La Guerre Est Meurtre is an album by Von Hemmling

Von Hemmling

Von Hemmling is the solo project of Jim McIntyre and one of many experimental music projects associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Though Jim McIntyre is the band's primary performer, Hilarie Sidney and John Hill have both been members of Von Hemmling before becoming members of The...

. Self described by Jim McIntyre

Jim McIntyre (musician)

Jim McIntyre is a musician best known as the man behind the Elephant 6 band Von Hemmling. He was also the original bassist for The Apples in Stereo before leaving in 1993. He has written or co-written many early songs for the band, including "Stop Along the Way", "Touch The Water", "To Love The...

 as a "linear nonlinear history of Von Hemmling" and a "stream of consciousness", it features a variety of recordings by McIntyre from 1984 to 2001. Broken up into six different "sections", much of the album is noise effects and edited recordings from bands such as The Apples in Stereo

The Apples in Stereo

The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...

 and the Lilys

Lilys

Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...

.

The album was mixed and mastered between 2001 and 2002. It is currently available on the official Von Hemmling website in six separate .wav files

WAV

Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...

.

Track listing

1. Section One – 12:26
2. Section Two – 9:12
3. Section Three – 8:06
4. Section Four – 6:08
5. Section Five – 12:31
6. Section Six – 21:31

External links

• La Guerre Est Meurtre at Von Hemmling official site