Steve Chab's Music: Recent Episodes
Steve Chab
You would not find a miracle if it shined on your face, if it shined in your heart.
You would not find a miracle. You would decline the love divine.
I pray for you, cut your soul by my Sword.
Alex Williams on bass, Glenn Durham on drums, Steve Chab on guitar and vox.
Lyrics: Cleave to my clearness. Glare into my horns.
Recall your holy king of the market?
Bow at my altar. Put on my halter.
Primary product: bovine in bondage.
Recall your holy cow? Now I steer you. King of the market, who's castrated now?
Alex Williams on bass. Glenn Durham on drums. Steve Chab on guitar and vocals.
The answer is simple. The answer is clear. Just open your heart and hear/fear.
No more excuses. Stop spinning your wheels. React to your vision. Make a decision.
Before the arborist came, two walnut trees blocked my view of the city. Fruit pummeled the aluminum roof. From dusk to dawn, it woke me with a thunderous drum.
They blackened my hands and knees; the yard was packed. Picking rotten walnuts off the hill in the back. The wretched fruit I never ate. I smelled the ground and cursed them as we wasted away together.
For 40 years I scorned the trees, but the highway now drowns me in clarity. My sleepy friend stains and haunts I-70 where voices of screaming trucks heckle me.
Lyrics based on Act 5 of A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Lovers speak strange From such seething brains I will not believe In contrived fantasy
Poet’s eye a fine frenzy Rolls from heaven to Earth
Lovers, poets, and madmen apprehend More than cool reason Could comprehend
Maniac's devils More than hell can close Lover sees beauty In the slaves of Pharaoh
Poet’s eye a fine frenzy Rolls from heaven to Earth Seething brain bodies forth Joy and freights devine
A staff is a snake A shrub is a snare
I resurrected some songs that Matt Susko and I created together back in 2010 and compiled them into an album. All 11 songs were written and recorded within 48 hours. They're terribly ridiculous and ridiculously terrible! This particular track is dedicated to spicy things. Download the whole album: https://yummy-eggs.bandcamp.com/
"At the Western" is to be played simultaneously with Nils Frahm's "Wall." Listen to Nils Frahm and Steve Chab synchronized at stevechab.com/nils.
"What God" is to be played simultaneously with Nils Frahm's "Says." Listen to Nils Frahm and Steve Chab synchronized at stevechab.com/nils.
"Will Believe" is to be played simultaneously with Nils Frahm's "Some." Listen to Nils Frahm and Steve Chab synchronized at stevechab.com/nils.
My wife and I wrote this song as a wedding favor for our wedding guests. Download the other song on Bandcamp: download.stevechab.com/album/wedding-favor
I flipped "Claimed" by Sol Invicto. Listen to the original (https://soundcloud.com/solinvicto/claimed-sol-invicto-richie) by joining the Sol Invicto Mailing List: http://tinyletter.com/solinvicto
Sol Invicto consists of Richie Londres, Stephen Carpenter, and Technical Itch.
https://soundcloud.com/solinvicto https://soundcloud.com/deftones_official https://soundcloud.com/techitch
Raps by MadeSacred. Music and production by Steve Chab. www.reverbnation.com/madesacred www.stevechab.com
Music by Steve Chab. Vocals by https://soundcloud.com/jhawkdasoul. Art by www.mattsusko.com.
Composition by Steve Chab. Potbot is a percussion robot created by Zhiwan Cheung, Steve Chab, Mutian Fu, and Jack Taylor.
"Explorations in an Elevator" was done for a group project in a class at Carnegie Mellon University called "Experimental Sound Synthesis." The class is taught by Jesse Stiles (jessestil.es).
This piece was originally written for an 8 speaker ambisonic sound system, but this is obviously just a stereo mix.
Directed by Jack Taylor. Sounds recorded by Amber Jones. Composed by Steve Chab (me).
Enjoy!
This track was inspired by a genre called Juke, but it turned out to be something completely different.
Art by Matt Susko: www.mattsusko.com
This is a work in progress. I played all the instruments. The track art is by Matt Susko: www.mattsusko.com
Track art by Matt Susko. The vocal sample is from "I Heard You Had a Voice Like an Angel" by Shad. Please let me know if you use this track somewhere (like in a video or DJ set). Thanks for listening!
My wife and I wrote this song as a wedding favor for our wedding guests. Download the other song on Bandcamp: http://download.stevechab.com/album/wedding-favor
The answer is simple. The answer is clear. Just open your heart and fear. No more excuses. Stop spinning your wheels. React to your vision. Make a decision.
I remastered my 2013 album, Tempo, which documents my first delve into spiritual music. Imagine Pink Floyd mixed with Boards of Canada but Christian. You can now stream Tempo on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, or download it on Bandcamp.
Lyrics: I jumped out of the lake. I see the future.
Every day, you can go through hell. The nucleus of the tower.
I wish you luck with your faith in the big bang.
Unnatural history seeded in our minds changing our times Unaltered rediscovered Truth changes life send the Spirit inside
Over and around the lake. The world must kill. Foreigners meeting seeking spiritual healing.
This is the instrumental song and title track from my first rock album. It's a favorite amongst my friends. I wrote and performed everything except the piano at the end by @alispagnola. Enjoy!
From Reallergy (Remix Album), released June 27, 2012 Remix by Vanilla: soundcloud.com/vanilla Download the original track: http://histamines.bandcamp.com/track/egg-of-the-asthmatic-whale
From Reallergy (Remix Album), released June 27, 2012 Remix by Vaughnilla: soundcloud.com/vaughnilla Download the original track: https://histamines.bandcamp.com/track/tomahawk-chop
All music was written, produced and performed by Steve Chab. Background vocals by the Keystone Choir.
Lyrics:
Can you count how many times we kiss everyday? I describe the feeling to you, and you feel the same way.
I want to end every phone call with “I love you.” I don’t want this to end. Which way would you go without me? This is not pretend.
There are 1,000 songs that I could quote to describe the way I feel, but only you, my darling, can make this seem so real. Please tell me this is not a dream.
Can you count how many times we kiss? I describe the feeling to you and you ...
Histamines is a collaboration between Steve Chab and Ezra Dulis.
Ezra Dulis - bass, keys, composition Steve Chab - guitar, percussion, composition
Horns performed by Stevene Hubbard.
Produced and engineered by Steve Chab.