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dadala - the wind
release date: may 1, 2018.

all tracks edited, arranged/mixed/remixed and produced by RDunlap 2015-2017 
from recordings by chris r. gibson (aka loopy c), roger sundstrm (aka erocnet), 
paul mimlitsch (aka r369improv), andr darius (electric upright bass on trks 3, 
5 and 6, electric bass on trk 8, voice/effects on trk 4), and frank wilke 
(trumpet on trk 6).

tracklist
01. d.w.f.t.t.w. 02. rewind 03. the adulterated truth (electric dadaland) 
04. disputed offerings 05. what wind? 06. the wind: part 1 07. the wind: part 2 
08. the wind: part 3 09. the end of the world

http://dadalamusic.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Ubk3ipsY2vmdN5--gJkjw
https://soundcloud.com/dadala
http://loopyc.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Erocnet
http://erocnet.bandcamp.com/
http://soundcloud.com/r369improv
http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/darius/

the listener is often not going to be able to tell what was intentional and what 
was happenstance, what was live and what was manipulated, or in what sequence 
parts were recorded. in dadala what sounds intentional was probably serendipity, 
and what sounds random was probably played that way on purpose.

dadala began in 2004 with the album recycles, which remixed and combined earlier 
materials from rdunlaps archives (solo projects and collaborations recorded 
1985-1996). the project was and is a continuation of rdunlaps long history of 
exploring alternate routes to music and audio-art, going back to the 1980s when 
he bounced recordings from one cassette deck to another, performing overdubs on 
the fly. with the second dadala album the project also began to incorporate other 
material from a growing list of eclectic and experimental artists encountered 
online by rd. at that time only already-existing recordings were used.

by 2007, when the sixth album candy fish barrel was produced, a new, more band-like 
dadala emerged which had begun to settle into a core group of contributors and also 
started to incorporate new material recorded specifically for dadala.

around 2009 loopy c (chris r. gibson) became an important and regular part of the 
project. gibson (who was a member of the band jesus wore dickies, among other 
episodes in a life-long involvement with music both as an artist and on the 
studio/engineering/software side of things) brings vast amounts of raw material 
to the dadala table via his blog as well as private contributions, including 
material processed from earlier dadala tracks and member recordings. this new 
relationship resulted in the eighth dadala album spaghetti wall (2011) and 
introduced another new incarnation of dadala which has continued to include 
loopy c material in every track.

by 2014 with some new members coming aboard, dadala had evolved into an 
international ensemble blending improvisation with digital alchemy, collage and 
serendipity. as of early 2016 the current active members (in addition to rdunlap 
and loopy c) include roger sundstrm of Sweden (aka erocnet  guitars and various 
other stringed instruments, drum kit, soundscapes and more), the ensembles newest 
member paul mimlitsch in colorado (aka r369improv  bass and contrabass clarinets, 
contrabass recorder, guitar, electronics and more) and andr darius of france 
(basses, vocals and more). frank wilke of germany (aka brass-lines  trombone, 
trumpet and more) is a featured guest on many tracks. these contributors are active 
in online communities involved with improvisation (for example sound-in.org) and 
also performing at real world venues. darius, mimlitsch and wilke can be found in 
various collaborations on numerous releases from a long list of netlabels.

the way dadala tracks come together varies widely. improvisation occurs not just in 
the instrumental performances but also in the mixing and production process. unlike 
conventional and intentional composition, dadala is an exploration of coincidence 
and synchronicity, including arbitrary elements and chance along with careful craft 
and manipulation. all the members of dadala get to enjoy novelty, surprise and new 
perspectives on their work in the process.

the members contribute a wide variety of recordings ranging from unprocessed acoustic 
instrumental solo improvisations to elaborate digital experiments created with 
sophisticated cutting-edge software, equipment and techniques. founding member 
rdunlap uses these recordings as raw material to arrange, combine, remix, edit, 
layer and otherwise manipulate to produce dadala. pitch shifting and/or speed changes 
are sometimes employed and individual notes or phrases may get moved around in the 
editing process, but nothing is ever automatically quantized or locked to any grid, 
nor is any sort of auto-tuning applied. everything is done by ear and intuitively.

members sometimes perform overdubs to mixes in progress. other times completely 
unrelated recordings are combined. sometimes overdubs end up being used in a different 
mix than they were recorded to. sometimes material is used pretty much as is and 
combinations are left to play out as they will. other times there is extensive editing 
and manipulation. it can be like building sculpture as an assemblage of disparate parts 
or like chiseling a statue out of a block of material, sometimes both.

