around the tones. It was a very

special evening & recording.

'Saturation' ~

Though not recorded on the Birthday night... was recorded around the

same time period in 2006. The flow is mellow & soft with faint traces of

beats lightly cascading into small envelopes of space. soft voices slowly

join in. The tones are slightly muffled with some sort of lo-pass or bassy

reverberation. The best track for sleepy time wisdom.

'Wasted' ~

Yes, it does imply some bit of drinks pre-recording. After a night of

blissfully dancing & drinks & a wind down while the rest of the hus &

roomy were sleeping. I found my chair & mics & started a buzzed

humming of sorts. It's funny how reality can paint a different picture than

the one that a stranger's mind paints over the same sounds & landscapes.

But this is reality. I do adore my ramblings on this night.

'Sinter' ~

When the candle burns out, and what is left is a cognative reflex of voice

& time melding into a brief balance of vocal & physical banter. Echos of

voices & humming like hiccups on efx. The voices then turn to ethereal

chanting flows of soft silky carresses. Ending in a Sensual intoxicating

vocal reflection. XXX

'Reflection' ~

A love affair with the angels. Contemplative, rippling water lapping in &

out. Voices angelic & ethereal chanting.

'Conjuring' ~

Conjuring voices & frequencies outside of our understanding... & yes, they

do answer back. Chant chant chant...

'Breath' ~

Breathing slow... soft inflections.

~Dark Muse~

Thorn

~ Thorn ~

Was recorded around the same time as the Conjuring album. Both albums

have aspects of Dark Ethereal flow & Ambience....

THORN ~

1. Thorn - 12:58

2. Dagoba - 7:41

3. Nile - 17:15

4. Change (X) - 15:53

5. Chills me to the Bone - 6:27

6. Thistle - 6:28

7. Breadcrumbs - 6:28

Recorded 2006

THORN ~ Track Commentary ~

'Thorn' ~

Deep Bass Tone rumblings joined with... some light vocal toppings &

oddities...

'Dagoba' ~

Tapping of sound pitches of voices... slight ancient ethereal tribal chant

meets new mellow beats. With high pitched ringing spinning about like

tiny metal knives in your ears. A bit of bass Tonal quality akin to Thorn.

There is something about this album that reminds me of ancient egypt

with a new spin.

'Nile' ~

Another fave on the mix. There is a shorter version of this somewhere.

This is the full long extended original piece....

breath escapes questions of shadowy dusty figures... the wind sweeps

the sands over dunes & rolling down bright burning sun traces...

Pieces of found mementos are struck in accordance to the low deafening

hum of existence in the desert. Mother listens to whispers from child... &

answers back in a tongue familiar to her flesh & blood. As it dires on the

desrt floor & is swept away by traces of ancient lore. All of the voices of

ancestry & forgotten lips, join in chant for those who have come before &

those who will die long after.

'Change' ~

Echo traces of darkwave dispondent fantasies. All voices & a note of

decayed bass cymbal. There once was a shorter 6 min version of this, but

it had too many cracks & pops for even me to deal with. So I went back to

the longer version of this piece. This album has longer bass lines &

repetitive ethereal chant voices. For those long flows in & out of the night.

'Chills me to the Bone' ~

"Something in the air here... killing me to the bone, chills me to the bone...

chilling to the bone...

carries me away.... so long... There's something here... haven't felt this

way in so long... something here... killing me to the bone... chills me to the

bone... chilling me to the bone... carry me away... after so long... so

long..."

There was something about a 'My Bloody Valentine' song called 'Sue is

Fine'... I've always loved lines that sound like other things when sang or

spoken... In the MBV song... Sue is Fine turns into Suicide & vice versa...

I prefer versatility in my words... though they are sometimes improvised...

some words sound like other words... creation a multi faceted meaning

song or poem. To whomever reads into a piece... they pick & choose what

it is they connect to. This is purely a lyrical piece. For whatever lyrical is...

'Thistle' ~

A brief track of beats layered essence of effects & pulses of a heartbeat of

ambience... voice is light & hops in & out of time...

'Breadcrumbs' ~

Was a brief collaboration with a friend Patricia. It was a mellow night of

cheese, fruit & wine... & dark sounds & talks of art & past. We entered the

somber antenna studio and sat down to muffle out the sound of cars &

club goers outside, while inside creations of found objects went looping

into the night air.

It is funny how some people think they could never collaborate on the spot

with me (especially those that don't necessarily create music). I always

say... it's easy. You just pick up anything you choose, I'll mic your outcome

& affect/effect/infect what you do into my rythm of loopiness. I guess I feel

I can create just about anything into sound art. I don't really care what it

is. I feel I can almost always create a lovely little ethereal trace within it.

I think Patricia had fun with my little bits of metal, while I toiled over my

plastic, boxes & voice patterns, looping & efx.

Somewhere may be a full version of this... just can't recall which mix at

this time where it may reside.... Wait, Ahh yes, I think it is on the 'Collabs'

Mix which may be unavailable except for possible give aways.

~Dark Muse~

NetherWorld X

~ NetherWorld X ~

Has played out like a dream for me. A blend of Angelic & ethereal Voices

in ambience. A subtle trip into the ether... will you follow....

NetherWorld X ~

Absolute - 6:20

The Day After - 19:44

Dissonance - 3:46

Violet - 6:30

Flight ~ in Repose - 22:52

Reposite - 1:05

Flight to the Underworld - 1:17

Fragile - 14:09

Recorded mostly in early 2007

~NetherWorld X ~ Track Commentary:

'Absolute' ~

A pure vocal play which seems to be asking a question. Angelic in nature.

The vocal twins intersperse answers to one another... until another &

another join in. Lovely... (a fave)

'The Day After' ~

Lots of voices in my head... as the background drives into silence & the

abyss. A repetitive vocal melange of ambience... background... long...

meditative...

'Dissonance' ~

A brief down beat drum interlude.

'Violet' ~

There once was a weekend fling of performances celebrating the release

of the all Women take back the Noise 3 disc compilation. With the

weekend of performances... I did this little number... & decided it belonged

amidst these other lovely ethereal gems. Probably one of my true faves in

this style. I heart tones in voice that go deep as well as high. I like the

interplay that can occur with looping my voices to play together for a span

of time. There truly is no need for actual instruments when you voice is

the instrument & heartbeat of the piece. That is whay I've always loved

about voice & a mic & a few looping pedals... you can create worlds of

instruments with just a few vocal phrases.

'Flight - In Repose' ~

Another long trek... Voice guides you along on a breath.

Sorry about the little cracks that occur at the beginning of breath. I was

doing a no no with my efx unit by switching the settings & trying to find

something I liked while I was playing. It is a hazardous thing to do while

playing. Especially play Improvised works that can never be exactly

repeated. Then to add in that as I am typing this, I am listening to said

work... & extra pops occur which may not actually be in the recording,

which occur as a result of the computer trying to play catch up with

different programs functioning different things at the same time. Which

create cracks in the play back... I just never know what is my fault in

recording & doing versus playback with my touchy touchy computer

system.

either way... this is a long mellow focus on breath & whispering breathing

& vocals sighs of spacial tones. No instruments other than voice.

When this piece really kicks in midway... the vocals are some of my fave

best & lovely. (again, my apologies for the little pops in the tracks

memory). It is either you deal with my little pops or cracks or glitches or

bad edits in my recordings... or you don't get into most of my work. It

unfortunately is a take it or leave it type of recording & editing situation.

Sorry, I am not perfect, and do not wish to pay someone else to make me

perfect. And if it weren't for the fact that I record everything (even if not the

best recordings) then I wouldn't have most of the flows on record. phew...

that was a long ramble...

'Reposite' ~

is a small & brief nightly deposit of affected voice Left over from the night

before...

'Flight to the Underworld' ~

Is another small repeat of the left over (fave voices) of the night before in

Repose to be revisited again...

'Fragile' ~

This is an odd vocal track, that was going to go on a lost & forgotten mix...

until I pulled it up & out it came. A very odd little find (almost forgot about

it) as it was one of the last pieces I recorded at the end of 2007... after my

pox stint. Varying voices lull you through the broken fragile fragments of

your mind. Watch where you step into vocal land mines of ethereal

bounties... try to escape the latitudes & longitudes of vocational elves set

in your path.... "they're coming to take you away Bahhrbara..."

~Dark Muse~

Darkly Macabre’

~ Darkly Macabre ~

I wanted a space I could crawl into... when my darkest moments are

beginning to surface & the light burns, and nothing seems to please me

but the sounds of a dank tomb. Those sparse moments at night, when the

world seems to melt away, & everyone else seems to be slumbering in

their nightmares. Yet, I remain... awake... alive... barely slumbering. I turn

to my easel & start to paint the motion of a flickering candle that shadows

the canvas in a sparse array of greys. Hints of burnt umber, paynes gray

& mars black are but brief brushstrokes into my psyche.

Darkly Macabre

1. Orpheus - 26:32

2. Train - 16:48

3. Invasion - 10:49

4. Dark Waters - 20:28

Darkly Macabre ~ Track Commentary:

'Orpheus' ~

Begins dank enough... The lines above were written while the beginning

of this track hit my speakers. Now, as I write this... other interesting

elements of noise constructs, hint away at their own existence. Like a

rusty pipe in an old house that creates odd noises in the plumbing. The

wrench will not fix it.... though one quick turn, it flakes away into a

vacuous arena... It battles itself for correction... but no matter how many

tongues it speaks, it cannot find the off switch. Small Creatures are now

finding the open spaces against the cold wet slabs of the tombs wall.

They creep along looking for scraps & tears in the fabric of my mind.

There is no other opening...

It is still cold & vacant.

'Train' ~

What now seems like aeons ago... This lengthy gem... recorded in the old

Somber Antenna Studio in the east Bay. When sounds were fresh to me...

& every element & tool... was an exciting new dance partner. I had a

coupla new toys.... which to this day, When I've played out this track or

others have had a listen... some have thought this was a true field

recording while riding a train... especially when it gets going.... They is still

one of my favorite tracks.

Shhhh.... I'll give you a hint.... a large Aluminum Oven sheet befriended

me that night.... there were other elements... but it created the most fun

for me & my instrument mic.

There is another alternate version of this track on the new Vialx Mix called

Train of Ghost Cars ... though it is entirely altered for a new fresh &

shorter flow.

'Invasion' ~

Back in 2005 (I think)... there was a small one off, Dark Ambient festival

my hus had put together called the Disquiet Festival. Around that time, we

were performing on air for promotion & had put together a cd promo pack

of all the artists on the bill. The track I chose to represent my effort into a

female aspect of Dark Ambience... was a shorter version of this track...

which still to this day, has to be one of my favorite pieces. I listened to this

track for about a year every night to fall asleep to. It has those great lulling

qualities I enjoy. It is rare I can pull off pieces where I don't want to add a

voice to the equation... this is one of those times.

'Dark Waters' ~

Ok, Speaking of a track I listened to forever to fall asleep to... This track

(my ULTIMATE ABSOLUTE favorite dark ambient instrumental track I

have ever done) is one that I still listen to this day. Meaning... I played this

particular track EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for over 3 years to fall asleep to.

Without fail, I could not listen to any other track to sleep or relax to.

Anything I had in my brain... any jingle, unwitty comment or conversation

or thought from the day... slips away when I would play this piece to

unwind to. I could not believe I could listen to the same song everyday (or

night) of my life... even my hus thinks that I am odd that I can listen to my

work everyday as it is. Well, I guess I am odd by listening to my own work

everysingle day (or night)... Is my ego that big? Or is it just the fact that I

feel I create music that I purely enjoy & that puts me in a certain mood.

Familiar (uh yes of course) ... nostolgic... (uhh yes, comes with the

territory).... but if I don't like my own music enough to even think of

listening to it... daily or not... then why am I creating it? The last 5 minutes

of this track start to become a little unsettling... traces of voice & bright

tones... ahh well... such is the night. All I can say is Autoharp take me

away...

Although... I could understand not being able to watch yourself act in a

movie or something everyday... to where you would have to tear apart

your acting, your look, your wardrobe or bad hair day... etc etc. But... with

music... even your own... you can place yourself outside of your work. It is

given to the world as well as to yourself. You can connect with it on so

many other deeper levels.... & other than basic recording problems or

qualities... you can dive in & reside elsewhere if you like. I HEART THIS

TRACK THAT MUCH. It is my soul.... it is my dreams & nightmares... I

may have even dreamt of these tones... which is why I find it easy to lure

myself to sleep by it.

It could also enhance other areas... like nighttime forays into haunted

locations.... Another shorter version of this resides on 'VialX' for a brief

reference & flow that matched the others on that album mix.

~XOX~

This special mix... recorded between 2002-2006

~Dark Muse~

Siren

~ Siren ~

Most of this album mix, was recorded during some early live performances.

It is Ethereal ambience... It holds some lovely Tracks.

SIREN

1. Nadia - 6:14

2. Rapture Live - 9:48

3. Calling Forth Live - 10:21

4. Beauty in Forever (xsmooth) - 12:54

5. Ethereal Alchemy - 15:36

6. Somewhere (Live) - 20:14

Recorded between 2001-2002

Siren ~ Track Commentary:

'Nadia' ~

This was one of those special pieces that when created live... just fills my

haunting flow. There are 2 or 3 versions of this, & each one has only been

performed in live show situations. This is the very first recording/performance of

this melody. Back in the day when I was a teen, living in a small town, I went to a

little show in our park. There were some live musical acts, that at the time may

have been considered 'Alternative' before the term 'Alternative' was used. This

'Alternative' band, was actually a lo-fi garage band of experimental musicians. I

remember one song stuck in my head, called Nadine... and one of the lines from

the song was something like "sadly walking, madly walking... sadly sadly

Nadine"... it was a slightly depressing song & I was quite amazed that there

were even bands in my town or area at that time in the mid 80's. My memory

starts to blur as there was another group that played (could have been the same

Nadine group) they were called DM51. An group playing odd music that I

enjoyed enough to want their tshirt, which had a 50's style housewife in an apron

holding up a dead mouse by the tail grinning. I later asked the group why they

chose the name DM51 & what did it mean... One of the guys said their dad had

a tool box in the garage that he would tally up how many dead mice he had

found. On the tool box was written DM 51 & DM stood for Dead Mice. I thought it

was an odd way to come up with a name. And the reason I am even bringing it

up, is that day in the park listening to freak musicians in my small hometown

singing depressingly original art, really stuck with me. Hence Nadia, my homage

to the calling of a haunted woman... and my project name Dark Muse is a subtle

homage to that first original band I had seen live (DM 51).

'Rapture' ~

It will take me a moment to remember where & when this piece happened... Ahh

yes, now I recall, it just took the first bass note to recall. I was doing a small

impromptu (is there any other kind for me) set at a friends home. Surrounded by

local Telegraph Artisans... who had no clue what to make of my sounds. Most

were a bunch of older old skool hippies from back in the day & I was possibly a

bit of a dark splinter in their side. I had employed one of the painters to lend me

their bass tones on mic. A digerdoo player who also accompanied me on 'The

Gates are Opening' track. Whom did not stay in contact with me, so hence I

have long since lost his name (hopefully it is somewhere on record in my

storage)... anyway, unfortunately, he did not like what I had done to his voice or

Digereedoo (spelling is alluding me right now) he wasn't used to any effects or

processing over the mic or the like. it was all foreign to him. He was happier just

playing in the moment live & no mic, then having someone else control & affect

his life & sounds. Well, I thought, that is just too bad, but if you play with me on

my tools, then you are at the whim of my fancy & frills. I am a control freak when

I play with others... especially under the Dark Muse guise. There was also a

young lady present named Ruby. Who was the daugter of my friend who had the

gathering at his home. I had asked her to sit in & sing some bass tones beneath

the waves of my own bass tones, as her father had said that she sang & wanted

to join in. I gave both her & the Other artist involved, a copy of the tracks after all

was said & done & never heard one peep out of either of them ever again. I

guess some people choose to close off from some aspects of technology. This

recording is a bit lo-fi. I still love it. As it is one of the only tracks I've ever done

with a male voice added. (I think this was recorded around 2002???)

'Calling Forth' ~

Another Live Flow... I can't quite recall where or when... I am thinking it was the

same performance night as 'Rapture' & 'The Gates are Opening' as it all has a

similar flow.Lovely, lightly tribal chanting overlay of voices & tones...

'Beauty in Forever' (Xsmooth)... meaning Extra Smooth Mix ~

Ever since I bought my ebow... I was in love... my guitar pluckerings never

sounded better (to me). The tones it produces send me over the moon of my

mind. My voice floats in and out of it magical vapours of tone. This piece is love

& I heart this piece for its ethereal nature... & slightly darker aspects. (Recorded

around 2002)

'Ethereal Alchemy' ~

This is the epitome of all of my dark wave ethereal alchemy sounds... this is the

track that coined my Ethereal Alchemy phrase upon which I describe my work. It

is everything I wish to be. Effected & bowed cymbal with lovely & dark ethereal

voices. My absolute favorite within my longer ethereal vocal bowed cymbal

tracks... the tones send me over the moon.

'Ethereal Alchemy' was never fully released on other mixes, as it was always

meant to be in my 2nd official Fossil Dungeon release that never happened.

then it was meant to go on the FD 2 disc Ghosts in the Ethereal Garden Mix,

which never happened. so I have been sitting on this piece forever. It may have

even been recorded around the 'Queen of the World of Spirits' time from the

First official DM album 'Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel' back in 2001. I

love love love love this track & hopefully you will too.

'Somewhere' ~

This long track questioning the possibility of Somewhere adrift the air....

Ethereal Vocals & Bowed Cymbal effected & looped. The night of this

performance was a bit awkward... it was an odd (yet interesting) loft space. The

night held my sounds, some performance of movement & Dre's odd overhead

projector orchestra of an indeterminate ensemble... It was dark in a strange

room with strange faces I don't recall I have seen since. I am not sure what they

made of my flow... I just dove in & found it hard to come up for air. I dealt with

feedback issues all night during the performance... & the quality of the recording

is so-so. As stated, this was an early recording... which probably including either

outdated equipment & or new equipment that I had yet to master. It is interesting

& lovely (to me) none the less. (recorded live & I am almost positive this was my

2nd DM performance ever in 2001)

~Dark Muse~

Red Night

~ RED NIGHT ~ Contemplative & Reflective.

This is one of those mixes, I have been unsure about, for one various

reason or another. It is a more lyrical mix... more down played & with

dark folk effected aspects. Though most words from the lyrics/poem or

patches of moments in time, may not be recognizable... & again, this

may be riddled with a few lo-fi recorded & or edited patches. again...

such is life. Sometimes artists begin to doubt the content of what it is

they produce. I love each track of ethereal dark folk lyrical of this mix.

RED NIGHT

1. Red Night - 6:12

2. Sea Song - 6:40

3. Freedom is - 5:01

4. Uncertainty Never Enough - 3:48

5. Be The One - 7:23

6. Enrapture - 4:50

7. Eyes So Romantic - 5:16

8. Flicker - 3:33

9. Magma & the Innocence - 5:13

10. Friday the 13th - 5:31

11. Succumb to Desire - 4:54

12. Sea Song (X1) - 9:47

13. Peephole (Night) - 8:11

Recorded between 2003 - 2006

Tracks 1 & 5 written in 1994

‘Red Night’ Track Commentary & Lyrics

~Dark Muse~

The Goddess Session

~ The Goddess Session ~

Ethereal Ambient Flow, then beat flow for the last 3 tracks...

This Mix was mostly recorded in one long night... With a coupla extra tracks thrown in

from the same weekend recorded time period & similar flow. The origins of the first

Official DM release 'Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel' had only a couple of aspects

from the Goddess Session night. Like the first track 'Queen of the World of Spirits' & the

Track 'Silver Wheel Flow', though they may still be offered on my home burned version

of 'Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel'. I also wanted to offer the tracks in the way

they were meant to be listened to. From the original long flow of the one night recording

session. The First 5 tracks were recording exactly in the order they appear. So there will

be heavy inherent identical qualities to each, as they flow into one another from start

untill the 6th track, Where I decided with the Hus on hand drum.. to rework Moon

Goddess into Moon Goddess Wildwood. The last 3 tracks were other Beat Flows from

the same time period.

The Goddess Session

1. Queen of the World of Spirits - 14:41

2. The Seduction - 14:31

3. Silver Wheel Flow - 5:24

4. Moon Goddess - 12:48

5. Embrace Soul - 7:26

6. Moon Goddess WildWood - 4:30

7. Fevered Memory - 4:38

8. Serpents Dance - 5:28

9. Fate Spinner - 6:56

Recorded 2001

The Goddess Session ~ Track Commentary:

'Queen of the World of Spirits' ~

This has got to be one of my all time favorite ethereal angelic vocal tracks I've done... &

still one of the first with my original equipment set up. When it was first released on the

'Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel' Album... the reviews were torn... either it was

loved... or some found it annoying... mostly for the fact that it seemed to go on forever &

ever... (again, my work is not mainstream... not entirely meant to be a "SONG" but more

a flow... or music... or feeling...) It is meant to caress... & float you to the outer reaches

of the ether. That is my hope anyway... to make you feel what I feel as I create it... at

peace... familiar... close... sensual... dark... driving... nostalgic... nether & otherworldly...

like peeking into a seance on the other side... a haunted location... a dank tomb...

startling or surpising... sleepy & dreamy... sometimes Chaotic & often ending in a

Cacaphony of noise or voices layered so thick you drown in tones....

Above all it is my soul for you to do or feel what you will. (2001)

'The Seduction' ~

Bore out of the traces of Queen of the World of Spirits... picking up the sensual bent of

where the Queen left off.... It is truly freeing... & set in a different time.... with faint wails

of ecstasy...

'Silver Wheel Flow'~

was a light tinkering balance between Seduction/Queen & Moon Goddess.... It lightly

traced the borders of this dimension & the next. At the time of the recording... I was

tinkering will kinds of tools to implement into my recordings....I had old pieces of metal

from out of an old computer... tapping it with a screwdriver... there was an oddly coiled

brass wire sculpture that my hus & I received as a wedding gift from our talented

experimental musician friend & sculptural instrument builder Tom Nunn... it was attached

to a small bulbular piece of driftwood.

I think back when I began... I didn't have the same set up... hadn't quite gotten my Line

6 looping pedals yet. So this recording was pre-live performing as well. As I recorded on

the computer with an early version of Cubebase... I remember... the only looping I had...

was multiple tape loop functions that only ran for a few seconds... so I pulled up a bunch

of versions of these for my looping & sampling of sounds in reel time.

'Moon Goddess' ~

I really enjoyed the sparseness of this track.... it was my first time with my program

equipment... that I attempted some reversal recording... Scissors & Chains played a

crutial part in the sounds for this piece... cutting away at the surroundings... creating a

warm yet icey flow for the Moon Goddess to reveal herself. I love the Moon... and even

though she can be calming to stare at & lovely on the eyes... & her hazy glow can be

soft to look at. If you really peer closely... & start to make out her craters & the face...

you begin to notice her edges & crispness. This is my early ode to her.

'Embrace Soul' ~

Was another extension of The Moon Goddess track. I allowed it to manifest on into a

more effected & decayed creation of time.

'Moon Goddess Wildwood' ~

A repeat with a hand drum by the hus ... with little tid bits of sounds & other twists &

voices added in for special flavor. I think I fiddled with this track a bit after the original

recording... as it seems to have other elements that lead me to believe I may have

added to my equipment by the time I got around to this muse. It is not a perfect track as

far as quality or edits... then again ... most of the early years were plagued with bad

equipment, bad technical experience... a lo-fi mentality... & nary a care for perfection.

'Fevered Memory'

Came around the time I was investigating the hus's drum machine concepts... as I didn't

have many tracks with drums... has an ambient feel... with loose ethereal whisperings...

'Serpents Dance' ~

Again, not one to have or utelize many drum or beats in my work... I would do more if

that were my fortay... rather than voice. But alas... too much to create... Serpents dance

came out of my desire to create something slightly dancy. I love tribal music & tribal

beats... this is not entirely tribal... just an odd mix between with voices.

'Fate Spinner' ~

Watch out... I don't know what happened in the recording of this track... somewhere

along the line, the sound quality was boosted & I never really fixed it after the fact, so

the actual recording is a Lot louder than all the rest of the tracks... and sort of startling if

you are wearing earphones. I do like it. Though it is Far different from anything I've done

before... Crazy beat pull... with ethereal vocals.

I do like it for what it is. Different.

~Dark Muse~

Ghosts in the Ethereal Garden

Ghosts in the Ethereal Garden ~

This Release, was originally supposed to be a 2 disc official (2nd) Fossil Dungeon Release.

Which I took forever with the mix. And it just didn't seem to get it's day. The first of the 2

discs... was the more Ethereal / Avant Garde mix... & the 2nd disc was to be the all dark

ambient instrumental disc. The Light to balance the Darkness was my thought. But after the

last 4-5 years of not releasing it... I decided to nix the original idea... And change it up &

split the idea back into 2 seperate flows. With the other (dark side) disc being 'VialX'.Ghosts

still has an Ethereal, slight Avant Garde experimental bent to it. With most of the original

tracks I had wanted for disc 1.

GHOSTS IN THE ETHEREAL GARDEN

1. Succubus Kiss - 3:29

2. Ghostmask (X) - 6:08

3. Remembering Ancestors - 3:23

4. Wave of Smoke (cut) - 3:00

5. Decadence - 4:05

6. Swan - 5:33

7. Night Sky - 4:59

8. Shadows in the Trees - 10:54

9. Scantilly Clad Memories - 6:37

10. Peephole X - 4:35

11. Multi Faceted, channeling - 6:08

12. Something to Color - 4:34

13. Current - 9:09

14. Shadows Leap - 3:08

This mix recorded between 2002-2006

Ghosts in the Ethereal Garden ~ Track Commentary:

'Succubus Kiss' ~ An opening to a live outdoor performance at the BVB in Long Beach Ca.

A brief wailing of the banshee & night Rider.

-'Ghostmask (X)' ~

This is a lovely & ghostly lyrical vocal track with pure voice no instruments. Just layers of

vocals with effects. The Lyrics are from a poem written by an Artist named Lauren Raine.

When I had come across her interesting site of poems & visuals of ritual like performances. I

was moved by her Ghostmask poem & wrote to ask if I could use it in a song. There were 3

recordings with the poem, this was my favorite version of the 3 & felt it fit into the ethereal

garden aspect.

-'Remembering Ancestors' ~

This is a shortened version of this track. A brief track in memory of those ancient ones that

have gone before us. It is good to recognize them from time to time.... as they need a voice

to speak through as well.

-Wave of Smoke' ~

This is a light trip into a memory I had of a hand that appeared beckoning out of a wave of

smoke above a friends alter. Ethereal Vocals chant & flow in & out of each other. Lovely... (a

longer version of this can be found on another mix, the extended version ends with more

cutting sounds... this shortened version was more of a focus on the voices.)

-Decadence' ~

Sort of has this epic feeling to me. Almost war like in its synth wailing. Voices wail first...

then the battle score of synth begins... & ends in a wall of voice to drown you.

-Swan' ~

Though completely riddled with some of my worst edits... this piece unfortunately was

recorded with a &(*@&#^%^&$ up tacky recorder. It was on it's last legs... but I couldn't say

no to it. I loved it when I created it. And of course could not ever recreate it. It has sketchy &

sparse beginnings which I like... then it blasts into a lovely vocal & guitar flow... I was

listening to a lot of Swans when I created this. (I think it was recorded around 2003)

-’Night Sky' ~

Sort of swoops in ... like a gentle wash of sound... that floods over you with vocal

angelickness. This is a wall of tone... sleepy time... & dreams of viewing the night sky

forever & ever...

-'Shadows in the Trees' ~

One heck of a creepy track... and Another all time favorite on my list of sounds.

There is a story attached to the listening of this track... other than my nightly sleepy time

ritual listen.One summer a few years back, I decided to work with a friend at an organic fruit

stand selling (my favorite) strawberries from a local farm. All day we roasted in the heat...

selling our lovely berries (& they were awesome tasty too). One night after a day of vending,

we drove back to the farm to drop off some inventory & switch out the work van for my

friends car. It was dusk & bits of the night were creeping in. My friend was inside dealing

with the owner, while I sat alone outside in the car listening to this newly recorded track

'Shadows in the Trees'. I sat half in & half out of the car with the door open & my leg

hanging out. I had a cd player with a small battery operated stereo speaker... the heat was

just barely cooling down from the day. Christopher (my friend) had left his headlights on for

a minute while he ran in. I sat there zoning out & appreciating the night sky with all the stars

visible in farm country. In front of me were tall brush & fields of berries as well as other

things growing. All of a sudden I hear some strange wail of an animal far far off in the

distance, as well as the brush Really far away seemed to shift abrubtly as if something were

passing through it... I had no idea what kind of animal it was... at it didn't sound like any kind

of farm animal I was familiar with... I was slightly startled & noticed Christopher walking

back to the car. As he climbs into the car & I am still sitting with the door open. I tell him of

the wail & the movement of brush far off in the distance. Just as I spill the last sentence, the

brush immediately in front of the car abruptly shifts hard... as if something wanted to burst

out at us. Now Christopher & I were both startled ... I quickly slip my leg into the car. He

yells close the door, let's get out of here... & That's what you get for playing your creepy ass

music out here for all the creatures to hear. As we sped out of the driveway... more wails of

animals were heard in the distance... the hair on the back of our arms stood straight up.

Completely CREEPY!!!! though I suppose you had to be there.

Later we discovered there was a zoo not too close by... which might explain the odd animal

wails in farmland... though doesn't explain why the brush moved so furiously & abrubtly &

how it jumped from many many yards away so quickly... like in a matter of seconds. This is a

completely nostalgic track for me... that totally reminds me of home & growning up in a small

town with nothing much to do... other than go driving at night, looking for trouble & haunted

places to creep into & to scare ourselves half to death. Which was a favorite pasttime. Darn

my creepy music!!!

-'Scantilly Clad Memories' ~

Cymbal, flits, synth whips, tonal washes.. vocal wails... flowing into a dream near you. Love

this piece too... & still more familiarity encases within.

-'Peephole X' ~

One of 3 versions of this track. This one is my fave for it's quirky sounds & beat. Guitar

oddities & lyrical voices. A definate dream memory.

-'Multi Faceted Channeling' ~

This is a lovely ethereal experimental vocal breath piece. Purely voices as instruments &

breath as the beat flow.

-'Something to color my World' ~

another quirky fave... listening to a lot of Jarboe & other quirky experimental artists.

This is what it is like to slip in & out of madness....

For years my Grandmother suffered from Dementia. I've known many back home & in the

midwest that has suffered & is still suffering from being Schizophrenic, spit personality or bi-

polar. When I think of what it would be like to slip into an unsettling mind illness... this track

came out of the mindless mire of subconscious oddity, carnivalesque conceptual sound

ideas. slipping further & further into my other selves....

-'Current' ~

Brings all of the madness of the last coupla flows down to a casual memory, fleeting glimpse

of sorrow with a tinge of melancholy & ethereal ambience. Guitar by the hus. It was one of

the first times I ever felt comfortable singing in front of him, with very little going on in the

track. I felt completely vulnerable. And when you perform improvised & words in the

moment, you begin to sometimes dissect the situation or flow a little too much. It is hard to

take a step back out of your life together & just allow the whim & flow to actually take you

over & place you outside of yourself. This song did that for me, finally after so long.

The lyrics... contemplative... & lost memory or death & a lost love. Long ago, I had a friend

who's girlfriend met a sad demise as her car crashed on a sharp curve in the road & she

passed away.My thoughts were on the loss felt from that memory... & for many thoughts of

past regrets... (like not opening up artistically for so long)... or feeling stagnant in your

desires or art endeavors... blocks that stand in your way. Dre was listening to a lot of Lycia

during the time of this recording... One of my favorite mellow collabs with the hus.

Current Lyrics:

On the side... On the side of the road... Hidden here... still here... by the side of the road...

On the side... hidden... by the side of the road... hidden from view...

where I ... lost my love... where I ... lost my world... lost my world...

floating... on a Current... floating on... a current.Where... where....I'm floating... here.....

'Shadows Leap' ~ a small fragment of vocals looping into lovely melange ditty...

~Dark Muse~

VIAL

1. Reincarnation - 10:43

2. The Gathering - 4:15

3. Cog Manifestation - 5:20

4. Sometimes We Fall - 6:36

5. Silk Pieces - 3:01

6. Train of Ghost Cars - 6:51

7. Vial8 - 2:32

8. Old Quince Road - 2:43

9. In Repose - 3:39

10. Dark Waters (x) - 6:35

11. Responsible for well being (blackberry Traces) - 6:19

12. FridayThe13th Semi - 6:40

13. All Hallows - 8:42

Recorded between 2002-2007

Vial ~ Commentary:

Begins into the realm of my darkness. The original concept behind this

album mix was to be a part 2 disc of the Ghosts in the Ethereal Garden

Release that was to be put forth through the Fossil Dungeon. The concept

has long since past & the double disc release has been split into 2

seperate discs. Though most of the original thought behind this more Dark

Ambient flow disc... is still the same. I honed these tracks specifically for

this mix. And it remains one of my most beloved & well thought out flows. I

do not create many constant flows of mostly instrumental works. Which is

part of what makes this mix special. As well as the hording of these tracks

until they were ready to be released.

This in some way, was my attempt to approach the mostly male

dominated world of Dark Ambient experimental flows... to place a fresh

female aspect on the genre. Though I cannot speak for other artists in the

genre... I can only speak about my own feelings & thoughts behind my

own work & flow & mixes. This is just my own personal spin on it.

I normally would go through the track list... pointing out recording

concepts, ideas in life behind the making of blah & blah... what I was

thinking... little stories or poems... when this was that.

I will not do that to this album. It is far too special to dissect it for others. I

HEART this whole mix.

I will state that track #12 'Friday the 13th Semi' is a collaboration with my

hus of Nihil Communication. This is but one version of the Friday the 13th

Semi Track. There is another altered version on the new Dark Ambient cd

collaboration recently out of Germany. A link will be posted here at a later

date.

So either you like my Dark Ambient flows... enough to where I don't have

to explain it.. or you prefer the ethereal side. Either way... i still HEART

this album mix.

~X~

~Dark Muse~

BlackBerry Wine

Blackberry Wine ~

1. Blackberry (428-07) - 33:08

2. Shadow Speak - 29:24

Recorded in 2007

Blackberry Wine Sessions... originally of the Blackberry Mead Sessions...

~

Yes, I love Blackberry Mead honey wine... or most All Honey Wine/meads

for that matter... & had a coupla glasses to balance out one recording

session of the title track of the same name.

It is with great pleasure that I am FINALLY sending out with love, a lot of

my full length versions of Full one night recording sessions. Both of these

tracks & this full journey... Rock in my book.... so go on with your bad

self...

Blackberry 428 07 ~

(which is the date of the recording)... is a lovely enough piece... not for the

faint of heart.

It traverses into the darkest & dankest depths & scrapes off the bile that

resides there.

This is Quite a Noizy piece to start & delves into my Dark Ambient side...

so be aware... the ethereal flow (in a vocal ethereal way) has left the

building on this track. (love this piece).

'Shadow Speak' ~

the ethereal vocal washes return... to start... a return to Shadows in the

trees is slightly revisited with aspects of the Autoharp thrown in for good

measure... with a zap & zest of the outer reaches of noise in the under

folds ... waiting to be released until the end.

~Dark Muse~

Deep Sea Tomorrow

Deep Sea Tomorrow ~

If I had to catagorize this one... I might say... experimental noise with

traces of assault. This is another mix of long track flows... Tracks 1 & 3

were recorded in the same session. Contempt... happened sometime

before (doesn't it always).

Deep Sea Tomorrow

1. Deep Sea Tomorrow - 26:31

2. Contempt - 12:44

3. Flow Wave - 19:11

4. Prayer to our Ancestors (Xtended Version) - 15:07

Tracks 1-3 recorded 2007, Trk4 2005

'Deep Sea Tomorrow' ~

A long mellow ambience with faint noise traces... like a vacuous spacial

cavern of sea touching sky. (recorded '07)

'Contempt' ~

More spacial movement... with some light stifling in the flow...

experimental ambient or light dark ambient... if there is such a thing. with

some deep bass tones. (late o6 or early '07?)

'Flow Wave' ~

Brings it back around with beat beginnings... then ethereal vocal chant

wail assault. Which then flip back into beat assault... with a little more

Vocal wash under beat mire... then ending with faint questions of space,

time & world endings... (recorded '07)

Prayer to our Ancestors (Full Extended Version) ~

though this track was recorded last year... it was created while performing

a sacred & personal connection to my ancestors. primal ethereal to my

core while shaking the life stick.

~Dark Muse~

Extend my Darkness

Extend my Darkness ~

Is just that... Extended longer version of tracks that have shorter

counterparts on other mixes. Other than Dark Ambient flows... who truely

knows what 'It's' all about. Until we figure it out... I will Extend my

Darkness to you.

Extend my Darkness ~

1. The Haunting (extended) - 30:35

2. Thorn (extended) - 26:38

3. Vial (extended) - 15:47

Recorded between 2004-2007

~Dark Muse~

Underneath the Razorblade

'Underneath the Razor Blade' ~

This album will most likely get mixed reviews. Though I love the flow. It is

vocally lyrical... yet the aspects of the lyrics & flows are a bit darker ... &

walk the line of cutting, blood & dark rituals with oneself. There may be

pain... there may be loathing... there may be some bloodplay with words.

There are aspects of ethereal qualities too (how can I avoid it in most of

my work)... but for the most part, the nature of the lyrics are of a darker

bent. That does not necessarily mean that all the sounds are darker than

anything else I've ever done.

possible lyrics may be posted at a later date.

"The pen like a knife, it cuts through my flesh, as it bleeds onto the page."

Underneath the Razor Blade

1. Underneath - 7:28

2. Under ~ I want to take you - 8:19

3. Temptation (X) - 6:38

4. At Razors Edge - 12:41

5. By the Time U Read This - 6:09

6. Displaced in Air - 10:58

7. Vial - 6:34

8. The Pen like a Knife (x) - 4:07

9. Mysterious - 12:13

Recorded around 2003-2007

~Dark Muse~

FEAR

FEAR ~

1. Fear - 6:35

2. GhostMask - 9:30

3. From Pluto to the Moon - 5:36

4. Lost - 3:42

5. Fear (the deep 2.0) - 5:51

6. BLUR - 16:55

7. Something (B mix) - 4:24

8. Wasted (extended) - 24:46

Recorded between 2003 - 2006

FEAR ~

Has many quirky & lovely ethereal qualities... Both tracks of Fear on this

mix are just different versions recorded in the same session... I liked both

& couldn't decide which I prefered over the other. Track #2 Ghostmask (is

1 of 3 versions) of this track. The Lyrics to this poem were written by artist

Lauren Raine.

I really thought that with the quirky aspects of the Fear tracks... that wold

make this mix a bit odd... possible odd to digest... though those tracks are

different from my normal sounds... I do enjoy them... & balanced the odd

bits with the longer flows added here. Which have lovely elements of

interest.

I have been writing & listening to so many of these albums all night... I am

running out of things to say about them. I like this flow... I like all my

flows... each flow is different... though each flow is similar... this is a given

considering I am one artist & even if my work evolves... it also has

elements that remain the same... familiar, like an old friend... that is... if

you enjoy my work.

Geez... maybe I should just say... "I like Cake, Cake is good, I eat cake &

would if there were a piece in front of me now".

~Dark Muse~

Eternal

ETERNAL

1. Vulnerable - 5:17

2. Doubt - 6:25

3. Hesitation - 5:36

4. Suffer 1.0 - 5:28

5. Stranded With Ghosts - 6:24

6. Darkling - 4:00

7. Eternal - 10:22

8. Once amid a Dream (sleepy Remix)

9. Tighter to me - 4:08

10. Swimming in Electric Blue - 5:47

11. Doubt (Extended Version) - 11:53

Recorded between 2002-2005

ETERNAL ~

This Undoubtedly is one of those mixes that revolve around Lush guitar &

lush vocal flows... and some other odd little gems. Some of my fave tracks

of this familiar flow reside here... like Hesitation, Vulnerable, Suffer 1.0,

Once amid a Dream (sleepy Remix), & Tighter to me. Though each track

is something special... some may be a little lo-fi, as the tracks were

recorded years ago.

The 'Doubt' Track has a sort of pop indie shoegazer flow (whatever that

means in regards to my own work). And an extended original version of

'Doubt' is posted at the end of the disc.

This mix will grow on you if you enjoy mostly lush guitar & ethereal voices

to match (though again, this is not your standard 'Lush Guitarwork' this is

within the realm of reference to what I create & the flows I forge)...

Special Note, 'Swimming in Electric Blue' has some interesting little

glitches or oddness in the middle. This was a live recording session

(aren't they all) and the odd bits of pops or coupla noises, are just me

adjusting my chair & my every so 'Bright' instrument mic picked up

everything in the room :)

~Dark Muse~

Affliciton

Affliction ~

What is there to say... 3 long tracks that dive into different aspects of my

sound. Affliction... Construction... all revolve around the construction work

in my head everyday from living under a freeway that is under

construction for the last 6 & next 4 years. Both retain Noizy aspects... that

match my head after days of work with machinery.

REDHOUSE, the extended version of Dark Ambient traveling into the light

vocally odd tid bits. Nuff said.

Recorded between 2003-2005

Affliction ~

1. Affliction - 19:23

2. Construction of Mind - 33:05

3. REDHOUSE - 20:53

~Dark Muse~

Live at Orbis Nex

1. Live at Orbis Nex - 37:56

2. preliminary - 6:53

3. Safe for Now - 22:37

Recorded between 2006-2007

Live at Orbis Nex ~

A dark arts performance space in Oakland. I've performed there a few

times... and once most notably I opened for the experimental sound artist

zEV. Of my performances... the zEv night is here.... as well as another

performance night on the eve of Halloween. These long flows go into vast

experimental forays... especially the first that goes into many flows in one

& ends with intentional feedback tints. Preliminary is a lovely ethereal

ambient flow. Safe For now... balances the light & dark Ambient aspects of

performance. Again, the longer performances... go into many areas since

they are live... & when live... you want to touch on many concepts in one

sitting.

~Dark Muse~

Women Take back the Noise (LIVE)

Women Take Back the Noise LIVE

1. WTBTN Live - 45:47

2. WTBTN (pt2) - 6:25

3. WTBTN Violet (pt3) - 9:14

Recorded & performed 2006

Women take back the Noise ~

I was asked by my friend Ninah Pixie, to hand over a track for inclusion in

her special 3 disc compilation of all women noise artists from around the

world. That would be carefully packaged in a hand built noise flower

cookie that was a little circuit bent noise toy... of which I brought to play at

the 3 day festival event. Though the original track from the 3 disc comp is

not included here.. this is all of the Live recordings from my WTBTN

performance night.

Special Note... The First WTBTN LIVE 45:47 min track is the Actual Full

performance. Track #2 & #3 are just cut versions of the 1st track, as they

were seperated from the longer version to create their own flows... though

they still also reside within the Full length performance track #1.

~Dark Muse~

The Live Cafe

The Live Cafe ~

Another Live Album mix. Most of these live tracks were performed in &

out or around cafe's. Most of the flow here is a mixed bag of ethereal &

experimental noise aspects.

Recorded between 2002-2004 recording quality may suffer from the early

performance time period.

The Live Cafe ~

1. HUSH - 6:12

2. Swamp Siren (rvstd) - 3:36

3. Temptation Mechanism (Live @ BVB) - 9:00

4. Tumor (live) - 7:31

5. Temptation Mechanism - 8:15

6. Painful Disease - 6:08

7. Swamp Siren - 9:22

8. Seance - 14:45

9. Sweet - 12:31

~Dark Muse~

Altered 1 (live)

Both of these Altered Albums... are huge mixed bags of sounds... from the

classic ethereal quality to the classic experimental noise & dark ambient

aspects of my work. It is whatever it was when performed live. Live

Perfomance locations include: Multiple years in the Santa Cruz Loop

Festival (Y2k), Plugdose Headphone festival, Multiple on air radio

programs KPFA & KFJC

They span from around 2003-2006

Altered 1 mix ~

1. Jagged Release - 11:15

2. Y2K6 Loop Fest Live - 18:16

3. Y2K4 Resonant Church - 3:46

4. Y2K5 Umbra (Shutter)- 6:49

5. Plugdose (Live06) - 24:13

6. Portage Manor - 2:26

7. Furthermore - 3:19

8. GJS - 3:07

~Dark Muse~

Altered 2 (live)

Both of these Altered Albums... are huge mixed bags of sounds... from the

classic ethereal quality to the classic experimental noise & dark ambient

aspects of my work. It is whatever it was when performed live. Live

Perfomance locations include: Multiple years in the Santa Cruz Loop

Festival (Y2k), Plugdose Headphone festival, Multiple on air radio

programs KPFA & KFJC

They span from around 2003-2006

Altered 2 Mix ~

1. Archives (KFJCpt1) - 12:10

2. Third Rail with Lazers (LiveKFJC) - 14:43

3. Haunted Afternoon (LiveKFJC04) - 6:58

4. The Flutter Pixie (KFJCpt2) - 4:34

5. Elevator Twist - 6:28

6. Claustrophobic - 30:40

~Dark Muse & Nihil

Communication (live oddities)

A very odd mix of styles & sounds... mostly Dark Ambient & experimental

noise with touches of ambient. When collaborating with my Hus from Nihil

Communication. Talk about quirky late night sunday afternoons over the

years... geez babe, what do you want to to? I don't know... what do you

want to do...? um.. let's see... make weird noises with each other?

Thumper was performed live in a cafe in our old hood. And I must say the

full length flow of track one (the last piece we recorded together in the last

year) is a lovely bit of our Classic Dark Ambient stylings mixed together.

Dark Muse & Nihil Communication ~ Oddities ~

1. Friday 13th (pt1) - 38:03

2. Thumper - 11:19

3. Flow - 6:55

4. Empty - 4:23

5. Towers in Mist - 5:19

6. Lost Recordings (3) - 3:46

7. Open - 3:45

Recorded between 2002-2007

~Dark Muse~

Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel

Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel (unofficial release)

1. Queen Of The World Of Spirits - 10:10

2. Certain Angst - 8:07

3. Calm - 7:59

4. Luna Flow (The Deep) - 9:07

5. Once Amid A Dream - 7:02

6. Silver Wheel Flow - 5:22

7. Disorder - 11:30

8. Tidal Wave - 6:07 (extra Track)

Recorded between 2000-2001

Sounds from beyond the Silver Wheel ~ Unofficial Release:

lush ethereal vocal tracks with dark ambient experimental tones...

The Original Official Release is no longer in print & has been sold out for

years. What is being offered here is a home burned cdr of the original

tracks. Also, the original artwork & special cd trifold case is long gone as

well, having only been released with the original Fossil Dungeon print.

Added to the original mix is the 8th track 'Tidal Wave', which is an

extension track of the last song 'Disorder'. (Basically it starts where

disorder ends).

The Bad news is the 'Tidal Wave' track is actually an MP3. The original

Track (wav file or aif file) no longer exists for some reason. I've searched

everywhere for it... & the only version that was still around was the mp3

version. Hopefully it will still play for everone ok. But if not, that is why it is

also placed at the end of the disc. I don't really see it being a problem to

play the last track, unless maybe you have some extremely older system

that is touchy with new technology.

Official Debut CD