Michael Penn
- Album: Free for All
- Songs: ?
- Label/Cat#:
- Optigan® discs used: ?
- Album: Resigned
- Songs: Like Egypt Was, All That That Implies
- Label/Cat#: Epic/67710
- Optigan® discs used: ?
The Pendulum Floors
- Album: A KICKING GOOD TIME WITH the Pendulum Floors
- Songs: ?
- Label/Cat#: ?
- Optigan® discs used: ?
Pneumershonic
- Album: Frequencies Of The Beast
- Songs: Clothespin Cha Cha, Creature Double Feature, Martian Girlfriend, Greetings Earth, The Ticking, Beyond The Moon
- Label/Cat#: Tray Full Of Lab Mice / ???
- Optigan® discs used: Cha Cha Cha, Pop Piano Plus Guitar, Country Waltz, Gospel Rock, Waltz Time, Romantic Strings in 3/4 Time
Rocket Park
- Album: Teenage Folklore
- Songs: A Celebrated Villain In Heaven, You Leave Everything Behind
- Label/Cat#: Rooster Lollipop (subliminal banana) / ROLO-106
- Optigan® discs used: Bossa Nova Style, Polynesian Village
- Album: Ghosts, Villains, Sirens and Superstars: The Alternate Teenage Folklore (1995-2003)
- Songs: Letter From A Ghost, Running Through The Night
- Optigan® discs used: Rollin’ Easy
Joey Sehee
- Album: The Wonderful World Of Joey 7″
- Songs: Blastoff!
- Label/Cat#: Sympathy For The Record Industry / SFTRI 386
- Optigan® discs used: Movin’
Jill Sobule
- Album: Happy Town
- Songs: Happy Town, When My Ship Comes In
- Label/Cat#: Lava Records / 82991
- Optigan® discs used: ?
Sukia
- Album: Contacto Espacial Con El Tercer Sexo
- Songs: The Dream Machines
- Label/Cat#: Nickelbag Records / Nb 0001
- Optigan® discs used: Latin Fever
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
- Album: Strangers From the Universe
- Songs: ?
- Label/Cat#: Matador / 109
- Optigan® discs used: ?
Tarnation
- Album: Gentle Creatures
- Songs: ?
- Label/Cat#: 4AD
- Optigan® discs used: ?
Treepeople
- Album: Just Kidding
- Songs: ?
- Label/Cat#: C/Z Records / 054
- Optigan® discs used: ?
Twang Bang
- Album: I’m Not Your Chimp
- Songs: Nothing Quite As Wholesome As A Fish
- Label/Cat#: Mom’s House Records
- Optigan® discs used: Polynesian Village
Comments 9
September 16, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Hi, this is Brian Andrew Marek, formerly of Rocket Park (and a proud Optigan® owner). Just wanted to let you know I’ve put out some other albums since those days that feature some Optigan®, and they’re all available for free download at http://www.reverbnation.com/brianandrewmarek (you’ll find the cover art there too, natch). Here’s the songs I recall using Optigan®, though there may be others that have slipped my mind:
Rocket Park – Ghosts, Villains, Sirens and Superstars: The Alternate Teenage Folklore (1995-2003)
track 7, “Letter from a Ghost”, Rollin’ Easy (keyboard only)
track 13, “Running through the Night” (same version you listed above), Rollin’ Easy
Brian Andrew Marek – THEN! A Collection of Low Fidelity Recordings (1988-2005)
track 16, “Withered and Grey”, Bluegrass Banjo
track 21, “Next Big Thing”, Rollin’ Easy
Brian Andrew Marek – A Lion in the Sun (2005)
track 10, “Sleeping in the Sunshine”, Bluegrass Banjo
October 6, 2009 at 11:05 am
Hey Brian-
Thanks for the info!
I updated both the Rocket Park entry and added Brian Andrew Marek to the k-o page. I have an update in the works to make this section a wiki so folks can update it themselves. Pea or I will post when that functionality is ready.
October 10, 2009 at 9:30 am
Thanks! As it happens, I have yet another update, now that we’ve finally released our “great lost album” (you can find the album art and other info in the same place)…
Rocket Park – Up Against Goodbye (2002-2003)
track 2, “Spinning Around”, Blues Sweet & Low
October 13, 2009 at 11:33 am
You should add Sparklehorse. Mark Linkous uses Optigan® frequently. I’m positive he uses it on his album “It’s a Wonderful Life”, on the song “Babies on the Sun” uses the Romantic Strings disk.
June 15, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Linkous also uses Guitar in 3/4 Time on the title track “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
September 20, 2010 at 3:43 pm
I’m just about to perform at a Sparklehorse tribute night and I concur with the above Optigan® discs, he also uses The Blues Sweet and Low on the title track to the amazing “Dark Night Of The Soul” (with David Lynch singing!) and other discs I have yet to own on “Everytime I’m with you” and “Grim Augury”.
September 20, 2010 at 5:30 pm
hey zac, lemmeno if there’s any discs you need for this- i hadn’t heard about the concert, but would love to help out if i can.
December 4, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Sparklehorse used Optigan® all over his album It’s A Wonderful Life (2001)
December 30, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Them Crooked Vultures song “Interlude With Ludes” (2009) uses Bossa Nova Style (Cm).