Griggs
Adopted Family

Profit Season
Last One Dancing Gets the Girl
We Mountain
The Middle Part of Never Forget
Nitrous Nap
Dismistify
The Cities Were Much Smaller Moon Boys & Graves

Written & Performed by Matthew Griffin in Montreal, Canada in 2017 and 2018

Cover art by Elise Windsor (www.elisewindsor.com)

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Eric Powell
Ballads of Steel and Linoleum

We should do this again on a cool, crisp day
A Low and Distant Roar
(William) Two for Two Twenty-Four.
Steve
Across the Water

This album has been in the works since 2007, when I first started talking with my soon-to-be EiM co-Artistic Director Matt Griffin about a piece for trombone and airplanes. Since then, I have been writing music for odd combinations of instruments and environmental sounds. Many thanks to the EiM crew for always pushing the edges of contemporary music, and for helping make this album a reality.

Ballads of Steel and Linoleum features
Matthew Griffin: Trombone
Nigel Taylor: Trumpet
Eric Powell: Vibraphone, Mandolin, Autoharp.

All tracks (except "Steve") recorded in the War Room (Regina and Montreal) between 2010 and 2014.
"Steve" was recorded live at "Holophon at the Artesian," May 25, 2011.

All tracks composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Eric Powell.

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EiM 010

Canadian Mint
Our Legendary Nature

Yours to Discover
Use the Fall
Coney Island
Choked Lakeshore
The Days of Street Entertainment
The Empress
Sunroof Cameo

Recorded in 2016 at Zoe Pawlak Studios in Montreal, Canada

Matthew Griffin - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Harmonica
Eric Powell - Bassoon, Toy Piano, Siren, Harmonica
Nigel Taylor - Trumpet, No-Input Mixer, Harmonica

Produced by Our Legendary Nautre

Engineered and Mastered by Eric Powell

Mixed by Matthew Griffin

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EiM 009

Levee
Andy Allen / Andrew Clinkman / Chris Cretella / Jesse Heasley / Borey Shin / Fausto Sierakowski / Nigel Taylor

1. (Clinkman)
2. (Allen)
3. (Heasley)
4. (Cretella)
5. (Taylor)
6. (Shin)
7. (Sierakowski)

Recorded in 2014 in Montreal, Canada

Andy Allen - saxophone
Andrew Clinkman - guitar
Chris Cretella - guitar
Jesse Heasley - bass
Fauso Sierakowski - saxophone
Borey Shin - keyboards
Nigel Taylor - trumpet

Recorded, engineered, and mastered by Eric Powell
Mixed by Matthew Griffin

Copyright 2016 Electricity Is Magic
EiM 008

Half-Steps are Okay
Max Alexander

Half-Steps are Okay
Are Half-Steps Okay?

Written, Performed and Produced by Matthew Griffin in 2010.

This piece was created with the assistance of the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, IL, and presented as a part of Florasonic, a sonic installation program at the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

Copyright 2014 Electricity is Magic
EiM 007.2

Under Living Skies 2012: Swede Lake
Eric Powell

Paddle Out
Fake Nature
Tone Row
Karl Valiaho Solo
Violence
Siren Score

Recorded live on Swede Lake, a small body of water deep in the woods of Northern Saskatchewan. This project explored the natural acoustics of this small lake, playing with the echo and and natural filtration effects discovered on site.

credits Featuring performances by Matt Griffin, Nigel Taylor, Karl Valiaho and Eric Powell. This project was made possible through the generous support of the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Copyright 2014 Electricity is Magic
EiM 007.1

Metallic Ink Co.
Ra Ra Ru

Mary Had a Little Secret
You Just Don't Get It, Do You?
It's a Nice Thing
Ascending Peaks
Upside Down Tube Chute
Mr. Jenkins' Pet Penguins Pt 1 & 2
Sloshed
Roar La La

Personnel:
Jake Baldwin - Trumpet and Cornet
Pat Kuehn - Electric Bass
Nick Neuburg - Drums/Cymbals/Percussion
Asher Kurtz - Guitar
John Cushing - Trombone

Recorded September 8th, 2013 by Eric Schmider in Boston, MA
Mixed/Mastered by Corey Schreppel in Minneapolis, MN

photography by eric powell
cover design by matthew griffin

Copyright 2014 Electricity is Magic
EiM 007

Our Legendary Nature
Our Legendary Nature

A Gesture of Friendship
The Rat King Goes Underground
The Gears
But Still I Love You in My Own Peculiar Way

Max Alexander - Laptop, Wurlitzer, Whistle, Boxing Gloves
Eric Powell - Wurlitzer, Guitar, Accordion, Siren
Nigel Taylor - Trumpet, Radios, Mixer, Pedal Steel

Recorded August 2012 in Regina, Saskatchewan

Produced by Our Legendary Nature
Mixed by Max Alexander
Mastered by Eric Powell

Cover Photography and Design by Matthew Griffin

Copyright 2014 Electricity is Magic
EiM 006

Dictionary of Symbols
Nigel Taylor

Tracartin
Sevens

Written and Performed by Nigel Taylor

Engineered and Mixed by Eric Powell in the War Room. Montreal, QC. Sprint 2012

Mastered by Steve Berson at Total Sonic Media

Artwork by Kyle Kostecki
www.kylekostecki.com

Layout by Matthew Griffin

Text by Eric Powell

Copyright 2013 Electricity is Magic
EiM 005

Listeners Guide to the Saskatchewan Grid Road Map
Eric Powell

Hwy1 Regina-MooseJaw
Hwy2 South MooseJaw-Chamberlain
Hwy11 Regina-Chamberlain
Hwy 39 Estevan-Weyburn

Written, Performed and Recorded by Eric Powell in Saskatchewan, Canada in 2011.

Copyright 2012 Electricity is Magic
EiM 004

Under Singing Skies
Eric Powell

Resource
City
Transportation
Country

Commissioned by the Saskatchewan Arts Board for the 2010 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards.

Featuring Carmelle Pretzlaw – Violin, Kieran Conway – Cello, Elizabeth Curry – Double Bass, Nigel Taylor & Cheney Lambert – Trumpets, Kory Gibbs – Sruti Box & Percussion, and Eric Powell – Bass Clarinet & Bassoon.

Copyright 2011 Electricity is Magic
EiM 003.2

Exit Strategy: Selections from Chicago 2007-2011
Max Alexander

Plane Interior Steady Cruising (The Movie Remix)
Ruins
Liquid & Mobile States
Nettwerkd
About to Speak (or Speaking)
Hyposuction
Good Locomotive (Will)
Theme from "Mind Dance"
Portofino (Model Home)
Heartbeat Study no. 1
Latex Studies
Mammogram
Kiss Me on the Bus
1400 of Anything
Crime

Written, Performed and Produced by Matthew Griffin except as noted

“Plane Interior Steady Cruising (The Movie Remix)”
Cymbals and shakers sampled from "Certain Blacks" by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Flutes and rain sticks sampled from an unmarked new age CD-R
Modems and fax machines sampled from findsounds.com
Soundtrack to LOLCats: The Ballet: The Movie, edited from Plane Interior Steady Cruising EP (2010)

“Ruins”
From the soundtrack to Matthew Kelly’s film Ruins (2008)

“Liquid & Mobile States”
From collaborative installation project with Michelle Menzies (2010)

“Nettwerkd”
Unreleased. Written for/premiered at “Electric Lights” event at The Nightingale, Chicago (2009)

“About to Speak (or Speaking)”
Vocals performed by the Art Slut Choristers (Eric Powell, Emily Pearlman, Kathleen Hepburn, Will Goss, Kierin Gorlitz, Galen Elfert, Tif Bullard, Davy Bisaro, Max Alexander)
B-side from Cast a Widening Circle (2009)

“Hyposuction”
B-side from Lions. Created using custom Max/MSP software and whistling. Software since lost. This piece is no longer performable. (2007)

“Good Locomotive (Will)”
From the Good Locomotive video project (never completed or released). Recorded from a performance using custom Max/MSP software and heartbeat monitor at the Thompson Center, Chicago, IL (2008)

“Theme from Mind Dance”
Violin performed by Shuwen Ye
Cello performed by Chun-Hei Yip
From the soundtrack to Yating Hsu’s film Mind Dance (2010)

“Portofino (Model Home)”
Audio from Portofino video collaboration with Andrea Slavik and Andrew Lochhead (2008)

“Heartbeat Study no. 1”
Unreleased. Created using custom Max/MSP software and heartbeat monitor (2007)

“Latex Studies”
Soundtrack to video collaboration with Alexandra K. Deitz (2007)

“Mammogram”
B-side from Lions (2007)

“Kiss Me on the Bus”
Edited on a Greyhound Bus going from Detroit to Chicago using piano sketches for the Mind Dance soundtrack (2010)

“1400 of Anything”
From an uncompleted Vas Deferens (Max Alexander and Tif Bullard) record (2009)

“Crime”
B-side from Ornament & Crime (2009)

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EiM 003.1

Ornament and Crime
Max Alexander

Yellow Magnetic
The Frosted Glass/Scotch Tape Trick
Synonumeral
Remedial Watchdog Manpower
Make New Human
The Abortionists of Unity are Indeed Angel Makers
Terracon Rock (or leaf in)
Straight Aces
One Hundred Bees
I Was a Headphone Walker

written and produced by Matthew Griffin in chicago, il may - aug 2009

drums on “one hundred bees” by galen elfert
tenor saxophone on “the frosted” and “synonumeral” by luke griffin
violin on “make new human” by owen pallett (live at the pitchfork music festival july 2009)
"synonumeral" contains a sample of "50 ways to make a record" by kid cudi

cover art by ali seradge

Copyright 2011 Electricity is Magic
EiM 003

Plane Interior Steady Cruising
Max Alexander

Plane Interior Steady Cruising

Written and produced by Matthew Griffin in Chicago, March - April 2010

Cymbals and shakers sampled from "Certain Blacks" by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Flutes and rain sticks sampled from an unmarked new age CD-R
Modems and fax machines sampled from findsounds.com

Plane Interior Steady Cruising was written for LOLCats: The Ballet, a futuristic extravaganza by Cash Sage & Davy Bisaro, first performed at The Fishbowl Gallery in Chicago, Il, May 1, 2010

Copyright 2010 Electricity is Magic
EiM 002.1

Towns the Trains Forgot
Eric Powell

Beausejour
Burgeo
Disley
Eyebrow
Tisdale
Resolute
Noralee
Avonley
Uranium City
Caron
Findlater
Little Neballos

An audio portrait of the slowly-dwindling small towns across Western Canada.

Copyright 2009 Electricity is Magic
EiM 002

Cast a Widening Cirlce
Max Alexander

After Years of Grey Airplanes
"Thorn and Din"
The Mediator
"Wooden Spoons on an Oil Drum"
Fearful Ghost of Former Bloom
"In Today's Sharp Sparkle"
Replaced by Electric Lights

Written, produced, and recorded by Matthew Griffin in Chicago, 2008-2009.

"Thorn", "Wooden", and "Sparkle" feature the voices of the Art Slut Choristers (eric powell, kathleen hepburn, will goss, kierin gorlitz, galen elfert, tif bullard, davy bisaro, and max alexander). Poem "Praise Song for the Day" by Elizabeth Alexander.

Cover art by Adam Neese.

Copyright 2009 Electricity is Magic
EiM 001