John Braner
The Somnambulist The Somnambulist
Guitar oriented - this song was born when I was staying up till 6AM, practising (staying awake) for a week of "Night Shifts" - hence the name...
Between a place and a hard rock Between a place and a hard rock
A chance for the bass player to shine ;-) I really don't know what "genre" to use for these songs - so don't laugh ;-)
The Incident The Incident
This started out as a funk tune - but it morphed... Guitar oriented with some analog synths.
Russian Roulade Russian Roulade
This was made with my new guitar which was built by a Russian guitar maker - hence the name ;-)
Contains Mild Irritant Contains Mild Irritant
yibaiyishiyi-reprise yibaiyishiyi-reprise
This is an alternative view of the last part of "yibaiyishiyi"... The vocals are provided by a well known internet translation service ;-)
yibaiyishiyi yibaiyishiyi
This means 111 in Mandarin (literally "one hundred one ten one"). I was trying to learn a few words of Chinese before my trip this year - and I just like the sound of this ;-)
Por que No? Por que No?
Upper Cut Upper Cut
Some kind of alternative Some kind of alternative
Kind of "Motown" or 70's kind of "funk" sound...
What the heck was that? What the heck was that?
Another slow "plodding" one ;-) This one features the "mad cello player", and some inter dimensional communications - hailing on all frequencies!
Indefatigability saved the day Indefatigability saved the day
A little more boisterous - this one will wake you up. ;-)
They came from the north They came from the north
I was going for a reverby kind of "dirge" sound. ;-) I think there's a little Mogwai influence here.