Red Wire

		Red Wire CD: $10.00, includes tax and shipping within the US

Kowalski's influences are wide and varied, leading to a style all his own. From the orchestral layering of "The Mystery We Bear" to the unexpectedly wondrous woven textures of electric razors, cell phones, and alarm clocks in "Elaine Incident," this CD is one delightful surprise after another, while managing to comprise a single cohesive vision.

Track Listing

The Mystery We Bear - A blend of rock, funk, grunge, jazz, classical, ambient, and avant-garde with lyrics that evoke a mysterious relationship and some unknown dark event. A little something for everyone, and the focal point of the CD.
Can't Say No - An unctuous street-smart groove full of sunshine and peppered with quirky bumps.
Mercury in Retrograde - A haunting soliloquy contemplating the nature of broken ties. Piano and string quartet provide the main accompaniment
My Hands Are Shaking - Post-progressive head music featuring some trippy guitar work by Glenn Kowalski
Edemame - An instrumental and wordless chorus track with didgeridoo, mixed ethnic percussion, and an overly-reverberant acoustic guitar.
Time to Run - A slightly pessimistic groove with a ghostly guitar solo. Ted Hovis plays bass.
Coming Back - As close as Red Wire gets to "radio-friendly" or traditional rock instrumentation, this bittersweet tune is without the usual synth and sound effects infused into the rest of the disk.
Elaine Incident - Wah-wah bass, electric piano trills, faux mandolins, and various electronic household implements and alarm clocks create a swirling bed of sound, as a disturbing dream is recollected.
Quiet - A mid-tempo number using highly processed percussion sounds with acoustic guitar. The subdued matter-of-fact vocal delivery gives a certain poignancy to the words.
The Mark - A very rough instrumental improv that has received a face-lift since this version. The rhythm guitar fixates on a chunky butt-ugly chord while a bendy Stratocaster plays a low melody.
Changed My Mind - This was the first song recorded for this collection, and bridges the gap between Jamie's instrumental and vocal works, as it was originally without words, and featured only synths and drums. Doug Coppock joins this one on bass.
Pretty Poppies - An upbeat funeral dirge possibly about recovery and fresh flowers.

These mp3s are earlier unpolished versions of the songs on the CD.