plastiq musiq discography formerly Ronnie Martin's pqmq label, now owned by Andy Bird Creation date (as a file separate from the JE discog): 2002-03-18 Revised 2008-04-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Discography Copyright 2002-2008 John Turpin Send all additions, corrections, and comments to: justified_type * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * @mac.com More copyright info appears at the end of this file. This file is available from: http://homepage.mac.com/justified_type/discogs/joyelectric/ This file is probably lacking in some releases. Please e-mail me if you know of something I missed. Anyone sending me free stuff will be mentioned in the credits. ;) Thanks to: Ryan S., Jon Sonnenberg & Rob Gutschow, John Carl, Eric M., Noemi (le synthfemme), Arriviste, Brent (Isopod), the je/pqmq board people, Rod MacQuarrie (I Satellite), and Ronnie Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Who's Who :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastiq Musiq bands: [Anna Ranger] (signed June 2004 ?) Nathan Snell, Clint Hunt http://www.annaranger.com/ [Britannika] (a one-album project?) Barnes Elm and Riley Sheffield [Goat Explosion] (signed Dec 2001, left Dec 2002 before releasing anything) Jon Pierce, Jake Graham, Joel Tarpin (changed name to Commoner, then Elkland) [Goodnight Star] (dropped in Mar 2000) Jesse Carrigan, Rusty Arnold, George Kazaklis http://www.goodnightstar.com/ [The Fax] (signed ~Jun 2003) Michael P. http://www.the-fax.com/ [House of Wires] (left in June/July? 2000) Jon Sonnenberg and Rob Gutschow http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/1373/ (Jon and Rob are also Pivot Clowj) [I Satellite] Rod MacQuarrie and Omeganaut http://www.isatellite.info/ [Joy Electric] (1994-present) Ronnie Martin -- songwriting, vocals, keyboards, programming Jeff Cloud (1997?-2002) -- keyboards (live), administrative duties Caleb Mannan (1999-2000?) -- drums (live) Todd Gilliland (2001?-2002) -- drums (live) [JE is officially signed to Tooth & Nail Records/BEC Recordings, but appears frequently on pqmq compilations and issues the occasional release through pqmq] [Mothership] (a one-album project?) Randy Rose (formerly of Mad at the World) [Norway/Norway^2] Eric Melzer (1999?-) Doug Huibregtse (1999?-2000?) http://www.norwaymusic.net/ http://listen.to/norway.disko http://members.tripod.com/diskostar/ http://www.plastiqmusiq.com/norway/ [Red Orchestra] (signed ~Jun 2003) Israel Slick, ... http://www.redorchestra.org/ [The September Equation] (signed around early March 2002?) Nathan Schroeder http://www.theseptemberequation.com/ [Soviet] (left in 2002?) Keith Ruggiero Chris Otchy http://www.sovietmusic.net/ [Travelogue] Jon Sonnenberg http://www.artoftravelogue.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Correspondence ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ P.O. Box 37734 Rock Hill, SC 29732 USA http://www.plastiqmusiq.com/ old contact info: P.O. Box 30164 Santa Ana, CA 92735 USA phone: (714) 768-5693 [listed in ad] fax: (714) 366-3766 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Fan-Created Resources :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justified Type: discographies: Joy Electric http://homepage.mac.com/justified_type/discogs/joyelectric/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Some Quick Quotes :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "because there is nothing modern about rock" -- pqmq t-shirt design "invention starts with us" -- pqmq pin design "manifesto: like a 1979 futurist convention in sheffield, england, plastiqmusiq brings you the original blueprint for tomorrow. our bands are armed with analog synthesizers, black ties and pure hearts; ready and willing to introduce a new generation to the forgotten sounds of a lost era." -- pqmq postcard no. 1 "PLASTIQMUSIQ. THE FORWARD FAMILY." -- pqmq e-mail update, 2003-06-07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Notes on discography format :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The well-organized and readable format is adapted from that of Lazlo Nibble. I deviate slightly by including beats per minute. Thanks to Laz for the format and the resources. Lazlo's Discography Machine: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: plastiq musiq :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Plastiq Musiq - Electric Music Compilation 1 [Aug 1997] compilation plastiq produqt: PM001 CD: 1997 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM-001) 3:04 125bpm Joy Electric: Electric Car 4:52 135bpm Pivot Clowj: Division [new mix] 4:09 105bpm Starflyer 59: We Got a Word For 3:42 126bpm Situation: Sonshine 4:27 82bpm Saturn Project: Don't Hate Me 3:30 120bpm Sea of Glass: Love Sick 3:44 132bpm My Rubicon Seven: Don't Let it End this Way 4:46 130bpm Kaboing: I Heard [original version] 6:09 76bpm Sunday Knight: External Perspective Motivation 5:06 100bpm Rule of Faith: I Can See it in Your Eyes 4:10 120bpm NuCre8tion: Machines 3:52 111bpm The Echoing Green: Oxygen [chr radio edit] [RM: exec prod and compilation. Saturn Project is Randy Rose (ex-Mad at the World), and signed with PM as Mothership. Pivot Clowj signed with PM under the House of Wires name. My Rubicon Seven/Rule of Faith later renamed Lode, and finally, Rubicon 7] [Echoing Green track mislabelled as "Oxygen (trinity sight mix)"] [Matrix: 20411 1 7 (8189) PM001 RECORD FACTORY] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mothership: L.P. [Jan 1998] album plastiq produqt: PM002 CS: 1998 US (Plastiq Musiq; ??) [does this exist?] CD: 1998 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM0002) 3:55 83bpm Mothership (Matthew 24:27) 2:46 117bpm Infernal (Revelation 20:15) 3:42 77bpm Don't Hate Me (John 15:18) [new mix] 3:22 88bpm Heaven (Revelation 21:4) 2:59 98bpm Daycare 3:53 96bpm The Ghost of Christmas Past (2 Thessalonians 2:8) 3:45 78bpm Lethargy (Romans 13:11) 3:02 76bpm Lamb of God (Matthew 19:14) 3:17 78bpm Torture 3:14 88bpm Break Me (Psalm 6:2) 3:15 86bpm Love is Gone (Ephesians 4:26) [RM: exec prod; Randy Rose: vox/synths/prod/engr/writing; Danny Rose: guitars/synths] [Matrix: RECORD FACTORY 4380 104827] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Britannika: Tales from Her Magesties Ship [May 1998] album plastiq produqt: PM003 CD: 1998 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM0003) 2:05 182bpm Setting Sail for the New World 4:15 191bpm Forget About the Clubs 0:50 196bpm You're Too Young to Fall in Love 4:12 182bpm No Divas 3:20 180bpm I Don't Believe We've Met 1:56 186bpm Broken-Heart Machine 4:48 184bpm How We Shipwrecked Our Lives 3:03 200bpm Tinsel for the Tree 1:09 92bpm The Moon Won't Let You Forget About Me 4:29 201bpm What Open Roads Are For 4:18 267bpm It's Always Goodbye [267/133.5 bpm] [A side-project for Jared of Jetenderpaul; formerly titled "Tales from the New World" and then "Tales from Her Majesties Service." The more conventional spelling would be "Majesty's"...] ["Barnes Elm": electronic sounds; "Riley Sheffield": human voice] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ House of Wires: You Are Obsolete [22 Sep 1998] album plastiq produqt: PM004 CS: 1998 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TNC1115) CD: 1998 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TND1115) [+ promo] 4:01 142bpm Busy 3:53 81bpm Where is My Mind? 4:11 104bpm Everything Lies in Ruins 5:18 113bpm Latency 3:43 137bpm Breathe 3:11 64bpm Long Lost 4:51 81bpm Mother 3:38 104bpm Tree of Knowledge 4:27 114bpm Death Is a Beginning 4:19 153bpm When Words Fall 4:12 140bpm Final Moment 2:15 103bpm Violin ["Where is My Mind?" is a Pixies cover. "When Words Fall" is an Optic Rain cover] [RM/House of Wires: prod; Bob Moon/RM: eng; Tessie Ramirez: female vox; Aaron Feldstein: trumpet/flugel horn; Steve Elkins: acoustic drums; The Collection Agency: sleeve design] [Black Francis (Frank Black): songwriting on "Where is My Mind?"; Brandon Curisma: songwriting on "When Words Fall"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodnight Star: Goodnight Star [29 Feb 1999] album plastiq produqt: PM005 CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; DPRO 14023) [promo; cdbd sleeve] CS: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TNC1136) [pm 0005] CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TND1136) [pm 0005] 4:30 100bpm Creator 3:44 145bpm Insecure 2:53 120bpm Compu-Friend 3:40 120bpm Lady Love 4:20 81bpm This Way to Love 4:24 162bpm Goodnight Star 3:05 105bpm Everyday 6:11 76bpm Dubparty 3:42 151bpm He's My God 3:56 92bpm 3-D Heart 2:28 121bpm Are You Hurting? 2:30 130bpm Trailer Park Love Song 3:51 90bpm Pluto [was due Feb/Mar 1998] [RM/Brandon Ebel: exec prod; RM: A&R] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Plastiq Musiq New Musiq Volume 1 [Jul 1999] compilation plastiq produqt: PM007 CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; DPRO14564) [prerelease] CS: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TNC1151) [pm007] CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TND1151) [pm007] 5:49 122bpm Lunasect: Ghost 3:46 136bpm Sool: Love is Everywhere 3:08 69bpm Mothership: Suffocate 4:30 100bpm The Echoing Green: Thief 4:47 80bpm Goodnight Star: Blue Skies 4:51 157bpm Warp Factor Nine: Blast Off 5:01 83bpm House of Wires: World of the Future 4:41 205bpm Britannika: The Disconnected 3:23 135bpm Norway: Walk on the Ocean 7:09 75bpm Children of the Inquisition: God Money 2:44 162bpm Situation: Ever So Sweet 3:10 70bpm Joy Electric: Come In, Brother [demo] [RM: prod and compilation] [prerelease version sold and later given away at Cornerstone Festival 1999 in die-cut cardboard sleeve with tracklist on CD; Matrix: TND1151] ["Sool" would have a tilde over the 2nd "o" in 8-bit text or HTML] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norway: The Essence of Norway [4 Sep 1999] album plastiq produqt: PM006 CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; DPRO14187/TND1149) [promo] CS: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TNC1149) CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TND1149) 3:43 135bpm So You Say 3:22 150bpm There's Something More to Life 3:35 140bpm Here We Go Again 3:03 135bpm Dark & Lonely 2:38 170bpm Jesus Girl 3:11 135bpm Confused 2:54 140bpm With All My Heart 3:04 130bpm Norwaygirl 2:53 135bpm Everytime 3:47 120bpm Only Time [RM: prod; RM/Norway: programming] ["Jesus Girl" is an Undercover cover] [promo -- color band photo sleeve ("not actual cover"); same sequence as commercial version, but listed as: So You Say/Jesus Girl/Dark & Lonely/There's Something More to Life/Here We Go Again/Confused/With All My Heart/Norwaygirl/Everytime/Only Time; claims release date is "7.27.99"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ House of Wires: Monogamy [2 Nov 1999] album plastiq produqt: PM009 [should be PM008?] CS: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TNC1129) CD: 1999 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TND1129) 6:34 128bpm Away 5:03 83bpm World of the Future 5:42 160bpm Monogamy 3:50 86bpm The Door with 5000 Locks 5:10 111bpm Mad at the World 3:06 160bpm Caroline 3:29 87bpm Your Side of the Mask 4:50 101bpm Solitaire 3:42 148bpm Luxury 4:04 93bpm Belief 4:35 99bpm Song of Siberia (Cancion de Siberia) 5:26 151bpm Dead or Happy 3:20 108bpm Teaching Your Machine to Sing [w/ following - total 7:46] 0:36 0bpm [silence] 3:50 ???bpm [The Door with 5000 Locks (reprise)] [was due 5 Oct 1999] [RM: exec prod; RM/Eric Melzer (Norway): sleeve design; Roger Rose: "Mad at the World"; "Mad at the World" is a Mad at the World cover] [in "Teaching Your Machine to Sing", Ronnie's initial reaction to the song can be heard, apparently recorded without his knowledge] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soviet: We Are Eyes, We Are Builders [April 2001] album CD: 2001 CA (Plastiq Musiq; PM010) [Matrix: PLAST111] 5:10 120bpm China 3:40 125bpm Commute 4:09 143bpm Marbleyezed 3:49 153bpm Lonely Days 5:21 121bpm Circuit Love 4:26 172bpm Breakdown 3:19 120bpm I' Objectif 4:25 122bpm Sensitive 4:22 168bpm Run In 4:14 129bpm Candy Girl 4:44 121bpm Soviet Bot 7:07 127bpm Modern Love [RM: exec prod & sleeve concept; Eric Melzer: sleeve layout; plastiq graphiq: design] [title is a quote from Dziga Vertov; originally titled "Spies Like Us"] CD: 2002 CA (Head Records; HD001CD) ["HD001"] ?:?? ???bpm Commute ?:?? ???bpm Circuit Love ?:?? ???bpm Marbleyezed ?:?? ???bpm Candy Girl ?:?? ???bpm Lonely Days ?:?? ???bpm Breakdown ?:?? ???bpm Sensitive ?:?? ???bpm Run-In ?:?? ???bpm Soviet Bot ?:?? ???bpm China [no fade-out] ?:?? ???bpm Solar Baby ?:?? ???bpm Street Thunder [re-press, with 2 new tracks in place of 2 existing tracks, new artwork, some remastering, add'l keys, and add'l guitar work by Kenan] [Promotional Items: Soviet] sticker: 8.5"x1.5"; white, black border; UPC code, "PM010 VINYL STICKER DESIGN / SOVIET" Video: "Commute" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Plastiq Musiq New Musiq Volume 2 [8 May 2001 (?)] compilation plastiq produqt: PM009 [same as House of Wires: Monogamy] CD: 2001 US (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth & Nail; TND1193) 3:21 156bpm Fine China: Healing for Angry Hearts 4:14 108bpm Ultraviolet: Trials of Love 4:29 164bpm House of Wires: Isolation 3:10 135bpm Norway: My Synthesizer 3:47 145bpm Soviet: Marbleyezed [mix 2] 5:39 99bpm Children of the Inquisition: Rapture 3:26 176bpm Goodnight Star: Dream Box 5:27 76bpm FIREFLY: Nostalgia 4:02 130bpm i satellite: Bubbleboy 5:51 110bpm Leiahdorus: Wake 4:14 162bpm Warp Factor Nine: Rainbow in the Sky 3:14 82bpm Secret Swimmer: Take My Hand 1:55 155bpm Arkport: For a Reason 6:45 111bpm In a Lonely Place: Something 1:41 140bpm Temper Trend: Heavens Hand 3:45 79bpm Pilots vs. Aeroplanes: Sing 3:35 140bpm Energist: Silent Eyes 4:30 170bpm Joy Electric: Parlor Inventor [original tracklist included JE's "This Time", Energist's "I Am Here"; was due April 2000] ["Marbleyezed" spelled "Marbeleyezed" on sleeve] [2nd tracklist: Joy Electric: Parlor Inventor; Soviet: Marbleyezed; Goodnight Star: Dream Box; Temper Trend: Heaven's Hand; House of Wires: Isolation; Pilots vs. Aeroplanes: Sing; Fire Fly: Nostalgia; Norway: ?; Fine China: Rialto Bridge [new recording]; The Echoing Green: [unknown]; Energist: Take You Away; Children of the Inquisition: Rapture] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norway^2: Geometry Not Geography [Apr/May 2001] album CD: 2001 CA (Plastiq Musiq; PM011) 0:56 0bpm Norway Squared 4:12 135bpm It's Only Pop 2:19 112bpm For So Long 3:14 103bpm Down to Earth 3:10 135bpm My Synthesiser 3:32 83bpm From One Ballad to Another 4:18 100bpm Not Tragedy 2:56 135bpm Dead Without the Drums 5:11 124bpm Watch Out [Eric Melzer: prod; RM: prod input; Eric Melzer/Doug Huibregtse/RM: "It's Only Pop"; Eric Melzer/RM: sleeve design] [Promotional Items: Geometry Not Geography] button: round (1" diameter); blue: "norway^2" sticker: 8.5"x1.5"; black ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Unheard Artist Compilation Volume 1 [March/Apr 2001] compilation CD: 2001 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM012) [PM0012 on spine; Matrix: UNHEARD1] 4:56 127bpm I Satellite: Where in the World? 4:20 80bpm qub3: Where Black Fields Bloom (I Feel You in My Heart) 3:06 118bpm The September Equation: Mars is a Fine Place 7:52 114bpm Ultraviolet: Return to Zero 4:48 123bpm Simulator: Division 3:22 120bpm DeepBlue Dream: Maybe 4:47 126bpm Brus: Blae Drink 3:46 100bpm A Frame: Digital Dream 4:32 131bpm Blame Spree: Scarification...I Am Your Dependent 4:45 140bpm Energist: Face in the Dark 2:40 140bpm Electronic Dreaming: So Faithful 3:27 119bpm Otari: Individual 4:13 131bpm Rhythmic Symphony: In My Dreams 3:34 100bpm DeepBlue Dream: Do You Remember? 2:39 94bpm Barry Lyndon: The Best Dream I've Ever Had 2:38 140bpm DJ ReLic: It's Not God's Fault 5:01 135bpm Dreamship: Starlight (O'er the Meeting Field) 3:20 129bpm Polaris: Moonlight ["uac1."; yellow cover] ["this compilation caters to newer/more underground electronic artists"] [RM: compilation, sleeve design; Eric Melzer: layout] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Unheard Artist Compilation Volume 2 [Jan 2002] compilation CD: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM013) [PM0013 on spine; Matrix: ME0101122 01] 4:29 121bpm I Satellite: 12:15 Friday Night 2:35 130bpm A Frame: Just Dance 3:24 161bpm Polaris: Lost Forever 5:22 80bpm Stereophonic Lullibi: Abstraction 3:57 70bpm Heliocentra: Eleven 5:43 153bpm Ultraviolet: Up or Down 2:22 109bpm Lodus: Bata 3:52 77bpm [Ether(real)m]: Right and Wrong 3:17 120bpm Translucid: Hang 2:59 150bpm Joshua Bourke: Soul Shaper 3:16 90bpm Domi: Severed Truth 2:19 66bpm Barry Lyndon: Vocoded Song for a Past Romantic Interest 3:09 143bpm Gary Flanagan: Pop Music 4:56 161bpm Permanent Solution: The Rising Sun 3:11 135bpm Toy Dept.: Kiss Me Dark 4:22 132bpm Inorder: Streets of Gold 3:23 90bpm Altair Prime: Age and Understanding 6:29 146bpm Gentle Touch of Beauty: Precious 4:47 134bpm Jason Grant: What Is Happening ["uac2."; green cover] [RM: compilation, sleeve design; Eric Melzer: layout] [was due Nov 2001] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: The Art of Conversation [7? Mar 2002] album CD: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM014) 2:50 178bpm Your Car 2:49 150bpm Shards of Glass 3:43 129bpm Pacific 7:02 160bpm Conversation 6:49 101bpm Seen 2:54 185bpm Rust and Reason 3:26 88bpm Overcome 5:16 66bpm Cactus [was due Nov/Dec 2001, Feb 2002] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joy Electric: Starcadia [March 2002] ep CD-R: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; pm015) [first release; x500] CD-R: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; pm015) [second release; clear case] 2:00 125bpm The Matterhorn 3:44 55bpm Starcadia 3:14 140bpm Dance to Moroder 2:04 128bpm Circa 1978 2:26 120bpm The Carousel of Progress ["black and white series pressings 01"] [JE News and Updates, 2002-02-14: "This will be released through Plastiq Musiq (with permission from BEC/Tooth and Nail of course) and will be available to buy on the upcoming White Songbook Tour in April. After the tour it will then be available online and through mail order from Plastiq, Tooth and Nail, and Velvet Blue."] [joyelectric.com journal, 2002-03-06: "The theme of the EP is very late 1970's, futurist, electro-disco. It's all 100% analogue as always, but with a very trashy, lo-fi sound to go with the era I was sort of emulating."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: The Fear of Musiq [18? June 2002] compilation/sampler CD-R: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; [no cat#]) [PM015 listed on site; same as Starcadia] ["songs":] 4:45 80bpm Goat Explosion: Night Cranes 3:50 171bpm Travelogue: Close Siren 2:40 150bpm Norway: New Day 4:56 120bpm Soviet: Felton Jarvis 2:46 ???bpm The September Equation: Don't You Get Tired ["remixes":] 3:49 80bpm Goat Explosion: Night Cranes (john carl mix) 3:33 129bpm Travelogue: Pacific (generic dance mix) 4:20 155bpm Norway: It's Only Pop (generic trance mix) 4:19 143bpm Soviet: Marbeleyezed (stone cold mix) 2:44 ???bpm The September Equation: Either 3 Or N (grey and green mix) 4:27 130bpm Travelogue: Cactus (mojave mix) [packaged in unusual red box, stickered front and back; unmarked CD-R] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The September Equation: When You Thought You Knew it All... [16? July 2002] album CD-R: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM016) 4:22 ???bpm Worthy Are You 1:52 ???bpm Too Many Computers 3:39 ???bpm Nice Ideas and Good Plans 4:51 ???bpm Northern Square 5 3:38 ???bpm Frequent Hope 2:52 ???bpm Algebra Broke Me but You Rebuilt Me 7:58 ???bpm The Bells of Plstk ["black and white series pressings number 02"] [announced in pqmq list, 2002-03-07] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Unheard Artist Compilation Volume 3 [16? July 2002] compilation CD: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM016) [same cat# as "When You Thought"] 3:57 ???bpm Isopod: Isopods 2:54 ???bpm The Automatic Hearts: I've Got Friends in Low Places 7:10 ???bpm Half O' Port: I'm Game for Lunch 2:41 ???bpm Rock Creek Park: Am Gut Ache 8:19 ???bpm Quandary: Never So Easy 2:58 ???bpm Stratos: Disco Beat 4:17 ???bpm SPQR: Analog Angel 3:34 ???bpm Caleb Allen: When Night Falls Among the Thorns 5:41 ???bpm Asterisk: A New History 4:23 ???bpm Brain:Blood:Volum: Disposeable 3:27 ???bpm Jagdish Lives: Late Night Carlinville v2.01 8:21 ???bpm Matthew Messenger: Bounce 3:33 ???bpm The White Noise: Forevereverland 8:55 ???bpm Purveyor: Now One ["uac3."; red cover] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: A Plastiq Christmas [early Nov 2002] album CD: 2002 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM018) 2:36 182bpm Travelogue: White Christmas 3:24 120bpm The Echoing Green: Little Drummer Boy 3:13 88bpm Goat Explosion: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 3:17 98bpm Ani: Wonderful Christmastime 2:29 120bpm Joy Electric: Let It Snow 3:47 80bpm The September Equation: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 3:05 132bpm Norway: Happy Holidays 5:50 71bpm Untold Dream: O' Holy Night 5:04 109bpm I Satellite: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 2:08 78bpm Goodnight Star: Silent Night [RM: exec prod; Nathan Schroeder (The September Equation): sleeve; Joey B (The Echoing Green): mastering] [public domain/traditional: songwriting except Paul McCartney: "Wonderful Christmas Time"] [Leiahdorus ("Carol of the Bells") had to drop out] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joy Electric: Picturebook [11 Jan 2003] documentary DVD: 2003 US (Plastiq Musiq; pmdv01) [NTSC Region 1; Matrix: JOY ELECTRIC PICTUREBOOK] ?:?? ???bpm Never Changing ?:?? ???bpm Early Days ?:?? ???bpm The Fans ?:?? ???bpm Character and Belief ?:?? ???bpm The Road ?:?? ???bpm Sound for Joy ?:?? ???bpm What We Do ["Electricity":] ?:?? ???bpm [We Are Rock] ?:?? ???bpm [Blueprints for Joy] ?:?? ???bpm [The Matterhorn (Skoolhouse)] ?:?? ???bpm [The Cobbler] [Eddie Enciu: dir; Nathan Schroeder (The September Equation): sleeve] [appearances from Andrew Prickett, Michael Pritzl (The Violet Burning), Bryan Gray ("Hot Rox") (The Blamed/formerly of Mortal), Jonathan Woods, Chelle & Aaron Anderson, Joanna Tillman, Chris Strepp, James Chapman, Scott Schneider, Bronson Fox, Mikey & Aaron Basch, Aaron Courain, Adam Neubauer (Ghoti Hook), Pax 217, Joel Bell (Ghoti Hook), Jamie Tolosa (Ghoti Hook)] [joyelectric.com news 2002-07-05: "A new DVD documentary, entitled 'Picture Book' is coming this November. Released in time for the holiday season, it will feature live footage, interviews and more."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joy Electric: The Tick Tock Companion [6 May 2003] album CD-R: 2003 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM019) ["Roolundria":] 14:09 0bpm Part 1 15:18 0bpm Part 2 18:55 0bpm Part 3 12:18 0bpm Part 4 [Martin/Melzer/Perez: writing; RM: Roland System 100 & Space Echo 201; Eric Melzer: S-Com Modular Synthesizer; Mike Perez: Oberheim SEM & assorted; Nathan Schroeder (The September Equation): sleeve (uncredited)] [to be sold at shows and online; "features an hour's worth of synthesizer music recorded live to tape at The Electric Joy Toy Company electronic music workshop. The album further develops and explores the music and themes taken from 'The Tick Tock Treasury'."] [was due April 2003] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The September Equation: Trained Hearts Will Do the Job [6 May 2003] album CD: 2003 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM020) 1:41 ???bpm I See Shapes Coming from the Future 2:49 ???bpm Comportant 4:06 ???bpm Print Horizon 3:53 ???bpm When Rabbits Were First Made 3:16 ???bpm Do You Want to Go Now 4:29 ???bpm Small Square Windows 3:11 ???bpm Roaldamundsen 0:46 ???bpm Take a Second Look 3:41 ???bpm Plans for Tree # 7 3:46 ???bpm As at Sea 4:21 ???bpm Beutfl.3 3:43 ???bpm A Sailor at 19 8:53 ???bpm The Roads Know the Route 3:51 ???bpm Just Before the Beginning [announced 2003-03-27] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Fax: Electric Life [Aug (?) 2003] album CD-R: 2003 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM021) 2:18 ???bpm On 1:36 ???bpm Presets 0:56 ???bpm Electric Life 1:17 ???bpm Save As 1:33 ???bpm Does Not Compute 1:39 ???bpm High Voltage Movement 1:42 ???bpm Consumed Consumer 2:54 ???bpm Patterns 3:28 ???bpm Facsimile [indexed w/ following 2 trks - total 7:53] :29 0bpm [silence] 3:56 149bpm [hidden track] [announced 2003-06-07, je board: "What does it sound like? - Raw and harsh electro-robo-punk. DIY ethics intact, The Fax records ultra minimal analog synth sounds and vocals onto 4 track tape for a musical and political statement like you've never heard before. Keeping it real."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Red Orchestra: Test Tubes, Equations & Creation Simulations [Aug (?) 2003] ep CD-R: 2003 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM022) 3:43 ???bpm The Preponderance of Utopian Testimonials 4:05 ???bpm Issued from the Barkers Outside the Carnivale of Creatures 2:59 ???bpm Tearing at the Tin Hearts of Marionettes 1:32 ???bpm With the Implementation of Rapacious Machinery 4:04 ???bpm Grinding Out a Lullaby for Disillusioned Masses 2:44 ???bpm While New Age Criminals Refine and Redefine 1:50 ???bpm (All Will Comprehend at the Celestial Finale) [announced 2003-06-07, je board: "What does it sound like? - Moog synthesizers played (not programmed) meticulously over mechanical beats surrounded by the somber vocals of leader Israel Slick. Vast arrangments, intelligent thoughts and insightful lyrics. Be very excited."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Unheard Artist Compilation Volume 4 [Jul 2003] compilation CD: 2003 CA (Plastiq Musiq; PM023) 4:25 ???bpm The Florida Whites: Love At It's Finest [sic] 3:27 ???bpm Travelogue: Changing of Hands 5:05 ???bpm Spacehonky: 70 Mile Per Hour Chair 4:51 ???bpm Untold Dream: Conscious 2:08 ???bpm The Promise Book: Secret Forest 4:23 ???bpm Blue Ribbon: We Reflect 4:16 ???bpm The Peoples: Sirens Over the Bridge 3:21 ???bpm The September Equation: I Was Suprised You Are My Father 4:05 ???bpm The Calico Sunset: Portraits 5:10 ???bpm The Fax: Turnover Rate 4:44 ???bpm Automate: 10:15 2:28 ???bpm Red Orchestra: Manifesto 3:48 ???bpm Column 5: When the Day Is Done 3:38 ???bpm Phillip Tubbs: If I Win 2:40 ???bpm Benco: Dreams 3:27 ???bpm Stratos: Sunlight 2:38 ???bpm Shephanim: Dead Unicorns 2:52 ???bpm Dietrichs: Killing Floor 4:52 ???bpm Timid Conversationalist: Window Sill ["uac4." blue cover] [announced 2003-06-07, je board: "What does it sound like? - The best UAC comp ever! Featuring some of the best independent artists we've ever assembled. PLUS - never before heard songs by TRAVELOGUE, SEPTEMBER EQUATION, NORWAY, RED ORCHESTRA, and THE FAX! / This is the final UAC compilation. Don't miss out."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joy Electric: Friend of Mannequin EP [1 Jun 2004] ep CD: 2004 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM024) 2:21 170bpm Friend of Mannequin 3:02 85bpm How Friends Are Made, Then Lost 3:28 120bpm You're Material 1:52 0bpm Hello, Mannequin Part Two 3:32 100bpm The Works of Unknowns (horton's summer of '80 mix) 4:18 120bpm Wolf in the Bend (sheltershed remix) 4:14 115bpm Who Are Friends? (the september equation remix) 3:45 120bpm Life In 1982 (joy e. vocal version) 2:19 0bpm Interview Part One 2:25 0bpm Interview Part Two 1:52 0bpm Interview Part Three [RM/Eric Melzer: songwriting on "Life In 1982"; Nathan Schroeder: sleeve design] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Red Orchestra: A Grim Misadventure [Jun 2004] album CD: 2004 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM025) 3:43 ???bpm A Royal Interruption 3:15 ???bpm Children of the Night Theme 3:46 ???bpm The Curse of the Thirst 2:29 ???bpm Subject: Stereoheart 1:53 ???bpm An Insidious Invitation 2:06 ???bpm Obstinant Observations 2:45 ???bpm Lorelei 4:07 ???bpm Lost Inside the Lair of Lechery 1:56 ???bpm A Reluctant Rebirth 3:01 ???bpm Bleed Thy Brother Lover 3:01 ???bpm Love Thy Neighbor, Brother 3:01 ???bpm Under an Umbra 6:43 ???bpm Epilogue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: Imaginary Hospitals [Jun 2004] album CD: 2004 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM026) 3:36 168bpm Commodity 4:40 135bpm D.O.A. 3:55 98bpm You and I 3:50 123bpm Hospital 3:06 160bpm Ideal Life 4:33 108bpm Operation 3:28 85bpm Channel 37 4:05 142bpm Sumner Street 4:47 144bpm Identity 4:02 162bpm A Happy Ending ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anna Ranger: Above and Under Ground [Aug 2005] album CD: 2005 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM027) 4:58 ???bpm Xylem and Phloem 4:31 ???bpm Guitar Guitar 4:40 ???bpm Old Habits Die Hard 3:59 ???bpm 322 5:12 ???bpm Back to Letters 5:13 ???bpm The Ghost of Solomon Grundy 3:19 ???bpm A Horse and His Boy 3:45 ???bpm Sweating Bullets 2:46 ???bpm The Blood of the Stars 4:19 ???bpm Awake Ye Three Sleepers 4:09 ???bpm In the Essence 3:49 ???bpm Entertainment So Great 5:00 ???bpm As Angry as They Come [Jon Sonnenberg: add'l vox; Mike Williams: exec prod; Nathan Schroeder: art/layout] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: Telegraph [7 Mar 2006] ep CD: 2006 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM028) 4:20 ???bpm Motivation 5:36 ???bpm Seasons 3:53 ???bpm Home 3:05 ???bpm Today Is a New Day 4:25 ???bpm Reflections 3:47 ???bpm Knock Knock [packaged in an "Ejector" case] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20GOTO10: Elizabeth, Haunted by Ghosts [2006] album CD: 2006 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM029) 4:28 ???bpm Of Trails and Teeth 3:32 ???bpm E.N.H 1647-1661 3:29 ???bpm Don't Need to Sleep 5:13 ???bpm Waiting for the End to Arrive 5:17 ???bpm Ghosts 3:09 ???bpm I Know of You 4:25 ???bpm Hard Shadows 4:20 ???bpm A Strange Victory 3:56 ???bpm Last Breaths 4:02 ???bpm The Mess That You Left Isn't Leaving You 5:09 ???bpm ...Creatures Left Alone [Jon Sonnenberg: prod] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cut the Red Wire: Be Still Oh Child Of Earth, All Heaven Is In Your Hands [2006] album CDr: 2006 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM030) 3:05 ???bpm This Time It's For Real 4:29 ???bpm All For You My Child 4:27 ???bpm Auto-Pilot-On 2:16 ???bpm The Time Between the Days and the Nights 6:11 ???bpm Coming Down Riding on White Clouds 3:34 ???bpm Care for Me and Kiss My Leaves 2:24 ???bpm Be Still 5:02 ???bpm All Heaven Is in Your Hands 5:36 ???bpm The Mariners Melody ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Sonnenberg and Israel Slick: The Prometheus Project [10 Mar 2008] album CD: 2008 US (Plastiq Musiq; PM031) 3:44 ???bpm Brand New Life 3:09 ???bpm Wide Eyes 4:37 ???bpm Initiation 4:59 ???bpm Commands 2:25 ???bpm Provocation 4:27 ???bpm Human Form 3:21 ???bpm Recalcitration 5:47 ???bpm The Gift 2:33 ???bpm Transubstantiation 2:12 ???bpm Recapitulation [pre-orders were sent with a poster] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastiq Musiq bands -- off-PM compilation appearances [Britannika: How We Shipwrecked Our Lives] [on various: RIM v.beta] CD: 1998 US (Bigwig; BWE 1001) 4:48 184bpm How We Shipwrecked Our Lives [Ricochet Internet Magazine] [House of Wires: The Beginning and the End] [on various: Messages - Modern Synthpop Artists Cover OMD] CD: ???? US (??) 3:53 ???bpm The Beginning and the End [Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark tribute album] [House of Wires: Caroline] [on various: Cheapskates - Softer Side] CD: 2000 US (BEC/Tooth & Nail/Plastiq Musiq; DPRO14850) [promo] CD: 2000 US (BEC/Tooth & Nail/Plastiq Musiq; BED 7436/G2637761743626) 3:06 160bpm Caroline [House of Wires: Caroling, Caroling] [on various: Happy Christmas 2] [19 Oct 1999] CS: 1999 US (BEC Recordings; BEC7430) CD: 1999 US (BEC Recordings; BED7430) 2:20 120bpm Caroling, Caroling [House of Wires: Do You Hear What I Hear?] [on various: Happy Christmas - a BEC Recordings Holiday Collection] CD: 1998 US (BEC Recordings; BED7414 / G2637761741424) [Oct 1998] 4:15 114bpm Do You Hear What I Hear? [House of Wires: When Words Fall] [on various: Dominate '98] CD: 1998 US (Tooth & Nail; ??) [on various: Gas Collection 10] CD: 1998 US (7ball Magazine; ??) 4:19 153bpm When Words Fall [I Satellite: Into the Dark] [on various: We Heard the Call] [9 Dec 2000] 2xCD: 2000 US (??) [disc 2] ?:?? ???bpm Into the Dark [Alphaville tribute; "a collection of alphaville songs interpreted by fans"] [Norway^2: Dead Without the Drums] [on various: Automata 4.0] CD: 2003 CA (Flaming Fish; ??) 2:56 135bpm Dead Without the Drums [included with Automata 4.0 magazine] [Norway^2: It's Only Pop] [on various: Synthpop Megamix] [promo] CD: 2001 US (A Different Drum; [no cat#]) [Matrix: ABCMEGAMIX2CD] 2:22 135bpm It's Only Pop [excerpt] [apparently put out by the "American Synthpop Coalition"] [Norway: So You Say] [on various: Cheapskates - Softer Side] CD: 2000 US (BEC/Tooth & Nail/Plastiq Musiq; DPRO14850) [promo] CD: 2000 US (BEC/Tooth & Nail/Plastiq Musiq; BED 7436/G2637761743626) 3:43 135bpm So You Say [Norway: White Christmas] [on various: Happy Christmas 2] [19 Oct 1999] CS: 1999 US (BEC Recordings; BEC7430) CD: 1999 US (BEC Recordings; BED7430) 2:53 136bpm White Christmas [Red Orchestra: A Reluctant Rebirth] [on various: Automata 7.0] CD: 2004 CA (Flaming Fish; ??) 1:56 ???bpm A Reluctant Rebirth ["Automata 7.0" included with Automata 7.0 magazine] [Red Orchestra: Tearing at the Tin Hearts of Marionettes] [on various: Automata 4.0] CD: 2003 CA (Flaming Fish; ??) 2:59 ???bpm Tearing at the Tin Hearts of Marionettes [The September Equation: How Much It Takes] [on various: Own Zone] CD: 200? US (States Rights Records: ??) ?:?? ???bpm How Much It Takes [The September Equation: ] [on various: ] CD3: 2003 US (Miniature Records: ??) [Aug 2003?] [2 tracks?] [Soviet: Bank Holiday (mix 2)] [on various: Broken Factory Music] CD: 2001 ?? (11th Records; ??) [on various: Evolution: The New Breed of Electronic Pop] CD: 2002 ?? (Cohaagen Music; ??) 3:38 ???bpm Bank Holiday [mix 2] [Soviet: Candy Girl] [on various: Electroclash 2001] CD: 2001 ?? (??) [on various: ] CD: 2002 ?? (??) 4:14 129bpm Candy Girl [Soviet: Frantic] [on various: Popaganda 1 - The Speed of Sound] CD: 2001 ?? (Souvenir Records; ??) 5:37 ???bpm Frantic [Soviet: In My Room] [on various: Nobody's Diary - A Yazoo Tribute] CD: 2002 US (Ninthwave Records; ??) [Jun 2002] ?:?? ???bpm In My Room [Yazoo known as Yaz in the US] [Soviet: Marbleyezed] [on various: Synthpop Megamix] [promo] CD: 2001 US (A Different Drum; [no cat#]) [Matrix: ABCMEGAMIX2CD] 2:11 144bpm Marbleyezed [excerpt; 144-147bpm] [spelled "Marbeleyzed"] [Soviet: ] [on various: Synthcon 2001 LIVE!] DVD: 2002 ?? (??) [NTSC] ?:?? ???bpm [Soviet: ] [on various: ] ??: ???? FR (Invasion Planet; ??) ["...a vinyl split for the label Invasion Planet out of France..."] [Travelogue: Hospital] [on various: Bush, 1945] CD-R: 2003 UK (rokit records; herbie 4) 3:53 123bpm Hospital ["Bush, 1945" included with Robots and Electronic Brains zine #12] [Travelogue: Perception] [on various: A Greenroom Omnibus No. 1] CD-R: 2005 US (Greenhorn Records; #008) 4:03 ???bpm Perception [Travelogue: The Photographer] [on various: SpaceLab 02 Flesh/Latex] CD-R: 2007 IT (SpaceLab; spacelab 02) [12 Feb 2007] mp3: 2007 IT (SpaceLab; spcl02) [12 Feb 2007] 4:26 ???bpm The Photographer [http://www.tilde.it/spacelab/] [Travelogue: Shards of Glass] [on various: This Is Electroclash] 3xCD: 2003 US (Hypnotic/Cleopatra; CLP 1277-2) [disc 1] 2:49 150bpm Shards of Glass [disc 3 ("Non-Stop Mix By dj skOOby"):] 2:59 150bpm Shards of Glass [edit] [liner notes: "As part of the underground-breaking label/artist collective plastiqmusiq (see Joy Electric), Travelogue is the new project from House Of Wires member Jon Sonnenberg. Jon haunted the LA music scene for several years like a keyboard-wielding Gandalf, conjuring new sounds from hand-build machines and applying his wizardry to collaborations with other local bands, such as LA legends The Autumns. A recent move to who knows where (presumably a different planet) has left a gapping [sic] hole in the LA-la music land, but his newest album The Art Of Conversation is complex and heady enough to keep all the Harry Potters in the electroclash movement baffled for centuries."] [the megamix version is digitally extended] [Travelogue: You and I] [on various: Automata 7.0] CD: 2004 CA (Flaming Fish; ??) 3:55 98bpm You and I ["Automata 7.0" included with Automata 7.0 magazine] [Travelogue: Your Car] [on various: Automata 4.0] CD: 2003 CA (Flaming Fish; ??) ["Automata 4.0" included with Automata 4.0 magazine] [Travelogue: ] [on various: A Greenroom Omnibus No. 1] [1 July 2005] CD: 2005 ?? (Greenhorn Records; #008) [various PQMQ bands and friends: ...] [on various: Autobahn Fall Event @ The Underground] CD: 2007 US (The Underground; [no cat#]) [Matrix: 115D7 K71210] 3:08 ???bpm Joy Electric: We Are Rock 5:48 ???bpm Sheltershed: Fadal Fate 2:35 ???bpm Travelogue: Literal 3:14 ???bpm Norway: Down To Earth 2:08 ???bpm Goodnight Star: Hey Good Day 3:26 ???bpm 20Goto10: Corvette [various PQMQ bands: ...] [on various: How To Make A New Friend 2] CD: 2002 US (Ninthwave Records/11th Records/A Different Drum/Nilaihah Records/Plastiq Musiq/Art of Fact; no cat#) ?:?? ???bpm Goat Explosion: Having You Here Is Wonderful 2:50 178bpm Travelogue: Your Car ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastiq Musiq bands -- outside work [Deitiphobia/Massivivid: ] [Goodnight Star: was listed as a remixer for DPHB's "remix of the month club." Remix mp3s were to be e-mailed to subscribers. Several remix EPs were instead released, with no known Goodnight Star involvement.] [Ganymede: Are You Falling In Love Again? (love-sick mix by soviet)] [on Ganymede: Falling E.P.] [remix ep] CD: 2001 US (Ninthwave Records; NW10015-2) 4:19 ???bpm Are You Falling In Love Again? (love-sick mix by soviet) [Soviet: remix] [Travelogue: video game music appearances] [on DROD: The City Beneath] [http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=8477] [JE forum, 2005-12-06: "Some of the songs are instrumental versions of Travelogue songs, some are songs that were originally Travelogue ideas that I never did anything with, some are brand new songs, and some are songs from the past with a few changes to them..."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastiq Musiq bands -- esoteric reference(s) [The Echoing Green: House of Wires] [on The Echoing Green: Glimmer of Hope - Recorded Live at TOM Fest '98] CD: 1999 US (Flaming Fish; FFMCD021) [Matrix: GLIMMER] CD: 1999 US (Millennium 8; M8D-0129) [re-issue] 0:23 0bpm House of Wires [Track is simply an announcement made during The Echoing Green's live set, asking HoW to move their van. Jon & Rob definitely appreciate the joke: "Joey (thanks for the live c.d. track)" -- Monogamy sleeve notes.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastiq Musiq promotional items Postcard: advertising _New Musiq Compilation Volume 1_, _You Are Obsolete_, _GNS_, _The Essence of Norway_, and _Monogamy_ (with early cover) Postcard: "postcard no. 1"; advertising _We Are Eyes, We Are Builders_, _Geometry Not Geography_, Travelogue ("Futurist analog pop band. / New album coming soon."), uac1; manifesto: "like a 1979 futurist convention in sheffield, england, plastiqmusiq brings you the original blueprint for tomorrow. our bands are armed with analog synthesizers, black ties and pure hearts; ready and willing to introduce a new generation to the forgotten sounds of a lost era." Magazine ad: full-page in _Automata 3.0_, July 2001; "the best in original electronic bands" Magazine ad: full-page in _Automata 4.0_, Dec 2002; Travelogue - The Art of Conversation. "reviving the ghosts of numan, the normal, fad gadget, kraftwerk, ymo, and the human league. the new sound of electro futurism is here." label slogan: "we put the clash into electro." Magazine ad: full-page in _Automata 5.0_ (Sep 2003) and _6.0_ (Mar 2004); Red Orchestra - Test Tubes / The Fax - Electric Life / The September Equation: Trained Hearts / UAC4. label slogan: "yesterday's vision of the future." Magazine ad: full-page in _Automata 7.0_, June 2004; Travelogue - Imaginary Hospitals / Red Orchestra - A Grim Misadventure. Magazine ad: in _HM_, June/July? 2002 Postcard: "plastiqmusiq. yesterday's vision of the future"; "the fax / norway / red orchestra / travelogue / the september equation"; advertises "Test Tubes", "Electric Life", "Trained Hearts", new TBA albums from Travelogue and Norway Postcard: 2004; front (color) -- cassette tape / advertises Travelogue: "Imaginary Hospitals" Spring 2004, Norway: "The Iditarod" Spring 2004; back (black & white) -- album covers for Red Orchestra; The Fax; The September Equation; UAC4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastiq Musiq bands -- covers/parodies [Commie: We Got Signed] 4:04 144bpm We Got Signed [2002; parody of Soviet's "Marbleyezed" by DJ Introvert; album listed as "We Are Stars, We Are Winners"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Plastiq Musiq merchandise :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ T-shirt: red on dark blue; "[ plastiq musiq ] / because there is nothing modern about rock" T-shirt: white on dark blue, front: "[plastiq musiq] / house of wires. goodnight star. norway." T-shirt: 2002; red blocks on black; "someday all music will be made like this." / [triangle logo] / plastiqmusiq. / goat explosion. / norway. / soviet. / travelogue. / pqmq" T-shirt: 2007-8?; teal shirt; white and light blue print; original logo with synthesizer, falling blocks Sticker: 5.5"x4.5"; white on black; "plastiq musiq" Band T-shirts: House of Wires "You are Obsolete" album cover shirts - 2 designs House of Wires (H) shirts - 2 designs Goat Explosion: red, blue, pink, orange, black, or yellow; M/L/XL; "Goat Explosion!" in English, French & German; tour 2002 Band stickers: House of Wires (H) stickers Sticker: round (3" diameter), orange, "plastiqmusiq." Buttons: round (1" diameter) white: pm triangle color logo black: "pqmq. / invention starts with us." black: "plastiqmusiq." (x and y axes, x forming the "l" in text) white: "plastiqmusiq. / records tapes and videos" (with white triangle logo) blue: "norway^2" dark green (?): Travelogue red: Soviet various colors: Goat Explosion logo black on silver: Travelogue in Hospitals font Sticker: 2004; 2"x2.75"; white on black; "the fax" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ::: Strays and Related Releases :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fine China: When the World Sings [Jun 2000] album CS: 2000 US (Tooth & Nail; TNC1176) CD: 2000 US (Tooth & Nail; TND1176) 2:36 166bpm We Rock Harder than You Ever Knew 4:17 124bpm Labor Saving Device 4:33 90bpm They Will Love Us for Our Instruments 3:57 160bpm When the World Sings 3:15 157bpm Give Us Treble 2:55 109bpm The Patient 3:12 110bpm For All Centuries 3:37 145bpm Comforting, Gondoliering 3:54 124bpm I Dropped a Bomb on Your Heart 3:38 55bpm Young, and Having Fun [RM (for pqmq productions): prod; originally intended for release on pqmq; switched to Tooth & Nail after T&N severed most of their ties with pqmq, includes pqmq logo on inner sleeve] [Gene Eugene/Andy Pricket: eng; the last album Gene Eugene engineered] [formerly titled "The World Sings in Harmony"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goat Explosion: Night Cranes [2002] ep CD: 2002 US (??; [no cat#]) [x200?, first 150 hand-numbered] ?:?? ???bpm Night Cranes ?:?? ???bpm You're Getting Older and It's Sad ?:?? ???bpm We Share a Heart ?:?? ???bpm Nobody Knows [John Carl: prod] [was reported due Mar 2002 and then early Apr 2002, but a knowledgeable source says it was released earlier for a tour] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Untold Dream: The Third Phase EP [2002] ep CD: 2002 US (Smashing Records; ??) ?:?? ???bpm Paradox ?:?? ???bpm Faders that Fade (illustrious lowpass mix) ?:?? ???bpm Gold ?:?? ???bpm Still Love Me ?:?? ???bpm Torn [sold at pqmq site store] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Musiq Videos Volume 1 [was due June 2001] compilation [cancelled/forgotten?] ["The release will feature videos by Soviet and Norway, footage and commentary from Plastiq Musiq's appearance at Synthcon 2001, live footage from Soviet, and interviews with both bands by Ronnie Martin."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goat Explosion: People Will Like You [was due spring 2002] album CD: 2002 ?? (??) [pqmq news, 2002-12-22: "Goat Explosion Leaves Plastiq Before Debut is Released. / Over a year since Goat Explosion agreed to record their debut album for Plastiq Musiq, the band, featuring Jon Pierce and Joel Tarpin, have decided to leave and pursue other interests. We wish them the best in all their future endeavors."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norway: The Iditarod [was due spring? 2004] album CD: 2004 CA (Plastiq Musiq; ??) ?:?? ???bpm Life in 1982 [pqmq list, 2002-01-28: "Work will begin shortly on the follow up..."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Fax: Real Robots Are Boring [was due summer 2004] album CD: 2004 ?? (Plastiq Musiq; ??) ?:?? ???bpm You're Bleeding 80s ?:?? ???bpm Binary? [+ tracks] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The September Equation: Pared Limbs/Fastened Wreaths [was due ?] album [mentioned on his web site] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ various: Unheard Artist Compilation box set [was due ??] compilation [pqmq list, 2001-10-13: "Plans are being made for the entire series to be released as a boxed set after the completion of Volume 4."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I Satellite: Auto:Matic [1 Mar 2003] album CD: 2003 US (Omeganaut Records; omega.001) 4:05 109bpm robot pArade 4:00 130bpm bUbbleboy 4:27 131bpm i wanT you 4:47 130bpm retrOpolis 4:34 121bpm 12:15 friday night 5:42 130bpm autoMat 3:19 83bpm polAroid 4:58 127bpm where in The world 3:36 132bpm orIon 3:14 115bpm out of spaCe [Originally intended to be on pqmq, but Ronnie and Rod agreed that an independent release would better. Distributed via pqmq. Initially available at AUTOBAHN 2 festival.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I Satellite: Auto: [1 Mar 2003] ep CD-R3: 2003 US (Omeganaut Records; omega.002) [x100, numbered] 2:03 109bpm robot beAch 4:43 130bpm bUbbleboy :retro mix 6:22 81bpm phoTograph 4:17 118bpm a victory Of love 3:43 130bpm bubbleboy :instrumental ["A Victory of Love" is an Alphaville cover] [packaged in mini-jewelbox; may have also been packaged with _AUTO:MATIC_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: The Winter EP [April 2003] ep CD-R: 2003 US ([custom]) [x100] 4:51 144bpm Identity 3:43 171bpm Close Siren 3:31 67bpm Winter 3:03 174bpm Your Car (acoustic version) 2:57 130bpm Remix of a Remix [Cactus] 2:50 88bpm Ride [Your Car] [hand-numbered; packaged in white-painted metal box with loose cardboard cards containing lyrics, liner notes, etc.; sold online from Travelogue web site] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The September Equation: Untitled EP [July 2003] ep CD-R: 2003 US (??) [x20, numbered] 3:57 ???bpm User and Program 4:39 ???bpm The Future Better Be Ready 2:18 ???bpm How Much it Takes 6:41 ???bpm Epearium 3.1 4:02 ???bpm Trains Coming from the Sky [sold at Cornerstone Festial 2003] [2003-03-25 web entry: "...there will be a little diy numbered limited edition ep coming out for cornerstone '03 with songs that i wanted to put on the {Trained Hearts} cd but just didn't fit or work or have to be rerecorded because of computer accidents..."] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The September Equation: [2003] live album CD: 2003 US (bootleglive.com/Creation Station Media Corp; ??) [x250] [recorded July 2003] [totally authorized] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: Hospital [2004] single CD-R: 2004 US ([custom]) 4:41 ???bpm Hospital (single mix) 3:55 ???bpm Hospital (european compilation mix) 4:08 ???bpm Channel 37 [mix] [packaged in clear button-operated "Vario Pak" with custom stickers] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: Braille [Dec 2006] ep CD-R: 2006 US ([custom]) 4:19 ???bpm Yesterday 6:35 ???bpm Summer 4:18 ???bpm Blind 5:04 ???bpm Comfort 2:48 ???bpm Literal 4:52 ???bpm Commodity (Remix) 2:01 ???bpm Ambient No. 1 [Packaged in a paper sleeve enclosed in a plastic outer sleeve. Each copy is embossed (in braille) with: "Travelogue / [number of edition]".] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travelogue: View [2007?] video collection DVD: 2007 US (??) [will include video of live performances, possibly some music videos?] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This file is Copyright 2002-2008 by John Turpin. This discography is maintained by John Turpin. Please feel free to link to this file, distribute completely unmodified copies of this file, or print out copies of this file for personal use. Please ask for permission before distributing modified versions of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------