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Dylan Houser – Goth Luau (Self-Released)

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Goth Luau was recorded during some enchanted evening with a fractured knee in Novembe of 2024 at Nullis Pretii ov Lakeland Residential Studios, and then road tested over the next few months via the Nullis Pretii Mobile Studio

In memory of the Safety Harbor pier, the edge of the universe

Thanks: Spookstina, Bizarre Charlie Alien, WSLR, Liz, Joe and Maggie, Damon Nobles, Surprise Sidney, Lord Dealwithit and The Day Odin Got Stoned (two princes), Jerry Kranitz, Collector of Dust, Nathan James Carter, Corvid Canine, CJEANCRY, Jake Joyce, Illuminated Paths, Hal McGee, workers comp, Craig and Ashley

Get well soon, Glaive

Dylan Houser and Hal McGee – Stipulations Without Frontiers (HalTapes)

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Label Description: Dylan Houser and Hal McGee recorded the sounds of Stipulations Without Frontiers from January 1-23, 2025 with Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones in Lakeland and Gainesville, Florida. On January 27th we created a dictaphone assemblage by playing our 274 recordings on four PX-470s in random/shuffle mode, and we recorded the mix directly into Audacity with no post production.

Dylan Houser: voice (demonic or otherwise), percussion, HiChord pocket synthesizer, door harp, wind chimes, oversized Christmas bell, blowing bubbles in a beverage with a straw, celebrity impersonations, automobiles passing by, foot steps, sprinklers, the air, fm radio, shortwave radio, not needing AI, button pressing, NOINPUTMIXER app, Koala app, TikTok samples, running water, unidentified clanging, pocket shuffling, and various assorted outdoor field recordings (and some indoor, too)

Hal McGee: sounds of my daily life, spoken words, my dog Stanley, neighbors and family, sending postal mail, conversations with Charles Rice Goff III and a former co-worker and Trevor Luke, crows and whippoorwills, Yamaha ReFace CS synth, airplanes and helicopters, Steinway baby grand piano, Yamaha Reface YC mini-organ, two string pink dumpster guitar, medical staff and hospital sounds, flowing water, circuit bent Casio SK-1, leaf blowers and garbage trucks, transparent plastic ukulele, Casio VA-10, Casio VL-Tone.

This album is dedicated to the immortal memories of Harold McGee (June 13, 1936-January 9, 2025) and Chef Jakether Black-Houser (ca. 2014-January 28, 2025).  

Dylan Houser – This Is Not Your Domain (Self-Released)

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I was in this large fancy house. I guess it was a tourist attraction, but I was allowed access to this back pool area, which had an indoor swimming pool. I went in, and it looked dilapidated and abandoned, and I saw at least four dead bodies scattered about in it. There was no water in the pool, and it looked like it had caved in. The bodies looked recently deceased and were real, but were considered still “part of the exhibit.”

I proceeded to another door in the back, which led me to this small, brown/red room with water rising and separating the door I came in from and the door on the other side. I had to wait to board this platform to get to the other side. Through that door was a giant clean fancy room, nothing sketchy this time, but it was all water-themed. There was a giant bathtub, two big jacuzzis side by side, a view of the lakefront outside, and even a painting of water. I don’t remember how, but I eventually made my way back to where I started.

Later, I was in this dark wooded area, following a group of people in front of me. We’re walking down this trail when suddenly a tree falls over, causing a giant sandstorm. Then another tree falls over, then another, so I turn around only to find more trees on the other side of me individually falling over.

And the other day, there was this creepy dummy/mannequin sitting in the box in the laundry room of my house between the washer and dryer, and it was telepathically sending me threats. I left the room, went back but it was now sitting on the heater. I noticed my wife wasn’t home and so I called her phone, but this creepy guy answered and said that she “maybe should have been more careful” in a sly manner. I thought it was odd how he didn’t try to cover his tracks.

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released October 31, 2024

Dylan Houser – There Is A Light That Always Goes Out (Self-Released)

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There are demons of unknown origins idling away on unlit suburban street corners at night.

Instruments used: electric guitar, acoustic guitar in standard tuning, ostrich guitar, keyboard, synthesizer apps, shortwave radio, voice, kalimba, pedals, some sort of percussion, microcassette recorder

Special thanks to Dr. Jaggers and all of the generous customers who tip their delivery drivers well and giving me the opportunity to visit destinations hitherto unknown to me in the dead of night.

Is this phase one of your personal swarm?

Dylan Houser – Druid (Self-Released)

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Description: Originally recorded and released in early 2021, as part of a monthly mail exchange group. The CD was limited to around a dozen or so copies.

“The incredibly prolific Dylan Houser delivers another dose of incredible music, this time a series of guitar explorations that take the instrument to places that are near and dear to Dylan’s heart, while offering some compelling drive and excellent textures to give this disc excellent sound with repeated listenings(sic). I recommend playing this one loud, to soak in the dynamic range.”

-Austin Rich (Mid-Valley Mutations)