RDunlap has been exploring alternate routes to music outside the mainstream since 1985
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RDunlap - Idiosyncrasies: 1985-2007, dadala - candy fish barrel, dadala - summertime with Billy Shaw,
Files available below for free download directly from peripheralmusic.org/rdunlap are high quality 256kbps MP3s
(these are offered for personal, non-commercial use only, contact RDunlap about any other uses)
Selections from this page can also be streamed at lower bitrate from this playlist at last.fm
Many more tracks are also available at last.fm
Child’s Play – 4:19
(2006) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD and vocal samples from rachMiel
15 Jul 06 – 5:29
(2006) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD
(2006) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD and vocal samples from rachMiel
15 Jul 06 – 5:29
(2006) treatment and arrangement of new synth* recordings by RD
Do not adjust your set – 3:31
(2006) treatment and arrangement of Yamaha PortaSound keyboard auto-rhythms,
(2006) treatment and arrangement of Yamaha PortaSound keyboard auto-rhythms,
new synth* recordings by RD and vocal samples from rachMiel
more tracks available on the CD 'Idiosyncrasies: 1985-2007' : Sequenza mix, Amballad, Star Noir, Long Story Short
* Casio CZ-101 (1985 digital synthesizer)
dadala
RDunlap's project dadala combines and remixes existing recordings
RDunlap's project dadala combines and remixes existing recordings
from various unconventional artists and from his own archives.
Almost all of dadala's tracks can be streamed in full-length for free at last.fm.
dadala's 3rd and 6th albums, summertime with Billy Shaw (2005) and candy fish barrel (2007)
are available on CD and MP3 download from CD Baby, as well as iTunes and other digital download sites.
The dadala sampler (2007) is also available at CD Baby (CD only).
The first album recycles (2004) should be released on CD and downloads sometime in 2008
The albums below are available for free download -
high quality 256kbps MP3s, packaged in zip files along with cover graphics and liner notes:
2005 - continues - 10 tracks, 57:05
Heavy on the cyber-rustic surruralism. also featuring an epic dark ambient piece
2005 - current - 10 tracks, 63:35
electronic, avant-garde, jazz improv, soundscape, noise, quasi-minimalist flavors
bookended by a pair of apocalyptic bluegrass drones (yes, real banjo)
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
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some individual dadala tracks:
lavalamp elaboration - 12:33
(2008) remixed from Michael Chocholak's lavalamp series of recordings and piano solo and beats by Johann Meier (of jopy)
night of the squid - 5:41
(2008) remixed from 'not your squid' by the glad hand (guitar and other sounds) and synthesizer recording by RDunlap
oy tape - 5:35
(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
pattern shuffle - 6:47
(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
(from the recycles album, 2004) - remixed from early recordings by RDunlap (‘Rain’ 1985
and tape collage of outtakes from RDunlap and Dan Bartlett 1986)
the mullinax continuum 2 - 10:34
the mullinax continuum 3 - 11:05
(2007) remixed from various recordings by pilesar, including some from his album Function Creep
and some featuring sax played by his friend corpsefinger of Mosquito Death Squadron
collaborative project with Johann Meier (jopy) who provides most of the original recordings as raw material
selected, combined, arranged, mixed/remixed by RD, along with occasional contributions of his own (CZ-101 synth recordings)
all of PcOnTrApTiOn's tracks can be streamed full-length for free at last.fm
free download: zip file of four recent tracks in 256kbps mp3:
'Renunciation', 'Other Shoes', 'To the Sea' and 'Terms and Conditions'
MChocholak & RDunlap duet 2 – 4:21
(2005) improvisation with RD on synth* and Michael Chocholak on erhu
Simprovulation – 5:53
(2005) from synth* recordings by RD combined with pre-existing recordings by
(2005) improvisation with RD on synth* and Michael Chocholak on erhu
Simprovulation – 5:53
(2005) from synth* recordings by RD combined with pre-existing recordings by
Michael Chocholak (digital bass) and by Billy Shaw (sax and trumpet)
Apocalips – 4:17
(2005) Yamaha PortaSound keyboard auto-rhythms treated and arranged by RD to create the basic track
Apocalips – 4:17
(2005) Yamaha PortaSound keyboard auto-rhythms treated and arranged by RD to create the basic track
to which Billy Shaw recorded a sax solo (which was treated and re-arranged by RD in the finished mix)
Hear more collaborations from RDunlap & Friends at last.fm
* Casio CZ-101 (1985 digital synthesizer)
* Casio CZ-101 (1985 digital synthesizer)
2004/5 remixes of earlier RD recordings
Origami Memoirs – 6:42
(2004) derived from 1994 recording 'The Days Unfold (Like Origami)'
Asterisk – 3:37
(2005) derived from 1993 recording 'Asterisk in Parentheses'
Fibrillation Rag – 4:53
(2005) derived from 1995 recording of the same name, with percussion from 'Desert Rain' 1991
Statue of a Zephyr – 4:14
(2005) derived from 'Desert Rain' 1991
From the End – 5:21
(2005) derived from 'Meetings at the Market' 1991
(2005) derived from 'Meetings at the Market' 1991
more tracks available on the CD 'Idiosyncrasies: 1985-2007' : Burning the Field, Falling Upstream, Spiral Ascent
earlier recordings
Akira's Eye – 3:10
(1994)
I Don't Know / I Know – 6:58
(1992) alter ego virtual ensemble "The Meerkats"
Demands – 5:31
(1993) alter ego virtual ensemble "Vinyetvin Nagret"
more tracks available on the CD 'Idiosyncrasies: 1985-2007' : Lands' End, Still in the Thick of It
RDunlap & Dan Bartlett
Juncture – 9:06
1987 improvisation in one take - RD: synth, sampler / Dan Bartlett: percussion and synth arpeggiations /
Juncture – 9:06
1987 improvisation in one take - RD: synth, sampler / Dan Bartlett: percussion and synth arpeggiations /
Frank Dunlap: sax sample
Conjuring Aurora – 9:26
2006 remix of ‘Amateur Alchemy’, which was a 1996 combination of 2 different sessions
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
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? (continued) – 4:17
1987 – RD: synth, sampler, percussion / Frank Dunlap: sax, sampler, percussion
Time of Ending The – 9:41
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)
Is it just around the corner? (continued) – 4:17
1987 – RD: synth, sampler, percussion / Frank Dunlap: sax, sampler, percussion
Time of Ending The – 9:41
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)