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Henry Warwick has been actively involved with the creation and performance of electronic music since the mid 1970s, when he first delved into musique concrète techniques in high school. Always experimenting with new ideas, sounds, and techniques, he works with a variety of materials ranging from the completely digital realm of computer music to much more organic and acoustic practices, such as the Armenian duduk.

During the 1980s, he released several recordings as cassettes. In the mid 1990s, he focussed on visual art and performance rather than recording, and the result of these efforts culminated in his CD of 2000, Keraunograph. Since then he has made a number of other recordings and collaborations with other fine electronic musicians.

Recently, Henry has been collapborating with Mister Marz, of Petaluma, CA, and recording at his amazing TAPEWARM electronic music studio. Because Mr Marz needs the cash more than Henry does, you are encouraged to go to his website and buy our music. Note: you can hear everything before you buy it, so it's all good. As of January, 2008, Mr Marz and Mir Warwick are looking into non-CD/non-internet methods of audio delivery. When this is finalised, there will be links here on how that will work.

In the meantime, download everything Henry's done. Have fun!

If you prefer something more dance oriented, check out the latest works from Sparkee, Erik, and Felix - otherwise known as The Skeptics. Their lush blend of dance rhythms and evocative textures will please you no end.

The Skeptics : Everything@Once!

Recently, Kether Records was pleased to get permission from two different ensembles to release their music - CDW and MRW. CDW features light rhythm work amidst gentle melodies and quirky sample manipulation. If you're into music from labels like Warp or Mille Plateau, you'll find CDW a truly wonderful ride.

CDW : resistor

MRW is much more atmospheric and heavily dependent on analogue synthesis for their improvised soundscapes. Don't miss this wonderful swirling mass of sound.

MRW : Hit and Run

Also available for the first time on CD is the infamous snotty punk rock of The Dismembers - check out the mp3 of their obscene hit single, I HATE THE BRADY BUNCH!

The Dismembers : I Hate the Brady Bunch

NOTE: YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ALL THESE RECORDS FOR FREE.

Yes - totally free. You can also download a pdf file which will provide you with cover art for a standard CD jewel case. Please note that the covers are mostly in colour and will require a colour printer. We recommend the thicker non-glossy photo paper. Also, you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free at Adobe Systems. All the music is in 192kbps MP3 format for your listening pleasure.

If you find that a song or record is not available, check back soon! This is a big project and will take some time.

Henry's reasoning for this dramatic shift can be read HERE.

Henry's music is covered by the NonDerivative branch of the Creative Commons License. This means * No Derivative Works! Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, not derivative works based on it.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License.

This is a CD of performances in San Francisco in 2004. Ode to Hats was performed at a party at one of Ronn's Memorable Parties at his Apartment, 5 June 2004. The second piece, Blue Eggs and Spam, was performed at Javacat Cafe, 4 December 2004. The title "Ode to Hats" refers to the theme of Ronn's party, where everyone was encouraged to wear unusual hats. Or any, really. "Blue Eggs and Spam" refers to how it was made - by continuously bombarding a timeline with processed samples, many of them originating from a sound source CD compiled by Robin Storey of Rapoon and :zoviet*france:.

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Track List:

1. Ode To Hats
2. Blue Eggs and Spam

k.2 picks up where Keraunograph left off. Where Keraunograph has moments of quiet, precious, urgency, k.2 is darker and more claustrophic and paranoid, more stately in its pacing, sometimes reflecting observations on the contemporary cultural and political climate. It's not all gloom and horror - there are many moments of delicate and evocative atmospherics here. k.2 goes much farther in developing Keraunograph's insights into texture, and stands as a subtle and often quiet, if gently stubborn, challenge to the present scheme of things.

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Track List:

1. clavia
2. jupitter
3. sephira
4. agnes day
5. SLend
6. atlanta
7. mudra
8. frittilary
9. slowglass
10. Mare Fecunditatis
11. rRose
12. All In One
13. crimestop rectify
14. vertices

This recording is presently available in a limited edition of 500 CDs, and there are only about 150 left. Each cover is painstakingly handcrafted in copper leaf and rubber stamped text. Its truly striking appearance matches the unique atmospheres contained in the music. Every CD cover is individually numbered, signed, and dated - a real work of art. Get one now - there aren't many left! The music is textural, evocative, and involving. A keraunograph is a mark left by lightning - an action of electricity. This recording is a mark left by electronics - electricity making a difference.

while you are encouraged to own one of these works of art, here are the titles on Keraunograph:

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1. Cricket
2. Seventeen Years
3. The Vagrant Plain
4. Variation #1
5. The Tower
6. Europa
7. Tibet
8. Variation #3
9. Sonata
10. Gerund
11. A Mode of Thinking

Some choice reviews:

"It's great. We first listened to it in the car, and my wife and I had to pull it over - we weren't sure if it was the music or if the ball joints had just failed..."
- David Horvath, author

"The album is, primarily, about texture. Warwick has said that this is his primary concern, but nevertheless pitch does play its part. For example the opening track, 'Cricket', has C natural as its centre, although it's a C which is stretched, distorted and finally dismembered. With 'Seventeen Years' we are plunged into a strange landscape where the link with pitch seems to be finally broken. This reminds me slightly of Brian Eno's work. Warwick makes excellent and inventive use of beginnings and endings to his music, by VERY gradual fade-ins ('Sonata') or, in the case of the endings, dramatic cuts. 'The Vagrant Plain' owes something to a Robert Fripp Soundscape, but the comparison is quickly dispelled as pitch is only hovering around in the background of the piece. 'Variation #1' utilises a collection of pentatonic pitches (C#/D#/F#/G#) and, as this is track four, one thinks, 'Ah yes! Alternating pitch with texture structure.' Not so! 'The Tower' is very different, with music that crumbles from one section into another. This is fine music and I would recommend it to anyone who likes Fripp's Soundscapes, Eno's ambient landscapes and the music of Paul Schutze. It is beautiful, strange and constantly inventive..."
- Andrew Keeling, composer

"Bloody fuckin' wonderful, it is."
- Jef Cunningham, world class surfer

"A simple album of stark sonic gestures from local composer Henry Warwick. Just one or two perfectly realized elements are unfolding at a time, usually a variant on shimmering waterfalls of analogue synth pulsings, often warm and delicate, sometimes threateningly dark, sometimes minor key and wistful. Quiet and lovely. Comes packaged in a signed edition of 500 with copper leaf and handstamps."
- Aquarius Records, San Francisco, CA

In C performance 1989

In C (c) 1965 Terry Riley
HPSCHD (c) 1969 John Cage

The recording of In C by Terry Riley is from a cassette recording of a rehearsal by Henry Warwick from 1989. HPSCHD is from a digitised performance of the recording from 1969 in 2005.

Track List:

1. In C, composed by Terry Riley, performed and arranged by Henry Warwick
2. HPSCHD composed by John Cage and Lejaren Hiller, performed by Henry Warwick

SNOW was originally released as a limited edition cassette in 1991. It was digitised by Gary Todd of the Cortical Foundation in 2001. From there, I took it further and reworking extended sections of it, as the original cassette was rather badly damaged in places, requiring significant editing of the works.

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Track List:

1. Parallax Part 1
2. Parallax Part 2
3. Parallax Part 3
4. Parallax Part 4
5. Parallax Part 5
6. The First Time
7. Twirling the Plastic Flower part 1
8. Twirling the Plastic Flower part 2
9. Twirling the Plastic Flower part 3
10. Twirling the Plastic Flower part 4

Breathless was the culmination of my initial efforts in electronic music. It is one of the most ambient works from that period, and certainly the most cohesive. The only remaining tape is in exceptionally bad condition, which made for a challenging digitisation process. Two of the shorter pieces, Phases 1 and 2, were nearly unlistenable. However, by remixing them, the recording is actually a much more coherent sonic work and rewarding listening experience.

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Track List

1. Breathless
2. indusTrial
3. Raritan
4. M.31
5. Nest
6. Misty
7. Glasonium
8. August
9. Phase 1
10. Phase 2
11. June
12. Breathing

Metawind was a direct result of Electronic Etudes, and the two records share a number of similarities. While Etudes was a bit more clinical in its approach, Metawind is much more poetic and austere in arrangement, and more lush in its sound.

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Track List:

1. Cycles
2. Tundra
3. Genders
4. Showers
5. Storms
6. Apprehensive Afternoon
7. The Gloaming
8. Stars
9. Modalities
10. Procession
11. Evening Shades, version #1 (trad., from the Sacred Harp Hymnal)
12. Transformer
13. Evening Shades, version #2 (trad., from the Sacred Harp Hymnal)
14. Metawind

Electronic Etudes was Henry Warwick's first cassette release in 1987. It has many of the hallmarks of Henry's later works - an interest in simplicity, quietness, texture. Much of it was recorded directly to stereo cassette. Due to the age and condition of the cassette master, and the fact that it was a 90 minute tape and CD's only hold 74 minutes, the more grossly damaged tracks have been ommitted from the CD release. Kether Records is looking into audio restoration techniques and software to fix this problem in a possible future release.

Many of the ideas investigated in this record led to the next release, Metawind - in many ways they are companion works.

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Track List:

Etude #1
Etude #2
Etude #3
Etude #6
Etude #8
Etude #9
Etude #10
Etude #11
Etude #12
Etude #13
Etude #14
Etude #15
Etude #16
Etude #17
Etude #18
Etude #20
Etude #21
Etude #22

everything@once! is a very special release of sample based music - much of it is eminently danceable, all of it is as thought provoking in its conceptuality as it is mesmerising with its swirling textures and unrelenting dance beats. The bandmates, 3r1|< (eric), F3L1X (felix), and SP4r|<33 (sparky), make almost no music of their own; they process and weave their music together from commercially available sample CDs and sound effects downloaded from the internet. They then assemble and heavily process these parts in software and and spin it all together for your listening pleasure.

They are uncertain about their work, the world, and life itself. They are Skeptical. Sparky is from Cupertino, California. He believes he is the evil love child of Steve Jobs and Victoria Highquality. Felix, a very cool black middle-aged cat from San Francisco, gets all his inspiration from jazz and electronica. Eric, who could stand to lose some weight, is also from San Francisco, and spends as much time sleeping as he possibly can. His favourite pastime is eating and chasing the phantoms of his muse.

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Track List:

1. Cobbler
2. technetium
3. Holy Mother of God
4. zombietronix
5. We Are Above And Beyond
6. ready? Yeeeah!
7. Palladium
8. everything 4 nothing

CDW consists of Jef Cunningham, Mark Dellima, and Henry Warwick.

In 2002 and a good part of 2003, they assembled every week or so in Mark's kitchen at his apartment in the Mission district in San Francisco, and channeled a form of improvisational music that is as soothing as it is challenging, hypnotic as it is startling.

Jef Cunningham is a native of Ireland, county Mayo. He enjoys surfing and illustration. Mark Dellima was raised in Southern Massachusetts. He is the author of a book on Macromedia Flash and longs to live in Spain. Henry Warwick is originally from New Jersey and is the author of this website.

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Track List:

1. Interlude 1.5
2. Mission : Jobless
3. My Intention (or else)
4. Pass The Salt
5. Kitchen Flamenco
6. The Bottomless Pit
7. Resistor
8. Rancid Milk
9. Slithier Toves

MRW is Gene Maruszewski, LX Rudis, and Henry Warwick. On this particular outing in the summer of 2004, Gene and LX played analogue machines - Gene on vintage Moog equipment and Doepfler boxes, LX on a plethora of Moogerfooger stomp boxes and similar devices. Henry tweaked and twisted a variety of loops in Ableton Live.

While they were making the unholy racket that is this CD, someone sideswiped Henry's parked car, destroying the front fender and crushing the driver's door shut, and then discovered they had no integrity at all and elected to simply drove away without even the courtesy of a "Sorry I destroyed your car" note. Luckily, the car was marginally driveable, but had experienced several thousand dollars worth of damage.

Gene, LX and Henry made two pieces of music that day, so the title for this recording became immediately apparent: Hit & Run!

Note: each track is about a half hour in length, so these downloads might take a while.

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Track List:

1: Hit
2: Run

The Dismembers were a snotty irreverent punk rock outfit from Silicon Valley in the mid 1980s. The personnel on this recording were General Nuisance on bass and vocals, Christy Concrete on drums and vocals, and Skulk on guitar.

The title track, I Hate the Brady Bunch was notorious on college radio at the time. This record is loud, extremely vulgar, utterly ridiculous, funny and rather well played for mid 80's punk rock.

General Nuisance moved to Chicago where he is making a friendly and pleasant pest of himself. Christy Concrete lives in San Francisco, and is paving the way for a better world. And Skulk? He's still skulking around Silicon Valley, raising a ruckus.

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Track List:

1. I HATE THE BRADY BUNCH!
2. Kung Pow Kitty
3. She's a Critter
4. Dance for Me - Sorority Bitch!
5. Plastic Jesus
6. Spazmocide
7. General Nuisance on the Radio