The Huxlian Reduction Valve

The Huxlian Reduction Valve
Released: 1999 (CS)
Bellflower, CA
Recorded at: Devin's House
Produced by: Devin and Alex

Personnel:

• Devin Haas: vocals, rhythm guitar, drums
• Eric Mendez: lead guitar
• Alex Atwood: electric & upright bass

Song List:

1. Gimmie Some More
2. Angel Of Mercy
3. The Hotel Room Song
4. Cloud 9
5. Squarer Every Day

4-track bathroom demo. The drums got lost and the guitars are thin, the mix is nearly mono, but all the ideas for the songs are there. Could be much worse, but could be much better.

Isness
Released: 2000 (CD)
Bellflower, CA
Recorded at: Kelsung Studios, Black X Studios
Produced by: Devin Haas with Rowland Ebright

Personnel:

• Devin Haas: vocals, rhythm guitar, sitar, percussion, harmonica, organ & keyboards
• Eric Mendez: lead & rhythm guitar, percussion
• Alex Atwood: electric & upright bass, percussion, BG vocals
• with:
  Atom Lorge, Ona Evans, Henry Esquivias, Avtarjeet Singh "Honey",
  John Wash IV, Cole Williams & John Rosenlof on various instruments
  including drums, sitar, violon, piano, marimba, keyboards and BG vocals

Song List:

1. A Phrygian
2. Look Inside
3. Cloud Nine
4. Angel Of Mercy
5. Stark Raving Mad
6. Unsaid
7. Acetate
8. Cloves
9. Isness
10. Soar Away From Here
11. Upon Conversation
12. Firefly
13. Squarer Every Day
14. Gimmie Some More
15. Simplicity Incarnate
16. The Hotel Room Song
17. Years To Come

I take credit for basic tracks on 4, 6, 10, 11, 15 & 16. The others are recorded really badly! I mixed the whole thing after Devin got done recording it, so it's a really good mix of some really poor tracks. Don't get me wrong, I like the songs a lot! But to save money, Devin put together his own studio and recorded most of this himself, after starting six songs with me. He's a great musician but a lousy engineer!

Devin and Eric went on to form Entropy with a new bassist and drummer. MP3s of this entire CD are on Devin's site: Black X Music.

[The Demo Barn]