Archipelagopher, by MJXII

Archipelagopher

by MJXII

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Michael Creel This is a departure from the other music she has on bandcamp, with almost all songs having lyrics. The usual excellent and unpredictable music is there, too. I have several contenders for favorite track, as usual. This would really be great to see and hear live. Favorite track: Ye Are Not Evolved.

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1.	Alumi-Naughty 05:25	info	buy track
2.	Digital Narcissistic Magic Mirror 05:38	info	buy track
3.	Negative Adaptations 07:33	info	buy track
4.	Ye Are Not Evolved 05:29	info	buy track
5.	Overspent 03:31	info	buy track
6.	Myth of Holy Murder 08:08	info	buy track
7.	Intelligentia Artificialis 07:07	info	buy track
8.	Münchausen by Proxy 04:33	info	buy track
9.	The Adventures of Space Moose 06:01	info	buy track

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Ok, so here's a collection of genuine, original prog rock, art rock, fusion, post-fusion, etc. tunes. This project is very much an example of me and my cohort (Solo Goodspeed) delving into Zappa-esque, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, King Crimson-like territory. Yes, somewhat uncharacteristically (for me) almost every tune features lyrics and singing...and it's definitely more of a "rock" record than a "jazz" one.

This is a collaboration project which I myself and fellow composer, Solo Goodspeed worked on years ago, but we never officially released. Most of the tracks were done by me sending a "guide track" to Solo (i.e. - the chords and basic harmonic rhythms throughout the piece along with the intended melody) to which he then would orchestrate and sing the lyrics (all of the lyrics are all mine with the exception of the track "Overspent").

The exceptions are as follows: "Intelligentia Artificialis"; I did all the music except for the synth trumpet solo, and "Space Moose", which I wrote the lyrics for and played guitar on, but the rest of it is entirely Goodspeed.

*It should be noted that I basically started this project with the idea of specifically writing tunes for Goodspeed to do his thing with. Moreover, virtually all of these songs were written with a kind of "tongue in cheek" type of humor, as well as dipping into the realm of "crazy conspiracy culture", as per the common parlance. Entertainment is the goal.

**I've also included two tracks which feature me (doing everything on them), "Ye Are Not Evolved" as well as "Munchausen by Proxy". They seemed to fit this release quite well.

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released December 9, 2023

Solo Goodspeed - Vocals, Synths, Programming via LOGIC, Arranging, Lyrics ("Overspent"), etc. All Music on "Space Moose"

Tory Slusher - All Guitars, Music, Lyrics, Mixing, Mastering, Arranging on "Intelligentia Artificialis", "Munchausen" and "Ye Are Not Evolved". Vocals on "Ye Are Not Evolved".

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