SONIC BOOM
ANGEL
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 11)
12", CD
1989
Tracks:
ANGEL
ANGEL (EXTENDED MIX)
HELP ME PLEASE (DRUM MIX)
Notes:
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY SONIC BOOM
CO-PRODUCED BY WILL CURRUTHERS
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KENBER
DESIGN BY SONIC, T+CP ASSOCIATES
Comments:
Sonic Boomの記念すべきソロ第1弾です。

SONIC BOOM
SPECTRUM
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 506)
LP, CD, Cassette
1990
Tracks:
HELP ME PLEASE
LONELY AVENUE
ANGEL
ROCO 'n' ROLL IS KILLING MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE ONE
PRETTY BABY
IF I SHOULD DIE
Notes:
SONIC - VOX STARSTREAMER, VOX SUPER CONTINENTAL, BASS, PIANO, FEEDBACK, DRONES, VOCALS
WILL CARRUTHERS - BASS
JASON - GUITAR
STEVE EVANS - GUITAR
MARK REFOY - GUITAR
JAZZ BUTCHER - SAXOPHONE
PHIL PARFITT - GUITAR, VOCALS
JO WIGGS - CELLO
PAUL ADKINS - DRUMS
ENGINEERED BY PAUL ADKINS AT V.H.F. RUGBY
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY SONIC
CO-PRODUCED BY WILL CARRUTHERS
COMMERCIAL ART BY SONIC, T+CP LONDON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE DOUBLE

JAZZ BUTCHER APPEARS COURTESY OF CREATION RECORDS
PHILL PARFITT & JO WIGGS APPEARS COURTESY OF FIRE RECORDS

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY KEMBER
EXCEPT 3 BY POMUS AND 4 BY REV / VEGA
RECORDED DEC 88/JAN 89 AT VHF RUGBY
Comments:
Spacemen 3解散前に制作されたということもあり、Jason、Mark Refoy、Will Carrutersが参加していることがとても興味深いアルバム。ゲストにはJazz ButcherやThe Perfect DisastersのPhill ParfittとJosephine Wiggs（後にThe Breedersを結成）なんかも参加しています。

SONIC BOOM
SPECTRUM
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 506 + SONIC 1)
LP+10"
1990
Tracks:
HELP ME PLEASE
LONELY AVENUE
ANGEL
ROCK 'n' ROLL IS KILLING MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE ONE
PRETTY BABY
IF I SHOULD DIE
OCTAVES
TREMELOS
Comments:
初回限定のアナログ盤にはボーナス・ディスクがついていました。この10"は16、33、45、78のどのRPMでも聴くことができました。

Sonic Boom
Drone Dream
Sympathy For The Record Industry (SFTRI 75)
7"
1991
Tracks:
Tremelos
Ecstacy (In Slow Motion)
Comments:
このシングル収録のTremelosは、アルバムSpectrumのボーナス・ディスクとはヴァージョンが違います。Ecstacy (In Slow Motion)は'87年録音で、再発されたSpacemen 3のDreamweaponにも収録されています。また、盤の色は12種類あるそうです。

V.A.
guitarrorists
no. 6 records (kar 009-2)
LP, CD
1991
Tracks:
sonic boom: overture
Notes:
sonic boom, a spaceman with no planet, teamed up with h.a.l. to cut this intergalactic spine-tingler.
Comments:
インディーバンドで活躍するギタリストのソロ作品をコンパイルしたコンピレーションです。Kurt Ralske（Ultra Vivid Scene）、Kathy Karniloff （Two Nice Girls）、Wayne Coyne（Flaming Lips）、J Mascis （Dinosaur Jr.）、Dean Wareham（Galaxie 500）、Mark E. Robinson（Unrest）、Marc Gentry（Rein Sanction）、Dave Rick（King Missle）、Kat Bjellend（Babes in Toyland）、Thurston Moore（Sonic Youth）、Helios Creed（Chrome）、Tom Hazelmeyer（Halo of Flies）、Paul Leary（Butthole Surfers）、Don Fleming（Gumball）、Kim Gordon（Sonic Youth）、Nikki Sudden、Kramer、Neil Haggerty（Royal Trux）、Rick Mc Collum（Afghan Whigs）、Lee Renaldo（Sonic Youth）、Steve Albiniなどが参加しています。

SPECTRUM
(I Love You) To The Moon And Back/Capo Waltz
SILVERTONE RECORDS (SONIC 1)
7"
1991
Tracks:
(I Love You) To The Moon And Back
Capo Waltz
Comments:
1991年4月〜5月に行われたライヴで配られた貴重なシングルです。

SPECTRUM
How You Satisfy Me
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 41)
7", 12", CD
1992
Tracks:
How You Satisfy Me
Don't Go (Instrumental 1)
My Life Spins Round Your Every Smile*
Don't Go (Instrumental 2)
Notes:
All songs Kember/Formby
except * Kember

Track 1 Recorded at VHF (Rugby), Earth (Birmingham), Planet (Coventry)
Track 2-4 Recorded at Y.P./Mondo (Rugby)
Special thanks to Charlie Pritchard
Sonic Solution E.Q. and Cutting at The Exchange, Camden
Produced and Mixed by Sonic Boom and Richard Formby.

Sonic Boom ・ Richard Formby ・ Mike Stout
Pat Fish: Sax. Geoff Donkin: Percussion. Chris Watts: Keyboard
Comments:
SPECTRUMの公式なデビューシングル。Jazz ButcherのPat Fishが参加してます。彼はSonic Boomの作品にはちょくちょく登場します。

SPECTRUM
True Love Will Find You In The End
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 44)
CD
1992
Tracks:
True Love Will Find You In The End (Radio Mix)
To The Moon and Back (Remix)
Waves Wash Over Me (Remix)
My Life Spins Round Your Every Smile (Remix)
Notes:
Sonic Boom ・ Mike Stout ・ Richard Formby
Pat Fish: Saxophone, courtesy Creation Records
Susan Dillane: Vocals ・ David Kent: Violin ・ Peter Atack: Cello

Track 1 Recorded & Mixed at Planet Studios Engineers Tom Lowry and Paul Civil
Track 2 & 3 Remixed at the Planet Studios Remix engineer Tom Lowly
Track 4 Remixed at the Playroom Remix engineer Graham Ashmore
Sleeve Design: Sonic Boom Sleeve Execution: Charlie at Outer Limits design
All tracks produced by Sonic Boom except Track 1 by Sonic Boom & Richard Formby
All tracks written by P Kember except Track 1 by D Johnston

Listen twice before playing
For best results remove disc and hold up to light
Comments:
Daniel Johnstonのカヴァーをフィーチャーしたシングル。Listen twice before playingという言葉はSilver Applesの1stアルバムからとられているそうです。

SPECTRUM
True Love Will Find You In The End
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 44)
12"
1992
Tracks:
True Love Will Find You In The End (Extended Mix)
True Love Will Find You In The End (Demo Mix)
To The Moon and Back (Remix)
Waves Wash Over Me (Remix)
Comments:
12"とCDは内容が違います。また、盤も黄色です。

SPECTRUM
True Love Will Find You In The End
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 44)
7"
1992
Tracks:
True Love Will Find You In The End (Radio Mix)
My Life Spins Round Your Every Smile (Remix)
Comments:
7"はCDの収録曲を減らした形態になっています。

SPECTRUM
SOUL KISS (Glide Divine)
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 518)
CD
1992
Tracks:
How You Satisfy Me *
Lord I Don't Even Know My Name
The Drunk Suite (Overture) *
Neon Sigh
Waves Wash Over Me
(I Love You) To The Moon And Back
My Love For You Never Died Away, But My Soul Gave Out And Withered
Sweet Running Water *
Touch The Stars
Quicksilver Glide Divine
The Drunk Suite ・
Phase Me Out (Gently)
Notes:
All tracks written by Kember ecept * Kember/Formby

Sonic Boom: Vox Starstreamer, Keyboards, Wind Tube, Drones, Effects & Vocals.
Richard Formby: Guitar, 12 Strings, Lap steel, Bazouki & Keyboards.
Mike Stout: Fender Bass. Geoff Donkin: Percussion.

Pat Fish: Saxophone, courtesy of Creation Records. Kevin Martin: Saxophone, courtesy of Virgin Records.
David Kent: Violin. Peter Atack: Cello. Sean Cook: Harmonica

Recorded at V.H.F. (Rugby), Woodhouse (Leeds), Planet (Coventry) & Earth (Birmingham). Mixed at: Planet Studios. Engineers: Paul Adkins, Louis Yesufu, Spears, Tom Lowry, Jim Lantsbery, Paul Civil, Richard Formby, Sonic Boom.

PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM & RICHARD FORMBY.

Sleeve Concept: Sonic Boom & Richard Formby. Sleeve Execution: Charlie Pritchard - Outer Limits Design.
Special Thanks for Faith, Patience, Generosity & Madness: Goff Roderick.

Play twice before listening

Recorded between June 1990 and March 1992

Photo: Steve Double
Comments:
初回限定でリリースされた液体入りジャケットが話題を呼んだSpectrumの1stアルバム。GodのKevin MartinやSpiritualizedのSean Cockも参加しました。

SPECTRUM
SOUL KISS (Glide Divine)
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 518)
LP
1992
Tracks:
How You Satisfy Me *
Lord I Don't Even Know My Name
Neon Sigh
Waves Wash Over Me
(I Love You) To The Moon And Back
My Love For You Never Died Away, But My Soul Gave Out And Withered
Sweet Running Water *
Touch The Stars
Quicksilver Glide Divine
The Drunk Suite ・
Phase Me Out (Gently)
Comments:
アナログ盤ではThe Drunk Suite (Overture) が削られています。限定の液体入りジャケットはアナログ盤にもあります。

V.A.
Volume four
Volume (V4CD)
CD
1992
Tracks:
SPECTRUM: Soul Kiss
Notes:
(Kember)

new recording
produced by Sonic Boom and Richard Formby
engineered by Chris Watts at Y.P/Mondo Studios, Rugby

Spectrum
Sonic Boom: Keyboards and effects
Comments:
Volumeシリーズ第4集。Spectrum以外には、Suede、Butterfly Child、Ultramarine、Flower Sermon、Stragelove、Throwing Muses、Pavement、The Fall、Babes in Toyland、Stereolab、Meat Beat Manifesto、Pop Will Eat Itself、The Aphex Twinなどが収録されています。

SPECTRUM
true love will find you in the end
SYMPATHY RECORDS (SFTRI 188)
7"x2
1992
Tracks:
True Love Will Find You In The End (Guitar Version)
Taste The Ozone
Don't Go (Please Stay) (Vocal Version)
Drunk Suite/QuickSilver Glide Divine (Vocal Version)
Notes:
All tracks except "Don't Go" otherwise unavailable.
These versions previously unreleased from the "Soul Kiss" L.P. sessions.

PLAY TWICE BEFORE LISTENING
LOVE & SMILES TO EVERYONE

A) (D. Johnson)
B) (Kember)
C) (Kember, Formby/Cryin' Shames)
D) (Kember/Formby) (Kember)

Sonic Boom
Richard Formby
Mike Stout
Susan Dillane Vocals on "True Love"

Special Thanks to Michael Tedesco, Silvertone Records & Charlie Pritchard

Front Photo Patrick Gilbert
Back Photo Steve Double
Inside Photo Guy Miller
Comments:
アメリカでリリースされた2枚組7"のEPです。D. Johnstonと書くべきところが、なぜかJohnsonになってます。

The Field Trip/Spectrum
Super Sympathy Spectrum Stocking Stuffer
Sympathy For The Record Industry (SFTRI 209)
7"
1992
Tracks:
Santa Claus (The Sonics)
Christmas Message From Sonic Boom
Comments:
The Field Tripとのスプリット。彼らは'93年にSonic Boomプロデュースのシングル、Take to The Streetsをリリースしました。また、Spectrumはこの作品からRichard Formbyが抜け、Kevin Cowanが参加しました。

Moonshake/Spectrum
Split
Independent 20 (TT015e)
7"
1992
Tracks:
Moonshake: Night Tripper
Spectrum: Taste The Ozone
Comments:
Independent 20シリーズのアナログ盤のみについていたボーナス・ディスクです。

SPECTRUM
INDIAN SUMMER
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 56)
12", CD
1993
Tracks:
INDIAN SUMMER (Beat Happening)
BABY DON'T YOU WORRY (California Lullabye) (D. Torrence)
IT'S ALRIGHT (B. Diddley)
TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END (D. Johnston)
Notes:
SONIC BOOM . KEVIN COWAN . MIKE STOUT
SPECIAL THANKS TO PAT FISH

ALL TRACKS RECORDED AT PLANET STUDIOS COVENTRY.
TRACKS 3 & 4 RECORDED LIVE IN THE STUDIO
ENGINEERED BY TOM LOWRY
PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM
Comments:
Beat Happening、Jan & Dean、Bo Diddley、Daniel Johnstonと全曲がカヴァーのシングル。限定リリースで、ナンバーがふってあります。True Love Will Find You In The Endはスタジオライヴの新録です。

SPECTRUM
INDIAN SUMMER
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 56)
7"
1993
Tracks:
INDIAN SUMMER (Beat Happening)
BABY DON'T YOU WORRY (California Lullabye) (D. Torrence)
Comments:
7"は曲数が2曲に減らされています。

V.A.
Excursions In Ambience: The Third Dimension
Astralwerks (ASW 6119)
CD
1993?
Tracks:
Spectrum: Pulse Drone (Neon Sigh).

FRANK KOZIK With SONIC BOOM
LOSER
SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORDS INDUSTRY (SFTRI 191)
7"
1994
Tracks:
MECHANICAL MAN (KOZIK VERSION)
MECHANICAL MAN (SONIC BOOM VERSION)
Notes:
All music and lyrics written by Charlie Manson
A side vocal by Frank Kozik backing vocal by Lydia Russell recorded by Wiltzie in Adam's Room in Austin, Texas. B side vocal by Sonic Boom. All music performed by Sonic Boom, recorded in Rugby, England.

TENTACLE BIRDSHIT FEEDER
MIXMEISTER: SONIC BOOM ALLEGED VOCALS: FRANK KOZIK
A) MECHANICAL MAN B) CHICKEN SCRATCH
Comments:
Charles MansonのMechanical ManをA面はFrank Kozikが、B面はSonic Boomがカヴァーしているシングル。どちらもSonic Boomが録音した同じバックトラックを使っています。

SPECTRUM
CALIFORNIA LULLABYE
SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORDS INDUSTRY (SFTRI 278)
10"
1994
Tracks:
CALIFORNIA LULLABYE (Dean Torrence)
IT'S ALRIGHT (Bo Biddley)
INDIAN SUMMER (Beat Happening)
TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END (Daniel Johnson)
THRU THE RHYTHM (Tommy Hall/Stacy Sutherland)
Notes:
sonic boom ・ kevin cowan ・ mike stout

Special thanks to Pat Fish (giutar on track 3) and Richard Formby (guitar on track 5).

Tracks 1, 2, 3 recorded at Planet Studios, Coventry; track 2 recorded live.
Engineered by Tom Lowry.
Produced by Sonic Boom.
Track 4 recorded at Y.P. Rugby.

Graphic design: Eddie Flowers.
Comments:
Indian Summerのアメリカ盤にあたる10"。Richard Formby在籍時に録音された13th Floor Elevatorsのカヴァー、Thru The Rhythmが追加されています。

SPECTRUM/STEREOLAB
Split
SILVERTONE RECORDS
7"
1994
Tracks:
SPECTRUM: Soul Kiss Glide Divine
Comments:
25枚しかプレスされなかった貴重盤。テスト盤も3枚存在するようです。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
MESMERISED
SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORDS INDUSTRY (SFTRI 279)
CD
1994
Tracks:
D.M.T. SYMPHONY (OVERTURE TO AN INHABITED ZONE)
MESMERRISE 4901
CALIFORNIA NOCTURNE
GUITAR FEEDBACK MANIPULATION
Notes:
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY SONIC BOOM.

THIS DISC IS THE FIRST IN AN ONGOING SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL MOOD MUSIC.

E.A.R. IS A LOOSE AFFILIATION OF NON-RESIDENT "SOUND MAKERS" INCLUDING FROM TIME TO TIME SONIC BOOM (SPECTRUM, SPACEMEN 3), KEVIN MARTIN (GOD), KEVIN SHIELDS (MY BLOODY VALENTINE) & EDDIE PREVOST (A.M.M.) AMONGST OTHERS.

THE SECOND L.P. IN THIS SERIES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON PATHOLOGICAL RECORDS U.K. LATER THIS YEAR.

ARTWORK BY ANDY SMITH
Comments:
Sonic Boomに、GodのKevin Martin、MVBのKevin Shields、AMMのEddie Prevostという魅力的なメンツによって制作されたにもかかわらず、あまりにも実験的すぎたE.A.R.の1stアルバム。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
MESMERISED
SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORDS INDUSTRY (SFTRI 279)
LP
1994
Tracks:
D.M.T. SYMPHONY (OVERTURE TO AN INHABITED ZONE)
MESMERRISE 4901
CALIFORNIA NOCTURNE
Comments:
限定1,000枚のアナログ盤にはGuitar Feedback Manipulationが入っていません。

Experimental Audio Research
Pocket Symphony
SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORDS INDUSTRY (SFTRI 293)
5"
1994
Tracks:
Mesmerrised Reprise
D.M.T. Symphony (Flashback)
Notes:
Engineered by Alf Hardy.
Produced by Sonic Boom.

These tracks are alternate takes from Mesmerised LP/CD (SFTRI 279).
Also available: Hydroponic 10" on Man's Ruin Records, plus forthcoming LP on Pathological/Big Cat. Records.

E.A.R. is a loose affiliation of non-resident "sound makers" including from time to time Sonic Boom (Spectrum, Spacemen 3), Kevin Martin (God, Ice), Scott Riley (Spectrum), Eddie Prevost (A.M.M.), Tom Prentice (God), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), and Pete Bassman (Spacemen 3).

Front painting "The Pursuit of Happiness": Anthony Ausgang.
Photo: Steve Double; photo manipulation: Andy Smith.
Digital processing & output: Eddie Flowers.
Comments:
5"というCDとほぼ同じ大きさでリリースされたアナログのシングルです。初期Spacemen 3のベーシストPete Bassman（Spacemen 3脱退後、The Darksideに加入）やGodのTom Prenticeが参加しました。

V.A.
AMBIENT 4 ISOLATIONISM
Virgin Records (7243 8 39810 2 1 AMBT 4)
CDx2
1994
Tracks:
E.A.R.: HYDROPONIC
Notes:
WRITER: E.A.R.
PRODUCER: SONIC BOOM
Comments:
'95年にリリースされるHydroponic EPのDelta 6を収録したコンピレーション。その他の収録アーティストはKK NULL/Jim Plotkin、Jim O'Rourke、ICE (God)、:Zoviet*France:、Labradford、Paul Schutze、Scorn、Disco Inferno、Total、Aphex Twin、AMM、Seefeel、Main、Sufi (A.R. Kane)、David Toop/Max Eastley、Final (Godfleash)、Thomas Konerなどです。

SPECTRUM
UNDO THE TABOO
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 65)
CD
1994
Tracks:
UNDO THE TABOO
IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
TURN THE TIDE (SUB-AQUA)
GO TO SLEEP
Notes:
SONIC BOOM - VOX STARSTREAMER, KEYBOARDS, FEEDBACK, F.X. MANIPULATION AND VOCALS
SCOTT RILEY - FENDER JAGUAR, GIBSON FIREBIRD, KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS
ALF HARDY - ENGINEERING, SAMPLING, ANALOGUE MONO SYNTHESIZERS AND DRUM PROGRAMMES
SPECIAL THANKS TO PETE BASSMAN FOR BASS GUITAR

ENGINEERED BY ALF HARDY
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY SONIC BOOM
ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY PETE KEMBER

RECORDED AT CABIN STUDIOS, COVENTRY EXCEPT "IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME" AND " TURN THE TIDE" ENGINEERED BY GRAHAM WALKER AND RECORDED AT R.C.S. STUDIOS, RUGBY
Comments:
その後のSonic Boom作品を支える重要人物、Alf Hardyがメンバーに加わった最初の作品です。

SPECTRUM
HIGHS, LOWS AND HEAVENLY BLOWS
SILVERTONE RECORDS (ORE 532)
CD
1994
Tracks:
UNDO THE TABOO
FEEDBACK
THEN I JUST DRIFTED AWAY
TAKE YOUR TIME
SOOTHE ME
ALL NIGHT LONG
DON'T PASS ME BY
I KNOW THEY SAY
TAKE ME AWAY
Notes:
SONIC BOOM - VOX STARSTREAMER, KEYBOARDS, FEEDBACK, F.X. MANIPULATION AND VOCALS
SCOTT RILEY - FENDER JAGUAR, GIBSON FIREBIRD, KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS
ALF HARDY - ENGINEERING, SAMPLING, ANALOGUE MONO SYNTHESIZERS AND DRUM PROGRAMMES
SPECIAL THANKS TO PAT FISH FOR SAXOPHONES, BRIAN FOR HARMONICA AND PETE BASSMAN FOR BASS GUITAR

ENGINEERED BY ALF HARDY
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY SONIC BOOM

RECORDED AT CABIN STUDIOS, COVENTRY EXCEPT "IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME" ENGINEERED BY GRAHAM WALKER AND RECORDED AT R.C.S. STUDIOS, RUGBY
ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY PETE KEMBER EXCEPT "TAKE YOUR TIME" WRITTEN BY KEMBER/RILEY
Comments:
Spectrumの2ndアルバムです。

V.A.
Volume TWELVE
Volume (12VCD12)
CD
1994
Tracks:
E.A.R.: Space Theme (Tribute To John Cage In C, A, G & E)
Notes:
(E.A.R.)

New Recording
produced and mixed by Sonic Boom
engineered by Alf Hardy

E.A.R.
Sonic Boom
samplesand effects manipulation
Scott Riley
hammer guitar
Comments:
Volumeシリーズ第12集。今度はE.A.R.が収録されています。Spiritualized、Garbage、Moby、G Love and Special Sauce、Massive Attack、Laika、Ride、Nitzer Ebbなどもコンパイルされています。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
HYDROPONIC
MAN'S RUIN RECORDS (MR 001)
10"
1995
Tracks:
DELTA 6 (HYDROPONIC)
SPACE THEME PT 1 (TRIBUTE TO JOHN CAGE IN C, A, G & E)
SPACE THEME PT 2
Notes:
ENGINEERED BY ALF HARDY
RECORDED SPRING 1994

E.A.R.: SONIC BOOM TOM PRENTICE KEVIN MARTIN SCOTT RILEY

SLEEVE: KOZIK 94
Comments:
シルクスクリーンによるFrank Kozik作のジャケットは何種類かあるようです。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
Untitled
Sympathy For The Record Industry (SFTRI 307)
8"
1995
Tracks:
(Falling side)
left channel: SUB AQUA ・ center channel: TIDAL ・ right channel: LUNAR
(Tail Chaser side)
AS THE NIGHT STARTS CLOSING IN
INNER ENDLESS NAMELESS
Notes:
Recorded at R.C.S. Studios, Rugby.
Engineeded by Graham Walker & Pete Bassman.
Produced by Sonic Boom.
Paintings by Anthony Ausgang.

"I believe that all artists, no matter what techniques or mediums they use to create their art, are trying to solve one common dilemma. We're all in search of a littele piece of human truth."
-Anthony Ausgang, 1993
Comments:
Anthony Ausgangの作品をプリントしたピクチャー・ディスク。1曲目は左からSub Aqua、真ん中からTidal、右からはLunarというように3つの作品がコラージュされてます。

V.A.
V
Volume (VFREE CD1)
CD
1995?
Tracks:
Spectrum: Soul Kiss VI
Comments:
Volumeシリーズを定期購読している人に配られたコンピレーション。Meat Beat Manifesto、Ultramarine、The High Llamas、Fuelなどが収録されています。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
BEYOND THE PALE
BIG CAT RECORDS (ABB96)
LP, CD
1996
Tracks:
BEYOND THE PALE
THE CALM BEFORE
IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY
THE CALM BEYOND
DUSK
THE CIRCLE IS BLUE
Notes:
SONIC BOOM: FEEDBACK, DRONES, SPATIAL & AMBIENT EFFECTS, SYNTHI VSC3
KEVIN MARTIN: SAXOPHONE, WAH WAH, AND ECHOES
EDDIE PREVOST: PERCUSSION & BOWED CYMBAL
KEVIN SHIELDS: TREATED GUITAR

RECORDED AT FAR HEATH STUDIOS, NORTHAMPTON. SUMMER 1992
MIXED AT M.B.V. STUDIOS, LONDON
MIXED BY KEVIN MARTIN & SONIC BOOM
PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM & E.A.R.
PHOTOS: BUGGY G. RIPHEAD
SPECIAL THANKS TO KEVIN, DEBBIE, BELINDA, & BIG CAT
EQUIPMENT THANKS TO E.M.S., LONG WAVE INSTRUMENTS, LOVE TONE, GUITAR MANIACS (TACOMA), DAVID PETERSON & STU CLARKE

KEVIN SHIELDS APPEARS ON TRACK 1 COURTESY OF ISLAND RECORDS

ALL TRACKS: KEMBER / E.A.R.
Comments:
2ndアルバムなのですが、録音されたのは'92年とE.A.R.最初期にあたる作品。Mesmerisedのクレジットによれば'94年末にリリースされる予定だったようですが、大幅に遅れ、やっとリリースされました。

SPECTRUM & JESSAMINE
A POX ON YOU
SPACE AGE RECORDINGS (ORBIT 003)
CD
1996
Tracks:
A POX ON YOU
SATELLITE
RADIOPHONIC (MUSIQUE CONCRETE)
OPUS 3
SATELLITE (REPRISE)
Notes:
RECORDED AT JESSAMINE STUDIO, SEATTLE, USA. & CABIN STUDIOS, COVENTRY, ENGLAND
MIXED BY SONIC BOOM & JESSAMINE

ANDY BROWN - VOLTAGE CONTROLLED SYNTHESISER
DAWN SMITHSON - BASS
MICHAEL SAETH - DRUMS
REX RITTER - PEDAL, VOLTAGE CONTROLLED SYNTHESISER
SONIC BOOM - VOCALS, SYNTHI VCS3, THEREMIN
ALF HARDY - VOLTAGE CONTROLADVISER, ENGINEER

TRACK 1: Original tracks recorded at Jessamine Studios, Seattle. Additional tracks & mixing at Cabin Studios, Coventry.
TRACKS 2 & 5: Recorded & mixed at Cabin Studios, Coventry.
TRACK 3: Original tracks recorded at Cabin Studios, Coventry. Additional tracks & mixing at Jessamine Studios, Seatlle.
TRACK 4: Recorded & mixed at Cabin Studios, Coventry on Sonic's Opus 3, previosly owned by Andy Brown of Jessamine.

Equipment thanks to Robin Wood - E.M.S., Barry Wooding - Longwave Instruments, Dan & Vlad - Lovetone, Dave Peterson, Stu Clarke & Rick King.

VCS3 PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF E.M.S.
ARTWORK BY ANDY SMITH

A POX ON YOU (SIMEON/TAYLOR)
SATELLITE (KEMBER)
RADIOPHONIC (MUSIQUE CONCRETE) (KEMBER/JESSAMINE)
OPUS 3 (KEMBER)
SATELLITE (REPRISE) (KEMBER)
Comments:
Krankyから作品をリリースしているシアトルのバンドJessamineとの遠距離コラボレート作。タイトル・トラックのA Pox on YouはSilver Applesのカヴァーです。

V.A.
THE NEW ATLANTIS
SPACE AGE RECORDINGS (ORBIT 004)
CD
1996
Tracks:
SPECTRUM/JESSAMINE: A POX ON YOU
EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH: SPACESTATION
EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH: GUITAR FEEDBACK MANIPULATION
SPECTRUM: ANTENNAE
SPECTRUM: THE NEW ATLANTIS
Notes:
A POX ON YOU
SIMEON/TAYLAR

SPACESTATION
KEMBER

GUITAR FEEDBACK MANIPULATION
KEMBER

ANTENNAE
KEMBER

THE NEW ATLANTIS
TRAD. ARR. KEMBER
Comments:
Space Age Recordingsのコンピレーション。E.A.R.、Spectrumの他には、Spacemen 3、Jessamine、Bowery Electricが収録されています。Spacemen 3関係以外の2つのバンド、JessamineとBowery ElectricはSonic Boomのお気に入りなんだそうです。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
PHENOMENA 256
SPACE AGE RECORDINGS (ORBIT 005)
LPx2, CD
1996
Tracks:
DELTA 6 (HYDROPONIC)
SPACE THEMES PART 1 & 2 (TRIBUTE TO JOHN CAGE IN C, A, G, E)
SUB AQUA (LEFT CHANNEL) TIDAL (CENTRE CHANNEL) LUNAR (RIGHT CHANNEL)
RING MODULATOR
AS THE NIGHT STARTS CLOSING IN
PHENOMENA 256 (3 PIECE SUITE)
SPACESTATION
MOOD FOR A SUMMER SUNDOWN
Notes:
Recorded at R.C.S. Studios, Rugby & Cabin Studios, Coventry.
Engineered by Pete Bain, Graham Walker & Alf Hardy.
Produced & Mixed by Sonic Boom Except Track 1, Produced by Kevin Martin & Sonic Boom.
Mastered by Chris Thorpe at Serendipity.

All tracks Kember
Original Painting: "The Transaction" by Anthony Ausgang.
Artwork by Andy Smith.

SONIC BOOM - Feedback, Synthi VSC3, Drones,
EDDIE PREVOST - Bowed Cymbal
KEVIN MARTIN - Treated Saxophone
TOM PRENTICE - Electric Viola
SCOTT RILEY - Hammer Guitar
PETE BAIN - Lap Steel Guitar
ALF HARDY - Voltage Control Adviser

Equipment thanks to:
Robin Wood - E.M.S., Barry Wooding - Longwave Instruments, Dan & Vlad - Lovetone Pedals, Dave Peterson, Stu Clarke & Rick King.

Synthi VCS3 photo courtesy of E.M.S. (Cornwall).
Comments:
E.A.R.の3rdアルバム。既発表曲が多く収録されており、コンピレーション的な性格も持っています。Pete Bainとクレジットされていますが、Pete Bassmanのことです。彼は2つの名前をその時々によって使い分けています。

SPECTRUM
SONGS FOR OWSLEY
Birdman/REPRISE RECORDS (BMR-015/9 46303-2)
LP, CD
1996
Tracks:
OWSLEY.
LIQUID INTENTIONS.
FEELS LIKE I'M SLIPPING AWAY.
SINE STUDY #1.
THE NEW ATRANTIS.
Notes:
ALL SONGS: KEMBER EXCEPT TRACK 5, TRAD. ARR. KEMBER.

SONIC BOOM: Synthi VCS3, Oscar, Theremin, Vocoder & Vocals.
ALF HARDY: Voltage Control Adviser & Controlled Synthesiser.
PETE BASSMAN: Programming Vibrations.

ARTWORK: ANDY SMITH.
Comments:
アメリカのメジャー・レーベル、RepriseからリリースされたEP。アナログ盤は別のレーベルからリリースされてます。この作品はAugustus Stanley Owsley IIIに捧げられています。

experimental audio research
the köner experiment
Mille Plateaux/Space Age Recordings (mp36/USCD 666)
CD
1997
Tracks:
(untitled track 1)
(untitled track 2)
(untitled track 3)
(untitled track 4)
(untitled track 5)
(untitled track 6)
(untitled track 7)
(untitled track 8)
(untitled track 9)
(untitled track 10)
Notes:
Sonic Boom: EMS VCS3 & Synthi A, Serge Modular Music System, Guitar, Wind Pipes.
Kevin Martin: Saxophone, Wha Wha, Echoes.
Eddie Prevost: Bowed Cymbals, Percussion.
Kevin Shields: Treated Guitar.
Thomas köner & Andy Mellwig: Rhythms & Pulses.

Constructed & mixed by Thomas köner with invaluable assistance From Andy Mellwig.

Produced by Thomas köner and Porter Ricks.

This disc contains 10 pieces with a total playing time of 47:25

Artwork: Andy Smith.

Recorded at Cabin Studios, Coventry, Farheath Studios, Northampton & Thomas köner Studios, Dortmund.
All tracks written by Kember/E.A.R./köner

Photo courtesy of E.M.S. (Cornwall)
Comments:
thomas könerとのコラボレーションをメインにしたE.A.R.の4thアルバムです。

Experimental Audio Research/Thurston Moore and Don Fleming
Split
VIA SATELITE RECORDINGS (V SAT 6)
7"
1997
Tracks:
Experimental Audio Research: SPUTNIK
Thurston Moore and Don Fleming: TELSTAR
Notes:
(KEMBER)

SONIC BOOM: Vocal, E.M.S. SYNTHI A and VCS3, OSCar.
ALF HARDY: EFFECTS and ENGINEERING.
RECORDED AT CABIN STUDIOS, COVENTRY ON JULY 3rd 1996
PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM "IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOE MEEK, INNOVATOR AND GENIUS 5/4/29-3/2/67"

"Sputnik" is the sound of harmony in deep space. A black hole vibration which throbs and pluses while untold billions of star clusters collide and explode to the rhythm of its soft destruction.

Sonic Boom is earthbound with little hope of leaving his home planets rock strewn crust. But like such space sound pioneers as Joe Meek, Sun Ra and Silver Apples he really doesn't need to know what zero gravitational pull feels like or what the true color of Saturn's gaseous ring really are......In his imagination he has already voyaged beyond the known galaxies and "Sputnic" is just an example of what he discovered out there.

This time pop has been bent out of shape so that vocal chorusing can be replaced by the warbling of theremins and the low dusty hum of ancient valves warming into action. Is it thse alien relationship between man and machines here that produces the shimmering "Sputnik" vibe, the sound of tommorow today with only the slightest hint of 60's nostalgia added for good measure.

Sonic Boom is a musician who has set his controls for the future, and unswerved by the dictates of fashion his mission is to explore new zones of musical appreciaiton and construction and report back If you really want to hear something fantastic going down then lend him your ears.
SAVAGE PENCIL.
Comments:
Thurston Moore and Don Flemingとのスプリット・シングル。Joe Meekに捧げられています。盤は透明で、銀のラメが入っています。Sonic Boomはこの仕様が好きなようで、彼の作品にはよく使われています。また、Savege Pencilがライナー・ノーツを寄せています。

SPECTRUM
FOREVER ALIEN
Space Age Recordings (ORBIT 008)
LPx2, CD
1997
Tracks:
FEELS LIKE I'M SLIPPING AWAY
THE STARS ARE SO FAR (HOW DOES IT FEEL?)
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU'LL SEE
DELIA DERBYSHIRE
OWSLEY
FOREVER ALIEN
MATRIX
LIKE.....
THE NEW ATLANTIS
THE END
SOUNDS FOR A THUNDERSTORM (FOR PETER ZINOVIEFF)
LIQUID IMTENTIONS
SINE STUDY
Notes:
ALL TRACKS : KEMBER EXCEPT 8 KEMBER/SUTCLIFFE & 9 TRAD. ARR. KEMBER.

SONIC BOOM : EMS Synthi AKS & VCS3, OSCar, Theremin, Serge Modular Music System, Vocoder & Vocals.
ALF HARDY : Voltage Controlled Synthesisers, Vocoder & Vibraphone.
PETE BASSMAN : Programming Vibrations.

Recorded at CABIN Studios, COVENTRY.
Engineered by ALF HARDY.
Produced by SONIC BOOM & ALF HARDY.
Mastered by ANDRE KNECHT at ART Digital PASADENA, CA.

Special Thanks to : Robin Wood, Peter Zinovieff, Alan Stucliffe, David Katznelson, Will Carruthers, Mum & Dad, Gerald & Steve, Kevin Martin, Long Gone John, Greg Shaw & Delia Derbyshire.

ARTWORK : ANDY SMITH.
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF : EMS (Cornwall), BUGGY G. RIPHEAD (Front) & PETER MORRIS (Portrait)

Equipment Thanks to :
ROBIN WOOD - EMS Synthesisers (Cornwall), DAN & VLAD - Lovetone Pedals, RICK KING - Guitar Maniacs, BARRY WOODING - Longwave Instruments, STU CLARKE - M.X. Vintage, REX PROBE - Serge Modular Music Systems & DAVID PETERSEN.
Comments:
Spectrumの3rdアルバム。限定のアナログ盤が2種類、CDも限定のデジパック仕様がリリースされています。

SPECTRUM
FOREVER ALIEN
REPRISE RECORDS (9 46352-2)
CD
1997
Tracks:
FEELS LIKE I'M SLIPPING AWAY
THE STARS ARE SO FAR (HOW DOES IT FEEL?)
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU'LL SEE
DELIA DERBYSHIRE
OWSLEY
FOREVER ALIEN
MATRIX
LIKE.....
THE NEW ATLANTIS
THE END
Comments:
アメリカ盤はイギリス盤より3曲少ないです。

SPECTRUM
FEELS LIKE I'M SLIPPING AWAY
Space Age Recordings (ORBIT 010)
CD
1997
Tracks:
FEELS LIKE I'M SLOPPING AWAY
FOREVER ALIEN
DREAM TIME
WHAT COMES BEFORE AFTER ?
Notes:
ALL TRACKS : KEMBER

SONIC BOOM : Synthi AKS & VCS3, OSCar, Vocoder & Vocals.
ALF HARDY : Voltage Controlled Synthesisers, Degital Information Streams & Guitar.
PETE BASSMAN : Programming Vibrations.

Recorded at CABIN Studios, COVENTRY.
Engineered by ALF HARDY.
Produced by SONIC BOOM & ALF HARDY.
Mastered by CHRIS THORPE at SERENDIPITY.

Special Thanks to : Robin Wood, Peter Zinovieff, Alan Stucliffe, David Katznelson, Will Carruthers, Mum & Dad, Gerald & Steve, Kevin Martin, Long Gone John, Greg Shaw, Stereolab & Delia Derbyshire.

ARTWORK : ANDY SMITH.
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF : EMS (Cornwall)

Equipment Thanks to :
ROBIN WOOD - EMS Synthesisers (Cornwall), DAN & VLAD - Lovetone Pedals, RICK KING - Guitar Maniacs, BARRY WOODING - Longwave Instruments, STU CLARKE - M.X. Vintage, REX PROBE - Serge Modular Music Systems & DAVID PETERSEN.
Comments:
Spectrum名義のEPです。

SONIC BOOM & SPECTRUM
What Came Before After
SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY (SFTRI 493)
CD
1997
Tracks:
True Love will Find You in the End
Don't Go
2 Chord 12 Bar
The Drunk Suite (Reprise)
California Lullabye
It's Alright
Indian Summer
True Love Will Find You In The End (Alternate version)
Through the Rhythm
Mechanical Man
Help Me Please
My Life Spins Round Your Every Smile
Octaves
Tremeloes
Ecstacy In Slow Motion
Notes:
Sonic Boom ・ Willie B Carruhters ・ Mark Refoy ・ Richard Formby ・ Mike Stout
Kev Cowan ・ Frank Kozik ・ Geoff Donkin ・ Tony Lambert ・ Alf Hardy

Recorded in Rugby, Coventry & Birmingham between 1989 & 1993.
Photographs by Steve Double.
Comments:
シングルをコレクションした作品。1〜4曲目はSFTRIからリリースされたTrue Love Will Find You in The Endからとられています。2 Chord 12 BarとリタイトルされていますがTaste The Ozoneのことです。5〜9曲目はCalifornia Lullabye 10"ですが、California Lullabye自体は別ミックスで収録されています。10曲目はFrank Kozikとの共演盤から。11曲目はSonic Boom名義のシングル、AngelのB面に収録されている曲です。12曲目はHow You Satisfy Me収録のオリジナル・ヴァージョンではなく、SilvertoneからリリースされたTrue Love Will Find You in The EndのCDに収録されていたリミックス・ヴァージョンです。13曲目はSonic BoomのアルバムSpectrumのボーナス・ディスクに収録されていた貴重な曲。15曲目はDrone Dream EPです。14曲目はアルバムSpectrumのボーナス・ディスクとDrone Dream EPにそれぞれ別ヴァージョンで収録されているのですが、どちらのヴァージョンなのか特定できてません。

SPLITTING THE ATOM
PARTS ONE AND TWO
DUOPHONIC (DS45 17)
7"
1997
Tracks:
PARTS ONE AND TWO
MONKEY BRAIN
Notes:
ANDY RAMSAY
DRUM MACHINES SPACE DRUMS VOX ORGAN
SIMON HOLLIDAY
MOOG SAXOPHONE

WITH
SONIC BOOM
VCS3 VOX ORGAN

AND
MARY HANSEN
VOICES

RECORDED AT MOTHER DIGITAL
BY PAUL BARTON
Comments:
Splitting The Atomの7"。Sonic Boomがゲスト参加しています。

V.A.
The Corners of the Mouth A BENEFIT RECORD FOR THE SCHOOL OF SOUND
Bubble Core Records (BC-014)
LPx2, CD
1997
Tracks:
E.A.R.: Orpheus (For Ghazala, Subotnik and Zinovieff)
Notes:
E.A.R. - Orpheus (For Ghazala, Subotnik and Zinovieff) by Sonic Boom (Ghazala/children, animal and machine voice synthesizers) and Alf Hardy (voltage controlled effects) 1997 Peter Kember
Comments:
The Dylan Group/Mice Paradeのレーベルからリリースされたベネフィット・コンピレーション。Mouse on Mars、Oval、Moby / Voodoo Child、Aube、Seefeel、Scanner、The Dylan Group、Mice Paradeなどが参加してます。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
MILLENNIUM MUSIC A META-MUSICAL PORTRAIT
Atavistic (ALP72)
LPx2
1998
Tracks:
DELYSID
DIGITANA
THE ENGIMA CODA
DELYSID ALTERNATE MIX
Notes:
Tracks 1 & 3: Kember/Prentice/Bain. Track 2: Kember/Prevost/Prentice.

SONIC BOOM: E.M.S. VCS3, SYNTHI AKS & SYNTHI HI-FLI, CUSTOMISED HUMAN VOICE SYNTHESISER, SERGE MODULAR MUSIC SYSTEM, THEREMIN AND MODIFIED INSECT & ANIMAL VOICE SNTHESISER.
EDDIE PREVOST: BOWED CYMBALS, STRIDULATED DRUM SKINS AND PERCUSSION.
TOM PREMTICE: TREATED ELECTRIC VIOLA.
PETE BASSMAN: TREATED ELECTRIC BASS.

Recorded at CABIN Studios, Coventry.
Audio Recorded & Engineered by ALF HARDY.
Video Recorded & Engineered by GEORGE KILROY & PETE THORNLEY.
Sound & Video mixed by SONIC BOOM with ALF HARDY (Audio) & GEORGE KILROY (Video).
Produced by SONIC BOOM.

Equipment Thanks to: Robin Wood (E.M.S.), Rex Probe (Sound Transform Systems), Reed Ghazala (Anti-Teory Workshop) & Barry Wooding (Longwave Instruments).

The material on this disc is intended as a soundscape which reflects time from pre-histry and the dinosaur age through to modern digital communication and 20th century travel, with sounds influenced by - and sometimes emulating - computers, dinosaurs, digital infomation streams, synthetic speech patterns, insects, various wild and domestic animals, musical sounds and the noise of modern day transport such as jets, trucks, motorcycles, trams, trolley cars and trains.

These sounds, while sometimes recognisable, are often stretched and manipulated into a new form. All were created from a mixture of acoustic, computer generated, synthesised and electro-acoustic origins.

More specifically this pallette incloudes manipulated percussion, treated viola, customised animal and insect voise synthesisers, modified human voice synthesisers, modular electronic music synthesisers, bass guitar and theremin - together giving a very wide timbral range from which to sculpt and from the music.

These pieces personify E.A.R.'s most interesting work in improvisational playing and sounds generation and are amongst the most complex works released by them - in particular contrast to their more hyperminimal work such as the "Koner Experimant", showing another side to their vision. The musicians involved span the whole musical spectrum, with Eddie Prevost's work in AMM and the avant garde and jazz improvisational fields, Tom Prentice's classical work and Sonic Boom's work in electronic and underground rock with Spacemen 3 and Spectrum.

These discs were recorded at a 24 track analogue studio and represent the only live recordings of E.A.R.
Comments:
E.A.R.の5thアルバムです。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
MILLENNIUM MUSIC A META-MUSICAL PORTRAIT
Atavistic (ALP72)
CD
1998
Tracks:
DELYSID
DIGITANA
THE ENGIMA CODA
Comments:
CDはアナログ盤に収録されているDelysidの別ミックスが削除されています。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
TRANSISTOR MUSIC
EARWORM (worm 22)
7"
1998
Tracks:
Interlude (with apologies to Harrison Birtwistle)
Transistor Music for ring modulators & tremolo
Notes:
Sonic Boom: E.M.S. Synthi VCS 3 & AKS, Serge Modular Music System, OSCar & Custom Human Voice Synthesiser.

Recorded at G.C.S. Studios, Rugby.
Engineered by Pete Bain.
Produced by Sonic Boom.

Artwork by Tundra
Comments:
E.A.R.名義のシングル。制作はSonic Boom一人となっています。このシングル以降、E.A.R.はSonic Boomのソロ色が強まっていきます。盤はクリア・ヴァイナルです。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
DEATH OF A ROBOT
OCHRE RECORDS (OCH025)
9"
1998
Tracks:
DEATH OF A ROBOT (FOR THE RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP)
AUTOMATIC MUSIC (FOR OSCLLATOR, RING MODULATOR & FILTER CLUSUTERS)
Notes:
ELECTRONIC DEVICES: EMS VCS3 & SYNTHI AKS SERGE MODULAR MUSIC SYSTEM, OSCar & CUSTOM HUMAN VOICE SYNTHESISER
PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM & PETE BASSMAN
RECORDED AT RCS STUDIOS, RUGBY

LAYOUT - VSA

MUSIC: KEMBER

DELIA DERBYSHIRE
PHOTO COURTESY OF DREW MULHOLLAND
Comments:
9"という変則的なサイズのEP。ジャケットにはSerge Modular Music Systemの写真が銀紙にプリントしてあります。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
DATA RAPE
Space Age Recordings (ORBIT 013)
LPx2, CD
1998
Tracks:
(untitled track 1)
(untitled track 2)
(untitled track 3)
(untitled track 4)
(untitled track 5)
(untitled track 6)
(untitled track 7)
(untitled track 8)
Notes:
This disc features 8 "circuit bent" studio compositions with a total running time of 72 minutes.
All music: Kember

Recorded at G.C.S. Studios, Rugby.
Engineered by Pete Bain.
Produced by Sonic Boom.

Special thanks to: Reed Ghazala, Michael Waisvisz, Owen Vaughn Prosser, Travis Threlkel, David Peterson & Robin Wood.

Artwork by Andy@Tundra

The sound collages on this disc were created using 8 human voice synthesisers, originally marketed by Texas Instruments as the "Speak & Spell" range of toys during the 1970's. These instruments have been customized with added switches, buttons, knobs & wiring to give phoneme looping, random phrase generation, various modulations, pitch shifting & other non-standard effects.
Some processing with equalisation & effects was then added using a Morley phaser & a modified EMS VCS3.
This process, often called "circuit bending", exploits the inherent instabilities in the circuitry of audio toys, radios, and other soundmaking instruments by sending electronic signals & data to and from previously unrelated circuit-board points giving unique, unpredictable & highly unusual sounds.

Circuit Bending, Data Rape and All That Jazz
This disc introduces a revolutionary new type of sound and music generation called circuit bending. This process involves taking cheaply available electronic soundmaking toys (in this case mostly Texas Instruments' "Speak & Spell"(R) human voice synthesising toys from the late 1970's, but also applicabic to all sorts of keyboards, effects boxes and samplers) and adding extra wires, knobs and switches to make new connections between parts of the internal circuitry and chips. This sends data and electronic signals to previously unrelated circuit-board points - inducing through a strange sort of "Data Rape" - astounding new sounds, chance evolving compositions & textures, phoneme freezing and looping, random glottal pulse and phoneme generation, complex lattice filtering and unique pitch shifting techniques.
Electronically, this Circuit Bending provides some of the most consuming, interesting and surprising noises available. What's more its available to anyone as it costs so little to explore. The origins of these instruments may have been toys, but there is nothing childish about their sonic output. Whether randomly reorganising samples, creating chance and random music, morphing synthesised vocal sounds or letting electrical current flow through the body to modify sounds in indescribable ways - the chaos ensuing from the clear illogic being presented to the circuitry can be both inspirational and mesmerising.

A Brief History
Experimental Audio Research was formed in 1990 by Sonic Boom as a solo and collaborative ensemble in order to pursue the more experimental work he had contributed to Spacemen 3 since the 1980's.
The project revolves around two separate yet overlapping areas - studio recording and live performance, both environments being treated as complimentary but different sides of the same coin.
E.A.R.'s main ethos, embodied in their acronymous name, is one of necessary experimentation. They create a space where any sound or texture, technique or emotion is treated as a possible contribution to the pieces(s) in hand. The same applies to the interaction of the performers - improvisation and integration are left open, until what feels like the right moment, all the while keeping an eye on the whole, and avoiding a forum where concept overtakes content.
E.A.R.'s members and musical philosophies run the gamut from purely Electronically generated sounds - produced instantaneously - to beautifully crafted Acoustic techniques - the product of a lifetime's experience. This is a rare terrain where individual extremes merge in the collective sound - each member exploring the possibilities of the integration of opposites.
By definition each of the group's performances are quite different - to replicate performances is of no interest. Surprise and variety are far more important - yet all within and around their intended framework and disciplines. In this way the group creates a special kind of sound-scape and mood space aiming forwards whilst heeding yesterdays experiments and advances. To ignore the work of Cage, Varese, Stockhausen or Cardew would be foolhardy. To dismiss the experiments of LaBradford, Joe Meek, Eno or Kraftwerk would equally be a mistake. E.A.R. exists in the furrow between the low brow and the high brow - between traditional and contemporary - Independent of categorisations, where AMM can meet Spacemen 3, where classical music can meet My Bloody Valentine. Where preconceptions and prejudice can be left outside and sounds can exist for their intrinsic values. Where sounds can show their true selves.
To assume that this approach must lack discipline is a common mistake. The discipline is mirrored by the freedom given the performers, keeping its aims pure and free from excess. aiming to be progressive, but not just for progressiveness' sake.
The instruments used In their recordings and performances do not revolve around the chromatic scale, and no amount of divisions per octave is defined before hand - indeed many of the instruments from the Theremin and Modular synthesisers to the Insect and Human voice generators "lack" any fretted or keyed sequential controllers to even suggest a particular mode or scale. In this way, the most stimulating range of sounds is come by, because it is the most stimulating and not for any predetermined reasons. Likewise, the sounds selected come from various random or heuristic programming functions and improvisational playing techniques rather than from a preset bank of sounds - none of these instruments have a "memory" or "preset" facility - giving unique sounds every time the instrument is used. In this way the performer becomes the selector from the near infinite possible range of textures.

The Future
E.A.R. is a long term evolving project. Experimenting with new musical genre and sounds is a lifetime commitment for its members. Breaking music down to its essential elements, giving every sound an equal validity, and integrating material from the possibilities presented are fundamental. E.A.R. exists to make sounds and music to convey moods, thoughts and feelings, to put outline and form to the intangible and the exotic. The path they tread may have no end, but it certainly seems to be widening out. Time and taste appear to be coming around to their way of thinking as attitudes change to the more experimental forms of the aural and visual arts and the values the group hold dear become the currency of a new generation.

For more information on the practicalities of circuit bending audio electronics reference should be made to one of the processes originators, REED GHAZALA at The Anti-Theory Workshop, 3325, South Woodmont Ave. Cincinatti, Ohio 45213 U.S.A. http://www.anti-theory.com
Comments:
6枚目となるE.A.R.のアルバムです。アナログ盤は限定で、2種類あります。

the mount vernon arts lab
Gummy Twinkle
VIA SATELITE RECORDINGS (V-Sat 2525)
CD
1998
Tracks:
EXPO
WILLIAM GREEN
CABARET VOLT AGE
LIVE MAINS ELECTRICITY
MR. ASTRA
SHIRTS
IMBER LOOP
TELEK
MV 3
SUPERPATCH
Notes:
Track 1 Mulholland/Blake: Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Drew Mulholland
Track 3 Mulholland/Reynolds/Davies/Pattinson:
Track 4 Banks/Hodgkinson/Mulholland: Track 10 Kember/Mulholland

Sonic Boom 'SUPERPATCH'
Pete Kember [aka 'Sonic Boom'] formed 'E.A.R.' in 1990 as a solo and collaborative ensemble in order to pursue the more experimental work he had contributed to 'SPACEMEN 3' since the l980s. 'SUPERPATCH' was created by linking two EMS VCS3 synthesisers to create a wash of interacting elements, the very low frequencies come from the bass theremin specially built for the Mount Vernon Arts Lab by JaKe Rothman. Also part of the ebb and flow of 'SUPERPATCH' is the introduction of a revolutionary type of sound and music generation called 'circuit bending'. This process involves taking cheaply available electronic sound making toys and adding extra wires, knobs and switches to make new connections between parts of the internal circuitry. This sends data and electronic signals to previously unrelated circuit-board points. Electronically, 'circuit bending' provides some of the most astounding, consuming, interesting and surprising noises available.

Thanks to: Norman, Sonic, Kirstin, Ashley, Joe, Barry @ Longwave Instruments, Paul @ Too Pure, Martin @ Duophonic, Barry @ Add N to X, Peter Forrest, Duglas, John and Gayle, Rahkin @ Night & Day, Colin Fallows @ John Moore's University, Liverpool, Charlie @ Southside Music, Mr. Rock'n'Roll, The Most, Stuart Cruikshank @ BBC Scotland, David Keenan, Whitey, and Marc @ Vesuvius.

For M. & D.
Comments:
Sonic Boomとは以前から交流のあったThe Mount Vernon Arts Labのアルバムです。10曲目がSonic Boomとのコラボレートとなっています。このアルバムにはTeenage FanclubのNorman Blakeも参加しています。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
DATA RAPE (PART 9)
EARWORM (worm 35)
7"
1999
Tracks:
Data Rape (Part 9)
Savage Scratch
Notes:
Sonic Boom: Custom E.M.S. Synthi VCS3 & Human Voice Synthesisers.
Savage Pencil: Etching.

For further information on circuit bent material see E.A.R. 'Data Rape' (Space Age 013CD & LP).

Recorded at G.C.S. Studios, Rugby.
Engineered by Pete Bain.
Produced by Sonic Boom.

Artwork by Tundra
Comments:
アルバムData Rapeからもれた曲を収録した片面7"シングル。裏面はSavage Pencilによるエッチングとなってます。

SPECTRUM & SILVER APPLES
a lake of teardrops
Space Age Recordings (ORBIT 016)
LPx2, CD
1999
Tracks:
STREAMS OF SORROW
SIXTH SENSE
THE EDGE
SECOND SIGHT
WHIRLWIND
(I DON'T CARE IF YOU) NEVER COME BACK
Notes:
Simeon - Voice, Electronics & Oscillators
Sonic Boom - Synthi AKS, Custom Configurable Sampler & Human Voice Synthesiser
Will Carruthers - Bass Vibrations
Iain Worrall - Percussion
Alf Hardy - Electronics

All songs Kember/Simeon
Recorded at Cabin Studios, Coventry, England, 21st-23rd July 1998
Emgineered by Alf Hardy
Produced by Sonic Boom

Artwork: Andy@Tundra
Commnets:
SpectrumとSilver Applesによる共演盤。Spacemen 3中期以降のベーシスト、Will Carruthersが参加しています。初回CDは特製ジャケット、アナログも限定で2種類リリースされています。

JESSAMINE/EAR
LIVING SOUND
HISTRIONIC (HIST02)
CD
1999
Tracks:
(untitled track 1)
(untitled track 2)
(untitled track 3)
(untitled track 4)
(untitled track 5)
(untitled track 6)
(untitled track 7)
Notes:
Recorded live @ Moe
August 8, 1996
Seattle, WA

Live mixing/recoreding to dat: Kelly Berry

Mastering: George Horn

Design: Andy Brown
Printing/Design: Thigmakers

SONIC BOOM
EMS Synthi AKS
Serge Modular
Bowed Cymbals
Theremin

ANDY BROWN
Micromoog
Farfisa

DAWN SMITHSON
Bass

MICHAEL FAETH
Drums
Cymbals

REX RITTER
Guitar
Comments:
Sonic BoomとJessamineが共演したライヴの模様を収録した作品。元々はオーディエンスが録音したものだったそうです。

SPECTRUM/the Imajinary friends
INTERFACE/come out to play
Space Age Recordings (ORBIT 017)
CD
1999
Tracks:
SPECTRUM: AGAINST THE GRAIN
SPECTRUM: TASTE THE NIGHT
Notes:
Sonic Boom - Synthi VCS3, OSCar, Human Voice Synthesiser, Serge Modular Music System & Insect Voice Synthesiser
Alf Hardy - Voltage Controlled Synthesiser & Digital Information Streams
Pete Bassman - Programming Vibrations

Recorded at Cabin Studios, Coventry
Engineered by Alf Hardy
Produced by Sonic Boom & Alf Hardy
Mastered by Chris Thorpe at Serendipity
All songs Kember

Original 60s computer graphics coutesy of Alan Sutcliffe
Synthi AKS photo courtesy of Robin Wood, EMS (Cornwall)
Artwork by Andy Smith @ Tundra

Special Thanks to: Robin Wood, Alan Sutcliffe, Pete Bain, & Delia Derbyshire.
Comments:
Spectrumとサン・フランシスコのバンド、The Imajinary FriendsとのスプリットEPです。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
PESTREPELLER
OCHRE RECORDS (OCH009)
LP, CD
1999
Tracks:
BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN (PART I)
BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN (PART II)
ATOMATIC MUSIC (FOR OSCILLATOR, RING MODULATOR & FILTER CLUSTERS)
Notes:
BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN (PARTS I & II)
SONIC BOOM: EMS SYNTHI VCS3, TREATMENTS, SOUND SOURCES
PESTREPELLER: SOUND SOURCES
RECORDED AT RCS STUDIO, RUGBY
ENGINEERED BY PETE BASSMAN
PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM

ATOMATIC MUSIC (FOR OSCILLATOR, RING MODULATOR & FILTER CLUSTERS)
SONIC BOOM: SERGE MODULAR MUSIC SYSTEM
RECORDED AT RCS STUDIO, RUGBY
ENGINEERED BY SONIC BOOM & PETE BASSMAN
PRODUCED BY SONIC BOOM

ORIGINAL PESTREPELLER RECORDING -
ULTRASONIC ATTACKWAVE PESTREPELLER
AVAILABLE ON SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY (SFTRI443)

SPECIAL THANKS TO
SAVEGE PENCIL, ED PRESENT, HARLEY RICHARDSON, GARY RAMON & LONG GONE JOHN

EQUIPMENT THANKS TO:
ROBIN WOOD @ EMS (CORNWALL)
REX PROBE @ SOUND TRANSFORM SYSTEMS (OAKLAND)

LAYOUT - VSA
Comments:
E.A.R.の7thアルバム。CDはジャケットに鏡面加工の特殊紙を使用しています。1,000枚限定のアナログ盤は、ジャケットは普通ですが盤が透明で、その中に白と赤のラメが入っています。

V.A.
through the square window
OCHRE RECORDS/BLUEFELA (BLUEFLEA #10)
CD
1999
Tracks:
Experimental Audio Research: Death of a Robot" (Slow Vari-Speed Mix)
Notes:
Original version appears on OCH025 9"
Comments:
ochre recordsのコンピレーション。death of a robotのリミックスです。他にはwindy & carlなんかも収録されています。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
LIVE AT THE DREAM PALACE, NEW ORLEANS RECORDED 27.11.98
OCHRE RECORDS (OCH015)
CD
2000
Tracks:
MODULO 2
SONG FOR A SERAPHIM
Notes:
RECORDED BY MATT HUNTER
MASTERED BY MIKE CROSS AT TEN PIN ALLEY

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
LUCIA CORACE, TALBOT, MIKE CROSS, MIKE WARD & ALL AT OCHRE

ARTWORK BY VSA

MODULO 2 (KEMBER)
SONG FOR A SERAPHIM (KEMBER)
Comments:
E.A.R.のライヴアルバム。初回盤はクリア・オレンジのケースに入っています。

V.A.
271199
OCHRE RECORDS (OCH020)
CD
2000
Tracks:
E.A.R.: Syncromesh (Excerpt from a live electronic improvisation)
Comments:
Ochre Recordsのコンピレーション。Infinity Chimps、Mount Vernon Arts Lab、AMP、Glideなどが収録されています。

Space Age・Ochre・Earworm
>> Interface
Space Age Recordings (Orbit 019)
CD
2000
Tracks:
Spectrum: Rise
Experimental Audio Research: Shimmer
John Massoni & Sonic Boom: Flange
Notes:
Spectrum - Rise
Formed in 1991 by former Spacemen 3 mainman Sonic Boom. Rise shows Spectrum at their most abstract, with its upward glide of pitch, tone, intensity and dynamic - illustrating the more explorative end of their progressive rock and pop material.

Experimental Audio Research - Shimmer
E.A.R. are a shifting organisation centred around Sonic Boom's more progressive and minimal explorations into experimental sound generating, composition and improvisational sound forms. Often joined by other master soundsmiths such as Kevin Shields, Eddie Pr钁ost and Delia Derbyshire, E.A.R. exist in the furrow between the low brow and the high brow, where sounds are made and exist for their own intrinsic values, in a forum where Concept never takes precedent to Content. In this way they seek to exist in an atmosphere as equally at home with automatic compositional systems AND unplanned sound events, with carefully programmed electronic devices AND found instruments and sound sources. This surely is music for today's less inhibited and more demanding sound consumers.

John Massoni & Sonic Boom: Flange
Seattle's John Massoni is a veteran of the city's underground, predating the city's grunge onslaught by several years. In Massoni's music there echoes a childlike innocence only retained and captured by a handful of artists, and this home recording shows a more pensive, weather beaten side to his hypnotic music.
Comments:
Space Age Recordings、Ochre Redords、Earwormのコンピレーション。

EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH
VIBRATIONS E.P.
rocket girl (RGIRL 18)
12", CD
2000
Tracks:
KALIMBELL
RING
SYNCHRONDIPITY
WIRED WAVES
TRIPPLE
Notes:
TOTAL TIME: 44.30

SONIC BOOM: EMS SYNTHI AKS, SERGE MODULAR MUSIC SYSTEM, CUSTOM HUMAN VOICE SYNTHESISER, VOCODERS & SP202 SAMPLER

RECORDED AT NEW ATLANTIS STUDIOS, RUGBY
MIXED AT ALPHASOUND STUDIOS, RUGBY
PRODUCED & ENGINEERED BY SONIC BOOM
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO DELIA DERBYSHIRE

ARTWORK BY TUNDRA
Comments:
アルバム並のヴォリュームがあるEPです。

SUNRAY / SONIC BOOM
MUSIC FOR THE DREAMACHINE [PHASE ONE]
EARWORM (WORM68)
12"
2000
Tracks:
MUSIC FOR THE DREAMACHINE [PHASE ONE]
Notes:
RECORDED AND MIXED AT GREAT CENTRAL STUDIOS RUGBY
14, 15 DECEMBER 1999
WRITTEN BY JON CHAMBERS
PRODUCED BY SUNRAY AND SONIC BOOM
MIXED BY SONIC BOOM
ENGINEERED BY PETE BASSMAN

THANKS TO: SPACE AGE RECORDING, WARTERCOLOURRECORDS, ACID TAPES, TEMPLE PRESS, CODEX BOOKS, JOHN LEWIS, BOB BHAMRA, BEVIS BEAVIS, WILLIAM THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, NICOLA ELLIMAN, KEVIN ROLFE, SAM HARDING, PAUL CHARTERS AND PAUL CECIL

ARTWORK BY KEVIN ROLFE AND JON CHAMBERS

ABOUT THIS RECORD
THE SOUNDS ON THIS DISC WERE INSPIRED BY EXPERIMENTS WITH BRION GYSIN'S DREAMACHINE. THE ENCLOSED RECORDINGS IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY THE DREAMACHINE EXPERIENCE.

BRION GYSIN AND DREAMACHINE
THE DREAMACHINE IS THE INVENTION OF BRION GYSIN, ARTIST, TRAVELLER, WRITER AND ALCHEMIST. ONE OF THE UNSUNG ENGLISH PAINTERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, GYSIN WAS EXPELLED BY BRETON FROM THE SURREALISTS TO BECOME A SEMINAL INFLUENCE ON WILLIAM BURROUGHS, INTRODUCING HIM TO THE USE OF CUT-UPS IN WRITING. IN THE LATE 1960S IT WAS GYSIN WHO INTRODUCED THE ROLLING STONES' BRIAN JONES TO THE TRANCE MUSIC OF THE MUSIC OF THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JOUJOUKA.

THE DREAMACHINE AROSE FROM BRION GYSIN'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF PASSING RAPIDLY THROUGH A VALE OF TREES, THE FLICKERING OF SUNLIGHT CAUSING HIM TO ENTER INTO AN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THE PROCESS ITSELF WAS KNOWN TO NORTH AFRICAN TRIBESMEN WHO ENTERED TRANCE LIKE STATES THROUGH THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THEIR HANDS TILTED TOWARDS THE SUN.

MANY USERS OF THE DREAMACHINE HAVE REFERRED TO IT AS A DRUG FREE TRIP WITH THE EMPHASIS ON INWARD TRAVEL INTO THE AREAS OF ONE'S OWN UNCONSCIOUS DREAM STATE.

PART OF ALL MAGICAL PROCESS IS THE PRODUCTION OF ONE'S OWN TOOLS. THE DREAMACHINE PLANS ENABLE YOU TO TAKE PART IN JUST SUCH A PROCESS BY MAKING YOUR OWN DREAMACHINE, THROUGH THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF DRAWING OUT THE DESIGN, OBTAINING AN OLD 78RPM RECORD DECK, AND CONSTRUCTING THE MACHINE, YOU ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITHIN THE OLDEST TRADITIONS.

THE DREAMACHINE IS PROBABLY THE FIRST VISUAL DEVICE TO BE VIEWED WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED - WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS INSIDE. TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE DREAMACHINE SET IT UP SO THAT YOU CAN SIT COMFORTABLY WITH YOUR FACE CLOSED TO THE CENTRE OF THE COLUMN. A KALEIDOSCOPE OF LIGHT WILL RESULT AND SLOWLY THESE TURN INTO ARCHETYPAL VISIONS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMAITION ABOUT BRION GYSIN'S DREAMACHINE AND INSTRUCTIONS OF HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN VISIT:
http://brainwashed.com/h30/dreamachine

WARNING: THE DREAMACHINE MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY AND OTHER DISORDERS. PLEASE USE WITH CAUTIONs
Comments:
片面のみのクリアーヴァイナル盤です。

john massoni w/ sonic boom
the sundowner sessions
Space Age Recordings (orbit 025)
CD
2000
Tracks:
Voices
Organ
Flange
Untitled
Notes:
John Massoni: Electronics
Sonic Boom: Custom Human Voice Synthesiser
Recorded in Seattle by John Massoni
Mixed by Sonic Boom with John Massoni
Comments:
John Massoniとのコラボレーション作品です。

V.A.
A ROCKET GIRL COMPILATION
rocket girl (rgirl26-1/2)
CDx2
2001
Tracks:
Experimental Audio Research: ring
Comments:
rocket girlのコンピレーション。azusa plane、fuxa、loopdrop、low、mazarin、piano magic、pluxus、ps i love you、silver apples、transient waves、windy and carlなども収録されています。

E.A.R.
continuum
Space Age Recordings (ORBIT026)
CD
2001
Tracks:
submarine
buzz
shimmer
swing
ebb
echo gull
whisper incantor
see-saw
Notes:
Sonic Boom: EMS synthi AKS, Fenix modular synthesiser, Serge modular music system, Vocoder, thumb pianos & custom human voice sysnthesiser

recorded at New Atlantis studios, Rugby
mixed at Alpha Sound studios, Rugby
engineered, mixed & produced by Sonic Boom

special thanks to: DeliaDerbyshire & Marc Paping
Comments:
E.A.R.の9thアルバム。透明仕様のジャケットには何色かヴァリエーションがあるようです。

Text and edited by madoka suzuki.
Last update: 18.nov.2001.