S c o t t G a r r i o t t
Music
Music that plays with various styles, inspired by and relating to traditional folk, outsider music, country, classic rock, blues, punk, psychedelia, hip-hop, electronica, classical, novelty, noise, ambient and more. Lyrics ranging from personal and confessional, to social/existential commentary, to abstract and nonsensical/whimsical often at the same time. Songs and albums range from casual toss offs to labors of love, usually somwhere in between, with casual attempts to capture the essence and energy of rigorous DIY craft and "in the moment" spontaneity.
Albums
Most Recent Album:
Fluid Authority Transistor
Consisting of songs written from late 2015 and 2016 and recorded mostly on a 4 track tape recorder with some additional instruments recorded with a standard mic of a macbook pro. Evoking sounds of classic rock n' roll, psychedelia, power ballads, bluegrass, avante garde experimentalism, shoegaze and all folk music of all varieties, with the feeling of a modern diy home recording. Combines personal heartbreak, with paranoia of a changing political landscape, and abstraction with straight forward emotions.
Selected albums (not in chronological order)
Primordial Slack-Jaw Android
Released in 2014, "Primordial Slack-Jaw Android" represents over a year and a half of inspiration and experimentation. The album spans 20 Tracks and runs for 80 minutes, dabbling in many different genres, sounds, and styles. Blending traditionalism with forward thinking creativity, low-fi acoustic sounds with bizare synths and placing folk, country, electronica, classical, hip hop, and experimental oddities comfortably next to each other. Released on vinyl in late 2015
Old Morning
Released in August 2015, "Old Morning" combines low-fi, lyrical folk music with experimental, naturalistic ambience. Recorded with various forms or recording technology including iphone voice memos, which were used to capture ambient sounds of the world (and used for recording some of the actual music as well) bandcamp
Dragon in the Doorway
Released in 2011, consists of selected favorite tracks re-recorded, sometimes with guest musicians, and to sound cleaner and more prominent than they did previously (albeit still in a lo-fi DIY way). Most of these songs fall in the traditional folk/country/blues genre, but more abstract, lyrical and playful than most of the music they borrow from bandcamp
Old Man in the Doorway to Nothing
Collaboration with Arlo Brooks. "Old Man in the Doorway to Nothing" was written and recorded in less than half a day on a Tascam 4-track tape recorder in April 2016. It combines psychedellic, experimental noise chaos with tounge in cheek traditional folk and country music
July Transitions
A conscious attempt to make a "noise" album. "July Transitions" was recorded in a few days and arranged in the order it was recorded. It attempts to capture raw sounds, feelings, ideas and experiences of a few days in late July 2014 in the form of spontaneous chaotic and organic ambient noise, sometimes tweaked with pitch shift, distortion and other post effects
Music Videos
Video for "Addicted to Sunlight" from the album "Old Morning". Shot in Lithia park summer 2015
Video for the instrumental "Intangible" from the album "Old Morning", featuring lots of spiders
Video for "Endless Path Behind the Shed Blues (wildberry song)", from the album "Dragon in the Doorway", acompanied by a slow motion shot of a helicopter
Complete Discography
The links next to the albums listed below are are external links to free downloads and physical copies for sale from bandcamp and cdbaby.
You can also purchase cds and vinyl directly from this site at the store page
Fluid Authority Transistor (2016) download
Autonomous Phylogene Abrasions (2016) download
Live at Oberon's 7/30/16 (2016) download
Old Man in the Doorway to Nothing (with Arlo Brooks) (2016) download
Christmas 2015 ep (2015) download
G-Sides and Animal Experiments (2015) download
Old Scraps and New Heartaches (2015) download
Old Morning (2015) download purchase cd also on itunes, spotify and more
Astral Projections of a Lazy Fool (2014) download
July Transitions (2014) download
Primordial Slack-Jaw Android (2014) download and purchase vinyl purchase cd also on itunes, spotify and more
Adam and Eve's Minstrel Peekaboo (2013) download
Pine Cones and Paper Bags (2011) download
Dragon in the Doorway (2011) download purchase cd also on itunes, spotify and more
Arrogant Paranoia (2010) download purchase cd also on itunes, spotify and more
Lost Dogfish Volume 3: The Latest Unreleased Songs of Scott Garriott (2010)
Lost Dogfish Volume 2: More Unreleased Songs of Scott Garriott (2010)
Lost Dogfish Volume 1: The Early Unreleased Songs of Scott Garriott (2010)
Evolutionary Street Formalities (2010) download
Anti-System Squared (2008)
Soul Asbestos and Mystical Linoleum (2007)
Void of Possibilities (2007) purchase cd also on itunes, spotify and more
When the Spell Wears Off (2007)
Americana Reptilia Peruvian Candle (2006) purchase cd also in itunes, spotify and more
The Future and the Past (2005)
Non-Introspective Songs of the Road (2005)
First Steps (2004)
SCG (2004)
Confessional Sarcasm (2003)
Other Related Projects
Renaissance Kids - (Experimental collaboration with Nick Addison) - Soundcloud Page
The Hill People - (Folky Band with Emery Way on Banjo) - The Hill People ep on Bandcamp