Land of the Loops

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Land of the Loops
Image:Lotlband.jpg Alan Sutherland
Country	The United States of America
Years active	1994 -2000?)
Genres	Electronic
Labels	Up

Land Of The Loops is actually a one man band from the mid nineties - much like the slightly less obscure Primitive Radio Gods which was Chris O'Connor. The man behind this particular moniker is none other than Boston native Alan Sutherland. Sutherland began making music on cassettes with a turntable and a sampler. He had a friend named Steven who owned a label known as Slabco. Alan stayed with Steven's cassette label and put out a number of cassettes until Steven became the first employee of a record company known as Up Records. Steven convinced his friend Chris Taniko of Up Records to sign Alan on. The rest is history.

Word around the campfire is that these days Alan Sutherland has returned to his native Boston after a spell in Seattle. He has begun teaching and married his long time girlfriend Lorraine.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.1.1 Straight Out of Milner 1.1.2 Percival 1.1.3 Bundle Of Joy 1.1.4 Puttering About A Small Land 1.2 EPs 1.2.1 Land Of The Loops 1.2.2 Refried Treats 1.2.3 Hurry Up And Wait 1.2.4 Single Girl Summer Home 1.2.5 Sippy Cup 2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Straight Out of Milner

Cassette only release from 1993 on Slabco (SLABCO 12). No song titles given.

[edit] Percival

Cassette only release on Slabco (SLABCO 23) from 1994. Most of this tape would appear later as "Bundle of Joy"

1. Intro
2. Rotate
3. Cover (vocals: Pam)
4. Land Fill Overflow
5. Not All That
6. I Hate to Go to Bed at Night & I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (vocals: Hillary)
7. Multi Family Garage Sale
8. Burning Clutch
9. I Confess (vocals: Meadie. guitar: Herm)
10. Wild Vanilla
11. Good Clean Unit
12. Nevermore (vocals: Caren)
13. Peanut Shells & Funeral Bells (guitar, bass, remix: Harold)
14. Don't Even Think (vocals: Meadie)
15. Goodbye

resident: Alan - moog, bass, turntables, samples. random remarks and such: Johnny H. Dedicated to Harold Percival Barney Jr. (1970-1993)

[edit] Bundle Of Joy

1. Welcome
2. Sound System
3. Multi-Family Garage Sale (bargain-bin mix)
4. Growing Concern
5. Day Late & A Dollar Short
6. I Dream Of Ghosts
7. I Confess
8. Help For Your Aching Back
9. Burning Clutch (five-speed dub)
10. Cruisin' For Sentient Beings
11. Mass. Ave And Beyond
12. Mathematical Park
13. Heidi Cakes
14. Crash Landing On Planet Brooklyn
15. My Head (leaks)
16. Good-bye

Released in 1996 on Up Records. Alan Sutherland... Beats, Loops, Bass, & Treble with Very Special Guests: Heather Lewis... Vocals on 4, 10 & 15 Simone Ashby... Vocals on 1, 9 & 13 Meadie Ballenger... Vocals on 7 Swiss Timing... Guitar on 7 Olli Siebelt... mix/edit assistant Technical assistance on guest tracks: Steven - eight track corner monitor Tucker Martine - knobs, sliders, and fluffy chair at mixdown Drawings and artwork - Alan Sutherland Photos - Alan's parents and his grandparents Cardboard boxes and packing tape - Brian Kalenius Produced & recorded at home by Land of the Loops All songs by Alan Sutherland ©1996 and published by Heidiland Inc. (ASCAP) Original versions of some songs appear on SLABCO 23 (www.slabco.com)

[edit] Puttering About A Small Land

Released in 2000 on Up Records.

1. Starter Kit
2. Single Girl Summer Home
3. Slumber Party
4. Knee Deep In Packasandra
5. How To Feed A Sea Monkey
6. Fresh Pond Parkway
7. Drive Safely (And Hurry Back)
8. Patience
9. Party Pooper
10. Automotive High School
11. The Warm Glow Of Waltham
12. Marshmellow Pillows

Alan Sutherland - Beats that bounce, bass that goes boom, and loads of loops. Guest vocalists: Heather Lewis - vocals on 6 & 8 Takako Minekawa - vocals on 2, 5 & 7 DJ Trouble - vocals on 11 Jovita Carpenter - vocals on 4 Glen Smith - technical advisor to Mr. Sutherland Pro tools editing on 2 by Nick Zampiello Additional programming assistance by Glen Smith Keyboard melody on 4 by Dave Wilson, recorded at the New England Synthesizer Museum, Nashua, NH Programming assistance on 5 and extra beat on 3 by Explosion Robinson Vocal editing help on 6 by Glen Smith Vocals on 4, 8, 11 recorded and mixed at Flora Ave Studios with Tucker "Bean Burrito" Martine Vocals on 6 recorded at the Slab Cottage and mixed at John & Stu's Place by Funky Fresh Phil Ek Everything else was recorded at Alan's mom's house when she wasn't looking.

3, 6, 7 & 8 contain dialogue samples from the film "Lover Girl" Special thanks to Joe & Lisa, Sandra Bernhard, Tara Subkoff, Tim Griffin and Larry Rattner for permission Segways edited together underneath a parking lot at Gravelvoice Studios by Professor Scott Colburn Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering, Phoenix AZ Drawings and layout by Alan, technical assistance by Saaed Takako Minekawa appears courtesy of Polystar Co. Ltd. Japan and Emperor Norton/March Records Jovita Carpenter appears courtesy of Slabco Records All songs written and produced by Alan Sutherland ©1997-1999 Heidiland Inc. (ASCAP)

[edit] EPs

[edit] Land Of The Loops

1. Multi-Family Garage Sale
2. Rotate

Released in 1994 on Up Records. Currently out of print. 7" 1995 Up Records Songs written by Alan Sutherland Drawings by Alan Sutherland Both songs originally appeared on SLABCO 23

[edit] Refried Treats

Released in 1997 on Up Records.

1. I Dream In Stereo
2. Welcome (Back) [mp3]
3. Mathematical Park (Alpha 60 Mix)
4. Help For Your Aching Back (Dirt Bike Mix)
5. Ambien

Land of the Loops is Alan Sutherland on his Super-Dooper-Looper 2000 Turbo Plus Recorded in the luxury of his own home except 2 & 3 recorded at WFNX by Jason Steves and remixed in the family room Drawings by Big Al All songs by Alan Sutherland ©1996 and published by Heidiland Inc. (ASCAP) and mastered by Roger Seibel Untampered versions of most songs appear on the CD/2xLP Bundle Of Joy (UP#020)

[edit] Hurry Up And Wait

Released in 1999 on Up Records.

1. Intro
2. Fresh Pond Parkway
3. No Star For You
4. Eastes Park
5. Extra Chicken

Buckminster Fuzeboard appears on tracks 4, 5, and is Dave Fuller Vocals on 2 by Heather Lewis Portions of 2 and 3 recorded at the Slab Cottage 3, 4 mixed at Jackpot! With Larry (Tape Op) Crane Art by Alan Sutherland, layout by Jesse (high dive) LeDoux and Alan Produced and written by Alan Sutherland (1-3), or Dave Fuller/Alan Sutherland (4-5) All songs published by Heidiland (ASCAP) Mr. Fuzeboard appears courtesy of Team Slabco www.slabco.com

[edit] Single Girl Summer Home

Released in 2000 on Up Records.

1. Single Girl Summer Home (Duplex mix)
2. Party Pooper (Pooper Scooper mix)

[edit] Sippy Cup

Land of the Loops/Buckminster Fuzeboard 10" on unhip records (UNHIP04), released 2003.

STAMPED SIDE (Land of the Loops):

1. Sippy Cup
2. Relaxing Bubbles
3. Tippy Cup (featuring Tipsy ) (remixed by David Gardner and Tim Digulla)
4. Refreshing Bubbles

NOTES ON THE STAMPED SIDE: Songs were created by Alan Sutherland and recorded in Waltham, Massachusetts, 2003.

[edit] External links

• http://www.uprecords.com Up Records' Official Web Site
• http://www.uprecords.com/artists/landoftheloops/ Direct link to the Land of the Loops section