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 As a child, Tom Filepp inherited an odd pairing of passions from his father a computer programmer gone rock bassist: he was exposed to both the technical & artistic angles of life well before knowing how to put them to good use. Whether it had been that, or the many nights spent in band practice spaces watching grown men cover New Wave anthems that made him the multi-instrumental fanatic he is today, is up for debate. But one thing is certain: Tom has established himself as a legitimate song-writing force in cars & trains. Filepp picked up ...Expand text.
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| Cars and Trains cars & trains debut EP 2AM is a celebration of all things minute, exploring themes of urban quietude and reflection amidst disaffection, decay, and overdevelopment. The five songs that compose 2AM are abundant with layers of lush harmonies, strong but modest melody, crafted lyrics, and movement-based arrangements composed with an apartment-full of sounds: trumpet, clarinet, mandolin, cello, and glockenspiel, and a whole slew of electronic and sampled punching-empty-cardboard-boxes-like-a-madman drums. |
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2am EP
Length: 45 min.
Format: CD
Genre:
Electronica,
Experimental,
House
Songs: 5
Instrmt: Keyboards, guitar, drums, violin, voice, fx
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| Cars and Trains Consumer Confidence Vol. 2 returns with a wide array of sounds: layered programmed and sequenced drums, walls of synths, samples, and strings, at times both a departure and yet familiar from Rusty String. This volume presents a much more cohesively crafted set of songs, departing from the random compilation of the previous release. |
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consumer confidence vol. 2
Length: 45 min.
Format: CD
Genre:
Electro,
Electronica,
House
Songs: 6
Instrmt: synths and strings
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| Cars and Trains Five free mp3 only tracks of instrumental beat heavy songs. These range from much older songs to songs that sprouted out of writing from the 2 am ep. Feel free to pass this around to anyone, rap or sing over, or dance to them. If you do something with them let me know, I'd love to hear it. For non-commercial use only. |
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consumer confidence, vol. 1
Length: 45 min.
Format: CD
Genre:
Electronica,
Electro,
House
Songs: 5
Instrmt: keyboards
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| Cars and Trains cars & trains paints a dense and personal landscape with "Little Song", a short digital EP due out this fall. Simple guitar based compositions pare back from the more densely orchestrated approach of the Rusty String LP, while layers of decaying feedback, sparse glockenspiel and tape samples weave a dark and dense tapestry of sound. Deep brooding vocals sit atop songs with deceptive timing, subtle electronic stutters, and thunderous and organic drumming. |
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little song
Length: 35 min.
Format: CD
Genre:
Electronica,
Electro,
Experimental
Songs: 5
Instrmt: keyboards
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| Cars and Trains With the Rusty String LP, Portland, Oregon based multi-instrumentalist cars & trains twenty-six year old Tom Filepp takes a cross-country step closer to the melodic electro-folk he set out to make with the 2006 debut EP, 2 AM. Woodwinds interweave with banjos, trumpets, strings and glockenspiel, fleshing out dynamically engaging song structures. Rusty String sits somewhere between stations on the analog dial, where an old country broadcast breaches into absent-meinded waves of static, synching up as if on purpose. |
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Rusty String
Length: 60 min.
Format: CD
Genre:
Electronica,
Electro,
House
Songs: 11
Instrmt: keyboards, banjos, trumpets, strings and glockenspiel
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