DYLAN RYAN
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We Disappear 2019 |
Some of these songs have parts that have been bouncing around in some form since about 2011. They're all written without a band or album/release in mind, just living on their own. It wasn't until the last sessions for the second Ether Feather release that we had some extra studio time and I had great players (Hoff/Young) to reinforce what I already had on the songs. |
ETHER FEATHER
 | Leather Feather Vol. II 2022 |
A collection of covers from artists that insipred Ether Feather, such as Judas Priest, Kix, and Danzig. We called in the services of some friends for this, including Marion Belle and Stephen Heath. |
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There Is No Zero 2021 |
Written and recorded in spring of 2020 when we had a lot of time on our hands.I vividly recall watching Gleaming the Cube at my kitchen table, and I started writing these songs. |
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Leather Feather 2020 |
Occasionally when tracking there was some extra time that we utilized over the years to record various covers with various incarnations of Ether Feather. |
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Devil Shadowless Hand 2019 |
By the time I started writing the third Sand record, it became clear the music was shifting from the Mahavishnu-esque mid 70’s-fusion to more part-oriented structures and the songs seemed to want vocals. This record was started before Other Memory (I wrote that record pretty quickly to coincide with a support tour we did with Cursive, which is why it only came out on cassette) but it took three more years of tinkering to finish up. Matt Hewitt did a great video for the single, New Abyss, where we pay homage to Dario Argento as well as the poliziotteschi movement of the 70's. |
 | Other Memory 2017 |
Recorded in a storage shed Columbia, MO and a storefront in Chicago, IL in between tour dates. Chris Welcome on guitar and Willie Blair on bass. |
DYLAN RYAN SAND
 | CIRCA Cuneiform, 2014 |
The second record under my name. Back in the saddle with Tim Young and Devin Hoff. We went back into the Hobby Shop in LA with Mudrock at the board and banged this record out in about three days of fusion fury. With no upright bass at the time of getting basic levels, Hoff was using the Ampeg baby bass and it stuck around for the whole date. |
 | SKY BLEACHED Cuneiform, 2013 |
I actually had the cover art from Chris Schreck way before I ever started writing the music for this band. The first recording under my name, it was written during winter of 2012 overlooking the skyline of downtown Los Angeles. During this period I was also writing a record a few blocks away with a Michael Mann soundtrack-meets-Christian Death outfit called Rainbow Arabia. I can't help but think of these two wildly different records as being slightly related. Also marks the first recording on which I've worked with Tim Young and Devin Hoff. Was playing a ton of tennis while writing these songs. |
UCHU |
10 years deep, this record bears tunes written by myself, McDonnell, Nate Lepine and Patrick Newbery. Broste recorded this one again and I think he did a pretty fine job. Two days of intensity at Strobe Studios in Chicago to learn and record this record really whipped us into shape and by the tour in early 2012 we were a finely tuned machine of ensemble passages and whisky-abuse. To quote Matt Bauder: There's no "i" in team, but there are two in "ripping solo." | |
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Olives & Orchids EF Records,2010 |
One of the finer Composer - Multi Instrumentalist - Computer Music Programmers I know is also one of the finer alto players I know. He's called David "The Diminisher" McDonnell, and he contributed a couple great songs for this record. This is the result of touring the music before recording it. This is the first record we did where we didn't all live in Chicago anymore, but I think it sounds more like a true band than ever. Jeremiah Chiu won some awards for the cover art and design on this one. Recorded by our own Nick Broste. |
 | Herculaneum III 2008 |
This is the ballads record. Unfortunately, most of the slow tunes on this album were never played live and until people start demanding we play Jimmy Giuffre-esque ballads, that's probably how it will stay. We did have fun in the studio with the new addition of Nate Lepine on tenor and flute and John Beard on guitar. If you like to get mellow, grab yourself a highball and let's meet in the den. |
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Orange Blossom 2006 |
The second Herculaneum record, leaves off where the debut finished. Troy Collins says: "Ryan has an uncanny knack for writing melodic hooks. With a piano-less rhythm section and a three-horn front line at his disposal, Ryan has a wealth of stylistic precedents to draw from, yet he finds inspiration in forging his own path. Rather than simply settling for traditional structures or conventional arrangements, he keeps his group well-nourished with a balanced mix of supple rhythms, gorgeous melodies and challenging frameworks for improvisation." |
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Herculaneum 2003 |
The raw and unadulterated first batch of tunes recorded straight to tape from one of Chicago's longest lasting jazz outfits. All the tunes penned in a period of severe and passionate admiration of Captain Beefheart and Henry Threadgill and it shows. Marks the beginning of a long, fruitful relationship with Truckstop Audio. Only about 200 were made so I should hope they're long gone by now. |