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The Texas Tapes (1993-1997)

March 13, 2025

The Texas Tapes are previously unreleased 4-track recordings from 1993-1997. These sounds were bathing in dust in the archives for many years. After picking up another 4-track in 2021, after not having one for years, I started going through tapes and finding sounds that inspired me to get them off tape and into the computer. These recordings are mainly guitar loops and field recordings made during my time in Austin, Texas. The tools at that time were a Tascam 424, Fender Mustang, Digitech PDS 1002 delay looper pedal, a very hissy Alesis Midiverb, Alesis HR-16, and a half broken Ensoniq EPS sampler.

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Live At Late Breakfast

November 27, 2024

Originally on “In The Fields Of Nothing” LP on @kompaktrecords – This version was recorded at the @latebreakfastla “Further Translations” record release show at @2220arts last November. Backing me up that evening on additional guitar and violin was Dain & Julie of @lessbellsmusic. I really like this version as it’s a little darker and far more deranged.

It’s on the streamers now & It’s a free download or “pay what you want” on Bandcamp. Enjoy the sounds!

Watt From Pedro

July 11, 2024

I had a fun discussion with the one and only Mike Watt yesterday on his @wattfrompedro podcast. It was a real pleasure especially since fIREHOSE was one of my favorite bands as a skate punk kid growing up in Texas! We go way back on this one… Ever heard my first band 7th Floor from 1989? Nope – and you never will. Ha! But we talk about it. We also discuss and play music from my latest ambient collaboration with Paul Carman “Murals For Immersion” as well as Toler Gibson, Head Shoppe, Francesca Brown, Furry Things, and more.

MURALS FOR IMMERSION OUT NOW

May 31, 2024

‘Murals For Immersion’ is Kenneth James Gibson’s 6th ambient outing under his given name, this time around collaborating with saxophonist Paul Carman who played and recorded with Frank Zappa in what Zappa called The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life.

In late 2022, Gibson and Carman started getting together at Gibson’s Idyllwild studio, laying down tons of Saxophone sounds – layers of drones, melody lines, and off kilter noises. Gibson processed, sculpted, and arranged these sounds into full fledged pieces of music. Although the original idea was to make a 100% pure Saxophone based album, sub-heavy Moog Prodigy bass swells were added to fill out the lower end of the spectrum. From this process we give you the aptly titled ‘Murals For Immersion’.

Head Shoppe “Seance”

May 20, 2024

The new Head Shoppe single titled ‘Seance’ is out now via @meadows.heavy.recorders! I had the pleasure of producing and playing on the album and I truly love what we did. LP coming June 7th! The beautifully tripped out murder-mystery short film ‘Seance’ by @studio_sparks_ is out now as well and had a nice write up at Post Magazine.

Further Translations review

December 5, 2023

“On the face of it, it’s a brave person who opens the door for others to rework their songs. But of course, from an artist’s point of view, it’s an exciting prospect and perhaps no different to a novelist seeing their story play out at the hands of someone else on the big screen. A fresh perspective on something the said artist has spent years agonising over. As they say, once art is out into the wilderness, no longer is it solely the creator’s.

If any artist across the experimental landscape is going to see their work undergo a facelift of sorts, then I can’t think of anyone better than Kenneth James Gibson. A purveyor of both composition and more conventional songcraft namely as the chief architect of Bell Gardens, no artist has amalgamated country-tinged gospel dreamscapes and esoteric sound worlds quite like Gibson.” READ MORE HERE

Los Angeles Record release show

October 24, 2023

Nov. 17th is the ‘Further Translations’ record release show in LA put on by @latebreakfastla at @2220arts. On the bill is @awakenedsoulsmusic, @xoxocyane, and myself. I’ll be performing music from albums The Evening Falls, In The Fields Of Nothing, and Groundskeeping. My friends @lessbellsmusic will be backing me up with strings & additional sonic landscaping. It’s gonna be a helluva night and I hope you all can put it on your calendar and make it out!

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