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 It was pointed out to me that the zip file of mp3s had the two final songs missing, this has now been fixed!! If you only have 10 songs in your mp3 zip file you can either redownload the new one or get the straggler files individually!! Oh and btw if you want to keep abreast of conelrad news, keep an eye on my twitter and maybe even my tumblr, where i actually post songs in progress from time to time.  ::  Thread posted with mod permission  Hello, some people here may know that I have been producing and releasing electronic music under the name conelrad for several years now. Recently, I worked on a companion soundtrack for SA's very own Zack Parsons' excellent novel Liminal States. Prior to that, I've released the albums Sure is the Risk Made, Function Creep, Five Automatic Landings, and Community Shelter Planning, most or all of which have been really very warmly received by SA and elsewhere. Some compare my musical output to electronic ambient/downtempo/drone artists like Boards of Canada, Stars of the Lid, etc etc, but I also don't really sound like them at all. Bunker 1 is my first collection of b-sides. "B-sides" is probably not the right term, as I've never released a single--but in recording the several albums and EPs I have released between 2005 and now, I produced a lot more material than could ever fit onto those albums. Because I've always been very keen to keep each album thematically and aurally tight, there have been many, many tracks I have enjoyed, but which have not ended up on any particular album. Bunker 1 is my way of releasing some of those songs. They vary in tone and feel, some have vocals, some don't, and so on. This is just the first volume of these offcut songs: there will almost certainly be more. I have selected these songs on the basis that they flow well as a standalone album; they are not in any kind of chronological or quality order. And, of course, these songs represent snapshots of various points in my development as a musician and producer, and as such they vary a little in production quality -- but they are all entirely listenable. Anyway, I hereby release it into the wild. Download, listen, copy, burn, whatever you like. Enjoy It's free!! I give all my music away because I'm stupid. And if you like this, my entire back catalogue is available at the conelrad web site.edit: Here's a bandcamp link! Mirrors are always good too!! Here's a mirror! Thanks Gawain! http://digital-signal.net/index.php/dsemusic -- More mirrors of the whole conelrad back catalogue, thanks H1KE 
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yessss I listened to Five Automatic Landings and then forgot you existed. Now that I have a PC with a big hard drive I can actually download and keep all these albums indefinitely so I'm glad you posted again so I could remember to do that! i still remember recognizing your music from Zach Parson's ARG for his book in one of the videos.
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Sure Is The Risk Made was my first taste of conelrad and it is still fantastic. Can't wait to listen to your b-sides. Thanks for sharing!
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poo poo yes, it's that time again! I've been listening to your stuff since Function Creep pretty consistently and love everything you've done. Gonna listen the gently caress out of this. Thank you for continuing to put out awesome free music that tickles my Cold War nerd sensibilities! EDIT: Out of curiosity, why do you hide Not A Gun away where it's hard to see? It's not my favorite(not that I can pick one easily) but it's certainly never left my rotation. TerminalBlue fucked around with this message at Jan 30, 2013 around 23:07 |
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Been listening since I heard Target City in 2007. Pumped to listen through this!
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I love your music and I'm glad there's more of it.
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I am very happy that you have released this. I am a big fan of "Five Automatic Landings", and I cannot wait to give this one a listen as well. Thank you for releasing your awesome music for free, I will continue to scrobble the poo poo out of it to show my support. PS: Your sig cracks me the hell up every time I see it.
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It's always a brighter day when Conelrad can be heard. Can't wait to give it a real listen. Edit: TerminalBlue posted:EDIT: Out of curiosity, why do you hide Not A Gun away where it's hard to see? It's not my favorite(not that I can pick one easily) but it's certainly never left my rotation. Oh holy crap I never knew this existed. Conel 
P.N.T.M. fucked around with this message at Jan 31, 2013 around 02:14 |
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Your music is amazing, and this is probably the most eager I've been about something this year.
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My first exposure to conelrad was with Sure is the Risk Made and I love the hell out of that album. I kinda forgot to keep up with your stuff after that album though. New conelrad is always a good thing.
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Last night, I found myself listening to Five Automatic Landings and thinking 'I wonder when Conelrad will put out more stuff?'  I'm a little creeped out now. But also very, very happy! edit: I don't think anyone's mentioned it before, but I love finding out the meanings behind your song names. I got Akula (Russian sub) and Avro 698 (the Avro Vulcan) right away, I wonder what the others mean? Coucho Marx fucked around with this message at Jan 31, 2013 around 04:47 |
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gently caress yes new Conelrad! I was pretty bummed when in the thread for Five Automatic Landings you said you were taking a break for a while. Thanks for putting some b-sides together, even if it's not "new" work. I hope if you're feeling inspired you do more. Seriously you are one of my two all-time favorite ambient-electronica style artists. (The other would be Helios/Goldmund, which is funny because I think he's just about the opposite in tone to Conelrad. Warm and emotional vs cool and slightly claustrophobic.) Coucho Marx posted:edit: I don't think anyone's mentioned it before, but I love finding out the meanings behind your song names. I got Akula (Russian sub) and Avro 698 (the Avro Vulcan) right away, I wonder what the others mean? (The tl;dr of the wikipedia article is that it was a NATO wargame / simulation of the buildup for nuclear war against the Warsaw pact. Though the Soviets knew it was an exercise, it looked real enough that some of them thought it was a double bluff and we really were going to first strike them. It was probably the second or third closest we've come to wiping out humanity.)
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Your music is amazing! Two of your albums are even on Spotify, which is my main way of consuming music. Can you get the rest of them up there too?
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Goddamn your music is amazing. I cannot wait to listen to the new album
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Oh awesome, I've always loved your other stuff and as an Australian, I never really learnt as much as I imagine most Americans would have learnt about the Cold War in school, so looking up background info on your tracks has always lead me to interesting things! Definitely going to give this a listen when I get home!
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I didn't know you were a goon! Going to listen to this when I get home. Thanks for posting it 
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Awesome! I was just listening to Poternoster the other day on near repeat, great stuff man can't wait to listen to more.
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Oh man! I'm going to put this in my car and go for a nice long drive.
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It was pointed out to me that the zip file of mp3s had the two final songs missing, this has now been fixed!! If you only have 10 songs in your mp3 zip file you can either redownload the new one or get the straggler files individually!! Lavender Philtrum posted:yessss I listened to Five Automatic Landings and then forgot you existed. It's okay, I forget I exist quite a lot too And yes, Zack used my music in a few things, which I was very pleased about. They went together well, I think.poemdexter posted:Sure Is The Risk Made was my first taste of conelrad and it is still fantastic. Can't wait to listen to your b-sides. Thanks for sharing! Thanks very much, Sure is the Risk Made is probably my overall favourite release I hope you like these tracks.TerminalBlue posted:poo poo yes, it's that time again! Yeah man, you are old school. Good to see you and have you on board As for Not a Gun, the main reason was just to neaten up the web design a bit, but as it's all uneven now anyway I'll probably put a thumbnail there Arujei posted:Been listening since I heard Target City in 2007. Pumped to listen through this! Hell yeah, you're old school too! Mad Hamish posted:I love your music and I'm glad there's more of it. Thanks much dude, I'm glad I've been able to find a way to share these tracks. I've always liked them and there's loads more like it, they just need to be "curated" into groups that sound good together, and this takes time (time to select, and time to listen through to the collection over and over to make sure nothing's lovely or jarring). hasegawa posted:I am very happy that you have released this. I am a big fan of "Five Automatic Landings", and I cannot wait to give this one a listen as well. Thank you for releasing your awesome music for free, I will continue to scrobble the poo poo out of it to show my support. That's awesome, I'm very proud of Five Automatic Landings; it required a huge amount of restraint to stop it becoming a double album (which wouldn't have worked imo). Thank you to you for listening. P.N.T.M. posted:It's always a brighter day when Conelrad can be heard. Can't wait to give it a real listen. Starving Wolf posted:Your music is amazing, and this is probably the most eager I've been about something this year. Dishsoap posted:My first exposure to conelrad was with Sure is the Risk Made and I love the hell out of that album. I kinda forgot to keep up with your stuff after that album though. New conelrad is always a good thing. Klyith posted:gently caress yes new Conelrad! I was pretty bummed when in the thread for Five Automatic Landings you said you were taking a break for a while. Thanks for putting some b-sides together, even if it's not "new" work. I hope if you're feeling inspired you do more. Seriously you are one of my two all-time favorite ambient-electronica style artists. The Rage posted:Goddamn your music is amazing. I cannot wait to listen to the new album willus posted:Oh awesome, I've always loved your other stuff and as an Australian, I never really learnt as much as I imagine most Americans would have learnt about the Cold War in school, so looking up background info on your tracks has always lead me to interesting things! Definitely going to give this a listen when I get home! Siljmonster posted:Awesome! I was just listening to Poternoster the other day on near repeat, great stuff man can't wait to listen to more. Thank you so much guys  this is why I give my music away!! Because people enjoy it. It feels good to know this Coucho Marx posted:Last night, I found myself listening to Five Automatic Landings and thinking 'I wonder when Conelrad will put out more stuff?' Yes, it's almost always possible to figure out the references in my song titles I tend to pick references to things I've found interesting or haunting in some way. Sometimes that's not possible though as occasionally i struggle to find something that fits and end up filling with any old poo poo ("Seven")ifire posted:Your music is amazing! Two of your albums are even on Spotify, which is my main way of consuming music. Can you get the rest of them up there too? Yeah, I'll probably get this up on spotify eventually, though it costs me money to put albums on spotify, and as I don't charge for my music, it tends to be something I hold back on to start with until I think a new release been decently-received and people will listen to it there. So far so good SouthLAnd posted:Oh man! I'm going to put this in my car and go for a nice long drive. remember to come back and share the album!!
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I listen to all your stuff as my sleeping music, and I'm glad you've done another one. You also inspired me to start my own stuff when I heard your Sure Is The Risk Made and Function Creep albums for the first time. Been watching every time you do another one and can't wait to hear this one. E: Incoming mirror of everything in the catalogue coming tommorow after work. 
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Awesome, new conelrad! Going to give this a good listening to on the train to work tomorrow Also, seconding getting more of your stuff up on spotify, I've gotten a few of my friends hooked on your stuff by sending 'Sure is the Risk Made' to their inboxes. I find it strange that they make you pay to put it up.
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Fantastic! Love your stuff. I think I've listened to Byford Dolphin more than is healthy.
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I'm glad you finally slapped Seven on an album, that's been my favorite song of yours for a long time! Fantastic stuff all around, as usual.
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gently caress. Yes. Literally just yesterday I checked your site to see if you had come out with anything new recently that I had missed. I have listened to your stuff so much. You're one of my go-to picks for when I need to relax, and I've listened to your stuff while walking in the middle of the night through deserted Tokyo suburbs more often than I can remember. I don't listen to any other music that's like what you make, but something about your music really resonates with me. Thanks so much for always giving us great music for free.
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Your brother linked me to these earlier and I have been enjoying them immensely; your music is pretty fantastic.
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A new Conelrad release is always a happy day for me! I've been listening to your stuff for years, and it never loses it's grip on me. Thanks for the new album, man! I'm sure it'll find a permanent place in my playlist like your other stuff.
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I'm glad you're still making music, I was afraid you'd given up, what with the whole being in a PhD program and all.
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Farm Crisis Zero posted:Yeah, I'll probably get this up on spotify eventually, though it costs me money to put albums on spotify, and as I don't charge for my music, it tends to be something I hold back on to start with until I think a new release been decently-received and people will listen to it there. So far so good Oh wow, I never realized it cost money to get stuff on Spotify. Makes sense, I guess. I'll just download your albums to my phone!
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After all these years "SOS to the Entire World" still haunts me. Thanks, Conelrad!
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I'll totally snap you some shots of the windmills in Kansas at sunset (someday when I'm cruisin' down the interstate) for a potential future album cover. I know a really cool spot. I really like it! Divine Disclaimer fucked around with this message at Jan 31, 2013 around 20:08 |
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I can't express my gratitude enough for giving away these musical gems for free. Keep up the incredible work!
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Goon music is the best music. I've been using yours for background music for tabletop rpg since Function Creep. Mirror: http://www.gawaintheblind.com/files/bunker1-mp3.zip
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Hell yeah, new Conelrad album. Today is a good day. I don't think Function Creep has left my mp3 player since I put it on there years ago. 
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H1KE posted:I listen to all your stuff as my sleeping music, and I'm glad you've done another one. You also inspired me to start my own stuff when I heard your Sure Is The Risk Made and Function Creep albums for the first time. Been watching every time you do another one and can't wait to hear this one. Awesome, glad you've stuck with me all this time and thanks on the mirror, that'll help Stokesy posted:Awesome, new conelrad! Going to give this a good listening to on the train to work tomorrow ifire posted:Oh wow, I never realized it cost money to get stuff on Spotify. Makes sense, I guess. I'll just download your albums to my phone! Yeah, the easiest way to get stuff on spotify etc is to use a service like http://www.recordunion.com who get your music on itunes, spotify, amazonmp3 etc etc. It's not hugely expensive but it is a little annoying, and i think i've made (literally) 28 cents from plays on spotify etc so it feels dumb!! Obviously I don't put the stuff on spotify to get money but just to reach more people, but it just feels dumb. HopperUK posted:Fantastic! Love your stuff. I think I've listened to Byford Dolphin more than is healthy. Awesome; that's one of my fav songs Dorroile posted:I'm glad you finally slapped Seven on an album, that's been my favorite song of yours for a long time! Fantastic stuff all around, as usual. Thanks, that's what this has been for; there's tons of these one-off songs that I really like but haven't been able to fit them onto any of my previous releases. LimburgLimbo posted:gently caress. Yes. Kakumei posted:Your brother linked me to these earlier and I have been enjoying them immensely; your music is pretty fantastic. Set posted:A new Conelrad release is always a happy day for me! I've been listening to your stuff for years, and it never loses it's grip on me. Thanks for the new album, man! I'm sure it'll find a permanent place in my playlist like your other stuff. Default Settings posted:After all these years "SOS to the Entire World" still haunts me. Twilight of the Pogs posted:I can't express my gratitude enough for giving away these musical gems for free. Keep up the incredible work! God Mode posted:Hell yeah, new Conelrad album. Today is a good day. I'm really glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the kind words. Divine Disclaimer posted:I'll totally snap you some shots of the windmills in Kansas at sunset (someday when I'm cruisin' down the interstate) for a potential future album cover. I know a really cool spot. Sure, I'd like to see Jick Magger posted:I'm glad you're still making music, I was afraid you'd given up, what with the whole being in a PhD program and all. I have the Ph.D. now, so I guess I'm dr. conelrad  Gawain The Blind posted:Goon music is the best music. I've been using yours for background music for tabletop rpg since Function Creep. Ah, awesome, thank you! Will edit it into the OP and put it on the web site if that's cool?
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Awww yeah!! You're one of my all time favorite electronic artists, and I always get psyched when I see you have something new out. I started playing Cruel Jewels because you did the soundtrack, and it's a fun game! Sure Is The Risk Made was my favorite for a long time but I recently started to adore Function Creep and I listen to it one a week at least. Target City is freakin' awesome on headphones. Can't wait to get home and download this! Thank you for what you do! E: Do you have the lyrics up anywhere? I have the worst time understanding lyrics in general and the voice distortion makes it harder. I just wanna sing along
Croisquessein fucked around with this message at Jan 31, 2013 around 22:24 |
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Awesome. I've been listening to your music for a few years now, and at one point it ended up being pretty much the only music on my computer. Those were good times, and it's about time I thanked you for the work you put in making these great songs
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Hell yes. All your stuff is in high rotation, can't wait to add more to the playlist.
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drat you make such good music and release it all for free, why can't all musicians be you?
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This is the first time I've heard any of your music, Conelrad. Downloaded this earlier and have had it on repeat most of the day. Fantastic stuff! Currently downloading the rest of your catalogue and really looking forward to listening to it. Many, many thanks for making this great music and sharing it.
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Ice cream Mandrake, childrens ice cream. Tell me you have plans for a physical release?
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