Album Notes

Don't Die is Greg Marasso and Tom Mackerness.
A long long long time ago the two began to capture live recordings, original audio samples, and natural sounds, constantly stretching, tweaking, looping and remixing them into eclectic and mysterious soundscapes. With three CD releases in the past three years, these Northern California clowns have produced and recorded custom made electronic gypsy duets. Don't Die is always interested in performing at art shows and adding unique sounds to film and video. The album 'Stay Alive' is the latest of three Don't Die albums.
- dontdiemusic.com

Program Notes for STAY ALIVE:

1. Yes Sir - remixed guest voice on am radio; sampled machine noise sped up; coke bottle played with a stick sampled in a green living room ; floor
toms pounded in a wild fashion for the downbeat; acoustic bass leads; doubled electric drums; filtered synthy restless melodies;

2. Cla-clunk - a sunday afternoon tabla and acoustic bass recording; live performance along with impromtu sampling cut up and re-arranged.

3. Oreda - synth pulses and electromics;
acoustic bass; piano; electronic broken beats; atmospheric syth phrases.

4. Hey - spacey intro; acoustic bass;
broken tabla; electronic break beat accompaniment;
banana bread pan played with two fingers; 'hey'
yelled out by tom and greg

5. Meow - accordian intro; acoustic
bass; tabla; toy piano theme and a restful bell synth
variation performed while a dog and cat sleep peacefully together in the corner of a room.

6. You're Unique - am radio voices;
hyper tabla playing; steel drum wigging out;

7. Wowa Woowa - acoustic bass performs
theme and variation; infrequent tabla rhythms; soothing bell and bowed string melodies.