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These web pages contain several hours of sessions recorded by the band LLAMA from 1986 to 1994. All of the analog recording sessions have been processed, cleaned-up and converted into digital mp3 format. All mp3 files on these web pages may be downloaded To date, 121+ hours have been converted from analog to digital. An additional 255+ hours will be available for downloading as soon as they are converted and posted online.


       BAND INFO

LLAMA is an improvisational electronic band. The music style follows closely in the footsteps of the Dada art movement of the 1920's -- art which has no meaning. Likewise, the music of LLAMA has no meaning. No two performances are the same. The band never knew what they were going to play......they just played. Each session they played was 45 minutes long, the length of one side of a standard 90-minute cassette tape. The band usually played two sessions. The selection of instruments is vast. Synthesizers, Drums, Guitars, Horns, Giant Gongs, Homemade Instruments, Anything and Everything. Debi used a unique pitch bending effects processor hooked up to her microphone and was able to change her voice different ways in real-time. The music of LLAMA has no classification. The closest description would classify it as "Space Rock" or "Ambient". LLAMA toured the Midwest playing live shows at universities, nightclubs and outdoor events. Some of the more impressive live shows were accompanied by live interactive computer graphics on a wide screen projector in the background. The live music was fed into computer graphics processing equipment which produced some very impressive "real-time" visuals.


Llama "Live At The Vogue" - 1991
L to R [David - Debi - Billy (seated) - Walter]


Llama At The Tunnel Mines - 1992
L to R [Keith - Walter - Debi - David]


       RECORDING INFO

Original Master Tapes: TDK IEC Type II High Bias CRO2 EQ:70µs -- or -- Maxell IEC Type II High Bias CRO2 EQ:70µs
Analog Audio Processing: JVC TD-W106 Dolby-B NR System -- to -- Technics SA-160 Quartz Synthesizer
Digital Audio Hardware: EMU10K1 24-Bit Analog to Digital Converter w/D4700 4-CPU 3.0GHz Pentium
Digital Audio Processing: Nero Wave Editor w/Spectral Subtraction Hiss Filter @ -50dB Gain w/50% Reduction Level
-- to -- Raw Digital Audio (HE-ACC) + VBR Transparent Encoding w/Constant BitRate @160kbs
-- to -- Powerpack Lame MP3 Encoding - Audio Sample Rate @44kHz

       INSTRUMENT LIST

Synthesizers: Yamaha FB-01, Roland JX-10, Roland MKS-50, Yamaha SHS-10 Keytar, Roland U-20, Casio 2000, Korg P3, Kawai K1R
Samplers: Ensoniq Mirage, Ensoniq EPS, Roland S-50
Effects: Alesis Quadraverb, Art SGE Mach II, Alesis MicroVerb III, Alesis MidiVerb III, Scholz Rockman, Boss DDS-10 Stereo Digital Delay, Boss DPB-10 Digital Delay/Pitch Bender, Boss RSD-10 Digital Delay/Sampler, NeXT Computer, E-Bow, Akai ME20A Arpeggiator, PaIA Vocoder, ART Proverb, Boss-HM2, Boss-BF2 Flanger
Strings : Ibanez Custom Guitar, Fender Stratocaster, Hondo Bass, Viola, B4U Bass Guitar
Woodwinds: Flute, Recorder, Harmonica, Trumpet
Percussion: Bodhran, Talking Drum, Tambourine, Wood Blocks, Bells, Chimes, Pearl Drum Set, Insect-O-Plate, Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer, Alesis HR-16 Drum Machine, Giant Steel Photo Developing Tray, Household Appliances

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        (mp3 files are free. The $3 fee is to pay for disc + shipping)


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  Released on October 31, 2008
  (4.1GB / 59 hours of music / 78 mp3 files)
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  Released on December 21, 2008
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