Boiling The Ocean
Our first "boil" - in fact, this is the track that inspired the name of the process of "boiling" a room (sampling sounds that can be made using items found in that room, and making music with those sounds). DJSE and Snake take over Snake's Kirkland, Washington kitchen.
Weftovers
Journalist and hula expert Tomoku Hellman came by Cats Cradle East to research an article on the band, and wound up getting involved in the creation of this track. Snake took this excuse to play around with digital compositing techniques in Adobe After Effects. Don't miss the exploding guitar!
Truesetto
This video features Snake playing the one of a kind Lindsey fretless tenor guitar - one of our favorite instruments, which was made for Snake by luthier John Lindsey of Port Townsend in the mid-1980s. Also featuring the Electric Dih (an original creation of Snake circa 1981), and the bookmarked Gibson L6. DJSE plays phantom drums.
Toasting More Often
Sumit Basu is one of our favorite musical collaborators. This session features Sumit on ukelele and trumpet, as well as a sampled collection of junk from Snake's shed. Snake's favorite time is 5, and you can hear it in his playful bass line.
2xtar solo
The most recent Sumit collaboration is something called "Voros Nem Magyar", a work in progress which we filmed. During the session, Snake recreated the 2xtar, an instrument invented during the "Honeydew Waltz" session. Here he plays a solo on this unique instrument.
Honeydew Waltz
Snake allowed us a sneak peek at this video in progress. Honeydew waltz is our most ambitious boil to date, and he's working his way through all of the footage to create a richly layered impressionistic experience. Here's the first part of the video-in-progress.
