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Patrick Ripoll

About Me

All music, lyrics, sounds, ideas, and concepts created by Patrick Ripoll are under the umbrella of a Creative Commons License. If you want to share it for free, be my guest. If you can somehow find a way to profit off of my work, the more power to ya, cuz I haven't been able to. If you want me to perform at a show, a party, a funeral, whatever, send me an email ([email protected]). If you want a physical copy any of my albums, send your address and request to [email protected], we'll work something out. If you want me to contribute to a compilation, send me an email. You want me to design an album cover? Send me an email. Want me to perform a briss? I'll do it, all you have to do is send me an email.

Discography (in chronological order)

Open All Winter (2007) - Folk - EP

Broken Universe (2007) - Electronic - EP

Disorient (2008) - Electronic - LP

Praise the Lord! (2008) - Folk - LP

Paredolia (2008) - Electronic - EP

Spawning (2008) - Folk - LP

Wisdom Teeth (2009) - Folk - EP



Recorded Live Shows:

1/28/08 Open Mic @ Green Leaf Coffee House in Aurora, IL

3/28/08 - My first show @ The Castaway Collective, Chicago IL


Various Press

2/1/08 - My cover of Interpol's "Next Exit" voted one of the 5 worst Interpol covers ever by Moles Away!

2/16/08 - Disorient mentioned in Local Vertical's "Saturday Inbox" feature

2/20/08 - The Pelican's Perch gives Disorient a positive write-up.

2/27/08 - RetroLowFi.com gives Disorient an incredibly rave review

3/6/08 - "Puppy Mill" played on the "5,4,3,2, Fun!" Radio Show in Santa Barbara

3/16/08 - What Spike Likes includes "Just Bring the Noise" on his "Top Track" segment

3/17/08 - Foggy Ruins of Time declares "Patrick Ripoll's Big Saturday Night" Youtube Video of the Week

3/29/08 - Foggy Ruins of Time's positive review of Praise the Lord!


5/11/08 - Most excellent music blog What to Wear During a Orange Alert writes-up Disorient and Praise the Lord.


6/3/08 - Nick Nunziata reveals my auto-robotic masturbation techniques in his hilarious weekly column "Nicky's Shrinking Pants Bulge"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/12/2007
Band Website: Feel free to IM me. My A.I.M. s/n is soybomb43
Band Members: Patrick Ripoll
Influences: The Mountain Goats, Leonard Cohen, Okkervil River, Bruce Springsteen, James Eric, Ghostface Killah, They Might Be Giants, The National, Neutral Milk Hotel, Blondie, The Talking Heads, The White Stripes, Kiki & Pipi, Tinyfolk, redbear, The Beatles, The Moldy Peaches, Paul Baribeau, Joseph Still, Grandmaster Flash, Aphex Twin, The Pixies, Public Enemy, Ween, Rage Against The Machine, Elliot Smith, The Crystals, Howlin' Wolf, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Yello
Sounds Like:
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Cuz it's funny

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Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:54:00 GMT

Two new demos up!

My new album is coming along just swimmingly, slowly coming toether like T-1000 after being frozen in liquid nitrogen and being shattered with Arnold's .45 slug.Hell yes.I have two new demos up for yo...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:12:00 GMT

New song up

A demo of a new song to be featured on my upcoming album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Patrick" is currently up on my Myspace. It's called "The Bitch", a song title sure to delight all sorts of politi...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:13:00 GMT

Surprise Big Yawn: Greatest band in the history of bands

No hyperbole at all, except that it's all hyperbole. CONFUSING SENTENCE.Seriously though, check out my band Surprise Big Yawn at myspace.com/surprisebigyawn. It's gonna be something special pretty qui...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:53:00 GMT

Ladies, Gentlemen, these are the facts

1. I am in the process of writing music that will be featured on an upcoming album.2. This upcoming album is entitled "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Patrick"3. This upcoming album will be produced by J...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:43:00 GMT

My New Album, Wisdom Teeth, is out!

http://cllct.com/release/wisdomteeth I'm super excited that my new album, Wisdom Teeth, is finally out. It's got a little bit of everything, so check it out!
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:37:00 GMT

"Rest" named one of the 50 best songs of the year!

http://foggyruinsoftime.blogspot.com/2008/12/foggy-ruins-of- time-best-of-2008-top-50.htmlThe Foggy Ruins of Time just listed "Rest" from my album Praise The Lord! as one of the top 50 songs of the yea...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:47:00 GMT

New song up!

I've been recording a shitload of crazy stuff for Wisdom Teeth, my upcoming release that's going to put the EP in "EPIC". I'm talking a shitload of material. I just wrote and recorded the song I put u...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:28:00 GMT

Dripping Compilation is complete

The Dripping comp is done! Hurray! Check it out here: http://cllct.com/release/drippingthecollectivefamilynovember wordchallenge In other news, I am shooting for a December 16th release date for my u...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:45:00 GMT

New Music Up!

My upcoming EP "Wisdom Teeth" has been really moving lately, I've been making a ton of new music. Check it out on my page. The songs are tending on the shorter side, the more manic side, a little more...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:09:00 GMT