The
Aviary is a collection of field recordings digitized and orchestrated.
Actual birdsongs control the melody, rhythm and dynamics while the sounds are
of conventional instruments (like scanning a photo and changing the
colors).
thrushNightingale.mp3
available at Amazon
"...a strangely cohesive outpouring of rapid-fire melodies,
timbral shifts and dreamy embellishments on a theme." - Keyboard Magazine
Western Swing in the style of Speedy West, Spade Cooley, Noel Boggs, Leon
McAuliffe & Bob Wills. Steve plays steel guitar, fiddle, guitar, bass,
ukelele, mandolin, banjo as well as singing. Styles range from Blues to
Swing to Hawaiin.
talahina.mp3
Happy Hour for a Pack of Screaming Monkeys is a tribute to Raymond
Scott, produced by David Bagsby. Scott wrote songs that have become part
of the collective unconscious via Looney Tunes, and now, Ren and Stimpy
cartoons, among others. Styles on the CD range from Western Swing to Speed
Metal.
powerhouse.mp3
"What can you say about a man who inspired cartoon melodies and Be bop,
invented Frank Zappa and electronic music, and still found time to work for
Motown?"
- Andy Partridge (of XTC)
with performances by:
Steve Bagsby (the Tractors/Texas Playboys) Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink/Watchtower) David Bagsby (Patrick Moraz/Crunchy Frog)
"...sure to be a dance hit soon in clubs where the patrons have
long
floppy ears and/or more than two feet."
- Keyboard
"wonderful, wacky"
- Outre
Acoustic guitar works recorded on tour in the U.K. Dec. 2002.
Hallucinographs
It began as a techno album but ended up mutating into something else; much
like a Moog album of yesteryear except that it is 98% improvisation. The
music is too brash to be Ambient/Trance but not groove oriented enough to be
Electronica. Think Jean-Michel Jarre meets Mike Oldfield at an outer space
industrial park. This cd is a good way to test out your stereo equipment;
particularly your sub-woofer. Euphoriants are recommended but not mandatory.
haluc.mp3
Xen is a musical duo consisting
of David Bagsby and Kurt Rongey.
Employs such mathematical schemata as the tone row, the Fibonacci sequence,
and stochastic theory to create new structures and ideas, yet the music
remains accessible to the intuition.
xen.mp3
"The outer fringe of progressive rock... Anything might happen at any
moment... If you chopped up some Zappa, some Stockhausen, and some ELP with a
lawn mower and spliced the tape segments together at random, it would fit
right in with XEN." - Keyboard Magazine
"...the ferocity of the playing and the forcefulness of the
drum tracks drives the music with a motor energy that only a handful of
classic prog bands ever achieved." - Titus Levi, Keyboard
Ephemeron is a collection of humanly impossible polyrhythmic
hierarchies. A minimum of 3 concurrent time signatures are occurring at any
given time. A bonus track, Hydrophony, employs the Aviary approach
applied to the sound of a creek. Available at Amazon
eph.mp3
A collection of mysterious soundscapes based on concepts by H.P.
Lovecraft.
eerieEstates.mp3
"Gothic symphonic terrorscapes from ghostly mansions, H.P. Lovecraft
and Vlad Dracula, leading the listener from Arkham to Innsmouth on the
cruelest of nights, and ultimately stranding us there to fend for
ourselves." -Rue Morgue
Spastic Ink: Ink Compatible
Ron Jarzombek's alternate project. Technical Metal with a sense of
humor.
If Stravinsky joined Dream Theater, you'd be gettting an idea of what
this is like.
David Bagsby plays a synthesizer solo and adds a voice.
Check out Ron's latest group,
Blotted Science!
You'll be glad you did. This guy is the real deal folks!
To Canterbury and Beyond: a tribute to the Canterbury branch of
progressive rock. Contains an arrangement by David Bagsby of the music
of Hatfield & the North, National Health & Bruford. This double
disc available at Mellow Records in Italy. Also includes a
track from the Underground
Railroad, Fort Worth's
sweaty
mega-proggers.
Kurt Rongey: with form it threatens silence solo project which includes a collaboration originally slated for Xen and now available here.
The
Aviary is a collection of field recordings digitized and orchestrated.
Actual birdsongs control the melody, rhythm and dynamics while the sounds are
of conventional instruments (like scanning a photo and changing the
colors).
Transphoria - Symphonic/Progressive Art Rock. Special guests
Jenny Labow and Candy Gaffen lend their respective vocal and pianistic
talents.
Western Swing in the style of Speedy West, Spade Cooley, Noel Boggs, Leon
McAuliffe & Bob Wills. Steve plays steel guitar, fiddle, guitar, bass,
ukelele, mandolin, banjo as well as singing. Styles range from Blues to
Swing to Hawaiin.
Happy Hour for a Pack of Screaming Monkeys is a tribute to Raymond
Scott, produced by David Bagsby. Scott wrote songs that have become part
of the collective unconscious via Looney Tunes, and now, Ren and Stimpy
cartoons, among others. Styles on the CD range from Western Swing to Speed
Metal.
Acoustic guitar works recorded on tour in the U.K. Dec. 2002.
Hallucinographs
Vlad 3: Eerie Estates
Snap On Voles
Lunaria:
Syllogisms: 
Spastic Ink: Ink Compatible
To Canterbury and Beyond: a tribute to the Canterbury branch of
progressive rock. Contains an arrangement by David Bagsby of the music
of Hatfield & the North, National Health & Bruford. This double
disc available at Mellow Records in Italy. Also includes a
track from the 
Kurt Rongey: with form it threatens silence
