Organized Chaos

Organized Chaos

2000

Our first recording was called "Organized Chaos" and that's exactly what it sounded like. You couldn't tell where the songs started and the noise ended. It was recorded on one of those Roland digital recorders that were being sold left and right at Guitar Centers across the country. It was a nice machine but we weren't going to waste any time reading the instructions. We started recording sometime in late 1999 and had 10 songs by Janurary of 2000. I "engineered" and "mixed" the recordings. It actually got a little attention in the local press.

A layer of static covers the music of Cloister, but it's probably intentional. There's fuzz deep inside the guitar, and said fuzz, combined all the various pedals, keyboards and Moogs Cloister employs, renders any individual sound indistinguishable. You know there's a lot happening inside their first CD, aptly titled Organized Chaos, but you'll have a tough time nailing much of it. It's a big wide wash of melodic static that recalls the music of My Bloody Valentine and Grandaddy. Musically, Cloister is solid and adventuresome. In a local community of soundalikes, the band is worth hearing because they're stretching to create something new and different and they're better than most for that reason alone. - Randall Roberts, The Riverfront Times Mar 29 2000

We were amazed and excited so we kept working on songs.

Mike Cook - drum machine programming, moog, vocals
Garrett Fronabarger - guitars
Dana Smith - guitars, vocals

Track listing

1. Duck-Billed Women

2. Moment of Wow

3. Dull Pennies

4. Homecomers

5. Actions

6. Punctuation

7. Route 3

8. Electronics

9. Hic Pi Barbeque

10. Reality