Vas Deferens Organization

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Vas Deferens Organization
Origin Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Years active1994–present
LabelsWomb Tunes, Quaquaversal Vinyl, Aether Records, Tekito, Eerie Materials, Niklas Records, Beta-lactam Ring Records
Associated actsOhm (Texas, not to be confused with Ohm), Mazinga Phaser, Brad Laner, Mercury Rev, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Website vasdeferensorganization.com
MembersMatt Castille
Eric Lumbleau
Christopher Moock
Past membersJason Cohen
Barbara Cohen
Craig Carlton
Breck Outland
Reagen Boone
Brian Artwick
Doug Ferguson
Jay Jernigan

Vas Deferens Organization is an American experimental band and a production team founded in Dallas in 1994 by Matt Castille in association with Christopher Moock, Jason Cohen, Barbara Cohen, Craig Carlton, Breck Outland, and Reagen Boone. In 1995 Eric Lumbleau joined the group. From 1995 through 2007, VDO was a loose collective centered on Castille and Lumbleau and ever-changing collaborators. Christopher Moock reunited with Castille and Lumbleau in 2007.

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They have worked, amongst many others, with Brad Laner of Medicine fame, Mercury Rev, and Ariel Pink with whom they are friends. Pink is also a long-term fan of Mutant Sounds, a blog devoted to esoteric music from various eras and corners of the world, run by Eric Lumbleau and Matt Castille. [1]

Their musical output is extremely diverse, ranging from minimalism, musique concrete, audio montage, raga and ethnic music to krautrock. [1]

Some of their most notable productions include Cruising in the Neon Glories of the New American Night (1996) by Mazinga Phaser (produced by Castille), and Ariel Pink With Added Pizzazz (produced as Vas Deferens Organization). One of the tracks from the latter album appeared in an alternative cut on Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 2010 record Before Today. [1]

Among their collaborations, the most noteworthy ones would be Transcontinental Conspiracy recorded with Brad Laner with the addition of Jason Russo, Suzanne Thorpe, and Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak from Mercury Rev. It was self-released in 1996 on Quaquaversal Vinyl and re-issued in 2011 on Niklas Records with a previously unreleased track, Scheming Foils, that also featured Laner. [1] [2]

Eric Lumbleau, Matt Castille and Christopher Moock have also released their own solo recordings, under monikers of Sound, Muz and Christopher Moock respectively.

Critical reception

While not achieved any sort of commercial success, [1] the band has achieved a critical success.

Selected discography

Studio albums

Collaborations

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Niklas Records, Jakub Krawczynski (2011, August). "Vas Deferens Organization and Brad Laner: Transcontinental Conspiracy presskit". Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 09 September 2012.
  2. Kranitz, Jerry (October 2011). "Vas Deferens Organization and Brad Laner - "Transcontinental Conspiracy"". Aural Innovations. Retrieved April 7, 2013.