ALT-ADENA II : Cover Stories

by Buck AE Down

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rrholyoke Great selection of covers. My one quibble: in Lola, it's "dark, low voice" not "background voice"! 😬

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The second in the ALT-ADENA mixtape series. Contains the complete ALT_ADENA II record in 320k mp3 format and uncompressed wav files saved at stunning 96k hz / 24 bit resolution. This limited edition USB cassette is designed to be upcycled into your own mixtape, and templates to make your own cover are even included.

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1.	All You Fascists (Bound to Lose) 03:33	info	buy track
2.	Time to Pretend 04:26	info	buy track
3.	King of Carrot Flowers 02:16	info	buy track
4.	Jesus, etc. 04:01	info	buy track
5.	Walls (Circus) 03:55	info	buy track
6.	Working Class Hero 03:31	info	buy track
7.	Come Sail Away 05:32	info	buy track
8.	Democracy 07:12	info	buy track
9.	Last Leaf 03:33	info	buy track
10.	The Pilgrim (Chapter 33) 04:15		buy track
11.	Lola 04:43	info	buy track
12.	EPILOGUE: Long Shadow (Reprise) 00:51	info	buy track

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Aloha friends…..

First, if you are reading this, you are MY kind of listener. You’ll delight in knowing that every tiny decision (there were millions of them) made in the production choices that went into making this record was done for people like YOU. I listen to music the way most people watch TV – staring straight ahead, silent (often alone) on the couch, and occasionally referencing the liner notes I always keep at hand, especially on the first listen. I did everything within my ability to make this as audiophile-grade as possible. In fact – if you have the option – I have included uncompressed 24-bit 96kHz wav files if you really want to go REALLY high fidelity. Resolution is king when you are staying in the digital realm. But yeah, if you are reading this, we park our cars in the same garage, my friend.

Mixtapes are a holy art. It’s the most passionate way to communicate with a special someone. I can't think of anything more beautiful and intimate than spending a few hours hand-selecting and arranging a body of songs meant just for one other person. If you do it right, the whole thing will be shot through with little hints and barely hidden messages. Things that say what you want to say, but better, or at least without being so brave. I've made and gotten a bunch of mixtapes over the years, and all were special. It was a mixtape that closed the deal with the person I am currently married to, and we now have a 12-year-old kid now that’s my everything. It’s possible he never even exists if I didn’t make that mix tape. That’s how powerful they can be.

As an artist, I am a huge fan of artificial constraints, as I find there is no better abolition of the often paralyzing slavery of choice that comes at the beginning of the creative process. In this case – the constraint is every song on this album is me covering a song I either put on a mixtape for someone over the years, or someone put it on a mix for me.

Every year or so, Hunter Thompson used to retype the entire text of The Great Gatsby word for word, cover to cover to teach his fingers what it felt like to write a perfect novel. It's an incredible exercise as an artist to get under the hood of the material that turns you on, reverse engineer it, and see what makes it tick. This is why I always include at least one cover on every one of my full-length records. In times when I’m not writing much, I’ll record a cover simply to give me something to work on. As a result, I have a folder on a hard drive filling up with them that I’ve been telling myself would eventually become an album of their own.

Some of these songs appeared on my other records, in those cases, I went back into the sessions, remixed, and remastered them, and occasionally re-recorded new parts, which are labeled accordingly.

Finally – this product you are holding is designed to be upcycled. You can pull all my content off the drive, wipe it, and then put your own MP3s on it to make a new mixtape to give to your special friend. I have even included a template on the drive so you can make your own new sticker and J-card (assuming you have some level of graphic design skills. Making the cover was always half the fun for me.) if Photoshop isn’t your bag – cutting things out of magazines and collaging them is awesome. That’s how I used to do it back in the day before digital design was readily available.

Alright – enough yapping – let’s put on some music and stare into the middle distance while gently nodding our heads, like the proper, civilized music geeks we are…..

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released December 15, 2023

All sounds Performed, Arranged, Produced, and Mastered by
BUCK AE DOWN (except where noted)

all songs source material © & ℗ by the original artists as noted
This recording © & ℗ 2023 All the Way Down Music (ASCAP)

Recorded and Mastered at
Kuleana Soundworks (Altadena, California) & Lanai Soundworks (Pasadena, California)

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Buck AE Down is an artist, writer and producer who lives in Los Angeles and who'd like to be friends with you, if that's cool.

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