Bablicon was an

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-related free-jazz band consisting of members of

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and

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. The band was formed in 1996 when Dave McDonnell (credited as The Diminisher),

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(as "Marta Tennae"), and Griffin Rodriguez ("Blue Hawaii") teamed up to write and improvise music. Their almost-entirely-improvised album '' In A Different City'' was recorded in

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during this time, and later released in 1999. In a unique twist, the band had an audience paint vinyl LP covers while they performed, which were later collected as "painticons" and distributed as the actual album covers for the LP version of the album. The '' Orange Tapered Moon EP'' followed in 2000, recorded during a late night marathon session at WFMU. The LP covers were again created in the same way the ''In a Different City'' covers were. In 2001, the band released ''

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'', another ambitious project. The band split following this release, with McDonnell studying in China and starting the Michael Columbia project with drummer Dylan Ryan, Barnes going to France to work on other projects, and Rodriguez working on his

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project. Barnes now records as

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Discography

Bablicon has released a number of albums and singles on different record labels.

Albums

* '' In A Different City'' (CD/LP) - Pickled Egg/

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- 1999 * ''

'' (CD/LP) - Pickled Egg/Misra - 2001

Singles and
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* "Chunks Of Syrup Amdist Plain Yoghurt" (7") - Pickled Egg/ Contact - 1999 * ''

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'' - (12"/CD) - Pickled Egg/Misra - 2000

External links

Elephant6.com
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Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs EPS, EPs or Eps may refer to: Commerce and finance * Earnings per share * Electronic Payment Services, in Hong Kong, Macau, and Shenzhen, China * Express Payment System, in the Philippines Education * Edmonton Public Schools, in Edmonton, Al ...

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Singles and
EPs EPS, EPs or Eps may refer to: Commerce and finance * Earnings per share * Electronic Payment Services, in Hong Kong, Macau, and Shenzhen, China * Express Payment System, in the Philippines Education * Edmonton Public Schools, in Edmonton, Al ...