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Pancake Ferret

by DOUG the Eagle

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60s 70s prog rock progressive

8 tracks

54:30

1	Operation Wendigo	6:31
2	Apocalypse in 4:4	7:49
3	The Shadow Over Merthyr	5:52
4	Princes of the Dreams	5:40
5	The Musings of Jakob Pettersohn upon the time when he was once known as Johan Cross	5:27
6	My wicked life with the Hattifatteners	12:06
7	Sheep are Satanic	3:58
8	What did Daniel think he was?	7:07

Album description

This is my fourth album, recorded between 2006 and late 2007. My personal favourites include 'Operation Wendigo', 'What did Daniel think he was?' and 'Princes of the Dreams', although the latter was plagued with technical issues and looking back, some of the vocals could have been better performed.

All songs were recorded 8-track except where noted, and 'Black Mass in B Minor' from the DMFA Radio Project which was done in Audacity.

Additional credits:

The cover art was again drawn by Luke Turner, who graciously provided the Operation Wendigo image from his comic, Foxfire Chronicles. This can be found in the booklet, linked below. Additional art by Keaton. Guest vocals on 'Daniel' include James Rolls as Dan, Catherine Willington as Mab and Tara Rolls as Alexsi. Guest vocals on 'Sheep' by Sam the Narrator.

A PDF version of the cover with full lyrics and liner notes can be found here:
dougtheeagle.com/ferret/ferret.pdf

Notes on the individual tracks:

'Operation Wendigo' was conceived on Christmas 2006, with subsequent rerecordings all the way up to November 2007. It is based on Luke Turner's webcomic, in which five strangers are kidnapped and transformed into were-creatures as part of a clandestine government experiment. The final version was recorded across two sychronized 8-track tape machines and remains one of my favourite songs on the album.

'Apocalypse in 4/4' is a sort of twisted apocalyptic vision in which Jesus was cloned by some evil genius to make an army. Just a strange idea I had while walking home one night. No drugs were used here, honestly.

'Shadow over Merthyr' was an attempt to replicate the music and atmosphere of the fantasy-metal band, Bal-Sagoth. Only set in Wales.

'Princes of the Dreams' is a cover/collaboration of a song by xss, which was inspired by Amber William's DMFA webcomic. Music by xss, performed by me. Lyrics by xss, with modifications by Tezkat and myself. Permission to include it on the album was graciously provided by him. I just wish the singing could have been better. This was also recorded 16-track.

'The musings of Jakob Pettersohn upon the time when he was once known as Johan Cross' continues the DMFA-inspired Jakob Pettersohn saga.

'My wicked life with the Hattifatteners' was, believe it or not, inspired by 'The exploits of Moominpappa' by Tove Jannson.

Moving swiftly on, 'Sheep are Satanic' is actually no better, being inspired by a walk on Mynnyd Maen. Later I realised it bore a strong resemblance to Pink Floyd's song. Damn. Either way, Sam, your local friendly speech synthesizer really cannot say "soy" or "soya". Workarounds, which took some effort to find, include "soh ya" and "ssoyer". While "ssoy" works, "ssoya" does not. But that's not the point. It's more fun to point and laugh when the word comes out as "schwrrrr".

And finally we come to 'What did Daniel think he was?' inspired by that heartbreaking moment when Daniel, adventurer and protagonist of Amber William's DMFA comic, discovers that he's really a demon, he's going to live for thousands of years after all his mortal friends have died, assuming he's not hunted down and slain by other adventurers as a monster. Guest vocals come from the DMFA Radio Project, which I do as a sideline.

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Keith Hedger

Good album

30/03/09

Having downloaded Songs For The Wild At Heart, and liked it I thought I'd give this a whirl, the improvement between the second and fourth album is tremendous, much more professional, this seems a very much darker album and reminds me ( in tone ) of floyds The Wall, keep up the good work!
P.S. Love The Shadow over Merthyr!

bizun_

We've been waiting fot it

24/01/08

We've been waiting for it. The fourth album from Tapewolf Pancace ferret (it's sticky and now it can fight back!). When I first downloaded this title and gave it a try, =I've had mixed feelings: maybe I was not quite in the mood, but it sounded a bit odd to me. And then my S1 player looped around the playlist... And again... And I found myself humming the lyrics. Once again I got wrapped in the peculiar carpet of sounds, and let my mind wander through the Artist's concepts. My favourites? My wicked life with the Hattifatteners -- It's purely coincidence, that this is the only entire instrumental piece on the record, though the Author says in workshop note, that some vocals could use some improvement. I tend to agree -- I hear nothing wrong with the singing, (sans one or two technicalities), but I've got this general impression, that the mastering was done in kind of rush -- maybe if the tapes were left to linger for couple moths, then mastered, and maybe some tracks redone, there would be much improvement in general quality. Maybe. But it is provided "as-is" and it's good enough. One off-topic reflection: tracks Apocalypse in 4/4, princes of Dreams and Sheep are satanic I'd like to hear in arrange for clasic rock band. Summing up? I'm not disappointed (as it was with paniq's new release) -- J.P.M seems to be still in good shape. I'll give six: not because this album is weak, but because it's slightly inferior to the previous ones, but this is the risk, when one is compiling pieces that didn't fit in concepts for previous records. Worth hearing atleast (but not limited) to hear the way Sam cannot say 'soy' :).

Of The I

Nice

22/01/08

Even though o don't understand what you are singing, I do dig it. It's well produced, and all the instruments seem to have their own space and place in the songs. I'm a prog enthusiast in listening and playing so this is up the alley of mine. I would however like to see more experimentation with bands like these and their sound in order to get the "stick out" factor that prog needs in order to get a good foothold in the market today. All in all a good sound and good album here on Jamendo. Keep up the good work.

Peace, love and music!

Of The I