Various Artists – Various Artists – The Vision of Twilight (Digital, 2023)

GAJOOB Review by Bryan Baker, :

This compilation project features music from 34 different Electronic Cottage artists from all over the world, compiled and mastered by Chris Phinney of Mental Anguish.

Media: Digital.

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1. Fiver’s Stereo – Pineapple Patch 03:16

Jay Peele – Moog DFAM, moogerfooger MF-104 analog delay, Moog Subharmonicon, Moog MF RING, Voice

2. Briyan Frederick – Twilight’s Echoes of Wonder 06:00

Instrumentation used: Lunacy Audio Cube Synth (with mangled Tapegerms by Blind Mime, Heuristics Inc, Jeff Davis & the Beauregards, Sin:Ned, Suckling Infants Network, James P. Bergman, CIIIGoff, Virtual Religion, David Alexander McDonald, International Garbageman), Klevgrand Tomofon, Arturia CMS80, Native Instruments Pharlight, Casio CT-S1000V Vocal Synthesizer.

3. Ed Drury – The Last Stand 04:36

4. Rafael González – Stirring a hertz salad 01:44

5. Hal McGee – Uncivil Twilight 05:59

“Uncivil Twilight” was recorded on four consecutive days, January 25-28, 2023, during civil twilight.

According to Wikipedia:
Civil twilight is defined as when the geometric center of the Sun is between 6° below the horizon and the horizon itself. Civil twilight is the period when enough natural light remains that artificial light in towns and cities is not needed. Under clear weather conditions, civil twilight approximates the limit at which solar illumination suffices for the human eye to clearly distinguish terrestrial objects.

6. DJ Hollow Life – Fighting Depression in the dawn of Twilight 05:52

Instrumentation on this track is a Casio SK 1 with a Gameboy Camera BEEP sample and a synth distorted kalimba

7. Magic Bullet – Come The Dreamquake 04:56

8. M.NOMIZED – Twilight Over The Sea 05:54

9. Girls On Fire – How to Pronounce Twilight 00:08

10. Gerardo Colin – Oscuro y Claro 05:04

11. Craig Tanis – Crepuscular 05:06

12. Osvaldo Cibils – flockinga 17ene2023 noisy action 06:00

13. Jim Barker – Restless Twilight 02:58

14. Lezet – Orange Skyline 03:52

15. Al Margolis – sturm before der drang 05:20

arp 2600 and audacity tone generator

16. Michael Thomas Jackson – nacht nacht nazis 03:53

recorded live December 17 2022 @ Studio Knexiho in Winston-Salem NC usa
pro-one & ms20 synthesizers patched together celebrating the downfall of fascism, my personal vision of twilight

17. Aversion To Reality – I Know The Type 03:29

18. Amoraim – Delete Myself 05:47

19. Antoine Trauma – She Borg Trans Loop Lola 02:07

20. will sōderberg… – return of the agony pipe 02:53

21. Strattanpossum – Twilight Transmission From The Ranch 06:30

22. John Jasnoch – TOVNIK 26.1.23 05:06

Instrumentation:
Fretless baritone guitar
Bass guitar
Lotar
Percussion
Short wave radio
Recording equipment:
Tascam 4 track cassette recorder
AKG C1000 microphone

23. Mystery Hearsay – Twilight Visitors 05:46

24. ARVO ZYLO – J20005 02:30

25. Jeff Central – Stereophonic Laughing Gas 04:48

26. Petit Lafoote – Twilight Cathedral 02:16

Instruments: Reason Studio, Arturia Keystep, Shure SM7B

27. Thomas Park – The Dinner At History’s End 05:54

28. t0rphy – Aube Naissante 05:58

Aube Naissante by t0rphy ; electronic- Exp/ Ambience ; work on AbletonLive 11

29. Max Julian Eastman – Fendi & Evening Magic (Excerpt) 06:33

This an excerpt from a synth / noise C30 tape I recorded (and shelved) called “Fendi & Evening Magic”. It was originally set to be released by the Hong Kong-based label Mouhoi, but I got cold feet about my performance on it and ended up offering them a different release.

The artwork attached here is the original collage made by Paul van Trigt for the planned cassette. It was later appropriated for the CD “Model of Malehood” released by Tribe Tapes

30. Maggie-Wynn – Strange by Anonymous 04:55

31. not half – Twilight 05:59

32. Station! Station! -When the Bats Come Out to Play 04:48

I used a homemade dual oscillator synth, a Fresher Straighter strat copy, a Fender Jazz bass, and a drum beat from an old casio recorded onto tape on my Korg CR-4 four track and then sent to Ableton.

33. PLATO and the Western Tradition No. 8980 Loadstar (excerpt) 06:09

34. Mental Anguish – Bury Her 05:56

35. KR Seward – Buzahn 04:32

Done with recording of voice and feedback via Megamouth messed with in Grainstorm, plus Experimental Noise Room, ModSynth, etc.