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Cabana EP+, by Tree Wave

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Tree Wave is a duo comprised of Paul Slocum and Lauren Gray. What makes this duo unique is their instruments, which include an Atari 2600, a couple Commodore 64s, Compaq Portable II 80286 personal computer and even an Epson LQ500 dot matrix printer! Surprisingly, all this old technology makes for a very organic sound.

 

My favorite tracks are "May Banners" and "Sleep", which happen to be available on their website so you can check them out before deciding to buy the album.

http://treewave.com/mp3s.html

 

Track 7's titled "Commodore 64 Data Track (Do Not Listen!)", but you actually can listen to it as only 4:00 on comprise the data, which is the synth program that Paul uses on the Commodore 64. Save the data portion(4:00 to end) onto cassette and pop in into your datasette for some retro fun.

 

Also included are a couple music videos, Combat and Sleep. Combat is a neat tune that's not part of the CD. The video is created by a hacked version of Atari's original pack-in, Combat. Sleep is one of my favorite tracks from the album - for this video you're presented with a split screen view of the Atari, Lauren, the printer and 64 for a slick visual experience.

 

Next up, Cat Trax, Funky Fish, Pleiades Bundle

 

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