dadala
RDunlap is the producer, arranger/mixer, musical director and editor of the virtual ensemble dadala
(and also contributes synthesizer recordings)
Current and recent contributors to the ensemble include:
Coming Soon:
spaghetti wall
2007 - candy fish barrel
2007 - sampler
2005 - summertime with Billy Shaw
The albums below are available for free download -
high quality 256kbps or better MP3s, packaged in zip files along with cover graphics and liner notes:
2008 - picnic - 7 tracks, 47:27
blending abstract electronics, acoustic and electric guitars, piano and a bit of jazz.
while not without the usual kaleidoscopic avant-garde edge, 'picnic' is more laid-back and ambient
than other dadala albums, suitable for a lazy sunday morning, an afternoon nap or a late night mindscape.
(at Clinical Archives)
2006 -
dreams - 12 tracks, 77:58
the dadala album with the most contributors: 17 different artists contributed material ranging from
traditional folk tunes to outre electronica to avant-rock to electro-acoustic abstract soundscapes to
Theremin overdose, Japanese field recordings and more
electronic, avant-garde, jazz improv, soundscape, noise, quasi-minimalist flavors
bookended by a pair of apocalyptic bluegrass drones (yes, real banjo)
Heavy on the cyber-rustic surruralism. also featuring an epic dark ambient piece
(at Clinical Archives)
.
early RD solo recordings and duets with Steven Peckman, Frank Dunlap and Dan Bartlett;
electro-acoustic improvisations and tape collage manipulated, combined and reconstructed
(at Clinical Archives)
some individual dadala tracks:
(2006) exclusive to this site: the second* dadala track to combine material from Vedette (from the tracks
'Pastel Painting' and 'Tape Track Lights') and the glad hand ('yes darling, but it is not art', 'oy robinson' and 'spektrikon')
*the first one 'tabula juice' is available on the dreams album and the sampler
(2006) remixed from MChocholak & RDunlap duet 3 and 2 recordings from jopy
brane forest – 5:52
(from the recycles album, 2004) - remixed from early recordings by RDunlap (‘Rain’ 1985
and tape collage of outtakes from RDunlap and Dan Bartlett 1986)
solo tracks 2006 – present
18 Apr 09 – 3:47
(2009) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD
Mirage – 3:48
(2007) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD
Child’s Play – 4:19
(2006) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD and vocal samples from rachMiel
new synth* recordings by RD and vocal samples from rachMiel
* Casio CZ-101 (1985 digital synthesizer)
Frank Dunlap: sax sample
Conjuring Aurora – 9:26
2006 remix of ‘Amateur Alchemy’, which was a 1996 combination of 2 different sessions
from 1986 and 1987 - Dan Bartlett: analog lead synth, electric piano, acoustic & electronic percussion /
RD: synth, Echoplex, sampler / with Steve Ferrell on bass
Passing Through – 11:17
Original improv session from 1987 - Dan Bartlett: synths (digital bass and
spacey analog) / RD: sampler, Echoplex / Steve Ferrell: guitar
- Mix and additional material (synth and digital sound modules) by RD 1995
The Dunlaps
Is it just around the corner? – 8:53
1987 – RD: synth, sampler, percussion / Frank Dunlap: sax, sampler, percussion
Time of Ending The – 11:14
1987 – RD: sampler, guitar, percussion / Frank Dunlap: sax, percussion
Moments had – 3:23
2005 – RD: sampler, synth, remix / Frank Dunlap: sax, guitar (treated in mix by RD)