fognozzle recordings
unless otherwise noted, these releases were recorded and mastered at von Petrin Manor, San Francisco and all sound sources were manipulated by Pete von Petrin.releases
Keep On Whispering
CDr Zvukovina zcdr-0025 2008Hyper-processed FM synthesis loud drone created under the influence of absinthe and strobe lights between April and July of 2008. One 19:32 track featuring an unnamed Ellis Electronics synthesizer.
Keep On Whispering is available for trade from Zvukovina.
Free stream / free 128k mp3 / $0.99 high quality download in multiple formats:
Radio Friendly
CD creepsville 2008100 hand-numbered copies. 5 tracks recorded between February and May of 2008. portions of
xuxa were recorded live by Samantha Mavar at the International Noise Conference San Francisco 2008 and feature David J. Walker
on drums. sound sources include a binaural beat generator, a text-to-speech program, a shortwave radio, and the usual mixture of toy and
professional instruments. of special note is the The Squarewave Parade Safeplace Rust which was
used both as an instrument and a microphone.
Radio Friendly is available for $5 directly from me and can also be downloaded from and eMusic (subscription service, see offer below).
Free stream / free 128k mp3s / high quality download for $2.99
(or $0.99 a track / title track for free)
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Recycled Music
cassette RRRecords 2008an improv session recorded in February, 2008. two Fisher-Price tape recorders loaded with 30 second cassette loops (one blank, one with previously recorded toy piano), a Sunrise toy organ, a Monotonic Labs Type-U73 into a Ibanez DE7 delay pedal, and a Korg ER-1 all through a mini-amp and recorded with one room mic. Mangled in Cubase, then mastered back onto one of the Fisher-Price machines. Recycled Music is a long running series from RRRecords where various artists prepare works on tape, which are duplicated over other commercial releases (overstock from the RRR store in Lowell, Mass.).
Recycled Music is available for $4 from RRRecords.
Speak for Yourself
web only fognozzle 20084 tracks recorded in January of 2008. most of this EP was produced using six instruments: an A.L. White Liberty Pipetone Folding Organ, a Kawai Kingston, an Atomo Labs Mochika, a Monotonic Labs Type-U73, a Mattel Bee Gees Rhythm Machine, and a Korg Electribe ER-1. The sounds were minimally processed.
sleep was recorded using VST effects and no external sound sources.
Free stream and download:
2007
CD creepsville 200720 copies. 5 tracks recorded between February and December of 2007, this was my return to the fognozzle project after several years of focusing on rock and roll. I used vintage toy instruments to produce most of the sounds on this EP, except on
Come Back, which features a Hammond Solovox.
Download or stream for free (minus one CD-only track):
compliations
Foot Print One
CDr noise board (distributed by dropping off at random locations) 2008florida (from the Radio Friendly CD EP)
Paper Cuts 2
mini CDr Paper Cuts Records 2008radio friendly (title track from the CD EP)
In Lieu of Id
cassette Mandibles in Crisis (released with zine) 1995Recorded sometime in 1995 at
Wow Cool World Headquarters (a warehouse in Oakland, CA at the time)
this was a collaboration with fognozzle co-founder Marc Arsenault. I remember almost
nothing about this track.