The Excepter Archive

STREAM 22

2011-08-20T05:31:00.000-07:00

Recorded live to stereo, May 8, 2005
Sonic Protest Festival, Paris France.

The last show of the European tour. A long road running up from pilot home at ZDB Lisbon through Porto to Vigo to Bilbao, cutting across to Barcelona, then a mad dash through the Alps to Paris. A slice of hoof if you're lucky. Twenty minutes sleep in a hallway or hushed in a hostel. We lived in gay bars. But he took it too far. The last show with Calder and Caitlin.

(43m07s)

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-22"&amp;amp;gt;STREAM 22 by Excepter&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

STREAM 21

2011-08-16T11:56:00.000-07:00

STREAM 21

Recorded live to stereo April 1st, 2005, at the Eyedrum Festival, Atlanta, GA.

Act None / Jrone / Open Airlock / Running Around / The Last Dance / Be Nice

Big underground shindig thrown by the dudes in Deerhunter. In fact, Deerhunter main-man Brandon fan-tackled JFR before the set ... and hasn't been seen in the same room since. JFR would burn a few additional bridges (later rebuilt) by telling a long-time school pal that they "were only friends for fifteen minutes." Oddly about the same amount of time the band would let go by in its set before letting the rhythms drop. Magik Markers, Mirror Dogs and The No-Neck Blues Band were all present. Last US show with C&C line-up.

(36m54s)

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-21"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;STREAM 21 by Excepter&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

STREAM 72

2011-07-21T15:58:00.000-07:00

STREAM 72

SETH + LAL8 + SSPS = EXCEPTER

The Wreck Room, Wednesday Night

NYC July 20th, 2011

(79m02s)

http://www.mediafire.com/?svhcxvs4597ta4p

"ALT"

2011-06-18T17:20:00.000-07:00

Excepter "Alternation" 2005 original studio session rough demo mixes, plus 22-minute, unedited 2003 take of "Apartment Living."

John Fell Ryan: vocals, synths, programming, sampler, percussion
Dan Hougland: synths, sampler, piano
Caitlin Cook: vocals
Calder Martin: vocals, percussion
Nathan Corbin: synths, programming
Jon Nicholson: vocal on "Apartment Living"
Linda Casey: vocal on "Apartment Living"

Recorded January 21-23, 2005 by Mitch Rackin at Tone Float Studio, Chinatown, NYC. Mixed and edited by John Fell Ryan February 2005. Except "Apartment Living" recorded December 3rd, 2003 at 382 Jeff Street.

Compare / contrast with
Excepter "Alternation" 2006 2LP/CD (Fusetron/5RC)
Additional production and recording at 382 Jeff Street after departure of Cook and Martin and arrival of Nicholson and Harrison, plus added live and home studio cuts recorded late 2005.
CD / 2LP / MP3

ALT by Excepter

"Throne"

2011-05-17T06:34:00.000-07:00

Excepter 2005 CD plus three Bandcamp exclusive bonus track edits from STREAM 0X and 14.

Caitlin Cook: vocal, echo
Calder Martin: guitar, vocal
Nathan Corbin: synth
Dan Hougland: sampler, boxes
John Fell Ryan: vocal, kalimba, synth system

Recorded live to stereo at 382 Jeff Street, NYC
Track 1: 05/14/04 by Cook, Martin, Corbin, Hougland, Ryan
Tracks 2 and 3: 10/24/02 by Hougland, Ryan
Produced and edited by John Fell Ryan 2002-2005

Tracks 5 and 6 recorded 2004 live at Pianos, NYC.
Track 7 recorded 2004 live at Siné, NYC.
Additional production at 382 Jeff Street, 2004-2011

Original digipack CD available through Load Records

Throne by Excepter

"Self Destruction"

2011-04-29T11:05:00.000-07:00

Excepter
"Self Destruction"

Excepter 2005 LP/CD, with bonus tracks: two previously unreleased instrumentals and 2004 collaboration with Phiiliip.

John Fell Ryan: vocals, synth, programming
Dan Hougland: programming, synth
Caitlin Cook: vocals
Calder Martin: vocals, guitar, percussion
Nathan Corbin: synths
Linda Casey: guest vocal

"Self Destruction" recorded 2004 at 382 Jeff Street, edited, mixed and processed 2005 by John Fell Ryan.

"Obedience" recorded 2003 by John Fell Ryan, synths and programming.

"Non Leg" recorded 2003 by John Fell Ryan and Macrae Semans, synths and programming

"Blue Moon" recorded 2004 by John Fell Ryan, synths and programming and Phiiliip, vocal and guitar.

Original Fusetron Disco Sleeve LP and Digipack CD still available.

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/self-destruction"&amp;amp;gt;Self Destruction by Excepter&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

"OUT"

2011-04-29T11:00:00.000-07:00

Excepter
"OUT"

A collection of previously unreleased outtakes, demos and practice recordings made in preparation of the "Self Destruction" LP, late 2003, early 2004.

John Fell Ryan: Vocals, Synths, Programming, Sampler, Percussion
Dan Hougland: Keys, Programming
Caitlin Cook: Vocals
Calder Martin: Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
Nathan Corbin: Synths

Compiled from three CDRs found scattered around 382 Jeff Street.
"Blackout Sundazed" (recorded August 17th, 2003)
"Self Destruction Demos" (recorded 2003-2004)
"Apartment Living" (recorded December 3rd, 2003.)
All tracks recorded at 382 Jeff Street by John Fell Ryan.
Compilation edit 2011.

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/out"&amp;amp;gt;OUT by Excepter&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

"Self Destruction" and "OUT"

2011-04-29T06:50:00.000-07:00

EXCEPTER

“SELF DESTRUCTION”
“OUT”

ER03 & ER27 Digital Release

RECORDING NOTES

John Fell Ryan: vocals, synth, programming

Dan Hougland: programming, synth

Caitlin Cook: vocals

Calder Martin: vocals, guitar, percussion

Nathan Corbin: synths

"Self Destruction" recorded 2004 at 382 Jeff Street.

Edited, mixed and processed 2005 by John Fell Ryan.

“Self Destruction” … a troubled record, conceived under heavy depression and mixed during serious band infighting. The band performed not as group, but in separate individual overdubbing sessions, abandoning the in-the-red recording quality of previous efforts in favor of a clear, multi-tracked sound. Cook and Martin would leave the band before the release date, making promotion awkward. Anticipating the success of “KA,” the album was printed on both LP and CD simultaneously, but didn't sell as well, leaving unopened boxes of copies gathering dust. Yet, “Self Destruction” would go on to become something of a fan-favorite, being the highest-ranked Excepter album on Rateyourmusic.com and years later, being licensed by artist Doug Aitken for inclusion in his video installation work Migration.

“Self Destruction” digital release comes with three bonus tracks, forming a long, ambient reflection of the album. Two are previously unreleased 2003 instrumentals: “Obedience,” a solo synth system performance by John Fell Ryan, and “Non Leg,” a synth duet between Ryan and Macrae Semans. Both instrumentals were used as backing tracks for the live performances captured on the “Obedience” cassette-only release (777 was 666.) The final bonus track is “Blue Moon” produced by John Fell Ryan for the Phiiliip CD “Divided by Lightning.” Phiiliip's vocal and guitar were recorded on the roof of 382 Jeff Street under the light of the actual blue moon of 2004. During the final and best take of the night, an unmarked, black helicopter buzzed over the building, shining its searchlight onto the performer. (You can hear it on the recording.)

“OUT” is the companion outtakes album – a collection of unreleased demos and practice recordings from late 2003, early 2004, compiled from three CDRs found scattered around 382 Jeff Street, Blackout Sundazed, Self Destruction Demos, and Apartment Living. (Many original Excepter recordings were lost due to hard drive rot in the update wars of 2007-2009.) “OUT” is Excepter at its most unhinged, with the triple vocal interplay of Ryan, Cook and Martin in full, chaotic effect. Blasted by jeep beats and burning through gnarled versions of tracks eventually featured on Alternation and the Burgers 12”, this was music deemed too wiggy for inclusion on the cold moon of Self Destruction.

http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/self-destruction

http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/out

STREAM 08

2011-04-20T04:54:00.000-07:00

STREAM 08
Board MD recording of live show at S5TH, 04/18/04, 1:11AM-1:51AM.
Street-level noise scene loft party. JFR performance gambit: sleeping directly after soundcheck and returning to the stage directly after waking. Smoke machine in full effect. Russ Waterhouse DJ.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Corbin)

<a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-08">STREAM 08 by Excepter</a>

STREAM 07

2011-04-19T05:48:00.000-07:00

STREAM 07
Early spring 2004 magazine PR party show at converted warehouse with unremembered, unimaginative name like "Warehouse" or something. The place spent unheard of amounts of money soundproofing the pipes on the ceiling but apparently very little greasing local fire dept, who spent most of the early evening marching around sweating. Management was tightly-wound cabal of scandinavians who spent all their energy trying to control a formless mass of interns. Ghost Exits, Freddie Mas, Donna Summer, and many others all played sets. Ariel Pink in the audience.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Corbin, Nicholson)

<a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-07">STREAM 07 by Excepter</a>

STREAM 06

2011-04-18T04:58:00.000-07:00

STREAM 06
Early 2004 live show at Lit Lounge. Back to five member band. Calder reads from intro to Film Sound textbook.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Corbin)

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-06"&amp;amp;gt;STREAM 06 by Excepter&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

STREAM 05

2011-04-14T18:03:00.000-07:00

STREAM 05
Hi8/MD recording of 12/12/03 SHOW at TONIC in NYC.
Third part of a trilogy of shows in one week with expanded seven-member band. Friday night late set after Thurston and Kim extravaganza. JFR came straight from the office Christmas party.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Nicholson, Casey)

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-05"&amp;amp;gt;STREAM 05 by Excepter&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

STREAM 04

2011-04-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

STREAM 04
Hi8/MD recording of 12/10/03 SHOW at PLAID in NYC.
Second part of a trilogy of shows in one week with expanded seven-member band. Wednesday effect at Gang Gang Dance-hosted club nite. I think Derek Jeter was there.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Corbin, Nicholson, Casey)

<a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-04">STREAM 04 by Excepter</a>

STREAM 03

2011-04-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

STREAM 03
Hi8 mic recording of 12/06/03 SHOW at BOOGALOO in NYC.
First part in a trilogy of shows in one week with expanded seven-member band. This one was a snowy Saturday night, with Ghost Exits, Mazing Vids and Mike Simonetti DJ. Music finished, the venue transformed into a packed, thug-centric after-hours club, leaving the bands nervously guarding their drum machines in the corner.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Nicholson, Casey)

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-03"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;STREAM 03 by Excepter&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

STREAM 02

2011-04-11T19:48:00.000-07:00

STREAM 02
Recorded live to stereo end of summer 2003 at Lit Lounge, NYC.
Dan Selzer DJ. JFR surfing the keyboard stand into infinity.
(Ryan, Hougland, Cook, Martin, Corbin)

credit

<a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/track/stream-02">STREAM 02 by Excepter</a>

"OD"

2011-04-01T11:06:00.000-07:00

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/od"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;OD by Excepter&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

An odds/sods collection of various rarities from the years 2002-2004.
Bandcamp exclusive digital-only release.

John Fell Ryan: vocals, synths, programming, sampler, Percussion
Dan Hougland: keys, synths, programming, sampler
Macrae Semans: sk-1, sk-5, synths, programming
Caitlin Cook: vocals
Calder Martin: vocals, guitar, bass
Nathan Corbin: synths

Excepter Records ER13

http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/od

http://excepter.net/

"KA"

2011-04-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

<a href="http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/ka">KA by Excepter</a>

Excepter 2003 debut LP "KA" combined with 2004 two-track 12" single

"VACATION" and Bandcamp exclusive bonus track of 2003 CDR "AG"

John Fell Ryan: vocals, synthesizers, effects, programming, sampler, percussion, harp
Dan Hougland: effects, programming, sampler
Macrae Semans: sk-1, sk-5
Caitlin Cook: vocals
Calder Martin: vocals, percussion

"VACATION/FORGET ME"
Recorded live to stereo 4/11/2003
382 Jeff Street, NYC

"KA"
Recorded live to stereo winter 2002
Edited by Fell spring 2003
382 Jeff Street, NYC
*except "Hallways" recorded live at Plant NYC

"AG"
Recorded live to stereo 5/07/2003
BQE Lounge, NYC

Excepter Records ER02/ER01/ER00

http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/ka

http://excepter.net/

STREAM 38

2011-03-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

STREAM 38
DEC 9TH 2006
Casa Del Popolo
MONTREAL, QC
Excepter return to Canada after a successful appearance at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival the previous summer. Border trouble doubled this time and Porkchop was served a strongly-worded document that would prevent him from joining us in the Sala Rossa a few years later. Lala, who was a full-time member at this point couldn't make the trip for reasons forgotten. This was the first STREAM to feature Clare Amory, who would join the band as a permanent fixture soon after.
(60m42s)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/N8UK5IDTJP

STREAM 40

2011-03-25T12:41:00.000-07:00

STREAM 40K
40,000 Leagues Under the SEA
A Black Lotus waits for thee ...
And now that you have seen
The HMS NOT ALL USS
You know you can never leave
5:05:43 (420 MB)
*BEWARE: PREPARE YOUR HARDRIVE
FIRST, FOR THE BIG FISH BITES BACK*
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/GY4Q771EYQ

STREAM 39

2011-03-25T10:31:00.000-07:00

STREAM 39
DO OWE LP A MAPLEWOOD
Testing 1, 2 (I Don't Know Him)
Forever Sound Check For Africa
Into All Tarnation (Slight Return)
"Here's to the Arts" w/ Entertainment (Nightly)
... plus JD, Louie 2, Jimbo Slick, etc
ONLY ON March 10th, 2007
1:24:43 (116.5MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/1F7KA7P3BE

STREAM 41

2011-03-25T09:54:00.000-07:00

STREAM 41
THE EMPTY BOTTLE
Chicago, Illinois
SEPT 28th, 2007
"A Wired Adventure in Modernism"
feat. "'BURGERS" and ABALON
plus "DAVID YOW SPEAKS"
59:03 (81.1MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/B26TM9BRXX

STREAM 42

2011-03-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

STREAM 42
DEC 6th, 2007
NYU 4th Floor Auditorium
60:00 (82.9MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/NR2M8MFDPB

STREAM 43

2011-03-25T09:02:00.000-07:00

STREAM 43
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM
The OC Old Can Factory
Brooklyn, New York
DEC 7th, 2007
with only one speaker left in operation,
cling to the walls and dance on the floor
84:11 (115.6MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/Z6ZAF7HINM

STREAM 44

2011-03-25T08:37:00.000-07:00

STREAM 44
JAN 19th, 2008
MUSIC HALL 3:33AM
Thanks to Ngelle, Echo & Sunshine
85:10 (116.9MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/RKAQ979YEZ

STREAM 45

2011-03-25T07:08:00.000-07:00

STREAM 45
FEB 3rd, 2008
BAR, New Haven
Thanks to Rick, Kull & Ones
72:52 (100.1MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/SBLHE56H8O

STREAM 46

2011-03-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

STREAM 46
LIVE UNDER VASSAR COLLEGE
Blow up one PA, Blow up another
FEB 21, 2008
84:57 (116.7MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/MNSWWHZQRR

STREAM 47

2011-03-25T06:27:00.000-07:00

STREAM 47
2008: A DISPLACED ODYSSEY
EXCEPTER RETURN TO ITHACA
Castaways' by the First of March
Private Sector on TAPES in/out
board record courtesy of the good DOCTOR B
BLOOD ON THE MOTEL PARKING LOT
1:58:08 (162.9MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/EPNNAA513W

STREAM 48

2011-03-25T05:51:00.000-07:00

STREAM 48
BLOOMSDAY
June 16th, 2007
Tobago
60:00 (84.2MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/TC6VLK6S8I

STREAM 49

2011-03-25T05:25:00.000-07:00

STREAM 49
VACAVILLE, CA
April 23, 2008
2:13:05 (182.8MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/FMVLX0LG0B

STREAM 50

2011-03-25T04:48:00.000-07:00

STREAM 50
LIVE at The Glass Lands
March 29th, 2008
West Williamsburg Filtered Through Late Night Cable TV
TOP NO TASK SAID A LASH SAY NO BEFORE BASHO
OH SABER OF EBONY ASH SALAD I ASK SAT ON POT
1:23:22 (182.8 MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/6P37QSJZOQ

STREAM 51

2011-03-25T04:35:00.000-07:00

STREAM 51
SEATTLE
04-21-08
Jewel Box Theater
Late Show Monday Night
77:07 (66.6MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/RQ0GV20FQC

STREAM 52

2011-03-25T04:18:00.000-07:00

STREAM 52
PORTLAND
04-22-08
Back Space Outer Net
Thanks: Yellow Swans
62:04 (85.2MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/HBYXH0QZX1

STREAM 53

2011-03-25T04:04:00.000-07:00

STREAM 53
LAST BOWERY BALLROOM
You can hide behind walls
And manager tasks
I just want you to know
We deleted your track
LIVE BEHIND SCREEEEEEN
NOVEMBER NINETEEENTH
aka “wednesday night…”
46:59 (64.9MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/JYS5DNMQYD

STREAM 54

2011-03-24T21:02:00.000-07:00

STREAM 54
December 13th, 2008
NY Eye and Ear Festival
Vanishing Point at 240 Meserole
Bushwick Brooklyn
33:33 (46.1 MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/WFUM3L35EQ

STREAM 55

2011-03-24T20:44:00.000-07:00

STREAM 55
04-24-08
Excepter meets Jaws Girardin vs. Hemlock Tavern, SF
Thanks: Indian Jewelry
54:04 (75.1MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/19NQDYJRWQ

STREAM 56

2011-03-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

STREAM 56
04-26-08
At The Echo, LOS ANGELES
53:43 (74.4MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/BWR1TJ2P21

STREAM 57

2011-03-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

STREAM 57
MIT Steer Roast
MAY Third 2008
Cambridge, MASS
Here's to the ENGINEERS.
67:24 (94MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/SPPXVTCE87

STREAM 59

2011-03-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

STREAM 59
SAT 08-29-09
AT STARR SPACE
BUSHWICK, NYC
Thanks: Joseph Whitt
69:00 (94.6MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/PFH99T3D1H

STREAM 60

2011-03-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

STREAM 60
09-17-09
DETROIT
Division Street
Thanks to Scrummage, Nick George, Hellfaucet
75:10 (103.3 MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/FBYLU6985F

STREAM 62

2011-03-24T10:40:00.000-07:00

STREAM 62
09-19-09
HIGH NOON IN WISCONSIN
Backward Music Festival
Thanks: Wongz, The Real Jaguar, SALEM
No Thanks: Bessie Cherry
36:36 (50.2MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/TJKY5XRU6B

STREAM 63

2011-03-24T10:10:00.000-07:00

STREAM 63
09-26-09
SECRET PROJECT ROBOT
"The Witch Voice"
Thanks to Enid Ellen, Prayer Town, Mirror Mirror
60:12 (83.1MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/RWNJ2ZZ78T

STREAM 65

2011-03-24T08:23:00.000-07:00

STREAM 65
10-23-09
93 N6 "CAMEO GALLERY"
Coolage Magic Journey
MIX REC MICS JiFY&JFR
Thanks to: Todd Pause; Nicole Sierra
34:14 (70MB)
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/DHJU4JE21V

STREAM 67

2011-03-24T07:48:00.000-07:00

STREAM 67

JAN 23rd, 2010  

LIVE at ZEBULON  
Starring: NOAH CROSS as "ABE"  
Sound Recording by ZEBULON
Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/M6OWMKTH00

The Great STREAMS Migration

2011-03-24T07:30:00.000-07:00

Starting today, we are going to be moving all the STREAMS left on our Podomatic site to posts here, starting with the newest and moving backwards in time. Apologies made to anyone who downloaded Podomatic's donation message instead ... ignore and wait for STREAMS to show up here. In time ...

Equinox Super Moon

2011-03-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

Excepter - Equinox

In Honor of Vernal Super Moon ...
Previously released on vernal equinox 2010 as cassette-only
limited edition of 100 via Temple of Pei (Sold Out).
Two side-long edits of live material from 2009.
One side recorded on vernal equinox at Glasslands NYC.
One side recorded at the Issue Project Room NYC.
One side 808 beat box blast.
One side post-show drone zone.
All material unSTREAMed.

http://excepter.bandcamp.com/album/equinox

www.templeofpei.com

www.excepter.net

STREAM 71

2010-10-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

STREAM 71

Shea Stadium, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, October 27^th, 2010

(57m00s)

Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/7JM9QC1VI2

STREAM 70

2010-10-09T06:20:00.000-07:00

STREAM 70

Silent Barn, Ridgewood, Queens, NY, September 11^th, 2010

(57m34s)

Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/V2CZMAH0G8

STREAM 69

2010-10-08T07:29:00.001-07:00

STREAM 69

Viaduct Theater, Chicago, IL, August 21^st, 2010

Performance: Neon Marshmallow Festival

Atmospheres: Indiana (Pond) and Michigan (Lake)

(68m57s)

Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/EKYEKOVA1R

STREAM 68

2010-09-22T11:35:00.000-07:00

STREAM 68

The Glass Lands, Williamsburg, NYC, March 20^th, 2010

EQUINOX SHOW

(76m20s)

Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/GLO5WGIKRV

CROSSING STREAMS

2010-09-22T06:17:00.001-07:00

Today on the EQUINOX, we will return you to the current-day Excepter STREAMS already in progress, however delayed by one-half solar year. We will return to pick up the older STREAMS we missed along the way following the next EQUINOX. More STREAMS surprises coming up in 2011, including limited vinyl and cassette editions and a second volume of compact disc edits. Watch the skies for magic info ...

STREAM 3X

2010-09-21T10:48:00.001-07:00

STREAM 3X

Syrup Room, Bushwick, NYC, December 2005

Excepter had already played two shows with The No-Neck Blues Band, one earlier in the year at the Eardrum Festival in Atlanta, GA, and another a few years before at the Hint House (as a JFR-Caitlin Cook duo performing “Forget Me” and playing one tape piece over the PA.) This one felt like a proper reunion with both bands playing full sets and both on the same label at the time (5RC). Kill Rock Stars boss Slim Moon can be heard greeting JFR as he plants the microphone pre-performance. Show promoter, a “pre-interns” Todd P, had hoisted up the speakers and hung the pepper lights only moments before. JFR, freshly initiated into the Secrets of Capitalism, would correctly intuit the way to get paid at the end of the night by staying up later and getting up earlier than everyone else. Stay tuned after the set's completion to hear NNCK creative director explain to DJ (and Night Jar Review editor) Michael Klausman that their “shit is the same” before a few choice African jammers.

NB: This would be the last STREAM to use the “X” decimal naming convention.

Download Link: http://www.multiupload.com/3JEDD3V7M1

(67m49s)

STREAM 29

2010-09-16T10:19:00.001-07:00

STREAM 29

Webster Hall, NYC, Fall 2005

The one and only (?) time Excepter played a show with their eventual label patrons The Animal Collective. There were about a thousand teenagers in attendance. We asked the lighting engineer to turn on the “specials.” Even Dan Hougland stood up. Lala and Hira delivered a giant grey squash onstage which the band proceeded to run through with steak knives. For the final number, JFR changed into his camouflage “tiger” gear and dove into the audience, knocking heads with a young girl in the process. (There are no accidents: JFR would continually run in to her for years afterward as Excepter played her various attended educational institutions.) On the floor, with a bloodied lip, JFR would be refused re-entrance to the stage by security on account of his wristband removal prior to the set. Finally reaching the backstage area through a circuitous series of stairs and hallways lined with the masks of the Old Gods, JFR would be directed to the Manager's Office, where he would be revealed the Secrets of Capitalism and paid five times the promised fee.

Songs: Entrance / The Lock / Web Star / Auto Fuel / The Last Dance

(38m41s)

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STREAM 28

2010-08-31T08:33:00.001-07:00

STREAM 28

Cake Shop, LES, NYC, Fall 2005

Excepter arranged to play first instead of last so JFR's visiting family could catch the show. JFR performed not only in front of his own father, step-mother, brothers, but also two sets of aunts and uncles, plus associated cousins. To top it off, a two-person camera crew was there to capture the band. Self-conscious much? A paranoiac's dream! For its part, the band put on one of the slackest sets in its career, however centered by the miraculous appearance of an unrehearsed, but seemingly fully-formed pop song “If I Were You” which would become the lead track and video for the eventual Alternation album.

Songs: False Start (The Buzzing) / Sad Dancer (Slow Runner) / If I Were You / Come Clean / Give Up / Any and Every

(39m53s)

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STREAM 27

2010-08-11T13:07:00.000-07:00

STREAM 27

North Six, Williamsburg, Fall 2005.

How's the weather out there? I hear the wind is blowing all the barrettes from your hair. You don't need them up here. No one grows beards. They all stay the same shave as yesterday. Opening up for veteran Japanese psych band Yura Yura Teikoku at future home of the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Frank Macias on hand to capture the band on video (search 'lypse' on your tube.) Trickster-scribe Nick Sylvester thought insects had infested Excepter's merch table t-shirts. Parts of this recording ended up on Alternation, a track in the Tank Tapes, and valuable management contracts lost in the ether. Hey man, where'd you get that L.O.T.I.O.N. Anyway?

Songs: Stairwells / Lypse / The Bath Tub / Know Blues 2 / No Pilot / Still Blues

(34m40s)

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STREAM 26

2010-07-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

STREAM 26

Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Fall 2005

Called down to the sixth borough for a gallery show with Wolf Eyes, Prurient, Chris Corsano and a buncha others. Excepter was the only non-blaster on the bill and a bit out-of-place for it. Sound-dude sure was eager for us to cut our set short, calling off times from the monitors halfway through. I guess the Beavis n Butthead crew there for the fist-pumpers didn't really know what to make of our sloppy crystal lights and rainbow Polo get-up. The promoter didn't either and seemed annoyed when we asked to get paid what we were promised at the end of the night. Same promoter would drop us off a bill at the last minute when we would try to come through town again in the spring. JFR wasn't really aware of the size of chip Philly has on its shoulder about New Yorkers, but JWN was well-versed and treated the crowd with tales of his violent first visit to The City of Brotherly Love. Despite it all, our roadie was found the next morning with his arms wrapped around a cheesesteak (wit wiz).

Tracks: Ground Hum / Last Dance / Op Pop (Walking Through the Night) / The Tank / Brother Ph / Why'd You Call?

(33m29s)

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STREAM 25

2010-07-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

STREAM 25

Knitting Factory, Kill Rock Stars CMJ Showcase, Fall 2005

Songs: Sunrise / Stairwells / Savage Law / Turn Away / A Message From Outside / Old Time Cat 09.

Ten minutes after the completion of this set, JFR and Lala would be thrown out of the club and “Banned from the Knitting Factory for life.” Asked to see the manager (up the stairs mister) and she said Lala of wore a wig, and so got beer poured on her shoes so ordered our Oldsmobile off the block, kicked out the rest of the band and anyone hanging out with us. Frying pan, fire ... proxies had to unload our equipment around the corner where we had to explain the mess to our new label boss. He humored us with tales of wild years hijinx. Meanwhile, back inside a band associate the bouncers had missed had grabbed a mic denouncing the club to one and all. In the fog, a justified, pre-emptive strike against us. Despite all, the club booking agent would be calling to hire Excepter again within a few weeks.

Excepter would publicly maintain the “ban” for occult purposes for years after the event.

(41m37s)

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STREAM 24

2010-07-18T13:32:00.001-07:00

STREAM 24

Sin-e, Lower East Side, NYC, Summer 2005.

If the levee breaks, you'll have no place to stay. Recorded directly after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans. Jon Nicholson pulling double-duty as pre-show DJ and featured vocal and electronics performer for Excepter. Fife and drum machine defeated by the S.W.A.M.P. gas or flying object? No concern for the F.R.O.G. men with self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Oblique conjectures of a new Hoo Doo Lemuria lying just beneath the surface? No one seems to know or notice.

(79m55s)

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STREAM 23

2010-07-13T11:45:00.001-07:00

STREAM 23

Rothko (Adult World), NYC, Summer 2005

Rothko was a Lower East Side club formerly known as Adult World, notable for the working showers lining the entrance hallway. In the grand Excepter tradition of the miss-matched bill, we were paired with a skate-punk band called S.T.R.E.E.T.S. which we understood to stand for “Snowboarding Totally Ruined Everything, Even The Snow.” This poor band of reverse-oakies earned JFR's ire for trying to blame the venue when they got busted by the NYPD for drinking on the sidewalk outside. Nightclub ethics are a rocky road to travel either way.

Oh yeah and Grizzly Bear opened for us, too.

(44m16s)

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STREAM 23-3X

2010-07-09T06:49:00.000-07:00

STREAM 23-3X

The second series in the Excepter Archive will focus on the rise of the “four man band” era, from July to December 2005. The new line-up of John Fell Ryan, Dan Hougland, Nathan Corbin and Jon Nicholson would record the Sunbomber EP on its first session together. Live shows would alternate with more session work for the eventual Alternation 2LP and still unreleased (and still un-leaked) OP 2X7”. The band's second cassette-only release Tank Tapes would also stem from a single studio session during this period.

STREAM 19

2010-07-05T14:21:00.001-07:00

STREAM 19

Lit Lounge, NYC, November 2004

We give out beats for free. It's gonna be a blow-out in 5-D. (M.A.G.I.C.) Drums in the D.I.S.T.A.N.C.E. Do I have to spell it out for ye? All of our existence is an insult. A kick in the head, all the equipment knocked down. A run through The Sprinklers and then it's over.

Onstage violence was nothing new to the band, but it hadn't ended a performance before. (The booker loved it and invited us back immediately.) We would stumble on through a studio recording session, a trip to Atlanta and a European tour, but this would be the last NYC live show for this line-up.

(19m06s)

STREAM 19 by Excepter

STREAM 18

2010-06-24T06:31:00.001-07:00

STREAM 18

Knitting Factory, NYC, Fall 2004

On account of the College Music Journal Festival, at the invitation of The Social Registry. Showbiz samples and Songs: Street Lights / Knock Knock / Forget Me / Street Lights

(39m36s)

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STREAM 17

2010-06-18T07:18:00.000-07:00

STREAM 17

911 Florida Ave, Washington DC, Fall 2004

Treacherous treble trouble. The pull of carpet crawl. For our first time outside of NYC, Nathan drove 17 hours down from Norway just to make the show. Remember the trees outside smelled like dogshit. We played last on a long bill in the promoter's dining room. Afterwards, some slept in puddles of cat piss. Others stayed up late watching barbarian tapes. At first light, the roommates all did laundry. An edit of this STREAM would become “The Troglodytes” EP. Excepter as Witch House originators?

(51m18s)

STREAM 17 by Excepter

STREAM 16

2010-06-04T09:35:00.000-07:00

STREAM 16

Tonic, NYC, Fall 2004

Starting where we left off … facedown on the floor. Nathan lost to the fjords of Nova Scotia; Caitlin arriving last minute directly from bus to stage. Nowhere to go but up, the slow 808 kick replaced near the end with the beat from Knock Knock paired with the vocal from Alternation track Apartment Living. Those next-door neighbors ...

(36m33s)

STREAM 16 by Excepter

STREAM 15

2010-05-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

STREAM 15

Tonic, NYC, Fall 2004

It's not the fall that kills you. One of the problems with headlining the late show is the extra hours of drinking time it affords. Add heartbreak and subtract audience and there you have it. In fact, JFR was unconscious for much of the set, dragged around the stage by his ankles for effect. To his credit, he continued performing even under heavy suppression. Any other band would have stopped at 40 minutes, but these punishment fans …

(57m29s)

STREAM 15 by Excepter

STREAM 14

2010-05-08T07:56:00.001-07:00

STREAM 14

Sin-e, NYC, Summer 2004

Hey buzz buzz. Early in the evening and someone is already on her third drink. Lots of talk about 'house' maybe maybe too much talk. A turntable mounted on stage just to play that funky evil reggae. Direct Channel: Sick Theater. Lord Invader and the Old Time Cat 09. And for the grand finale: ZEBRABLOOD on the MPC.

(51m59s)

STREAM 14 by Excepter

STREAM 13

2010-04-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

STREAM 13

Tonic, NYC, Summer 2004

Murder was the case, murder most foul ...

"Stream 13 may document one of Excepter's most plainly violent performances, but it also showcases another side, a band approaching a new level of power and communication, at times building stretches of majestic, glimmering ambience, a new realm of exploration for the group. Reaching to the edge of meaning and nihilism, Excepter manage a rare feat: they return." -- Andrew Russeth, The Wood

(48m17s)

STREAM 13 by Excepter

STREAM 12

2010-04-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

STREAM 12

The Brooklyn Lyceum, NY, June 18^th 2004.

The show was a benefit for Downtown for Democracy, a political artists' organization raising funds to send troops into Ohio or something. We saw James Chance being handed a wad of bills at the end of the night, that's all we know. For our part we had Linda picket our set with a “PROTEST MUSIC!” sign while guest-man Jon Winfield Nicholson III played the African berimbau with a rock. Calder and Nathan brought rock and roll on guitar and drums (respectively.) JFR and Dan fiddled with samplers, but decided that “3” wasn't working. Didn't matter, cuz Caitlin was rolling sevens all the way. But still that slow clap magic mirror. Majority Rules? And all of it in only 22 minutes so we buttressed both sides with a: a rare dub remove ya DJ toaster takeover and b: the Jeff Street session recorded the day or two previous. (a double, you)

(57m46s)

STREAM 12 by Excepter

STREAM 11

2010-03-31T19:37:00.001-07:00

STREAM 11
Sin-E, LES, NYC, Spring 2004
Who Who? Contact Music. Sin-E was famous for hosting a series of after-hours Sinead O'Connor beat-box experiments back in the 90s. Other immigrant tales coincide with future 12” B-Side “Punjab” presented here in both live and "Edsel Mix" versions. HEYHEY “Cops actually dealing with a car horn?” (rim-shot) Calder Guitar Revolution Plus a vista from the Ice Cream Man (Spring Birds and the Williamsburg Bridge Mix)
Exit Tunes: ABFAB; EVR Bros (It's So Sad To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
(48m17s)

STREAM 11 by Excepter

STREAM 0X

2010-03-22T12:02:00.001-07:00

STREAM 0X

Pianos, NYC, Spring 2004

Occupying a former piano factory, Pianos was run by the former manager of a different LES bar that had hired JFR for a few years previous as a weekly happy hour DJ. Provided here as a contextual bonus is an audio tour of the ambience outside the venue's well soundproofed band room. You can hear Ivan Sunshine of the Ghost Exits (and now Hidden Fees) swapping tales with the boys on the street. Heads will recognize Tommy James and the Shondells in the mix, evidence of Dan Hougland's fascination with popular song loops. Heads will also recognize weaving in and out alternate mixes of "Jrone (Three)" from Throne, which was being edited around the time. Sounds like it rained that day. Video was shot by Punkcast master Joly Pinstand, but the footage seems to have been lost in the fog...

(52m50s)

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STREAM 09

2010-03-13T07:14:00.001-08:00

STREAM 09
The Coral Room, NYC, Winter 2004.
The place was famous for having real live mermaids in the giant aquarium behind the bar. We were there at the invitation of Gang Gang Dance, as we were both releasing records on Fusetron at the time. The In Crowd was there, but we were hiding out in the Green Room in the form of a trailer parked on the roof of the place. Paranoia up, the microphone was kept on the whole night and the results had to be edited down to fit the 80 minute limit, thus beginning the “cut up” phase of the STREAMS. For the next ten issues, live recordings would be spliced together with bits of practice sessions, urban field recordings, opening DJ sets, soundchecks, cable TV, toasting, dubs, etc.
(48m23s)

STREAM 09 by Excepter

STREAM 09-19

2010-03-13T06:58:00.000-08:00

For the first series in the Excepter Archive, we are going to look into the STREAMS posted in the year 2004. The band at the time consisted of John Fell Ryan, Dan Hougland, Caitlin Cook, Calder Martin and Nathan Corbin, with a guest spot or two from Jon Nicholson. Live shows were interspersed with work on Self Destruction and Throne. The Vacation EP would be published in the spring, having been recorded the spring previous. Vacation and our 2003 LP KA would be combined in a CD edition and published in the fall. The STREAMS published this year were notable for their heavier use of editing compared to more recent STREAMS.

Hello Spotters.

2009-10-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

This is the official archive for the Excepter STREAMS series.
Watch here in the coming months for a lazy look back at some of the early favorites.
You can enjoy the current crop here:
http://excepter.podomatic.com/