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UNDERWATER AIRPORT RECORDINGS
Underwater Airport - First Album - CD / Download
The first album by Underwater Airport!
This album was completely improvised and recorded live in Studio B at Berklee College of Music in Boston on January 7 and 8, 2011. The recording was engineered by Mark Wessel, with assistance from Will Wells and Allison Waters. Recorded and mixed with Digital Performer 7, Mastered with Izotope Ozone 4 (amazing!).
Underwater Airport thanks Mark, Will, and Allison for the great recording experience, Mike Carrera and Marcus Hoige for the mastering mentoring, Lily GoLightly for PR insight, and Steve Jobs and Apple for making so much possible.
Special thanks to Berklee College of Music for the Faculty Recording Grant which made this possible.
Personal thanks:
Jim - JK and the little Whisenants
Peter - Linda, Luke, Elijah and Anna for keeping the riddim while daddy played
Ed - Belinda and Spooner for giving home a heart, Dave, Jamie, Nick, Lori, Chris, Al, Jef7rey, and Aaron for friendship and inspiration
Russell - Lynn, for her patience, tolerance, support and love, and for keeping the home fires burning
Marc - Gratitude for the Holy One & holy many, spirit guardians and guides, for grace in many forms, and for Jensi who has helped me to craft a quilt of many dimensions
Lynda - My family for their loving support, Vicki and Leah for always encouraging me to shine, and Billy The Circus Cat for making me smile. I love you all
Ed, Jim and Lynda thank The Free Range Experiment comrades: Jay Havighurst, D.C. Beemon, Stephen Hastings-King, and Liz Ehrman
Underwater Airport:
Jim Whisenant - Fretless Bass, Stick, Laptop (M-Tron), iPhone (Bliss), Percussion, Mixing
Lynda Stephens - Soprano and Alto Sax, Yamaha Wind Synth, Chanting, Mixing, Photos
Peter Spellman - Djembe, Doumbek, Conga, Drum kit, Tambourine, Frog, Cowbells, Guiro and Duck Call
Marcus Lisle - Akai Wind Synth, Ocarina, Hand Percussion, Video, Photos, Cover Design
Russell Lane - Drums and Percussion
Ed Blomquist - Guild Starfire III Electric Guitar, Guild Starfire II Electric Bass, Korg MS-20 Synth, Flute, Percussion, MacBook Pro (Ableton Live), iPad (Mugician, Moog Filtatron), Voice, Mixing, Mastering
The Sea Sides - a download-only album
This album, The Sea Sides, consists of 20 additional tracks from the same session as the Underwater Airport CD, which can be found on CD Baby as well as on iTunes and other fine digital distributors. After assembling the initial 14 tracks for the CD, we went back into the over 6 hours of recordings, and pulled out these tracks, with which we are well pleased... We hope you enjoy them too...
The music on this album was recorded live and completely improvised on January 7 and 8, 2011, in Studio B at Berklee College of Music in Boston. The recording was engineered by Mark Wessel, with assistance from Will Wells and Allison Waters. Recorded with Digital Performer 7, mixed with Ableton Live, and mastered with Izotope Ozone 4.
Underwater Airport thanks Mark, Will, and Allison for the great recording experience, Mike Carrera and Marcus Hoige for the mastering mentoring, Lily GoLightly for PR insight, and Steve Jobs and Apple for making so much possible.
Special thanks to Berklee College of Music for the Faculty Recording Grant.
See Underwater Airport CD credits for personal thank-you's...
Underwater Airport:
Jim Whisenant - Fretless Bass, Stick, Laptop (M-Tron), iPhone (Bliss), Percussion, Mixing
Lynda Stephens - Soprano and Alto Sax, Yamaha Wind Synth, Chanting, Mixing, Photos
Peter Spellman - Djembe, Doumbek, Conga, Drum kit, Tambourine, Frog, Cowbells, Guiro and Duck Call
Marcus Lisle - Akai Wind Synth, Pocket Trumpet, Ocarina, Hand Percussion, Video, Photos, Cover Design
Russell Lane - Drums and Percussion
Ed Blomquist - Guild Starfire III Electric Guitar, Guild Starfire II Electric Bass, Korg MS-20 Synth, Flute, Percussion, MacBook Pro (Ableton Live), iPad (Mugician, Moog Filtatron), Voice, Mixing, Mastering
Recordings by UA Members in Other Contexts
Rivers and Skies CD
Before starting Underwater Airport, Ed and Jim released this CD with guitarist Jim Buhrendorf in December of 2005. Rivers and Skies also performed under the names "Whistle Bone" and "Dust Devils" with Russell Lane on drums.
- Rivers and Skies
The CD and the band are both named “Rivers And Skies”. The CD has 18 tracks, totaling over 66 minutes long. We describe the music as “pastoral electronica” - an ambient, dreamy, instrumental journey into a calm, alert, gently mind-expanded space that flows like, well, rivers and skies. It's perfect for deep listening, or for creating an atmosphere for reading, writing, painting, conversation, sipping tea, laying on the floor, or anything else that suits you... Rivers And Skies are: Jim Whisenant - Chapman Stick, electric cello, programming and processing; Jim Buhrendorf - electric, acoustic, slide, lap steel and 12-string guitars; and Ed Blomquist - electric bass and guitar, synth, winds, programming and processing. Blending stringed instruments with computer-based digital signal processing results in a mix of the best of both analog and digital soundworlds. The design of the CD cover, with beautiful moody photos from Canada and Finland, complements the vibe of the music perfectly. One listener said: "I think Rivers and Skies sounds amazing; it's beautiful and relaxing, but it also has that much-desired "aliens landing" feel to it. I've only listened to it twice but it's already in the rotation with Eno's On Land, The Pearl, Harold Budd + John Foxx's Drift Music, etc... " Another said "it's provided a soothing effect against all the holiday related stress for me lately..."
- Buy this album through CDBaby
- Buy this album through iTunes
Nulmatica - Knot Possum - Rarities 2003-2004
Ed and Jim have a side project called "Nulmatica"...
It's a made-up word, but we think it means "machines of emptiness" or something like that...
It's also a place for us to let our really weird out...
At any rate, this digital-only album is available through Nimbit, which for some reason doesn't allow us to post a widget here. But we can link to it, so here you go...
