MP3 Fan Fair - The Fan Fair Record

Ranging from soft acoustic melodies to epic symphonies of an insane view.

14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Experimental Rock, FOLK: Progressive Folk



Details:
How can one describe âThe Fan Fair Recordâ? To properly understand the album one must know the context under which the album was born.

âFan Fairâ, the band itself consists of two young men by the names of Richard Ringer and JT Hathaway. These two fellows often compose music together, and have been formally associated with, âThe Hearts Clubâ, âThe Happiness Packageâ, and âOctavius the Perkyâ finally, the twos collaboration have been named âFan Fairâ.

The album âThe Fan Fair Recordâ is a long overdue album. While the duo write together often, both have focused on mainly their solo carriers.

Richard Ringer produced a not for retail album entitled âThe Gates of Marsâ, this told the tale of a fictional war taking place right after WW2. In 2006 Ringer produced âIn Defense of the Madmanâ, an epic album (available only by digital retailers, itunes, rhapsody, yahoo music, ect.) which follows right after TGOM in chronicling the days after the end of earth. This was released under the independently owned label âFan Fair Recordsâ. In the album Ringer meddles in folk, post rock, lo-fi, and some strange sound that has only been described as âRinger Rockâ. Ringer was planning on producing a third, one that would complete the trilogy entitled âThey Decayed Like Flagsâ, however this did not happen. The production was delayed, and eventually scraped due to trips in and out of mental hospitals, and other factors. Many of the songs from the vision of âThey Decayed Like Flagsâ have been redone and synergized into âThe Fan Fair Recordâ.

Hathaway, currently not having any albums available at retail, had produced a collection of strictly folk songs, grounded in the theme of WW1. While the album is currently unavailable, he was able to develop a following from live shows and his myspace account. This album is called âWhere the World Waitsâ. In an unexpected turn, his next project was an untitled one featuring mod-techno beats, strong punchy vocals, and a lot of distorted beat boxing. It was considerably different from his first project, but still carried with it the Hathaway touch of incredible lyricism and catchy layers of music.

There has always been talk of a âFan Fair Recordâ, something that would bind these two powerful forces, Ringer, dipping into the darkness with depressing melodies of worlds lost, and Hathaway, with his sugar stained vocals piercing through the brightness and beauty of his upbeat riffs. This would be a grand collaboration. Then on April 23, 2007, purevolume.com users got a surprising message âThe Fan Fair Record is comingâ¦â

This was not your ordinary independently produced album. This was âFan Fairâ. The sound ranges from acoustic folk, to large orchestrations of electric and synthesizer, and sounds custom made. One must listen to fully appreciate the sound for what it is, unique and daring, complex and somehow grand.

Finally, âThe Fan Fair Recordâ is available to the public. Treasure it, this has been a long time coming.