an increase of distance

“Ocean Rain” – Echo & The Bunnymen
“Time to Move On” – Tom Petty
“Happy Trails”  -  Jim O’Rourke
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” – Van Morrison
“So Long, Marianne” – Leonard Cohen
“Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” – Beck’s Record Club
“Let Me Be” – Parliament
“Avant de Mourir Nuhs” – Serge Gainsbourg
“Goodbye (live)” – Nellie McKay
“The Farewell Bend” – Frank Black & The Catholics
“God Only Knows” – Cornelius
“Gone for Good” – Morphine

This mix was submitted for The Tapeworms February theme: “Goodbye.”  It also proved to be quite cathartic as I made it while going through the breakup of a four year relationship.  I post it now as I have no choice but to say goodbye to someone else just a month later.

Senryu

“Missing Page of Memory”
“MorningKidNightKid”
“Inklings”
“The Best Weak”
“A Trail of Asterisks ”
“Up We Go”
“Obsess Much”
“Fang X Fang”
“I Hope You Don’t Burn in Hell (Just Kidding)”
“Natural Regretter”
“Can You Hear Those Trumpets?”

Produced by Zoe Ruth-Erwin & Senryu

Wil Wright – guitar, vocals, music
Steven Rodgers – drums, music
Dan McCormack – guitar, music
Andres McCormack – bass, music

Additional recording by Arrison Kirby, Eric Harvey & Wil Wright.

Cecilia Miller – cello
Daniel Hart – violin
Natalie Kimbro – violin
Ariel Saldivar – duet vocals
Zoe Ruth-Erwin – duet vocals
Jeff McClain – additional vocals
Zachary Fallon – additional vocals
Savanna Ellis – reading
Ruth Carey – reading

Art Direction by Jordan Noel at GingerGroupDesigns.

Recorded around Knoxville, TN.
Drums recorded at El Studio.

Heartpower

“The Cavendish” – Nellie McKay
“Dream Again” – Franz Ferdinand
“Mannequin Hand Trapdoor | Reminder  -  Boom Bip & Doseone
“Smokey Fire” – team9 vs. Stereogum
“Valentine and Garuda” – Frank Black and the Catholics
“Move on Up” – Curtis Mayfield
“Litigation” – Mariachi El Bronx
“Lover’s Day” – TV on the Radio

This mix was assembled especially for St. Valentine’s Day.

photo by Christy Lawson

My birthday was February 1st.  I initially wanted to launch this new website on that day.  Unfortunately, my girlfriend and I parted ways instead.  It took a few days to recover from that stumble.

But hey.  It’s here now.  As with the old site, you will be able to find a ton of free MP3s.  Some full length albums.  More over time as I am moved to post them.  Who knows what else will come of it?  Videos?  I don’t really know.  Everything is suddenly a blank slate in my life so let’s be in this together.

This new blog format allows something that may be of interest to people who have worked with me.  That is the search option.  Want to find everything posted that you have contributed to with me?  Type your name and read the screen.

Also, one may notice also that I am no longer referring to myself in the third person, as on the last website.  I mean, let’s call a spade a spade:  I am me.  Since no one REALLY has much to sell beyond themselves, why not just be myself (whatever that is), cut and dried?

I want to be up front.  Conversational.  Loose.   I’ve had enough science.  I want people not only to know what I do, but also who I am…or at least some of the motivations behind what I do.

I am aware things are a little thin around here right now.  That is on purpose.  I’d like for this site to be something to explore over time – not the massive burst of information that the first one was.  Don’t worry, though.  The goodies will return.

So keep checking back.  I aim to ultimately please.

Matgo Primo

“Ducktales”
“The Matgo Primo Theme Song”
“Hydrophobia”
“Holes in the Walls”
“80’s Pop”
“Big Stepper”
“Telepathic Love”
“Get to the Show”
“Chop Off my Head”
“intermission”
“In Advance of a Broken Arm”
“Blood on Your Dress”
“Swamp Thing”
“Babe You’re Alright”

Written and performed by Matgo Primo.
Produced by Arrison Kirby, Dustin Basalla &
Matgo Primo
Mixed and mastered by Arrison Kirby

Tim Eisinger – guitar & vocals
Dorian DeLuca – keys, guitar & vocals
Ryan Rickles – bass & vocals
Greg Eisinger – drums

Recorded live at Nick Galloway’s tree farm,
Philadelphia, TN.
Mixed and mastered at El Studio.

Obadiah

“Fade in From Black”
“Plotting a Course Through the Underworld”
“Japanese Vortex”
“Möbius Dream (Part 1)”
“Möbius Dream (Part 2)”
“Sad Song”
“The Vision of 13 Simons”
“Electronic Birdland”

Produced by Obadiah
Mastered by Arrison Kirby
Edited by Josh Lunsford

Josh Lunsford – organ
Aaron Shugart-Brown – guitar
Arrison Kirby – keys, electronics
Nathan Brown – bass
Josh Russell – drums
Dustin Basalla – auxillary percussion

Artwork by Arrison Kirby

Recorded in 2005 at El Studio, Knoxville, TN.

Arrison Kirby

“Going Away”
“Jim On the Plane”
“Train to Nagano”
“Zenkouji Exit”
“New Feeling”
“Bamse”
“Sad Bus”
“Tokyo”
“Nagano Return”
“Chippu and Mimi”
“Sad Divide”
“Goodbye Again”
“Anastasia at the Bar”
“I Will Wait”

Written, produced and performed by Arrison Kirby

Samuel Williams – banjo on “New Feeling”
Rhiannon Coulombe – bass on “Bamse”

Artwork by Saitarou

Recorded at El Studio, Knoxville, TN.

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Skippy and the Bellbottoms

“Big Head Syndrome”
“Life Looks Better in the Fall”
“Marshmallow Shoes”
“Stay Home, Brother”
“Dry Spell”
“Skyscraper”
“Dansu Shitai Desu Ka?”
“A Bomb and a Bull”
“At the End of Day Two”
“Speeds McGhee”
“Better Ways”

Written and performed by Jeff Maynard
Produced by Arrison Kirby

Bug – vocals on “Dry Spell” & “Better Ways”
Natalie Kimbro – violin on “A Bomb and a Bull”
Nathan Tipton – vocals on “Better Ways”

Recorded at El Studio, Knoxville, TN.

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Obadiah

“Old Country Gaffer”
“13 Simons”
“Return”
“Future”

Written and produced by Obadiah

Josh Lunsford – vocals, keys, electronics
Aaron Shugart-Brown – vocals, guitar
Arrison Kirby – keys, electronics
Nathan Brown – bass
Josh Russell – drums
Dustin Basalla – auxillary percussion

Artwork by Josh Lunsford

Recorded at El Studio, Knoxville, TN.

Arrison Kirby and The Bubble Orchestra

“The Approaching Era”
“Take and Give”
“A Joyous Occasion”
“Washing My Hands”
“Dealers”
“Balance Upset”
“Na X 5″
“It’s You”
“The End”

Arranged and produced by Arrison Kirby

“The Approaching Era”
Colin Sanders – vocals
Rhiannon Coulombe – bass
Hamilton Ellis – bass
Rob Green – organ solo

“Take and Give”
Nathan Tipton – guitar
Ty Newton – guitar

“A Joyous Occasion”
The Illiest – vocals
Chris Nehrzak – bass

“Washing My Hands”
Rachel Matvy – violin
Aaron Shugart-Brown – guitar
Josh Russell – guitar
Nathan Brown – bass
Josh Lunsford – drums

“Dealers”
Brandon Biondo – guitar
Aaron Shugart-Brown – noise, words

“Balance Upset”
April Cooper – vocals
Nick Huinker – guitar
Derek Ashe – bass
Brandt Womack – bass
Josh Lunsford – drums

“Na X 5″
Emily Robinson – drums

“It’s You”
Jeff Maynard – guitar
Ty Newton – bass
words: Dustin Basalla, David Dalton, Steve Sutton, Melissa Fagan, Jeremy Law, Jeff Maynard, Lindsey Law, Robbie Koons, Ty Newton, Liz Stender

“The End”
Jeff Maynard – guitar

Recorded and constructed at El Studio, Knoxville, TN. and Manor Way Apartments, 144J, Louisville, TN.