DUSTER Transmission, Flux 1997

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Artist Biography by Heather Phares

San Jose, CA's Duster consists of multi-instrumentalists/vocalists Ewing Clay Parton and Canaan Dove Amber and occasional drummer Jason Albertini. Parton and Amber run the Low Earth Orbit recording studio when they're not creating droning, atmospheric songs like the ones found on their 1998 debut Stratosphere and 1999's 1975 mini-album. Contemporary Movement followed in mid-2000. 

 

Tracklist

A1	Orbitron	2:18
A2	Fuzz And Timbre	0:35
A3	My Friends Are Cosmonauts	1:43
B1	Closer To The Speed Of Sound	2:56
B2	Stars Will Fall	1:54

 

VALIUM AGGELEIN Hier Kommt Der Schwartze Mond 1998

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From Wondering Sound

 

In 1998, an LP by a band identified as Valium Aggelein appeared on a precious few record store shelves. It came in a yellow sleeve adorned with a couple of small pictures on the front: a drum kit, a reel-to-reel tape machine, a shot of dark clouds stretched behind power lines. The record's German title, Hier Kommt der Schwartze Mond, translates as Here Comes the Black Moon. The vinyl was white, only 500 copies were pressed, and Hier Kommt never came out on CD. Needless to say, few people ever heard it. Who was this band? One clue, in small print on the front, just under the title, gave it away: the names "J. Albertini / C. Amber / E. Parton" belonged to members of Duster, the trio, on Seattle's now sadly defunct Up Records, known for crawling, space-obsessed psychedelia. Valium Aggelein was a one-off project recorded during a fertile period for the band, when they had more ideas and songs than Up had interest or perhaps ability to issue. Read more at Wondering Sound.

Tracklist

A1	Hier Kommt Der Schwartze Mond
A2	Abheben In Stereo
A3	Feuerprobe / Feuertaufen
A4	Die Wolken Werden Stufenleitern Absinken
B1	Triumph Der Metall Menschen / Durchschauende Meere
B2	Frequenzumsetzer
B3	Geburt Zum Tod In Zeitlupe
B4	Traum Wissenschaftler