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Ventilator
Alternatif / Indie / Rock

1994-1998



NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California
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   Ventilator: Genel Bilgi
Üyelik Tarihi27.10.2006
Grup Web Sitesihttp://www.myspace.com/ventilatormusic
Grup Üyeleriventilator was matt devine, jeff caruana and byron reynolds. auxiliary members live were karl rumpf, brad laner, brian goff and dan seta.
Etkilendiklerilet it be (both of 'em).
Neye Benziyor?delayed sleep-phase syndrome.
Plak Şirketialmost there, delmore/minnow.
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austin label almost there records released rock folk suicide -- twelve previously unreleased ventilator recordings from 1997-98 -- on october 21st, 2008.

available at CD Baby and on iTunes.

self-recorded in 1997-98 on an 8-track reel machine in matt's north hollywood apartment, rock folk suicide is atmospheric rock and psychedelia by way of analog design -- with tape vari-speeding, track bouncing and treating, and by embracing chance events.

featuring byron reynolds' inventive drumming and matt devine's and jeff caruana's colorful instrumentation -- including lap steel, toy keyboards, ukulele, magnus organ and tape loops -- rock folk suicide documents various headphone trips, such as the ambivalence in dealing with indie-rock machinations ("drift"), the diminishing returns of the nightlife (the byrdsy "fader"), and the sad good-bye ("morning prayer"). an impulsively recorded cover of stevie wonder's "have a talk with god" is presented, as well as an extended version of popular standard "bye bye blackbird" and two co-writes with brad laner (medicine, electric company): "cherry flavor night time" and "thanks".

ventilator's lone CD reseda spleen (delmore recordings) was released in 1996. unfortunately, the record suffered from poor distribution, but the response from the few people who heard it was positive. larry crane (tape op) dubbed reseda spleen "power pop of the highest order" and jack rabid (the big takeover) noted that "the arrangements are advanced beyond 99 percent of indie records, much less self-produced ones." despite limited resources, recordings for a 2nd ventilator release were begun in 1997 with a couple of demos produced by ward dotson of the gun club. during this time, matt's creative relationship with byron extended to include possum dixon, culminating with matt's contributions to their final release new sheets, produced by ric ocasek. as byron soldiered on with possum dixon to see out that band's final hours, the 8-track eventually fell out of alignment and ventilator dissolved. ventilator's follow-up recordings to reseda spleen would remain unreleased until now.

in the end, rock folk suicide is another piece of evidence that ventilator existed to make a strange and beautiful sound.

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video for "drift" by josh laner. camera by jeff copas.

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about reseda spleen:

after leaving permanent green light in 1994, matt devine bought a second-hand 8-track reel machine to record reclusively in his north hollywood apartment. the melancholic songs were primarily acoustic to begin with, but soon drummer byron reynolds (of old friends possum dixon) helped tune subsequent tracks towards left-of-the-dial. jeff caruana, guitarist in matt's first garage band lazytown, lent his ears and pitched in. matt performed live with medicine in 1995 to support her highness, and brad laner returned the favor by contributing to recordings and encouraging matt to experiment further. ten tracks were released in 1996 on delmore recordings under the moniker ventilator and the title of reseda spleen (apologies to baudelaire), self-deprecatingly framing the songs' confessional feel (as in venting one's spleen) within the less-than-spectacular backdrop of the suburban blight of the san fernando valley where the band grew up.

opening up with an unapologetic ode to dandyism ("the tailor's lament", originally performed live by permanent green light), reseda spleen veered from anthemic ("happy new year") to stripped-down ("the daily drag") with topics ranging from the 1994 northridge earthquake that trashed matt's studio ("earthquake song") to the death of a friend ("jericho's pool"). unfortunately, the record suffered from poor distribution, but the response from the few people who heard it was positive. "earthquake song" was featured on vol. 3 of darla records' semi-quarterly comp little darla has a treat for you, and ventilator played some local shows at spaceland with fine players filling out the band's live sound. 1997 was an active year, as recordings for a 2nd ventilator release were tracked and matt and byron appeared on possum dixon's final release new sheets. as byron soldiered on with possum dixon to see out that band's final hours, the 8-track fell out of alignment and ventilator's follow-up recordings to reseda spleen would remain unreleased for some time.

you can purchase reseda spleen on iTunes, napster and rhapsody.

original reviews upon reseda spleen's release:

larry crane, tape op 9 review: "i'll make no bones about it, big star's one of my favorite bands ever. it sounds like matt devine, the main ventilator, is a big fan too. one of the charms of the big star records is that they were given extensive recording time to perfect the songs that they had since the studio (ardent) was also the record company. matt circumvents that problem by recording his album at home on a tascam 388, which is one of those big 1/4" reel to reels with the built in mixer. so he worked very hard at the tracks on this record and it shows. power pop of the highest order. and then, being the smart cookie that he is, he enlisted veteran producer earle mankey to mix most of it, and brad laner of medicine to mix one of the songs. it sounds great, it's pop heaven and there's even a skip spence cover."

jack rabid, the big takeover review: "a battalion of bands are compared to big star, since echoes of that '70s memphis group still exist in teenage fanclub, the posies, and velvet crush. add l.a.'s ventilator to the list. right from the start, "the tailor's lament" borrows the riff and feel of "feel" from 1972's number one record, only main man matt devine's voice sounds more like alex chilton than chris bell. but unlike the other chilton disciples, devine isn't just interested in rockin' power pop. half of this lp also recreates the pensive, gloomy, subdued sweetness of the slower tracks chilton cherished (from "13" to "what's going ahn" to "kangaroo"), such as on "the daily drag" and "lansdowne." devine can also hint of '70s todd rundgren on the emotionally stuttering "happy new year," and the arrangements are advanced beyond 99 percent of indie records, much less self-produced ones like this. reseda spleen is lovely, however déjà vu-like."

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this profile was edited with thomas' MySpace editor v4.4.


   Ventilator | Arkadaşlar (En İyi 24)
Ventilator, 254 kişiyle arkadaş.
 Matt Devine 


 Jeff 


 Byron Reynolds aka Byron Maiden/Drummer 


 Brad Laner 


 Almost There 


 Delmore Recordings 


 Darla Records 


 Medicine 


 Possum Dixon 


 Earle Mankey 


 Wild Carnation 


 intimidnation 


 karl 


 Sixteen Deluxe 


 Jeff 


 Geoff 


 George Duron 


 Carrie Clark, TX 


 John 


 Popshifter 


 Less Lee Moore 


 41 out now. hit me up if u want 1. 


 MICHAEL QUERCIO 


 Battery Museum 





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Görüntüleniyor 10 / 10 yorumlar  ( Tümünü Görüntüle | Yorum Ekle )
The Missing Tapes

The Missing Tapes



22 Eki 2008 03:03

Hey Matt. Hope you're doing well. Going to try to make it on the 24th. See you soon,
Beaty
lynn

lynn sims



15 Eyl 2008 22:21

Thanks for the add!!!
Kristian Hoffman

Kristian Hoffman



4 Ağu 2008 17:27

I Love Ventilator!khbunnyears
Popshifter

Popshifter Dot Com



10 May 2008 00:15

Ahhhhh so good! YAY NEW VENTILATOR!
TRACE ELEMENT

TRACE ELEMENT



5 May 2008 23:07

dig n it
Popshifter

Popshifter Dot Com



16 Oca 2008 14:41

Thanks for the add!

And thanks for putting the songs on MySpace. Reseda Spleen is one of my faves of the 90s.
Eric

Eric Segerstrom



1 Haz 2007 21:52

Hi,

Welcome to my Myspace page.

Eric
Wild Carnation

Wild Carnation



5 May 2007 01:06

it'd sure be nice to have a wild carnation/ventilator bill....
Guitar Maker Jerry Kaisersmyth

Jerry Kaisersmyth



2 Oca 2007 02:46

Rock On and enjoy the New Year my friends



Chris

Chris



7 Ara 2006 22:26

some of the best stuff I've heard!
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