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Curse of the Seven Jackals is an independent film by Chris Jolly that came out in 2001. The soundtrack boasts original music written and performed by Jeff Mangum, Laura Carter, Eric Harris, Heather McIntosh, and Chris Jolly, himself. Kevin Barnes of the band Of Montreal plays the lead role in the film, which won Best Film at the 8th New York Underground Film Festival and Best Feature 2001 at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. Four musical pieces, all instrumental, are featured on the soundtrack album. "A haunting score of piano, cello and theremin helps maintain the otherworldly mood that Jolly manages to cull from his mundane sources."
- neutralmilkhotel.org

Track Listings:
1. Synthetic Blood (1:34)
2. Main Theme (7:11)
2. Main Theme (7:11)
3. Bingo (4:19)
4. Egyptian Blood (1:45)
5. Phone Sex (1:08)
6. Karaoke (4:28)
7. Nightmares (3:23)
8. Imhotep (1:37)
9. Love Theme (4:02)
10. Helen Over The Rainbow (3:49)

Film Synopsis:
Bernard wants to go to Egypt more than anything else in the world. In order to make money and fulfill his lifelong dream, he must first take part in a bizarre medical experiment involving synthetic blood. While undergoing treatments, Bernard meets Helen, a friendly and modest motel maid. They go out for fun things like bingo and karaoke. Unfortunately, synthetic blood is slowly driving Bernard mad...

Curse of the Seven Jackals was filmed around Athens, Georgia on black-and-white 16mm, using the outdated technique of recording optical sound directly onto the film. With titles shot off video monitors and an original, strangely minimalist score, Curse of the Seven Jackals attains a beautifully simple lo-fi look and atmosphere that suits the dilapidated Southern surroundings and interiors where the film takes place. Working without a crew and living a motel room, secretly shooting without the knowledge of the motel staff, Jolly was able to finish shooting in just under 2 weeks.

"Synthetic blood is real. Currently scientists are working on creating a synthetic blood substitute, which will replace the need for human blood donors. At this moment it is being tested on laboratory animals and should be out on the market in just a few years. It is unknown what affect synthetic blood could have on the human brain, but it is said to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood stream. " - C. Jolly

-outhern acific+ is the former name of Magneticring, the current solo work of Joshua Stevenson. Member of the Western Canadian group Staked Plain and former member of Jackie-O Motherfucker. Also runs the cast exotic archives label. He's been playing shows under this guise since 1996 after the tour down to Texas with Staked Plain. Originally starting with 2 Casio Sk-1's (Live Sampling) and crude electro-acoustic aesthetic and recently moving into more of a ecstatic sound using a sampling pedal, Acetone, Arp Axxe, and various acoustic sources. This release is two performances from 2001. One consisting of Live instrumentation of Guitar, Filter, Acetone, and sampling pedal and the other a rare laptop show where previous live improvisations where mixed and manipulated live into a dense organic sea of acetone swells and tonal bliss. The Laptop show was performed with visuals of manipulated photography by Joshua Stevenson.

Track Listing:
1. Live March 2 2001 (Ms. T's Cabaret)
2. Live September 27 2001 (The Open Circuits Festival)

Related Videos:
Primitive animation created with an old Amiga 500 computer + Video by Joshua Stevenson. All Music by Joshua Stevenson and friends 1996 to 2000.

Samara Lubelski with Josh Stevenson (Synth) and Barry London (Bass).
Recorded Live in a Bomb Shelter - Davis, California - Sept 2007

AWN is Eric Allen (of Apples in Stereo and Perry Weissman 3). It is a solo introspective musical collage project filled with textures and faint melodies. Eric's paint is of electronic earth elements; an inter-universal psychadelic venture in sound. Like a vacation in aruba, the stills of a lost vacation can only be pulled up through the lights of AWN, and shine upon a canvas through brush.

Mixed by Jim McIntyre, Robert Schneider and Eric Allen.
Mastered by Tim Barnes.

Track Listing:
1. Untitled #1 (:37)
2. Untitled #2 (2:37)
3. Untitled #3 (1:03)
4. Untitled #4 (0:34)
5. Untitled #5 (1:02)
6. Untitled #6 (3:04)
7. Untitled #7 (2:26)
8. Untitled #8 (1:28)
9. Untitled #9 (3:19)
10. Untitled #10 (5:24)