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Boundless (2007)

Psychonetic Jellyfish (2009)

Dreaming in the Womb (2010)

RPM 2011 (2011)

Other RPM Partcipants

Erin Jordan

The ZX81s

Bryan Dahl

Holy Coast

Bob Jr. & The Martini Gardeners

The Bystanders

The magnetic nonsense

Honeycomb

Glenn Habel

David Marcouillier

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Fritz Wenzler

BIOGRAPHY
I live in Lake Placid, New York, and have played in various bands and configurations for every RPM. This year's project is another solo one. Enjoy these albums!

BAND MEMBERS
Fritz Wenzler: Guitars, keys, electronics, baby toys. Annie Wenzler: Keys and clarinet (on Boundless, Psychonetic Jellyfish, and Dreaming in the Womb) baby Rose Josephine Wenzler: womb heartbeat (on title track of Dreaming in the Womb) and vocals (on "Little One"- RPM 2011)

YEARS COMPLETED
2007,2009,2010,2011

GENRES
Instrumental,Experimental


Completed Albums

Boundless(2007)

Instrumental Experimental: jazzy, jammy, acoustic, electronic If you're looking for the perfect recording, this is not for you. If looking for something that has some errors but is genuine and creative, enjoy! Theme #3 features my wife Annie Wenzler on Clarinet. The rest of the tracks are just me


Theme #1   Download
Joshua Colwell   (preferred)   Download
The Moon and the Stars   Download
Theme #2> Referrals Only   Download
Boundless   Download
Theme #3 (featuring Annie Wenzler)   Download
Computador   Download
Annie   Download
Tekno Majik (aka I love finding old keyboards in other people's trash piles and plugging them into my equipment)   Download
End   Download

Psychonetic Jellyfish(2009)

Instrumental Experimental: jazzy, jammy, acoustic, electronic. This year's offering features my wife Annie Wenzler on some tracks playing clarinet and keys. I play guitar and electronics.


Sunrise Sunshine   Download
Winter Wind   Download
Ridin' in Style   Download
Psychonetic Jellyfish   Download
Turntable Electronics & Clarinet Improv   (preferred)   Download
Beatnik   Download
Winter Wind2   Download
Party Peeps   Download
Untitled Outro   Download

Dreaming in the Womb(2010)

This year is again more or less solo. Once again, the music is instrumental and experimental, and includes a track with my wife Annie on the clarinet and a title track with a sample of our yet-to-be-born baby's heartbeat (this track also includes effects made with a reel-to-reel recording of my old electric heaters in my bedroom). The first half is electronic, the second half is guitar-based. I was excited about doing more electronic stuff (including the Korg Electribe ESX-1 sampler/sequencer- new to me as of the end of last year) and using various found, created, and always manipulated samples. Everything has been recorded directly to a 2 track CD burner. 1) Dub Theme 2) Find the Sky 3) Dreaming in the Womb (featuring the heartbeat of my upcoming child) 4) Mobius 5) Averyville 6) Feedback Loop 7) Boogaloo Funk (featuring Annie Wenzler on Clarinet)


Dub Theme   Download
Find the Sky   Download
Dreaming in the Womb   (preferred)   Download
Mobius   Download
Averyville   Download
Feedback Loop   Download
Boogaloo Funk   Download

RPM 2011(2011)

Similar instrumentation to last year's project, with the addition of the Electro-Harmonix 2880 (Super multi-track looping device) and a new vocalist at the end of "Little One."


RPM 2011   Download
Rose   Download
Loopy   Download
Jim   Download
Loss of Words   Download
Little One   (preferred)   Download
Mind Bender   Download