Palm Desert
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Credits: Rudy VanderLans: design and photography; Erik Deerly: audio remixing and mastering; Van Dyke Parks, Itchy Pet (aka Erik Deerly), Honey Barbara, and Elliott Peter Earls: music. Emigre, 1999.
The first book of photographs and music in a series of three published by Emigre. It is based on the music and lyrics of Los Angeles-based composer Van Dyke Parks and pays tribute to both Parks and Southern California. The visuals of Rudy VanderLans display a canvas upon which the music of Parks’ 1968 composition “Palm Desert” is reborn. Three modern interpretations accompany the original, further exploring the world of Van Dyke Parks.
I was one of three composers asked to interpret the classic piece from Van Dyke Parks’ “Song Cycle.” The legend of Parks caused a “fight or flight” response, adding the incentive (and adrenaline) necessary for long hours and late nights. I liken my version of the piece to a reverse-engeered UFO. My reconstituted final bears little resemblance to the original but could not exist without it.
Erik
Sample Track:
02 Palm Desert
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Tags: computer music, emigre, guitar, itchy pet, van dyke parks, vox
Dreaming Out Louder
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Credits: Nani: vocals; Erik Deerly: vocals, saxophone, guitars, keyboards, computers, music and lyrics. Brian Deck: additional drums; Randy Henry: additional bass; Produced by Erik Deerly. Digital mastering by John David Hiler at Doublewide/Noise, Chicago, IL. All songs written by Erik Deerly. Emigre, 1998
Dreaming Out Louder, Emigre 1998. (10 tracks + bonus. MP3 audio/192kbps)
Price: $10.00
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The name “Itchy Pet” comes from a canine ailment I find strangely amusing. The 1998 album was created using a Macintosh 7300/200.
Single Tracks:
07 Slow Burn
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10 Take My Money
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09 On The Paper
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Tags: computer music, emigre, guitar, itchy pet, van dyke parks, vox
Ropes & Kisses
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Its a clean sound—the sound of outer space—the sound of absolute silence inside your head—both painful and comfortably familiar. This is injected with doses of a more rollicking bawdiness in some of the piano parts, kind of a late night drunken intelligence evocative of yet another Young fossil, Tonight’s the Night (‘75).
CMJ
Sample Track:
02 Fix
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Tags: audio, chicago, every good boy, guitar, indie, minty fresh, vox
Get Yer La La’s Out!
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Credits: Brian Deck: drums; Randy Henry: bass, vocals; Erik Deerly: vocals, guitars, music and lyrics. Produced by Brian Deck and Erik Deerly. Minty Fresh, 1993
Whoa. This is junked out and startlingly unusual. Lazy, distorted chords are hacked out over a laconic rhythm section, while vocalist Erik Deerly swaggers with sincerity. Kind of frightening how well this is done.
The Splatter Effect
Sample Tracks:
09 Wait ’til Your Father Gets Home
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Wait / City Life
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Credits: Brian Deck: drums; Randy Henry: bass, vocals; Erik Deerly: vocals, guitars, music and lyrics. Produced by Brian Deck and Erik Deerly. Minty Fresh, 1993
Every Good Boy has completed an infectiously retro single, “Wait ’till Your Father Gets Home” on the Minty Fresh label. The twangy Jagger-Richards vocal interplay between guitarist-songwriter Erik Deerly and bassist Randy Henry gives the new material a slinky swagger. EGB drummer Brian Deck also plays with local band Red Red Meat, which recently signed to Seattle’s Sub Pop label, so it’ a good bet that duty will eventually call him away.
Chicago Tribune
Sample Tracks:
02 City Life
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Tags: audio, chicago, every good boy, guitar, indie, minty fresh, red red meat, vox
