This is the home for the reginald pantry, the all-improv experimental side project for members of the gifted children. Every so often, parts of the group get together for an evening of collective improvisations, which are then distilled/cut/pasted/spliced/wrangled into soundtracks for imaginary films.
the reginald pantry - flux everlasting
Release date: April 16, 2021
another collectively improvised soundtrack to an imaginary film, recorded live one april evening in 2012 and recently resurrected/edited/mixed/mastered.
sounds of hope, doubt, joy, pain, and transcendence that felt fitting to release during the second spring of the pandemic, when more actual and metaphorical daylight seems imminent...
credits:
jim sahr - electric guitar on 1-5; acoustic guitar on 6
justin sheehan - piano on 1, 2; drums on 4, 5; acoustic guitar on 6
jeff suszczynski - electric guitar on 1, 2; keyboard on 4, 5; acoustic guitar on 6
all tracks by sahr/sheehan/suszczynski.
improvised and recorded live on april 12, 2012 on calvano drive, grand island.
mixed, edited, and mastered by jeff suszczynski in march/april, 2021 at the homestead.
cover collage: 'we all ascend (in the end)' by jeff suszczynski (2021)
the reginald pantry - a galaxy of faces
Release date: October 4, 2019
another soundtrack to an imaginary film by the reginald pantry, experimental arm of the gifted children... this 'soundtrack' album is culled from group improvisations made over a single evening, then later edited and condensed into a coherent "soundtrack" arc.
credits:
brett dreyer - bass on 1, 7, 8, 11; accordion on 2; tenor saxophone on 4; guitar on 6
tim grimaldi - drumset on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
jim sahr - guitar on 1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13; bass on 2, 4, 6, 10, 12; amp noise on 5
justin sheehan - piano on 1, 7; guitar on 2, 10, 12; keyboard on 4, 6, 13; voice on 11; feedback on 11
jeff suszczynski - guitar on 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11; piano on 2, 3, 10, 12; keyboard on 4, 6, 13; loops on 5, 7, 9
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 by dreyer/grimaldi/sahr/sheehan/suszczynski
track 3 by grimaldi/sahr/suszczynski
tracks 5, 9 by suszczynski
track 10 by grimaldi/sahr/sheehan/suszczynski
improvised and recorded live on november 21, 2009 at the sheehan homestead (grand island, ny).
edited/mixed/sequenced/mastered sporadically by jeff suszczynski, 2010-2019.
album cover: 'borderlands', collage by jeff suszczynski.
the reginald pantry - towering cities of breathsmoke
Release date: April 19, 2011
the reginald pantry, experimental music arm of the gifted children, are back with another soundtrack to an imaginary film. 'towering cities of breathsmoke' is culled from several group improvisations recorded on a ridiculously cold january night in 2010, later edited and thoroughly warped into five distinct pieces .
this is abstract yet darkly pretty instrumental music, haunted by canyon keyboards, thickly reverbed feedback and ghostly vocoders.
recommended for fans of tim hecker, svarte greiner, hammock and leyland kirby...
Credits:
pat muldowney - bass on 3 & 4
jim sahr - guitars on 1-5
justin sheehan - piano on 3 & 4
jeff suszczynski - keyboard on 1-3 & 5, vocoder on 2, ebow guitars on 4, loops and effects on 1-5
tracks 1, 2, 5 by sahr/suszczynski
tracks 3, 4 by muldowney/sahr/sheehan/suszczynski
improvised and recorded live to stereo tracks on january 9, 2010, by justin sheehan on mac at the homestead (grand island, ny).
edited, mixed and mastered by jeff suszczynski: january and april, 2011 on pc at bad wallpaper (rochester, ny).
cover photograph by jeff suszczynski.