Flavigula

Flavigula Releases

Pagan Park - Seminole, Texas

2022-05-21

Recorded in Prague, Seminole, Myrtle Beach, Logroño, Manchester and Newcastle.

Plotted, executed, stirred and made to congeal by Flavigula.

Bob Murry Shelton - guitar, associated sonic manipulation devices, ukulele, modular synth, non-modular synth, supercollider, noise apparatus

Christian Michael Newman - voice, associated sonic manipulation devices, the sacred vocoder of DOOM, original cover art, treatments

Tim Rowe - recitation

Renata Connors - recitation

Elvia the Wizened - recipe

The Pagan Park - atmospheres and inspiration

And extracted with great care from murk of 2005, the voice of Jiři "Habosh" Habán.

Podél Směrů

2022-01-08

These pieces are based on improvisations that were discharged by a guitar and its associated sonic manipulation devices during 2021.

Recorded in Logroño, Prague, Seminole, Myrtle Beach and Moncton.

Bob Murry Shelton - Guitar, Synth, Treatments

Christian Michael Newman - Voice, Treatments, Cover Art

Kris Boudreau - Electric Bass and associated sonic manipulation devices

Lyrics to Vlci by Renata Connors.

Mixed and mastered by Flavigula.

Funolja is konum soxel / Nole lem sol isiz jo / Lofez sol tzija / Li an mikekon zana topen

V lese leží těla roztrhaná vlky a vrány spí

Kredenc Kopců

2021-09-30

Written and recorded between January 2020 and June 2021 in Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón, Logroño, Myrtle Beach, Jerez de la Frontera, Moncton, Berlin and Prague.

Arranged, Mixed and Mastered by Flavigula

All music and lyrics by Flavigula

Excepting the lyrics to Malý Brožka Byl Chirurg, written by Renata Connors

Artwork by Christian Michael Newman

Flavigula is -

Bob Murry Shelton & Christian Michael Newman

With -

Kris Boudreau & Jayrope

And -

Rob plays an F

Various wraiths found on ancient cassette tapes occasionally appear, as well

Thanks to Michal Brožka, James Csaszar, Rob at Submarine Broadcasting, Renata Connors, Dani García, Kris Boudreau, Jayrope & Fritzie the teleporting canine

Za Rušení

2020-12-07

Initially, this album was to be a collection of "noise" pieces for the infamous Noisevember. The idea was to take a series of between 3 and 5 notes generated randomly by a Bash script as each piece's basis. The concept lasted for less than half of the cycle, but the aleatory spirit lived on.

The music evolved as a unit into something more than a mere month-long writing binge and is collected here as a (hopefully!) coherent whole.

Bob Murry Shelton - Guitar, Modular Synth, Sequencers, Effects, Supercollider, Treatments, Samplers, Dim Inner Glow

Christian Michael Newman - Mumbling, Guitar, Effects, Digital Lettuce Engineering, Dim Outer Glow

Composed, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered By Flavigula

Cover by Christian

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Songs For Looptober

2020-11-05

Loops, loops of loops, and manipulated loops, all painted thickly onto a canvas where the paint is allowed to run for a while.

Bob Murry Shelton - Guitar, Effects, Modular Synth, Korg Minilogue, Korg NTS-1, Supercollider

Christian Michael Newman - Cover art, various doodlings, voice.

The sampled voices of Elvia and Jayson appear from time to time, as well.

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Jēmaraz

2020-09-15

Compositions by Bob Murry Shelton

Words and artwork by Christian Michael Newman

Bob Murry Shelton: Guitar, Ukulele, SBUP[1], Mullah[2], Boris[3], Kalimba, Supercollider, Myriad effects, Pocket operators, Monotron Duo & Delay, no mutterings

Christian Michael Newman: Vocals, Guitar, Torsioned synth, Various effects, myriad mutterings

Kris Boudreau: Electric bass guitar

Matthew Riley Walsh, Attorney at Law: Electric bass guitar on "Hand 23", a single note (also on electric bass guitar)[4] on "Dobruszka a Její Vepřík".

Miloslav Pušonjić: Ductile piano

Percussion samples recorded and rethurked by Christian and / or Bob during various recent epochs

Weaving in and out of the atmospheres are the voices of the Yak, Elvia, Herb Newman, Bartoloměj Brožka, Daniel Brožka, Michal Brožka and the wraiths of Logroño

Arrangements by Bob, Christian and the Yak

Thanks to Rob from Submarine Broadcasting Company, to Daniel García from the land of cinematic madness, and to Michal Brožka from the heights of moonspiration

1) Shambal Brambel's Undulating Platypus, the given name of a small, versitile modular synth who kindly took up residence in the studio

2) A mini Korg kit hybrid synth

3) The Korg Minologue, named after an old associate, who happens to be the Yak

4) Anyone who identifies this note and a number of its qualities will be sent a special prize constructed manually by a creature who played no guitar on this album, though possibly could have, had he not been occupied by playing jazz in dive bars in Brno

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Omnivorous Expanse

2020-06-08

Sometimes, The Universe conspires to orchestrate unseen, certain events, meetings, etc. in a serendipitous way.

Such was the case for the tracks you hear on this album.

Two people who, as their relationship develops, realise that they perhaps have more in common than first appeared to be the case: musical tastes, influences and even some philosophical and metaphysical interests.

Somehow, despite different abilities and not having known each other for long, something "clicked" and, almost alchemically, tracks came together -- as if they had lives of their own.

Tim Rowe - voice, synthesizer & drum programming

Bob Murry Shelton - guitar, tenor ukulele, modular synth, other synths and effects

Words by Tim except for "Universal Curtains" by William Blake and "Möbius Institute" by Edgar Allan Poe

Music by Bob and Tim

Arrangements by Bob

Cover by fragment scenario

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Älläï

2019-12-16

"Allai" is the idea of looking yonder, up, over there, or on the bright side. It is the vast, yawning abstraction that engulfs you from any one of those places.

It's also the name of a plastic penguin that our imaginary flute player had as a child. That penguin meant everything. Please consider this whilst you listen.

Bob Murry Shelton - guitar, myriad effects, a modular synth named "THE FURNACE", Supercollider, sneezings, brief mutterings

Christian Michael Newman - pink fuzz, voice, palmas, extensive mutterings and caffeination

James Anthony Hogard - bass

Matthew Riley Walsh, Attorney at Law - piano

Music composed by Bob

Lyrics to Fold by Christian

Lyrics to House of Strength and Love by Bob & Christian

Edited and arranged by Bob & Christian

Cover art by Christian

Thanks to Daniel García for inspiration.

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Za Rohem

2019-12-04

I was informed of the existence of "Noisevember" a day or two before the month began. The challenge was to create one noise piece per day. As one can see, my result was 21 pieces, not 30. I skipped many days and also did two or three other days.

I added more melody than I originally intended, but what spewed from my hara is what spewed from my hara.

Bob Murry Shelton - Guitar, Effects, Modular Synth, Supercollider.

Christian Michael Newman - Acoustic guitar on Čtrnáct, Various Mumblings.

Mixed and mastered by the Yellow Throated Marten.

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Bons Mots

2019-06-18

A year in the making, the piece started out as a series of modal drones merging into one another, transforming harmony and texture. Melodies and progression began to surface from the roiling fog, becoming tangible and giving the mists colour and flailing hands. Finally, a narrative shaped itself throughout the cloud's membrane.

The man and the eye. Which is observing whom?

Bob Murry Shelton - Guitar, Effects, Modular Synth, Modální Mlhy

Christian Michael Newman - Voice, Radioscapes, Soundscapes, Ctihodný Oko, Cover Concept and Art

Composition by Bob Murry Shelton

Words by Christian Michael Newman

Arranged, Mixed and Mastered by Flavigula

@flavigula@sonomu.club

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