Rolando Simmons - Bridgeland Series

The burglar dropped us off some more loot at Bandcamp in a quite stealthy manner. I have listened and this is damn good, so figured it deserved it's own thread.

http://rolandosimmons.bandcamp.com/album/bridgeland-part-i

cover is rather funky too

Only managed a brief listen yesterday in the car while travelling to work. Looking forward to giving this a proper go today. Thanks burglar!

This might be my favourite from the recent RS releases. Top stuff! Bonus track is cool.

Already the first track Bridgeland is pure magic

First Human Touch Now This??? The gift that keeps on giving!!

EDIT: Wow, only one track in and the beauty and scale of it has already entrenched me into the album only a minute and a half in

I'm going to join in with the rest of the choir here: Extremely lush title track, quality release!

What an EP/mini-album. I can't wait to hear the rest in the series. Keep up the outstanding work, burglar.

17 US $ for the whole bandcamp of releases, gotta love that. Bargain

Really is a shame most Rolando trax are digital only, honestly far better then a lot of the shit that is pressed out there (including my own music)

But stoked to now have it all digitally :)

  On 6/6/2016 at 1:29 PM, sun drugs said:

17 US $ for the whole bandcamp of releases, gotta love that. Bargain

 

Really is a shame most Rolando trax are digital only, honestly far better then a lot of the shit that is pressed out there (including my own music)

But stoked to now have it all digitally :)

Thanks :) There is lots of physical merch planned and/or in production. The only reason there's so much digital-only is because I make large quantities fast and they pile up, and i put a lot of TLC into the physical releases so they take some time to finish...

  On 6/6/2016 at 2:53 PM, the burglar said:

 

  On 6/6/2016 at 1:29 PM, sun drugs said:

17 US $ for the whole bandcamp of releases, gotta love that. Bargain

 

Really is a shame most Rolando trax are digital only, honestly far better then a lot of the shit that is pressed out there (including my own music)

But stoked to now have it all digitally :)

Thanks :) There is lots of physical merch planned and/or in production. The only reason there's so much digital-only is because I make large quantities fast and they pile up, and i put a lot of TLC into the physical releases so they take some time to finish...

Awesome news to hear there are some physical releases on the way.

I guess if your making stuff at this quality and happy to give it away ill happily keep buying. BIg fan, freaked many dancefloors with the Montignac track since picking up the record. The artwork gets many peoples attention alone. Looking forward to what the future holds, just reckon you deserve a bit more credit then what is given in the wider music community :) Your humble approach is missing in large parts of this shit industry but your work is appreciated.

+ totally understand the waiting game of physicals and how much it can pain

  On 6/7/2016 at 4:31 AM, sun drugs said:

I guess if your making stuff at this quality and happy to give it away ill happily keep buying. BIg fan, freaked many dancefloors with the Montignac track since picking up the record. The artwork gets many peoples attention alone. Looking forward to what the future holds, just reckon you deserve a bit more credit then what is given in the wider music community :) Your humble approach is missing in large parts of this shit industry but your work is appreciated.

 

+ totally understand the waiting game of physicals and how much it can pain

Thanks for playing my stuff 2 people :) I certainly don't feel like I'm getting insufficient attention. I actually like that people feel they've found unknown musical nuggets when stumbling onto my tracks. That said, I do get more and more messages from people (and labels/organizers) so I'm naturally going to take it where it leads me.

I think my music is getting progressively weirder and more accessible at the same time, and the only thing that bugs me is that I don't have as much time to make tracks as I would like.

Hydrogen Line sounds rather Drexciyan. Really great release....also, it is only "Part I"...so more to come from this? I hope so!

  On 6/8/2016 at 2:49 PM, RickDastardly said:

Hydrogen Line sounds rather Drexciyan. Really great release....also, it is only "Part I"...so more to come from this? I hope so!

Yes there's much more to come! Glad you like it

The bonus tracks on both recent releases are top stuff.

Transit Hub >

New Rolando Simmons track:

don't think i ever uploaded this. nice simple summery tune.

acid bass line comes from cyclone bass bot. other things from waldorf blofeld, ms-20 + a ton of processing everywhere.

https://soundcloud.com/rolando-simmons/frozen-lemonade

https://rolandosimmons.bandcamp.com/album/bridgeland-part-ii

Proton Pixie

I suggest OP rename this thread Bridgeland Series!

Thanks for talking about it on here, brings me joy and food on the table (literally!)

I would if I knew how  

Is there a friendly mod that can change thread title to Rolando Simmons - Bridgeland Series, or tell me how?

I'm going back to the pixie

Hooray!

  On 9/4/2016 at 6:36 PM, the burglar said:

I suggest OP rename this thread Bridgeland Series!

Thanks for talking about it on here, brings me joy and food on the table (literally!)

 done diddly.

I'm loving the album artwork for this series.

especially those color schemes.

although I'd take quality music > aesthetic any day, it's nice when you get both.

Goddamn this is some lush shit