the history of annodalleb
annodalleb is the culmination of almost 20 years of my harsher sonic experiments.
this page is intended to document what is left of that journey.
much of this content was pulled from my remaining cassettes.
given this, the recordings range from horrid to better than i expected
i make no warranty regarding my singing attempts or mixes, but will be updating songs over time if better versions are found
projects and songs appear in order... to the best of my memory
prophei | 1991
credits: prophei
this track was based on a song i did a few years earlier with my friend Brian
i recorded this take during my early experiments in the commercial music room in high school
convultion | 1993
credits: prophei | aaron martin
convultion was the first name given to a project that started with my friend aaron martin after leaving high school
some of these tracks are early versions of tracks that show up later under our more known band name belladonna
the subject matter in these tracks is a mix of anti-government concepts wrapped in various religious musings
this is the beginning of the direct lineage to annodalleb
DMT (original)
requiem (original
prophei | 1994?
credits: prophei
this track was a random thing that happened in the midst of my less aggressive work during that time
it seems to have happened sometime either right before or after the belladonna demo 1994
i "think" it was before, so here it is
belladonna | demo 1994
credits: prophei | aaron martin
this demo was the first real attempt to put together a coherent body of music following the early convultion demos
the general quality of the mix and arrangements definitely improved here, aided by more gear, practice and much better green
belladonna | demo 1995
credits: prophei | aaron martin
this was unfortunately to be the final body of music written with aaron martin
it was truly our highpoint in concept and execution, and was likely the reason why the subsequent annodalleb project ever came to exist
the following two tracks were part of the sessions for the demo, but never made it into the final line-up
blitzkrieg 95 (no vox were ever completed)
anno dalleb | 1995
credits: prophei | schlaut
during the recording of the 95 belladonna demo, aaron and i spent many hours with our mutual friend schlaut
in the midst of many a smokey haze, it became clear that we were destined to work together on a music project
the idea was for schlaut to eventually join belladonna for the next demo, but to kick-start the process we decided to do a side project
we thought we were really inventive by reversing the band name :)
we had no idea how the course of everything that came after would change
belladonna / anno dalleb / prophei | 1995
credits: prophei | schlaut
following the first anno dalleb project, schlaut and i spent many hours together, doing acid, playing music
it was becoming increasingly difficult for us to get aaron to commit to a starting point for the 3rd belladonna demo
we decided to go ahead and write a new belladonna song that was dedicated to our LSD cult, and our general sense of silliness
the song was released as belladonna, written by anno dalleb and remixed by me
we had no idea at the time that it would be the last song to ever carry the belladonna name
psychedelic youth (remix)
annodalleb | 1995 - 1997
credits: prophei | schlaut | cyrus rex
around the time that schlaut and i were doing our projects and getting ready for the coming of the awaited new belladonna demo, we met cyrus rex
rexi had heard a belladonna demo, and shortly after meeting me, offered to let us use his gear to record the next demo
i was blown away by the generosity of his gesture, and was subsequently blown away by the addition of a pro tools system, studio vision pro, k2500 and nord lead
as time for the demo came, it became clear that long simmering personal issues between aaron and i were about to explode
as much as i was to blame for a lot of it, it was a painful split of an important friendship... and one that inspired a lot of the lyrics that followed
with the departure of aaron, schlaut and i decided to continue as annodalleb, cyrus offering to help with some of the sample work
belladonna was dead. annodalleb was truly born.
1995
the following two songs shared the honor of being the first annodalleb track
the first of the two only exists on a single cassette tape i found, and was almost completely forgotten about, at least by me
i would assume that a technical glitch or other event is why we suddenly stopped working on this track
the second, called "daytes" is what ended up being the "official" first track, though another technical glitch left us with only the original DAT recording
if you pay attention, you will hear that they were both written using the same sample set
1995 / 1996
the next two songs were were to be the last written in my family home in dana point
during this time period, we all moved in together in a house in mission viejo, a place where much craziness ensued
it was during this period that rexi became an "official" member of annodalleb, something kind of funny, as he was working on it form the start anyways
we seemed overly fascinated by these designations, or maybe it was just me that was fascinated by them (entirely possible)
1996 / 1997
after moving to mission viejo, we embarked on some of our most ambitious intoxicated activities, luckily, some of them were musical
this period really defines what was annodalleb was for a long time, and was our most prolific period
it was largely this material that filled our later brief period of playing live
it was also this material that made up much of what gave us exposure on mp3.com
this was also the last material that was written with my brother, schlaut
1997-1999
as sometimes happens when guys are living together, writing music together... and doing ridiculous amounts of psychedelics together, tensions started to grow
for reasons i can't remember, or gladly forgot, schlaut and i started to have difficulty seeing eye to eye
ultimately, things reached the boiling point, and schlaut left the band (there remain questions as to whether he was pushed out or left, something that will likely never be clarified to the satisfaction of all parties)
this was going to be the last change in the annodalleb line-up until 2008, and produced one of our most remembered songs
acropolis fallen and still were recorded in the "vault" at mediashift interctive
* the missing song will be added as soon as i find it
the fog | live on kuci (this performance includes dAv, a regular part of the annodalleb live line-up)
drum sweeping
2000-2004
this was a relatively quiet period that defined what annodalleb was to become, less of an active band and more of an ongoing project
rexi moved to santa monica, and my work with him occured during the period where i lived with him there
during this time, many ideas were messed with, but few completed
the highlights of the period were the completion of abuse directive (now called directive), and the writing of distasteful marmalade (ultimately called distaste)
also of note was the track "war", written a few days after the sept. 11th attack in nyc
2005-2006
this period started slow, with only one track, called "evil fuck love" completed at rexi's parents house in newport beach one night
not much else happened for a year unti we got the idea to do a concept album based on the kabbalistic tree of life diagram, something i was studying at the time
an album was never to be, but our only real release was... the remix EP titled: dAATh
we took a handful of new songs, and then asked our favorite artists to remix them
now out of print, here they are for your enjoyment... (or be a sport and buy them on iTunes)
EevIlFl - Digitalis Evil Breaks Mix
dAATh - ManMadeMan New Creation
EevIlFl - Otto Von Schirach's Spit Flavored Urine Mix
dAATh - prophei prof eyelaktik troll slarver mix
unlisted track (Eevilfl_FankyMaloon_ViciousMassacre)
annodalleb | 2008-present
at the end of some years of relative inactivity, i decided to truly "re-form" annodalleb
i felt it was time to start fresh with some new blood, and as a result have been working with friend's shAmii and justin
the writing is mostly done, though the production is still in process... and will be made available when ready
so far we have 8+ new tracks, so there is much ahead
we are looking to be ready for the world in spring 2010... but will it be ready for us?
annodalleb is reborn.
-prophei | january 2010