New release coming February 3

Mixing is complete for the next Unthunk album. Stay tuned for further information on the release. Meanwhile, here is the track listing: 01 Galumph jr. 02 Uncoil 03 Fire bath 04 Go figure 05 Bacci 06 Awaiting her return 07 Oblong 08 Altostratus 09 The real galumph 10 The cauldron

Stop playing your instruments!

We have completed recording for the next Unthunk project! Now we’re attending to post-production and packaging duties.  By packaging, I mean coming up with an album name, cover art and notes. Most recent Unthunk releases have some sort of organizing principle, but this one will consist of pieces developed independently. That said, it is possible … Read more

Elliptic released

The sixth Unthunk album was released today on Bandcamp. It is called Elliptic, with material relating to the celestial mechanics phenomenon of orbital resonance. Elliptic makes extensive use of the modular synthesizer, which is is a perfectly appropriate instrument to render planetary polyrhythms into audible form. It features LJ Mounteney’s vocals and Buff Allen on drums … Read more

Elliptic recording complete

The new Unthunk album is nearing completion. A few post-productions remain, while the artwork is finalized. Read the album notes at https://unthunk.ca/item/elliptic/ Stay tuned for more.

Upcoming project: Elliptic

We’ve given the Unthunk project-in-progress a working title – Elliptic. It is based on a lingering fascination with orbital resonance. Sometimes gravity and motion among celestial bodies results in them developing stable, inter-related orbits, which can be considered polyrhythms on a much extended time scale. With potentially enough material to release as an album, the … Read more

Stepping into social media

We’ve started posting to social media, as a way of adding some character and context to our musical releases. We’re limiting ourselves to Instagram for now, with a planned modest story output focused on our view around the music-making, especially what we see that inspires us. Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/unthunkmusic/

Bandcamp now hosting Unthunk

Following Free Music Archive’s change of ownership and direction, Happy Puppy Records removed its catalogue from the FMA site, including Unthunk’s music. You can still find it on archive.org and youtube.com seems to have extracted the files from FMA. Some of our music is on Spotify, but now it is also available at https://unthunk.bandcamp.com/

On the spot

Unthunk’s first two singles and last two albums are available on Spotify. The task was undertaken due to the possibility that Free Music Archive was to be taken offline. The remaining releases will also get posted to Spotify at some point, but FMA is still available in the meanwhile.

A suicide cult and a retreat into psychic wilderness

A new Unthunk album will be released on August 5. Unthunk is a musical collective pursuing the intersection between chamber and pop music. The new album, titled Coin, is the fourth full length release from Happy Puppy Records on freemusicarchive.org. Coin consists of two distinct halves. From the perspective of a make-believe suicide cult, the … Read more