the invisible coat, by Steve Adams

the invisible coat

by Steve Adams

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1.	the volcano 04:28	info	buy track
2.	the invisible coat (for Dorothea Lange) 04:00	info	buy track
3.	bite marks 01:35		buy track
4.	the Internet, pt.1 - Mothra, can you hear me? 02:19	lyrics	buy track
Mothra, can you hear me?  Mothra, can you hear me? Shoobap shoobap diddly-bop wah!
5.	the Internet, pt. 2 - great, big, meh 02:53	lyrics	buy track
This synth is just for people who cannot be bothered to learn how to use what is already available to make that “dagadagaga win win wobwob doo doo dada nnnnnnn bom boom skreeeeeetch!” Shoobap shoobap diddly-bop wah! Where do crappy vocal samples fit into that? I don’t care if a midget farts into a tuba and it’s auto tuned to the nearest cent. This shit happens in art too. What is the human element there? A woman puking paint onto a canvas or a guy squirting mustard into his underpants? This is just a bunch of samples slammed together. Great, big, meh.
6.	the Internet, pt. 3 - eerily attracted 01:49	lyrics	buy track
I find the music a bit monotonous and annoying, but I’ve been thinking about it all day. I am eerily attracted to it. please give your gear to a kid, and stop encouraging the heat death of the universe.
7.	the Internet, pt. 4 - refreshed 03:11	lyrics	buy track
This piece is in my ipod touch and I listen to it every morning. It deletes not needed files in my brain. One bad thing is that it also deletes things I've learnt the day before and is refreshed. Results are brutal.
8.	uh uh uh 03:17		buy track
9.	translucent collage 05:30	info	buy track
10.	yah di keh ki kikeh 02:20	lyrics	buy track
yah di keh ki kikeh yah di keh ki kikeh yah di keh ki kikeh tikanau tikanau tikanau tikanau
11.	Alice's worm lab 04:13		buy track
12.	yang tries to fit in 02:28		buy track
13.	hypothetical duet 04:02	info	buy track
14.	walking to the beach 05:48		buy track

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“the invisible coat” is a group of pieces that were started as my contribution to songadayforamonth.com during July, 2017. That website is exactly what it sounds like, people attempting to post a song a day for a month and commenting on what others are doing. Due to the compressed time frame, the originals were more sketches than finished projects, and all the versions here have been expanded or otherwise improved.

The name “The Invisible Coat” comes from Dorothea Lange, found in a great exhibition of her work at the Oakland Museum that I saw during that month. The “lyrics” of “The Internet, pts. 1-4” come from comments on electronic music sites. The voice sample in “The Volcano” is an Icelandic woman explaining how to pronounce Eyjafjallajokull. The guitar sample in “The Internet, pt. 4 - refreshed” and “Hypothetical Duet” is by Henry Kaiser, and the bass flute in “Hypothetical Duet” and sopranino sax in “The Internet, pt. 3 - eerily attracted” were played by me and recorded by Bruce Kaphan as part of “A Few Eccentricities,” my project with Tim Perkis. Thanks to my wife Lauren for putting up with all this, Philip Perkins for his help with “Translucent Collage,” Myles Boisen for his mastering guidance, and Steve Blum and the other participants in songadayforamonth.

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released January 1, 2018

Steve Adams - electronics, sopranino sax, bass flute.

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Steve Adams Oakland, California

Steve Adams plays saxophones, flutes, electronics, and composes. He’s been in the Rova Saxophone Quartet since 1988 (“the new guy”) and has toured widely and recorded over 30 CDs with them. His duo with bassist Scott Walton has a CD "Cookies for Cyrano" on pfMENTUM. He received a California Arts Council Fellowship in 2000, and teaches at Mills College. ... more

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