Tag: New Releases

New Album: “Baseline Road”

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In late March of 2025, I found myself with a Tuesday off and a strong need to get out and see the world. Baseline Road, which runs along the latitude of 40°N from Boulder to the eastern plains of Colorado, seemed like an excellent quick road trip. So I took a drive, made some notes, and decided to make this musical record of the trip. I programmed the basslines (pun intended) to mimic the road, then added drums to move us along. Then I sketched the landscape and architecture with keys and guitars. A couple of friends joined to play their impressions of sections. Finally, I followed the trail one more time, improvising the journey in sound. The end result is this album, which can be a tale of the road or a soundtrack to your own drive.

So give it a listen, join me on this ride, and thanks for listening.

-Vic

Bandcamp Early Access: “Baseline Road”

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Get early access to my latest release “Baseline Road” at Bandcamp. It’s a musical trip down Baseline Road. This album syncs up (depending on traffic…) with the drive along the 40th parallel from the start at the base of Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder all the way to the end on past Lochbuie on Colorado’s Eastern plains.

Features guest solos by Richard Ellis and Kosnoco.

New Album: “Twelve and Twenty”

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“Twelve and Twenty”, my latest solo improvisation album, is out now! It’s a bit special, as it marks a couple personal milestones: twenty years of full-time employment in music and my twelfth solo improvisation album.

Check it out in any of the usual places and, as always, thanks for listening.
-Vic

“The Silliest” EP by Kosnoco (Produced by Vic)

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Curious Automata label-mate Kosnoco returns with yet another genre-defying release. It’s kinda idm, kinda djent, kinda an indescribable mashup of styles that makes you both confused and dance-y.

I dig it, you have to hear it.

New Album: Six After Ten

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September 26th, 2024 was the 10th anniversary of my lesson studio at Boomer Music Company in Fort Collins. To mark the occasion, I recorded this improvisation that week in my lesson room on my usual teaching gear: workhorse instruments, practice amps, and a recording app on my business phone.

The two sessions have been edited slightly for time and there’s some studio reverb added for depth, otherwise it’s an accurate documentation of my typical noodlings while waiting to teach.

Give it a listen on CD or the music service of your choice, and thanks for listening.

-Vic

New Release: Music for Poochy Patrol

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“Music for Poochy Patrol”, the 3rd installment in my trilogy of instrumental guitar albums, is out today! I play or program every instrument myself, and this time I even had to sing a few tunes.

I started writing, arranging, and tracking an album titled “Music for Poochy Patrol” in early 2019. I planned for it to be a set of original instrumentals featuring some of my favorite musicians. And I was going to use my favorite photo of my dogs Rockett and Charlie (aka Poochy Patrol) on the cover. COVID changed those plans a bit. I instead played or programmed every instrument myself. Then, when Rockett died that November, I decided to instead dedicate the album to him and it became 2021’s “Music to Squeak By”. I still had unrecorded charts, and Charlie needed a cover spot, so 2022 saw “Music for Chasing Squirrels”. This album collects the last of the tunes so it’s finally time to use the original title and cover photo.

Since the start, I’ve watched Poochy Patrol and myself change. Rockett and Charlie made a host of new friends, some of whom are pictured on the back cover. I’ve made new friends as well, playing with a host of new musicians in new venues. So this project, instead of collecting the past, is about the future. There will always be new tunes to play, new places to see, and a host of friends to meet along the way.

Hope to see you along that path soon, and, as always, thanks for listening.

-Vic Dillahay

“After Disobedience”: Remastered and Available Everywhere

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The formerly Bandcamp exclusive single “After Disobedience” is exclusive no more! It’s now streaming and available for purchase on almost all digital music services (sorry qobuz listeners). I’ve also added the much prettier new master to the original album on Bandcamp, just to not leave out the hip folks.

Check it out, maybe follow along with the score, and thanks for listening.

Ellis Island Day Samper 2023

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Here’s a smattering of tracks from Curious Automata’s 2023 releases, including “Somewhere They’ll Find Our Pieces” off my album “What Was”. Richard Ellis has the other 5 tracks… that dude was busy.