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The View from J. Dub
12 Tracks, approximately 48 minutes. Recorded at slow speed on cd-r and packaged with glossy liner in a slim line case. The first 10 are numbered directly on the disc.

You can listen to short samples of some of the songs by clicking on their name in the tracklisting below and selecting 'open' when prompted. The sound quality is, of course, much better on the CD itself.
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Track Listing:
1. No care (2:23)
Guitar and vocals by A. Dub
Additional programming by Dev Jon

2. Rewind to Remind (5:07)
Vocals by A. Dub
Guitar, bass, and programming by Dev Jon

3. Can't Remember April (4:41)
Vocals and guitar by A. Dub
Guitar, bass and programming by Dev Jon

 4. Dive (2:19)
Vocals and drums by A. Dub
Guitar and bass by Dev Jon

 5. Illegal Activity (3:46)
Vocals, guitar, bass, turntable, programming by Dev Jon

 6. Tune for Tyne (4:54)
Vocals and guitar by A. Dub
Bass and programming by Dev Jon

 7. My Place (3:47)
Vocals and drums by A. Dub
Guitar and bass by Dev Jon

 8. Let's Drive (4:05)
Live drums by A. Dub
Vocals, guitar, bass, turntable, programming by Dev Jon

 9. This Hesitation (3:58)
Vocals and drums by A. Dub
Guitar and bass by Dev Jon

 10. Phonication (4:50)
Vocals sampled from A. Dub
Guitar, bass, turntable, programming by Dev Jon

 11. Buzz (2:36)
Vocals and drums by A. Dub
Guitar and bass by Dev Jon

 12. Are You Afraid? (5:29)
Vocals and guitar by Dev Jon

One of the best things there is in this world, for me at least, is to be sitting on a beach that's completely empty, save a few of my good friends, with an acoustic guitar and a cooler full of beers. Whenever I get a chance to do that, I suddenly gain all sorts of interest in certain summer-like things. Cruising in my car with the windows down (getting looks from everyone so long as I have recently washed it), listening to some kind of upbeat rock, electronic, and/or reggae CD (now you see our influence), the prospect of a sweet new tattoo which will never pan out because of indecisiveness and lack of funds...these are all things that make summer a summer for me.

Now, Fall in upstate NY. It's definitely nice, as long as the snow holds off. A nice warm hoody, some metal, beef jerky, and a couple of 40s. That's what my fall usually consists of. Winter is full of holidays, and that puts a damper on the musical innovations for me. Spring, however, is rejuvenation. Snow melts, trees start budding, it's a time for us to wake up and start living again. This is when I start breaking out all my favorite punk albums. Despite their dismal sound, they offer such a feeling of hope and motivation to start creating again.

Now, why did I just ramble about all that? Well, we started recording "Buzz," "Dive," and "This Hesitation" around October/November of 2004. That was our focus as a collaborative effort. The hardcore sound was fun and what we wanted to do for an album. Because of the holidays, though, and our easy distraction by various forms of booze, A. Dub and I stopped writing after those songs. Now, it wasn't until I had already moved to Buffalo that we started to write again, sending large uncompressed sound files back and forth over the internet. Once all the parts were recorded, I would take them into my studio and do all the mixing and post production, adding things like samples, scratches, and basslines myself once everything was largely arranged.

The point, though, is that while this CD might seem to be all over the place in regards to genre, there is a reason for all that. We didn't want to contrive an album just to get one out and have all the songs sound the same. We recorded what we felt at the time, and put it all together on this release. There are inconsistencies, mistakes, and weird little conversations that were all left in there to make the album more interesting, and give you a view of who we really are. We have no desire to hide behind vocal processors and million dollar recording budgets. Well, maybe the budgets...

---Dev









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