October Language is an album by Belong

Belong (band)

Belong is an American experimental music duo composed of Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones. The group formed in New Orleans in 2002. Their debut album, October Language, was recorded in 2004 and released in 2006. The duo's sound blends ambient and glitch styles, with a focus on guitar textures...

, released in on 7 February 2006. The release received positive reviews that mentioned the duo’s New Orleans residence and the My Bloody Valentine or Kevin Shields

Kevin Shields

Kevin Patrick Shields is an American-born, Irish vocalist, guitarist, and producer of alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine....

 influence over its sound. Though lacking the pop-rock form of most My Bloody Valentine tracks, the underlying melodies and the detail placed on the texture of the guitars are what place this group somewhere in the realm of the shoegazing

Shoegazing

Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...

 sound.

The album was printed and released on vinyl for the first time in 2009 by Geographic North Records, a label based out of Atlanta, GA.

Track listing

1. "I Never Lose. Never Really" – 4:43
2. "Red Velvet or Nothing" – 5:40
3. "October Language" – 5:29
4. "I'm Too Sleepy... Shall We Swim?" – 5:13
5. "Remove the Inside" – 5:59
6. "Who Told You This Room Exists?" – 5:05
7. "All Equal Now" – 5:31
8. "The Door Opens the Other Way" – 7:11

Production notes

• Written and produced by Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones
• Assistance on tracks 2 and 4 and guitar on track 3 by Joshua Eustis
• Mastered by Turk Dietrich and Joshua Eustis

Gear

• Sequential Prophet-5
• Roland Juno-106
• Nord Micro Modular
• Sherman Filterbank 1
• Sherman Filterbank 2
• Roland RE-201 Space Echo
• Frostwave Resonator
• Various Fuzz and Effects Pedals
• Avalon 737sp with the "Trent Reznor Mod"
• Drawmer 1960
• Focusrite ISA 220
• Soundelux U195
• Furman RV-1
• Pro Tools LE, with Digi 001 and a variety of plugins
• Sony Oxford EQ and Dynamics
• Native Instruments Reaktor
• Native Instruments Kontakt
• General Vibe VectorSector
• M-Audio Trigger Finger
• Parker Fly Deluxe
• Gibson Blueshawk
• Yamaha NS-10M
• Sony MDR-V600
• Grado SR-325

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