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Way Back When Two / 1990​-​1997

by Steve Layton

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1.
Deep Pool (1990) 02:42
2.
4am (1990) 04:29
3.
Homo Faber (1990) 04:04
4.
Before There Was (1990) 04:56
5.
Running (1990) 05:26
6.
Soundtrack to Chuck Iffland: "Seeing and Remembering" (1990) 11:26
7.
Jerusalem (1990) 03:39
8.
Seven Women and the Dream Kiss (1990) 25:07
9.
Spanish Dance (1990) 02:02
10.
Death Leads the Dance (1991) 05:39
11.
Milagro (1991) 02:31
12.
Master Blaster (1991) 04:33
13.
I Read the Headlines (1991) 03:15
14.
Tradewind (1991) 03:23
15.
Shakey Jake (1991) 03:33
16.
Shiva Dance (1991) 07:01
17.
Dark Stranger Dances (1992) 06:07
18.
Requiem for Steven Jesse Bernstein (1992) 06:11
19.
The Great Dictator (1992) 04:58
20.
When the First Stars Come Out (1992) 07:10
21.
Night City (1992) 04:03
22.
Cool Cat (1993) 04:36
23.
Night Train (1993) 07:25
24.
Uni-versal (1993) 05:43
25.
Blossoms on Water (1994) 04:31
26.
Ask Me Tell (1994) 06:24
27.
Soundtrack to Amy Laly's "Jala Do – Torch the Pyre" (1994) 04:23
28.
Slick (1994) 04:13
29.
Garden (1994) 11:15
30.
Seven Gates (1994) 05:06
31.
Thin Man in Greece (1995) 05:05
32.
What I Cannot Have (1995) 06:23
33.
Bring It Back (1995) 04:19
34.
Gao Shan (1995) 04:49
35.
You Zuo (1995) 04:19
36.
Winter Night (1995) 04:46
37.
Rain (1996) 03:53
38.
Tornao (1996) 05:49
39.
She's a Spy (1996) 03:58
40.
Noir (1996) 05:41
41.
Dangerous Things (1996) 04:54
42.
The City (1996) 20:37
43.
A Shadow Crosses the Land (1996) 01:41
44.
Honky Tonk (1996) 05:08
45.
Yalla (1996) 06:36
46.
Anticipation (1996) 04:35
47.
Embraces (1997) 04:41

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The second collection of my earlier electronic work from the digital (but pre-computer) days, with a Casio CZ-101 synth and DH-100 MIDI horn, Roland S-10 sampler, Yamaha TX-81z synth and QX-5 sequencer, Alesis HR-16 drum machine, Yamaha TG-33 synth, going to a Fostex 200 4-track cassette deck. Everything was rescued from stereo cassette tape dubs from the original 4-track masters, in various states of age and disrepair; while cleaned and balanced a bit, the sound quality is what it is. While the sound may not always be "technicolor", the tracks capture an immediacy, freshness, and sheer seat-of-the-pants creativity in making these pieces single-handed in the corner of my various apartment living rooms.

A word: A few of the tracks are fairly long "suites" of movements. While I might have broken them into their respective movements, they were always meant to be listened to together.

I done did it all myself, and it made me happy.

-- Steve Layton, Seattle, 2021

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released February 10, 2021

All tracks composed, performed, recorded by Steve Layton (ASCAP)

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Steve Layton Seattle, Washington

Composer, performer, recordist, connector, facilitator. Editor of Sequenza21.com, a long-running website reporting on contemporary classical music.
Collaborator at ImprovFriday/Sound-In, a weekly web gathering of musicians from around the globe. NiwoSound is an umbrella for innovative art music / art sound. ... more

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