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The Apples In Stereo: Yep Roc

On February 6, 2007, “Simian”, “Elephant 6” and “Yep Roc” labels released “New Magnetic Wonder”, the sixth Apples in Stereo studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Trout Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, in Lexington, Kentucky, in Denver, Colorado,
in Benton, Kentucky, and was produced by Bryce Goggin and Robert Schneider.

Personnel:

  • Robert Schneider – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic and electric piano, organ, synthesizer, mellotron, vocoder, electronic effects, percussion, handclaps, bass guitar, non-Pythagorean music scale
  • Hilarie Sidney – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, handclaps, rhythm guitar
  • Eric Allen – bass guitar, echoplex, space guitar, handclaps, backing vocals,
  • John Hill – rhythm guitar, phase shift, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Anonymous studio musicians – Mellotron tape banks.
  • Per Ole Bratset – lead guitar, sound effects
  • Bill Doss – piano fun, acoustic guitar, handclaps, backing vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Will Cullen Hart – drums, electronic effects, handclaps, backwards poetry, plastic whistle, backing vocals
  • Otto Helmuth – mandolin, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Jeff Holland – lap steel, echoplex
  • London audience – anger due to Apples’ overly-loud guitars
  • Jeff Mangum – drums, cow object, backing vocals, handclaps
  • John Fernandes – bass clarinet, violins
  • Craig Morris – lead and backwards guitar, Mellotron, fuzz bass
  • Adam Sachs – cowbell, tambourine
  • Zack Shaw – alto sax, weird toys, echoplex
  • Pete Fitzpatrick – euphonium
  • Bryce Goggin – electronic effects
  • John Ferguson – backing vocals
  • Matthew Goodman – backing vocals
  • Tony Miller – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted.

Disc 1:

  1. Can You Feel It? – co-written by Bill Doss
  2. Skyway
  3. Mellotron 1
  4. Energy
  5. Same Old Drag
  6. Joanie Don’t U Worry
  7. Sunndal Song – Hilarie Sidney
  8. Droplet
  9. Play Tough
  10. Sun is Out
  11. Non-Pythagorean Composition 1
  12. Hello Lola
  13. 7 Stars
  14. Mellotron 2

Disc 2:

  1. Sunday Sounds – Hilarie Sidney
  2. Open Eyes
  3. Crimson
  4. Pre-Crimson – Eric Allen
  5. Vocoder Ba Ba
  6. Radiation
  7. Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2
  8. Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4
  9. My Pretend
  10. Non-Pythagorean Composition 3

Olivia Tremor Control: Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle

On August 6, 1996, “The Elephant 6” and “Flydaddy” labels released “Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle”, the debut Olivia Tremor Control studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1996 and was produced by Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, W. Cullen Hart, Eric Harris, and John Fernandes.

Personnel:

  • Bill Doss– vocals, instrumentation, artwork, design
  • Cullen Hart– vocals, instrumentation, artwork, design
  • Eric Harris – vocals, instrumentation
  • John Fernandes– vocals, instrumentation

The Elephant 6 Orchestra:

  • Robert Schneider– vocals, Tibetan prayer board, bass, melodica, engineering
  • Jeff Mangum– vocals, chanter pipe, slide guitar, melodica, piano, and space bubbles
  • Julian Koster– bowed electric and mallet struck acoustic guitar, the singing saw
  • Steve Jacobek – trumpet
  • Rick Benjamin – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Doss, W. Cullen Hart, Eric Harris, and John Fernandes.

  1. The Opera House
  2. Frosted Ambassador
  3. Jumping Fences
  4. Define a Transparent Dream
  5. No Growing (Exegesis)
  6. Holiday Surprise 1, 2, 3
  7. Courtyard
  8. Memories of Jacqueline 1906
  9. Tropical Bells
  10. Can You Come Down with Us?
  11. Marking Time
  12. Green Typewriters
  13. Green Typewriters
  14. Green Typewriters
  15. Green Typewriters
  16. Green Typewriters
  17. Green Typewriters
  18. Green Typewriters
  19. Green Typewriters
  20. Green Typewriters
  21. Green Typewriters
  22. Spring Succeeds
  23. Theme for a Very Delicious Grand Piano
  24. I Can Smell the Leaves
  25. Dusk at Cubist Castle
  26. The Gravity Car
  27. NYC-25

The Apples in Stereo: Travellers in Space and Time

On April 20, 2010, “Simian Records” label released “Travellers in Space and Time”, the seventh  Apples in Stereo (The) studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, and was produced by Robert Schneider and Bryce Goggin.

Personnel:

  • Robert Schneider– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar,  mellotron, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, vocoder, engineer
  • John Dufilho– lead and backing vocals, bass, drums, percussion, electric guitar, handclapping, sound effects, synthesizer, engineer
  • Bill Doss– lead and backing vocals, cowbell, acoustic guitar,  handclapping, mellotron, melodica, electric piano, synthesizer
  • Eric Allen– bass guitar, electric guitar, handclapping, backing vocals, engineer,
  • John Ferguson– lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, handclapping, mellotron, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, vocoder
  • Craig Morris – acoustic guitar, drums
  • Dave Schneider – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Sjogren – baritone saxophone
  • Rick Benjamin, Rob Christiansen – trombone
  • Merisa Bissinger – flute, piccolo
  • Russ Farnsworth – spoken word
  • Dave Ferris – tabla
  • Heather McIntosh – cello
  • Roger Gerguson, Christin Helmuth, Otto Helmuth – backing vocals
  • Kevin Brown, Roger Ferguson, Adam Sachs – engineer
  • Bryce Goggin – electronic effects, engineer, eixing
  • Otto Helmuth, Merritt Jacob – engineer assistant
  • Craig Morris – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Fred Kevorkian – mastering
  • Paul Stec, Carolyn Suzuki – design, layout
  • Rebecca Turbow – illustrations
  • Dan Efram – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Schneider, except where noted.

  1. The Code
  2. Dream About the Future
  3. Hey Elevator
  4. Strange Solar System
  5. Dance Floor
  6. P.U.
  7. No One in the World
  8. Dignified Dignitary – Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, John Hill
  9. No Vacation – Robert Schneider, John Ferguson
  10. Told You Once
  11. It’s All Right
  12. Next Year at About the Same Time – Eric Allen
  13. Floating in Space – John Dufilho
  14. Nobody But You
  15. Wings Away – Bill Doss, John Ferguson
  16. Time Pilot