Olifaunt

New (Old) music for the new year

2011-01-26T15:27:00.000-08:00

After some thought, I decided to share a collection of guitar improvisations that I was experimenting with back in 2009. Some of these where used here and there, mostly on When We Last Met In Slumber. They are free formed and not very demanding on the ears.

I find them highly listenable but make no mistake...these are raw recordings and here and there warts come through. I think these experiments were a great help to broadening my aural "pallet" and still retaining that minimalism that Olifaunt is known for.

The Guitar Improvisations 2009

I hope you enjoy them.

Props from Vuzh Music!

2011-01-26T15:23:00.000-08:00

C. Reider has listed Innocent Of The Smoke And Noise as one of his favorite releases for 2010! The list has some great releases on it too and are all (but one) free to download. Check them out you won't be sorry!

www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-netlabel-releases-2010/

Olifaunt on Ultima Thule!

2010-11-21T14:28:00.000-08:00

Olifaunt was one of three artists to be featured on the long-running Australian ambient music show Ultima Thule!
Ultima Thule broadcasts every Sunday evening (Sydney time) at 22:30. The show can be heard from stations in Canberra, Adelaide and Sydney (where it originates) as well as satellite radio and the internet. I urge you to go to UT's website an...d down load some past shows (the show last night was #840 and as of yet not in the archives).
I was very excited to hear from George, who started the show 20 years ago. He was very enthusiastic for which I am enormously grateful.
Check out the website at: www.ultimathule.info

Innocent Of The Smoke And Noise

2010-07-07T21:42:00.000-07:00

Wow...I really don't post here as much as I should. I mean really, nothing since Feb? Sorry about that.

Anywho, Olifaunt has a new album out. It's called Innocent Of The Smoke And Noise. There are almost melodies and more drone than you could shake a string at.

It can be downloaded for free at:

http://www.last.fm/music/Olifaunt

Internet Archive

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Thanks folks!

2010-02-19T19:09:00.000-08:00

I have just uploaded a new song to the IA and last.fm. The song is called "The Visitor That Stayed(For Tori)" and is part of the upcoming Olifaunt collection Innocent Of The Smoke And Noise.

http://www.archive.org/details/TheVisitorThatStayedforTori

http://www.last.fm/music/Olifaunt

The song is made up of guitar, guitar synths and synths and is an indication of the new direction I'm wanting to take Olifaunt...to keep the drone ethic, but also a move towrds more dynamic ambient music.
This song is dedicated to Tori The Cat

Online Radio

2010-02-18T19:32:00.000-08:00

Olifaunt has been getting some airplay on at least two internet radio stations! It has been featured on a couple of shows at stillstream.com, most notably Kite Radio with Stephen Phillips and Mysterious Semblance with Tange.
Meanwhile, at somafm.com, Olifaunt is part of the rotation and "This Summer Night" was heard most recently at The Drone Zone.
I truly appreciate the support from both stations. If you are a fan of Ambient/Drone music (and you must be if you are here!) I enthusiastically recommend both of these stations which are 24/7/365 and free. If you like what you hear, think about donating.....these are great resources for expanding one's consciousness (or unconsciousness) for this genre.

When We Last Met In Slumber

2009-12-15T20:26:00.000-08:00

Olifaunt's fourth album is now available for free download at the usually suspicious places.

When We Last Met In Slumber is a little bit of both taking a step ahead as well as a step back for Olifaunt. The drones are the same, but the palette of instruments is slowly growing beyond the field recordings. That being said, one of the tracks (I'll let you guess which one) is essentially just one recorded sound with lots of stuff being done to it. It's fun!

http://www.archive.org/details/WhenWeLastMetInSlumber

and

http://www.last.fm/music/Olifaunt/When+We+Last+Met+In+Slumber

Let me know what you think!

New Olifaunt Song

2009-10-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

A track from the up coming Olifaunt release "When We Last Met In Slumber" is available at the Internet Archive.

http://www.archive.org/details/FishingOnTheBanksOfLethe_541

also available at www.myspace.com/olifaunt

The song is called "Fishing On The Banks Of Lethe" and it's a nice, cool blue type of song to listen too.

I hope you like it.

Dance Gently Spin Brightly This Summer Night[MCM003]

2009-08-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

Olifaunt's third album is available for free download at the usual places

Olifaunt at Last.FM

Internet Archive

Recorded in the summer of 2009. A wee bit more dynamic than usual, Dance Gently, Spin Brightly This Summer Night has a edgy look at hot seasons, sad memories and a distant promise.

2009-08-10T16:58:00.000-07:00

Olifaunt on Facebook

Three Crows Become Four[MCM002] Cover and tracks

2009-06-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

1) She Fills Me With Inertia

2)The Storm Impending

3)Take All The Insults & Poverty And Sing!

4) You, You Fill Me With Entropy

Recorded December 2008

Free Download at:

http://www.archive.org/details/ThreeCrowsBecomeFour_918

http://www.last.fm/music/Olifaunt

Three Crows Become Four[MCM 002]

2009-06-11T11:48:00.000-07:00

The second album from Olifaunt "Three Crows Become Four" is now available for free download from the Internet Archive and Last.fm.

http://www.archive.org/details/ThreeCrowsBecomeFour_918

http://www.last.fm/music/Olifaunt

"Three Crows Become Four" is made of four drone pieces utilizing bass guitar and manipulated field recordings. Very quiet, very foggy.very quiet and foggy...that's what I would call it.

I hope you like it.

New Song uploaded

2009-04-09T12:33:00.000-07:00

A new song from Olifaunt has been uploaded to the Internet Archive.

the piece is called "A Light Flashed Off The Doorknob On The Shelf Above Her Desk"and is free to download.

2009-02-24T19:41:00.000-08:00

Sketches Of The Forest [MCM001]

1 - A Beacon For Indifferent Castaways

2 - Built Around A Buddha Box Pt 1

3 - Built Around A Buddha Box Pt 2

4 - Not Asleep In Dun Laoghaire

5 - View From A Forest Grave

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