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BEAT TAPE
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# 023
Various Artists: "BEAT TAPE"

  1. Charlie Brown - College Girls
  2. Bstep - Sci-Fi
  3. KG,B - The Tweak


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Memory of Breathing
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# 022
Ben Stepner: Memory of Breathing

  1. I
  2. II
Ben Stepner [ guitar, piano, electronics ]

Previously released on cassette by Razors and Medicine.

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Dzogchen (The Natural State of Mind)
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# 021
Ben Stepner: Dzogchen (The Natural State of Mind)

  1. Dzogchen (The Natural State of Mind)
Ben Stepner [ piano, electronics ]
John Mallia [ Max/MSP programming ]

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[one]
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# 020
Various Artists: Now That's What I Call 'P.P.R. Has Come a Long Way'!

  1. Derek Beckvold & Kent O'Doherty - c
  2. Food - Proscuitto
  3. Will Graefe - Blue Shoes
  4. James Wylie - Unison Then Overtones Then Chorale (Peelback)
  5. Aaron Muesing - Icon (Movement II)
  6. Half-life - Eyebright
Track 1:
Derek Beckvold [ alto saxophone ]
Kent O'Doherty [ alto saxophone ]

Track 2:
Eugene Lee [ alto saxophone ]
Luke Moldof [ prepared guitar ]

Track 3:
Will Graefe [ guitar, electronics ]

Track 4:
Clayton DeWalt, Alex Heitlinger, Ryan Dragon, Randy Pingrey [ trombones ]
Rick Stone, Derek Beckvold, Michael Thomas, James Wylie [ alto saxophones ]

Track 5:
Asher Severini [ piano ]

Track 6:
Erik Gundersen [ guitar, electronics ]
Ben Stepner [ keyboard, electronics ]

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[one]
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# 019
Derek Beckvold & Kent O'Doherty: [one]

  1. a
  2. b
  3. c
  4. d
  5. e
  6. f
  7. g
  8. h
Derek Beckvold [ alto saxophone ]
Kent O'Doherty [ alto saxophone ]

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The Carroll A. Deering
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# 018
The Carroll A. Deering

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V

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Awareness
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# 017
Ben Stepner: Awareness

  1. I
  2. II
Ben Stepner [ guitar, electronics ] on I
                   [ piano, electronics ] on II

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Meditation
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# 016
Ben Stepner: Meditation

  1. Meditation
Ben Stepner [ keyboard, electronics ]

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Brook
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# 015
Ben Stepner: Brook

  1. Brook [ video ]
Ben Stepner [ keyboard, guitar, electronics ]
Moira Bette [ viola ]

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Ancient Forest
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# 014
Ben Stepner: Ancient Forest

  1. Ancient Forest
Ben Stepner [ keyboard, electronics ]

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Garden
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# 013
Ben Stepner: Garden

  1. I
  2. II
Ben Stepner [ keyboard, electronics ]

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Half-Life II
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# 012
Half-life: Half-life II

  1. Heavenacid
  2. Heartshadow
Erik Gundersen [ guitar, cymbal, microphone, electronics ]
Ben Stepner [ keyboard, electronics ]



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Equilibrium
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# 011
Eugene Lee: Equilibrium

  1. Rain [ video ]
  2. Clarity [ video ]
  3. Unity
Eugene Lee [ saxophone, electronics ]

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Lucid Dreaming
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# 010
Ben Stepner: Lucid Dreaming

  1. Lucid Dreaming
Ben Stepner [ guitar, keyboard, electronics ]

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Reflections
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# 009
Ben Stepner: Reflections

  1. I
  2. II [ video ]
  3. III
Ben Stepner [ guitar, keyboard, electronics ]

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Half-life
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# 008
Half-life: Half-life

  1. Threadsuns
  2. Sporangia
  3. Verdigris
Erik Gundersen [ guitar, cymbal, microphone, electronics ]
Ben Stepner [ guitar, keyboard, electronics ]

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Observing
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# 007
Ben Stepner: Observing

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
Ben Stepner [ guitar, electronics ]

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Sleeping in the Forest
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# 006
Ben Stepner: Sleeping in the Forest

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
Ben Stepner [ guitar, electronics ]

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The iPhone Sessions
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# 005.5
Various Artists: The iPhone Sessions

  1. Evidence
  2. Blue Monk
  3. Bemsha Swing
  4. Ask Me Now
  5. In Walked Bud
Alex LoRe [ alto saxophone on 1, 4 ]
Sam Decker [ tenor saxophone on 1, 4 ]
Dan Durham [ bass on 1, 4 ]
Moses Eder [ drums on 1, 4 ]
Andrew Urbina [ alto saxophone on 2, 3, 5 ]
Derek Beckvold [ alto saxophone on 2, 3, 5 ]
Robin Betton [ bass on 2, 3, 5 ]
Ben Stepner [ piano ]

All compositions by Thelonious Monk [ 1917-1982 ]. Recorded on an iPhone.

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Meditations
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# 005
Eugene Lee: Meditations

  1. Immortality
  2. Meditation
  3. Conscience
  4. Nightmare
  5. Locus
  6. Candles
Eugene Lee [ saxophones, flute ]
Ben Stepner [ piano on 4 ]
Robin Betton [ bass on 4 ]
Brent Raskind [ drums on 4 ]

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Ode to N.E.C.
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# 004
Ben Stepner, Dan Durham & Matt Rousseau: Ode to NEC

  1. Cecil Taylor
  2. Andrea @ Johnny's
  3. The Nature of Sound
  4. Perceptions
  5. Ode to N.E.C.
  6. Addicted
  7. Alien
  8. Bi-Pleonary Auxibition
Ben Stepner [ piano ]
Dan Durham [ bass ]
Matt Rousseau [ drums ]

All compositions by Ben Stepner. Recorded May 13, 2008 at 941 Studios by Ben Stepner.

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Heart of the Year
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# 003
Food: Heart of the Year

  1. Snail
  2. Escargot
Luke Moldof [ prepared guitar ]
Eugene Lee [ saxophones ]

Recorded February 23, 2008 at 941 Studios by Ben Stepner.

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Nineteen Pieces for Piano
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# 002
Ben Stepner: Nineteen Pieces for Piano

  1. Poem
  2. The Cosmic Lesson
  3. Insomniac
  4. The Nature of Sound
  5. Because I Love You
  6. Shower
  7. Universe Stopped
  8. High School
  9. Emulsions
  10. Egotism vs. Altruism
  11. Untitled (a mes parents)
  12. Opposites
  13. After the Session
  14. Does It Exist?
  15. Really Lost This Time
  16. The Valentine Drug
  17. Gateway
  18. College
  19. Self Portrait
Ben Stepner [ piano ]

All compositions by Ben Stepner. Recorded June 3, 2007 by Eugene Lee at Brandeis University.

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Srivbanacore
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# 001
Eugene Lee: Srivbanacore

  1. Subway
  2. Voices
  3. Srivbanacore
  4. Life
  5. Self Portrait
  6. Freedom in Two Parts
  7. There Will Never Be Another Pluto
Eugene Lee [ saxophone ]
Dan Nadeau [ drums on 3, 5, 7 ]
Ben Stepner [ piano on 4, 6 ]
Phil Grenadier [ trumpet on 6 ]

All compositions by Eugene Lee except # 5 composed by Ben Stepner and # 7 composed by Harry Warren.

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