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Solitary Extraction

tape deck orchestra!

About Me

A music project that is completed in my bedroom and sometimes taken live with friends.

Currently playing with Caribou, plan to bring it back in a more band-like format with perhaps a new name once I am settled home again.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/8/2005
Band Website: solitaryextraction.com
Band Members: Brad Weber
Influences: 3 Hur-el, The Advantage, Battles, Animal Collective, Beach Boys, Beatles, Born Ruffians, Bocce, Can, Caribou, Chris Corsano, Dextro, Elevator, Explosions in the Sky, Flaming Lips, Fuck Buttons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Jethro Tull, Kazuto Okawa, Kidstreet, Mogwai, Moody Blues, My Bloody Valentine, Neu!, New Pornographers, Panda Bear, Radiohead, Rick White, RJD2, The Sadies, DJ Shadow, Sing That Yell That Spell, Slowdive, Smashing Pumpkins, The Sourkeys, Squarepusher, Stereolab, Swapan Chaudhuri, Tenth of May, Ulrich Schnauss, The Zombies
Angus Fraser
Dan Roberts
Kazuto Okawa
Record Label: Crony
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

May 3/08: skate video with a song of mine in it

a good friend of mine who occasionally produces skateboard videos, produced one called "Goodbye Sunshine" last year with "goomul forest" as the main soundcheck.check it out:http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Sat, 03 May 2008 01:41:00 PST

Jan 16/07: Some reviews of Tape Deck Orchestra

Here are some reviews of Tape Deck Orchestra that have been done...http://www.smother.net/reviews/items/modernrock/1851/ Solitary_Extraction-Tape_Deck_Orchestra.phphttp://www.aural- innovations.com/issu...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:05:00 PST

Aug 28/06: Tape Deck Orchestra available in Toronto and Hamilton

My new album "Tape Deck Orchestra" is now available for purchase at Soundscapes in Toronto and the Sonic Unyon record store in Hamilton.If they are out of stock, let me know and I'll top them up with ...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:01:00 PST

Aug 2/06: Tape Deck Orchestra is finished and ready for your ears!

My new album, entitled "Tape Deck Orchestra" is finished and I have uploaded 3 songs from it.  Please take a listen and let me know what you think!  I will be putting copies into stores soo...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:01:00 PST

June 21/06: A new review!

I got a review on an online blog called A Musical Kiss. Check it out here: http://amusicalkiss.blogspot.com/2006/06/solitary-extraction -bubble-beats-and.html...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:55:00 PST

June 13/06: New website!

I have a new website up!  Not annoying colours this time (I hope).  www.solitaryextraction.comCheck it out.Also, progression on the album is coming along well.  Just finishing off the l...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:57:00 PST

Mar 14/06: Website with an interview of me!

Someone has kindly taken the time to do an interview and review of my music.The site is a daily music blog called Obscure Sound.  Check out the article here....
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:38:00 PST

Feb 27/06: Music, videos, albums and other thoughts

I am still working away at an album I would like to put out in the next couple of months.  My last album was put out in the fall of 2003.  Since then I have been doing a lot of work with ban...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:05:00 PST

Jan 2/06: New songs!

Please head on over to www.solitaryextraction.com and listen to two new songs I just recently finished.  I hope you like them!They will be posted here very soon but the myspace "add song" featur...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:05:00 PST

Dec 3/05: An update!

Hello there,I have been working on some new music lately that I am very excited about. I went through a dry spell for solo stuff for a while (mainly because I was very busy with other projects), but n...
Posted by Solitary Extraction on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:03:00 PST