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Remora's guitar terrorism relies on the more drone-based school of thought, where the most interesting sounds come from minimalist structure and repetition. Unlike some of the more well-known ambient/noise guitarists, who rely on obtrusive noise and piercing tones, Remora makes effective use of tonality which is surprisingly soothing despite the noisy overtones. When vocals are used, they haunt each song beneath the mix, overrun by a million guitar strings. ~ Jon DeRosa
a brief introduction to Remora
Remora began in 1996 with a web of cassette releases (Anaaron, Acroyer, Amerse, Eneded, Cemented in Stone, Anadia, Ambient Drones for One Guitar) that utilized the guitar to create ambient walls of sound, rather than melodic passages. These releases were recorded at home during time off from work & other responsibilities.  In recent years, Remora has shifted from pure guitar noise into songs incorporating the sounds discovered over the time spent exploiting the use of effects.

2000 marked Remora's first works done in standard recording sessions resulting in the more cohesive releases of the album Some Past's Future & the EP Some Future's Past recorded in bed room studios in New Jersey & Minneapolis as well as Raleigh, NC.

2002 was the year Remora took an excursion from effect pedals for a twelve-string acoustic guitar to record The Alcohol EPs.

In 2003 Remora toured northern Europe with Kobi & a recording of a live show in Oslo was eventually released by Morc.

2005 marked the release of Enamored, Remora's first full length in four years. It’s post-apocalyptic pop music. Love songs from a revolutionary ready to abandon his war grasping for hope. Lyrically inspired by pulp sci-fi from the 1970’s, songs like “Volcana,” “Champion,” “Kill My Way Out of Here,” & “Out of Air” paint portraits of love being the same after the crash of society while struggling to stay alive as it is now & as it was 3,000 years ago.  Also in 2005 Remora recorded Reversion, an EP reflecting back to the earlier guitar experiments in support of a Pacific Northwest tour with Rollerball & Six Foot Sloth.

2007 showed Remora taking an excursion from guitar altogether with the release of songs i sing, a collection of acapella songs.

In 2008 Remora recorded the collaborative album Clear Field with northern valentine & slicnaton & returned to the pure drone roots with Ensoulment a 70 minute long solo guitar piece.

In 2009 Remora released the album Derivative that collects songs based on hit songs by Hefner, Warrior Soul, Journey, Pere Ubu, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, Blue Oyster Cult, & Joy Division.

Remora has a project called “Remora Prime” where people perform songs from the Remora live set locally.  Download the word document songbook here.

Remora is currently working on two top secret themed EPs as well as another full length album.
 
Remora Discography
Remora: Derivative derivative 
CD 2009 | Gears of Sand 049
8 tracks, 42 minutes
$12
Remora does derivative works on some personal favorites including hits by Hefner, Warrior Soul, Journey, Pere Ubu, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, & Joy Division.  Doomy drone with pop hooks.

: Listen to the track Every Prince
: Press release
: Reviews
Remora: ensoulment ensoulment
MP3 Album 2008 | Ping Things
1 tracks, 70 minutes
free download from Archive.org

A 70 minute aggressive ambient guitar excursion from Remora.

: Press release
slicnaton/remora/northern valentine - clear field remora / northern valentine / slicnaton
clear field
MP3 Album 2008 | Silber 072
3 tracks, 44 minutes
free download from Archive.org

The clear field recordings are a unique combination of elements of all three projects. You hear the loops & aggression of Remora’s guitar work, Northern Valentine’s ambient shimmering glacial guitars, & slicnaton’s orchestrated glitch & deep bass tones. While hearing all three individual musicians, it still is clearly a collaboration of the three rather than one of the projects with two special guests; it is a unique sound of its own.

: Press release
Remora - songs i sing songs i sing
CD EP 2007 | North Pole 005
13 tracks, 16 minutes, plus 1 video
$9
Remora goes a cappella.  Sometimes comedic, sometimes spiritual, & occasionally poignant.  This was predominantly recorded by Jessica Bailiff during Remora’s 2006 spring tour & includes covers of “We Will Fall” (The Stooges), “Heartworms” (Coil), “Sores” (Rollerball), & a passage from Job.  Beautiful hand letter-pressed artwork by Shane Sauers & a video for “Sores” also by Mister Sauers.
: Listen to the track Job 39
: More info
: Reviews
reversion
MP3 EP 2005 | Silber 044
4 tracks 30 minutes
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All guitar drone ambient like you love....
Enamored
CD Album 2005 | Silber 038
14 tracks 57 minutes
$12
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Remora returns with the first full length in four years featuring post-apocalytic love songs & ambient guitar drones.
: Listen to the track The One I've Been Waiting For
: More info
: Reviews
Live in Oslo
Cassette 2005 | Morc 036
10 tracks, 37 minutes

A capturing of Remora live from spring of 2003 at the Mir in Oslo.  Includes otherwise unreleased songs "New Loop," "Syd Song," & "Static is Motion."
 
The Alcohol EPs
CD Split 2002 | Silber 022
14 tracks, 72 minutes
$12
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A triple split EP from Remora, Pale Horse and Rider, and Rivulets of songs about or inspired by alcohol. A collection of acoustic guitar songs in the vein of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska.
: More info
Some Past's Future
CD Album 2001 | Silber 018
21 tracks, 62 minutes
$12
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Some Past's Future combines all the elements of Remora from apocalyptic post-punk to beautiful noise to minimalist atmospheric. Songs about the future, the past, love, and working class dreams. Aggression tempered with guilt. The tonal chaos within each piece is hopeful and revealing. This is the soundtrack for apocryphal dreams & late night car rides.
: Listen to the track 10,004
: More info
: Reviews
Some Future's Past
CD-R EP 2001 | BestKeptSecret 044
15 tracks, 29 minutes
$6
An EP of outtakes & alternate mixes form Remora’s Some Past’s Future album from the Italian label Best Kept Secret. A lot of these pieces are more minimal than those on Some Past’s Future. Includes versions of “rail” & “warrenton” with guest musicians Nathan Amundson & J Seckel of Rivulets & finally the release of the hit single “drinking about you.”
Ambient Drones for One Guitar
2CDR  2000 | Silber 009
20 tracks, 144 minutes
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Remora blazes away to the "beat" of the loops, guitar wandering & exploring the corridors of the universe & the possibilities of pure sound. In fact, it's the choice & use of sound rather than any sense of musical development that makes this an enjoyable listen. Remora does a good job of keeping my attentention & even at the most ear shattering, brain piercing moments manage to retain a sense of cosmic drift. 
~ Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovation
Anadia
CDR 1999 | Silber 008
21 tracks, 40 minutes
out of print
Anadia is full of powerful, edgy instrumentals and sparse, fragile ballads that hold their own with a lot of the better known space rock/experimental artists out there. - Vendetta
Amerse
CDR 1998 | Silber 004
23 tracks, 60 minutes
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Soft-noise drones mingled with songs made of static guitar chords & vocals. I like the spirit of this discreet work, floating by just leaving the overall melancholic atmosphere. 
~ Origami Republika e-zine 
Eneded
Cassette 1998 | Public Demand
21 tracks, 60 minutes
A collection of tracks recorded from 1996-1998 constituting a greatest hits of sorts. 
track listing: Angel Stalk (Anaaron), Escape, To Tell, Her Divinity is a Lie, Strange Design, Peace of a Slave, Return to the City, Hallow, Pneumena, Pteradactyl, Crave Coating, We've Only Just Begun (traditional), Free Before, A Newer World, C3GL, For This, A Perfect View, Slip Sky, MB2, Condone (live), Horizon (excerpt)
Acroyer
Cassette 1997 | Silber 003
8 tracks, 30 minutes
out of print
Eight droning trips into the psyche... 
~ Outburn
Anaaron
Cassette 1996 | Silber 002
9 tracks, 30 minutes
out of print
Meandering lo-tech noise-song works. Tinny guitar strumming sometimes accompanied by cutting veils of feedback shrieks and gnarling lower rumbles. 
~ AUTOreverse

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