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isaac quatorze

About Me

hi, my name is denys but you can call me isaac... or is it the other way around? some days i can't remember. watch this space for more details and song / video updates.
26.mar.07 || the rumours are true. new isaac album is out on april 14/07. see the new blog entry for details. also, (unless you're a old-school fan and you clicked on "sylvester kowan") whichever song you're hearing right now is from the new record. enjoyyy.
17.dec.06 || check out the short film "Mr. Bangs" by GreenLeavesGrasshopper films. it includes some new isaac music, and a fearless performance by donavan purdy, who isn't afraid to look like a complete lame-ass on the internet. stream or download the film on this site .
17.sep.06 || new songs! 'crisis in 54401' above is brannu, and... well... the other new addition is the oldest song on here. 'asleep awake' was on the chords e.p. and seemed a fitting replacement for the sullen sad sack song i had in its place before. in the sacred tradition of the artistic triumph that is reality tv, mr. kowan and 'mess u got in 2' only just barely squeezed by and were not voted off the standalone player this week.
1.jun.06 || there hasn't been an update here since february, but make no mistake, i'm still hard at work on songs. i'll probably change the tunes above soon, two of them have been changed almost beyond recognition from these versions.
for those wondering where that 'bob the slowbuilder' video is, i'm still trying to find a good way to make the file size small but still have the video "work"... see, it's rather text-intensive and has lots of stuff going on that requires sharpness, both on the part of the viewer and the video itself. so far, every size i've compressed it to, and every font i've used for the text, makes viewing on a computer screen a chore. if anyone can help, please send a message!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/11/2005
Band Website: www.isaacXIV.ca
Band Members: Denys on everything.
Influences: incomplete list.... the Beatles, Ben Folds, Bows, Richard Buckner, Cake, Cibo Matto, Cloroform, Cornelius, Deathray, the Dismemberment Plan, DJ Shadow, Electric Light Orchestra, Enon, Faraquet, the Fire Show, Firewater, the Flashbulb, Francine, Peter Gabriel, Chilly Gonzales, the Grays, His Name is Alive, the Hollies, Holy Sons, Huffamoose, Illyah Kuryahkin, Laika, the Lapse, LCD Soundsystem, Lo-Fi Allstars, Long Fin Killie, the Magnetic Fields, Menomena, the Moonbabies, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, the Northern Pikes, the Notwist, Oranger, Pedro the Lion, Pinback, Plaid, Red House Painters, John Rouse, Sesame Street, Luke Slater, Slicker, Son, Soulwax, Spoon, Stars on 45, Stephin Merritt, Suddenly Tammy!, Super Furry Animals, Tarentel, Tarwater, Underworld, Suzanne Vega, Jeff Wayne, Ween, the Zombies
Sounds Like: with any luck, for chunks of a few seconds, i can sound like some of the artists above... more likely, though, you'll think i sound like a guy in his basement with a guitar, a computer and a microphone.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Omigosh! The new album is out ... and it's F R E E ! !

forgive any typing errors, as i'm doing somersaults while i post this news. why the celebration? well, yesterday was the official release date for the new isaac quatorze cd, "sin of the summer". the ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:40:00 GMT

say what? ... new album?

yup. brand new album from isaac quatorze is dropping in april (tentative date is april 14 ... yes, i know that's a saturday but i'm just a rebel that way)...i'm beyond excited about this one, and i ho...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:57:00 GMT

i feel like my heart is straining through my shirt

said awright. numbered point-form blogs are the coolest thing jesus ever invented.1. a recent hard drive wipe led to the accidental loss of much of the source material for the songs you see here, and ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:11:00 GMT

humidity & mix tapes

it's fackin hot out, but i like it cuz there's no bugs yet.all the more reason to drive around with the windows down (or more likely the a/c on) and do some peoplewatching, listening to good tunes. ga...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:53:00 GMT

Top 10 Albums of 2005... says me

i gotta say, 2005 was an amazing year for music... in fact, i haven't even felt compelled to make one of these year-end lists since 2002. too many bands have put out the most disappointing albums of t...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:59:00 GMT