Doc No - Quimby Variations, Vol. 1

Doc No - Quimby Variations, Vol. 1

Noble Circuit Records
  1. 1Q-41, Q.V. 050325a
  2. 2Chirp Rate 0, Q.V. 050325b
  3. 3Tridimensional Life, Q.V. 050125a
  4. 4Observation Error, Q.V. 050325c
  5. 5Quimby's Dream (Part 1 & 2), Q.V. 050125b
  6. 6Bureau of Echoes, Q.V. 050325d
  7. 7Channel Rift, Q.V. 051325
  8. 8Chronomotive, Q.V. 051225
  9. 9FX Bus Infinity, Q.V. 051525
  10. 10Quimby's Cry, Q.V. 051625
  11. 11Metropoloid, Q.V. 051725
  12. 12Rycodrone, Q.V. 051825a
  13. 13Jabbernauts, Q.V. 051925a
  14. 14Logical Debris, Q.V. 051925b
  15. 15Hexatrack, Q.V. 051825b
  16. 16Quimby's Psychedelic Breakfast (Part 1), Q.V. 052625a
  17. 17QVDrone, Q.V. 052625b
  18. 18Quimby's Psychedelic Breakfast (Part 2), Q.V. 052625c

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Open edition

Quimby Variations, Vol. 1 documents a month of live electronic improvisations, recorded throughout May 2025 using a modular synthesizer and other hardware equipment. Described by The Wire Magazine in issue #500 as "compositions that have the same cosmic twinkle as Suzanne Ciani's 1982 LP Seven Waves without slipping over the line into new agery" and "an easily groovable effort with a catnip-like ability to appease fickle sensibilities."

Captured in single takes with minimal editing, each track is labeled with the date in which it was made, forming a semi-chronological archive of sonic experiments.

The cover artwork merges two black & white film photographs in a dreamlike double exposure - a pastoral scene of cows grazing in a field atop a snapshot of Knoxville, Tennessee's historic southern railway station - creating a surreal image that echoes the music’s own layered textures, imperfect alignments, and embrace of happy accidents.

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