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Jay Tholen

About Me


Hi folks. My name is Jay Alan Tholen Jr. I was born in Florida on February 25, 1987. I currently reside in Homeland, a tiny patch of glorious unincorperated Polk County. Nothing but a Citgo, post office, and meat market. On sundays you'll find me hanging with my other Dad about 30 miles down the road at New Testament Church in Brandon. Weekdays are spent working at Wilkerson Instruments, a company in nearby Lakeland. Assembly work is satisfying, aside from the occasional solder fume overdose.
I release most of my music for free. Enjoy!!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Street Preachers From Outer Space
(01) { 3:08 } Pig Stole Our Golden Ring
(02) { 7:13 } Covering Our Ears and Eyes, We Laugh
(03) { 2:48 } Big Gulf's Out Yonder
(04) { 3:06 } Preachers Preaching, Pebbles Dreaming, Teachers Teaching
(05) { 4:02 } Peace (John Crayon on guitar)
(XX) {20:17 }
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Head on over to jaytholen.net to download the digital version for free.
Cory Taylor - sax on 3 and 4
Chris Elkjar - guitar on 3
Christine Tholen - background vocals (HECK YEAH)
me - synths, fake mellotron, weird percussion, harmonica, overuse-of-auto-tune, drum programming
ps - i know i drew my nose too big
Jay Tholen offers up a very interesting musical journey with His Shadow Is Light. The heavily electronic, experimental EP is a far cry from anything you are likely to hear on Christian radio. Boasting Psychedelic and World Music influences, Tholen weaves together a patchwork that is likely to attract fans of Danielson, Soul Junk, and mewithoutYou. The most compelling track is the epic, seven minute "A Lesson in Trust." This is a terrific record, though disappointing in that it is just five tracks and 22 minutes long. - Rob Tyson, 4/3/09
Purchase my second LP, The Melted Reel, by clicking here!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/15/2005
Band Website: jaytholen.net
Band Members: jay tholen

live:
jason s. - bass guitar

other:
cory taylor - saxophone
travis woodson - guitar
Influences: Musical: a whole bunch of stuff

General: The Bible, The Brave Little Toaster, Flannery O'Connor, Sun Chips, The Holy Ghost, Mellotron, Microtones, Prayer
Sounds Like: crap
Record Label: whaat

My Blog

His Shadow Is Light (Free EP) - Notes and Information

Download:http://jaytholen.net/jaytholen-hisshadowislight.zip Order: ($3 plus shipping)http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00ZC6T8W01 - Still Faithful (3:37)This song was created from beginning to end in ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:52:00 GMT

Transistor - Another free EP!

pretentious overlong descriptionTransistor is a sample drenched, krautrock inspired romp through the more arcane aspects of recent human history. It's blissful 20 minute duration is drenched in the ar...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:51:00 GMT

Your Sonic Residence - New EP!

Your Sonic ResidenceDOWNLOADAfter Rain ......[4:53]Jay Tholen - Guitar, Synthesizers, Samples, Pennies, Vase, VocalsTravis Woodson - GuitarCory Taylor - SaxophoneFramework .......[2:54]Jay Tholen - Sy...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Epidemic GAME! Beat em up SNES style action!

     CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (15MB)Windows executable, sorry mac users.Works fine on Wine for Linux.
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:28:00 GMT

Epidemic - 8bit zombie apocalypse.

A THRILLING 8BIT ACCOUNT OF YOUR EVERY DAY ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.STREAM THE ENTIRE THING HERE FOR FREEI HAVE EXPERIENCED A CHANGE OF HEART! DOWNLOAD FREE, CLICK HERE!1.  News Bulletin - 5:34 PM&nbs...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:10:00 GMT

March 14th, LAKELAND, everyone come!

Goatslacker and Lissajou are in my top friends, check them out! This will be a good time so SHOW UP. :0)
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Releases (192 KBPS MP3)

Master Sequence is a series of prog rock influencd electronic pieces. A few of these tracks are part of my live set.[1] Birth Sequence {2:54} [2] Knowledge Sequence {3:42} [3] Warning Sequence {1:21} ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:47:00 GMT

In the interest of humanity we've found a better place for you to go.

What is going on here.
Posted by on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:16:00 GMT