Dream Erosion (Synthesizer Songs)

by Fred Thomas

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Party Store Fred's got the gift. Favorite track: Sonar.

dstrzynski Memorable and listenable this is a synth album that is as good in practice as it is in theory. Subtly buoyant these tracks are never crushed by the overlying somber mood of the whole. Comes wrapped in a lo-fi gauze as warm as a hazy August afternoon. Favorite track: Non-Romantic Light Rail Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony.

Rocky Sublime instrumentation that evokes a myriad of thoughts and feelings. I have always loved the instrumentals on Fred Thomas’s albums. This is incredible to have a full album of this work. I am not sure if I have a favorite. Love the whole release.

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A super limited run of LPs is being manufactured now, and should be ready to ship at the end of October or mid-November, depending on delays. Full-color jackets and labels, multicolor vinyl and only 100 copies being pressed as a souvenir of the strange summer we've been collectively enduring. The records aren't made yet so the photo is just a mock-up to activate your imaginations and entice you to pre-order a copy before they're all gone. I'm willing to ship outside of the U.S. but it's so wildly expensive. Please get in touch if you're ordering from overseas and want to get multiple copies to save on postage, or set up some other kind of deal. Thanks for the support!!

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1.	Premonition 01:17	buy track
2.	Non-Romantic Light Rail Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony 05:14	buy track
3.	Backstroke 04:18	buy track
4.	Glass Box Pt. III 03:19	buy track
5.	Sonar 05:45	buy track
6.	Kitchen (w/ Dominic Coppola & Chuck Sipperley) 07:44	buy track
7.	Glimmer 01:28	buy track
8.	Salvation 01:19	buy track
9.	Emphasis Reduction Training Manual 03:33	buy track
10.	That Summer (w/ Mary Fraser) 03:59	buy track

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Written, recorded, mixed and edited May-August, 2020 by Fred Thomas, excluding "Kitchen" and "That Summer."

"Kitchen" is a group improvisation recorded July 19, 2019 with Dominic Coppola and Chuck Sipperly in Chuck's synth kitchen. Dominic plays Sequential Circuits PRO 1 and Korg Mono/Poly, Chuck plays Oberheim OB-6 and Fred plays Wurlitzer Electric Piano, student model. Recorded live with no overdubs.

"That Summer" written by Fred Thomas and Mary Fraser. Mary plays vibraphone and Fred plays Korg Mono/Poly.

Other instruments: Roland SH-101, Roland JP08, Waldorf Blofeld desktop unit, guitar, ride cymbal through contact mic, drums, various tape echoes and tapes, cracked copy of Ableton 9 and several of its stock soft synths.

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released September 4, 2020

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