The Glass Bees

From Break of Dawn Til Creep of Night

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:10:58 -0600

mp3 (8:40)

field recordings, iphone, stompboxes, percussion, guitar, delay, amplifier, etc.

In Our Gardens There Is Light

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:41:45 -0500

mp3 (10:18)

field recordings, iphone, stompboxes, cymbal, guitar, delay, amplifier, etc.

Trackwork, Breakwork

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:19:00 -0500

mp3 (14:04)

field recordings, flute, voice, vocoder, guitar, delay, microkorg, amplifier, etc.

We'll be performing at Monkeytown on October 10

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:11:51 -0500

If you’re in New York City on October 10, come to Monkeytown and hear the Glass Bees perform. We will be improvising live sound for video projections by artist Peter Shapiro Guillaume Clave. This will take place as an installment of the Forward Motion Theater’s EyeWash series. Monkeytown is a very special venue, with comfortable seating and four huge video screens. We’re very excited and hope you will be too.

Also on the bill:
MOSTRA + Nico Mazet
VBLANK + AUTO DA FE
VJ Pixalot

Monkeytown
58 N. 3rd St. (btw. Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$5 + $10 food/drink minimum
Reservations recommended. Call 718-384-1369, e-mail monkeytownhq@aol.com, or use their reservations form.

Captains of Industry

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:57:07 -0500

mp3 (4:51)

percussive objects and samples, delay, etc.

Chico MacMurtrie "Caught in the Act"

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:16:24 -0500

Our tracks Welterweight and Ça Fa Palome are on the soundtrack for a video profile of artist Chico MacMurtrie on Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn. We’d like to thank filmmaker Nerina Penzhorn for selecting us. We love the way our music works with the film, and we’re fans of Chico’s work. (Nerina previously put us on the soundtrack for her film Saint Jude.)

Produced by Randy Stulberg
Edited by Nerina Penzhorn
for Brooklyn Independent Television

Another Year With Nothing to Do

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:56:16 -0500

mp3 (8:14)

ocarina, cymbal, shell rattles, snare drum, microkorg, field recordings, chimes, yamaha eos, amplifier, delay, etc.

We made a CD, Introducing The Glass Bees: Tops Crops Snaps Hots

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:12:44 -0600

We’ve sifted through the archives and applied some spit and shine, and are now thrilled to announce the release of our first full-length album, Tops Crops Snaps Hots. The collection compiles highlights of our past web-only releases, remastered and lovingly sequenced into a continuous 63’25” mix,

Tops Crops Snaps Hots is available for sale as a jewel-boxed CD-R for $10 (including domestic US shipping). Please contact us via e-mail to purchase a copy. All proceeds will be used to cover costs and your support will help make future Glass Bees projects possible. There are two editions (so far) of the packaging. The music is exactly the same for each. Please specify which you’d prefer when you order.

The packaging for the first edition features illustrations and hand-carved, hand-stamped type by Jason Das, Each one’s a little bit different, just like you. Here’s four examples:

The second edition is more mass-produced and looks like this:

Tops Crops Snaps Hots was mastered by Jim Bentley, and mixed by Jim, Jason, and Chris at the Fort in Brooklyn. The CD includes the following tracks:

Sand Dunes
Whooping Crane (with flute by Eve Locastro)
Preface Introduction
GBKA
The Next Spring
Roland’s Song
Thunder on the Prairie
The Martial Plan
The Weavers of Schalkenmehren
I Shot the Serif
Merges Aquasitions

Big thanks to those who have played us on the radio, including WFMU, Little Fyodor at KGNU, WPRB and Jon Solomon’s Local Support podcast.

We hope you enjoy it, too.

Getaways in New Jersey

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:02:53 -0500

mp3 (11:24)

Live Performance at Chris’s Birthday Party, June 7th 2008.

percussion, electric guitar, amplifiers, farfisa, stompboxes, sneeze, yamaha eos, microkorg, flute, etc.

Take Advantage of the Setting Sun

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:30:05 -0500

mp3 (10:09)

psaltery, kalimba, percussion, electric guitar, amplifier, stompboxes, yamaha eos, voice, microkorg, field recordings, etc.

Welterweight

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:48:30 -0500

mp3 (7:16)

percussion, electric guitar, amplifier, stompboxes, yamaha eos, microkorg, etc.

Saint Jude

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:16:23 -0500

Our piece, The Weavers of Schalkenmehren is used in the soundtrack of “Saint Jude,” a short film by Nerina Penzhorn about artist Mary Lynch.

Copper Canyon Can-Can

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:29:52 -0500

mp3 (17:31)

field recording samples, yamaha eos, electric guitar, amplifier, ocarina, percussion, stompboxes (faulty wiring effect), disembodied bass-drum head, psaltery, microkorg, etc.

Family Disaster Plan

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:29:59 -0500

mp3 (22:58)

field recording samples, microkorg, yamaha eos, electric guitar, amplifier, stompboxes, etc.

(see also, FEMA’s Family Disaster Plan for kids)

Roland's Big Day Out

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:51:13 -0500

mp3 (5:12)

ornery Roland JC 77, electric guitar, microkorg, drum kit, etc.

Wht God Ntended

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:03 -0500

mp3 (3:56)

Roland’s Song remixed with narration by Meth Jive

Roland's Song

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:12 -0500

mp3 (3:34)

ornery Roland JC 77, other things, etc.

(this track was remixed by Meth Jive as Wht God Ntended)

The Martial Plan

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:17 -0500

mp3 (5:18)

radio, electric guitar, microkorg, stompboxes, digital delay, amplifiers, etc.

I Forget Everything But Your Face

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:22 -0500

mp3 (5:01)

electric guitar, bass guitar, casiotone, microkorg, cymbal, snare drum, amplifiers, etc.

The Weavers of Schalkenmehren

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:28 -0500

mp3 (7:47)

electric guitar, psaltery, shaker, casiotone, microkorg, stompboxes, digital delay, amplifiers, etc.

Thunder on the Prairie

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:34 -0500

mp3 (6:41)

electric guitar, psaltery, ocarina, microkorg, stompboxes, digital delay, amplifiers, etc.

Triumph (Improshitstorm Remix)

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:39 -0500

mp3 (3:59)

electric guitar, microkorg, percussion, stompboxes, digital delay, amplifiers, etc.

Preface Introduction

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:45 -0500

mp3 (3:55)

casiotone, electric guitar, microkorg, psaltry, stompboxes, digital delay, amplifiers, etc.

Phantom Limbs for Phantom Soldiers

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:50 -0500

mp3 (4:33)

casiotone, amplifiers, drum kit, tambourine, stompboxes, shekere, etc.

I Shot the Serif

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:55 -0500

mp3 (4:33)

casiotone, stompboxes, amplifiers, digital delay, electric guitar, etc.

Ordblat

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:00 -0500

mp3 (4:27)

electric guitar, digital delay, casiotone, stompboxes, bass guitar, amplifiers, etc.

Merges Aquasitions

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:06 -0500

mp3 (5:28)

drum kit, casiotone, stompboxes, electric guitar, bass guitar, amplifiers, etc.

Off Off Off

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:11 -0500

mp3 (2:36)

amplifiers, bass guitar, stompboxes, bicycle bell, etc.

Guitar Solo

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:16 -0500

mp3 (5:04)

electric guitar, digital delay, bass guitar, amplifiers, etc.

The Next Spring

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:25 -0500

mp3 (8:46)

stompboxes, casiotone, electric guitar, percussion, amplifiers, digital delay, etc.

Mosquito Nets (Requiem)

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:30 -0500

mp3 (4:36)

microphones, amplifiers, reverb tanks, digital delay, voice, etc.

Ça Fa Palome

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:35 -0500

mp3 (3:32)

casiotone, loop sampler, microphone stand, tambourine, etc.

Shop Floor, September

glassbees@glassbees.com (The Glass Bees) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:40 -0500

mp3 (3:46)

stompboxes, amplifiers, etc.