Doors of Deception

 

Doors of Deception

This is the first collaborative album between E Dahlfree (part of our projects, Amplissima & Neurodivergant) & Astro Al (DNA Girl & me)

Doors of Deception was recorded on 7/27/24 in the Bunker at Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, MA

Created, mixed, mastered, produced & performed by E Dahlfree & Astro Al

Copyright 2026 E Dahlfree & Astro Al

The Bunker is the best reverb chamber I have worked in. It's free to the public as it is part of a park. I suggest you go there if you're into jamming in the wild.

E is super fun to record with because I never can predict what rambling he might do and his prepared phone stuff is always an unexpected treat. Plus he is a damn fine trumpet player.

Thanks E!

1. Phantom Steps - Is swiping your feet across the floor of a reverb chamber an instrument? No, it's a performance. This is the shortest track on the album so we thought it would be a good intro to the inanity that awaits the listener.

2. Felida Recall - A true-ish cat story. Lots of bells and chimes.

3. Moulton Residue - A wall of sounds collages itself over the mountain top and then crashes into the sea.

4. Winnebago Duck - One of the stand out tracks for me. E went full bonkers on his rant and I think every minute of his rambling was fantastically worth it. I laugh every time I hear this one. There's no reason experimental music should not laugh at itself.

5. Bunker Trumpet - Of course the trumpet is the star of this track but that doesn't belittle the lovely mandolin sounds that dance along with the echoes of the trumpet. E is wonderful at giving the rise and fall sounds of the trumpet. Great work DNA Girl.

6. Doors of Deception -Have you ever been haunted by voice mails? I sure have. This is a collage piece which means layers of performances were cut together and pasted over each other. It's something that I really enjoy with this type of audio art. No matter what we do, Jim Morrison is still dead in a bathtub in Paris.

E Dahlfree: Pocket trumpet, bells, Alto recorder, voice, prepared phone

Astro Al is:

DNA Girl: Octave mandolin, hand drum, water bottle, vocals, pipes

Count Robot: Vocals, blabbing, monotron, duotron, Thor’s wooden hammer, slide whistle, Aztec death whistle, found objects, virtual synth, stylophone, clapping, general buffoonery, duck call, egg shaker

This was a fun one to make. Hoping to do more collab stuff with E in the future.

Yours in more new music,

Count Robot