I am putting together this wee archive of music and adventure from the Intergalactic Faerie Funk. Whenever possible I will post links to the music, videos, ramblings and nonsense.
THEE INTERGALACTIC FAERIE FUNK DEBUT.
~Tracklisting:
Majik
Night On Earth
Me, Myself, And I
Kings Of The Hot Tub
Mermaid
Over Here
Levitate
Save The Robots!
Little One
--- Bonus Track on CD:
Thelma Baby [2nd Try]
The IFF debut album was limited to a pressing of 3000 CD's back in 1999/2000.
It is sold out and is out of print. Written & produced by Marc Francis. Engineered by Tim Day.
Released October of 1999.
SMOOTH: LIVE & INDIREKT.
~Tracklisting:
DJ Poop Chalupa's Last Record
Amish Funk
Someplace Else
I Am Musik
Improv
Hide Your Daughters
Improv
Loyal
Haunted
Improv
Kingmoonracer
Kickin' Wine Buzz
Improv
Save The Robots
Robot Disko
Smooth: Live & Indirekt consists of a few live recordings that were mixed together. The first took place at the legendary West Philadelphia Killtime Warehouse. The second took place in the wilds of Ontario Canada at the OM Festival. The third took place at a party in Ithaca NY.
They were later blended together in the I.F.F. home studio at 11th and Greene in North Philly. All the warts, low end rumble and mistakes were kept in because, well, that's where so much magic occurred.
Released August 8th 2001.
TBTMO2002 COMPILATION.
~Tracklisting:
Arkitekchur - Observing The Tests
Mall - Nudge [Remix]
William Fields - Colors
Transient/Pacifica/Planet Nett - This Is What 3am Sounds Like
Spintronic - Amiga
Planet Nett - Blissium
Satellite Grooves - Autopilot Intergalactic Faerie Funk - Fuckstick
Vostek - Evolark
A TBTMO 2002 compilation. Featuring Philly and South Jersey electronic music artists.
Released April 20th 2002.
Mall - Two Breaths [Intergalactic Faerie Funk Remix].
~Tracklisting:
Flowchart - MT3 [Shut Up & Smile Remix]
GFS - Fucker One [Reasonable Remix]
Spintronic - Minidisk 1 [Electrical Interference Mix]
Nintariman - High & Outside [High & Inside Mix]
Tleilaxu - E-Song [Remix]
Transient - Bace [Remix]
Cerebral - High & Outside [Remix]
Blink Blink - High & Outside [Remix]
Chet Peng - Fucker One [Remix]
Mall - IO.X
Intergalactic Faerie Funk - Two Breaths [Remix]
William Fields - High & Outside [Remix]
A Study In Her - High & Outside [Remix]
Octorock - High & Outside [Threshold Remix]
Instruction Shuttle - IO [Squash Remix]
Tremelo - 2012 [Remix]
TBTMO was an underground group of sound artists from Philadelphia and beyond who served up quality musique in the form of blip-pop, hip-pop, trip-pop, click-pop, experimental, and bugout.
This was a remix of MALLs 05.17.2012 album. Definitely proud of having a remix alongside Philadelphia electronic music cream of the crop!
Released June 12th 2002.
Their Kiss...
~Tracklisting:
Ottawa
Kingmoonracer
Theme
In Dreamtime
Maybe For Sure
Theme (Realized)
Amish Funk
Kickin Wine Buzz
Live At Killtime
Fuckin' P.A.M.S.
Delia
--- Bonus Songs on CD:
Thelma Baby [3rd Try]
New Shoes
The first half of Their Kiss... (songs 1 to 6) were written and recorded at the Birdsboro Mansion in Birdsboro Pennsylvania. The second half (songs 6 to 11) were written and recorded at the I.F.F. home studio at 11th and Greene in Philadelphia. It was mixed together to give a feeling of a mixtape or a DJ mix on a CDR as was the custom at the time.
Released December 12th 2002
Summer Tour 2003.
The summer of 2003 found the I.F.F. crossing two countries playing live at festivals, nightclubs, bars, honky-tonks, pubs and juke joints. From the U.S. west coast thru the south up the east coast and into Canada all the while travelling in an old brown Chevy van. It was a cozy and, at times, sweltering affair with 3 to 4 boys and all their gear packed into the shag rug and wood panelled interior of their air conditionerless, 8 cylinder beast. The van was lovingly nicknamed 'Monkey Shit' after a line from the song "Putnam County" by Tom Waits ("and you climb into the helm of a 1958 monkey shit brown Buick Super and you're on your way home").
The fellas probably could have just flown from events to festivals to club to cities and had a much more relaxing time but they all felt like they needed to see and play in the small places in between. Make new connections and meet new friends and maybe even a few fans while seeing some of the weird and magical places in North America they'd never been exposed to.
It was an interesting tour financially. There were festivals, renegade parties and club events that paid well but there were many nights of tiny venues in between the long drives that yielded rowdy adventures (and some surly hangovers) but paid very little towards the thirsty gas guzzling Monkey Shit. I guess sleeping in the van or at friends (new and old) helped offset some of that cost....
The tour ended up being a one way event. The hired gun bass player (Mike) lived in Niagara-On-The-Lake (near Toronto); Andy was living in Brooklyn at the time so only joined us for the all glory no guts part of the tour; and Ben had decided he didn't like living in the California desert anymore. So Marc did the wonderfully quiet drive back to Homeland California all by his lonesome self.
Summer Tour 2003 [Video Evidence].
The Happy Ending Massage.
~Tracklisting:
Our Song
It Was She (Mind Control)
Broke Heart
A Rainy Day On Mt Vernon St
It Was She (Crossover Potential)
F-Man Tangent
It Just Doesn't Matter
Thelma Baby
It Was She (Cheetos Time)
How Ya Like Them Apples?
The Happy Ending Massage originally began it's life as a CDR of slower songs that didn't quite fit the direction that Their Kiss... had gone. It was passed around at various shows and festivals and soon became a favourite to some fans. It became clear that it was some sort of companion piece to the previous album. A song or two were cut while a song or two were added, artwork was made and an album called The Happy Ending Massage came together and was released (within six months of Their Kiss...)
Cut to almost 20 years later some of the shittier sounding (quality wise) songs were removed, the Russel Crowe:1 - Moby:0 single was added and a much better, streamlined version of the album came out. I think there were too many cooks in the kitchen when the original version of this 'album' was being put together.
Originally released June 1st 2003 by Galactique Recordings. This remastered, expanded and contracted, semi-deluxe, special edition was released July 21st 2022 by Beau Bonhomme Records.
TBTMO Help Summer Sampler.
~Tracklisting:
Mall - Recooped
Transient - Waiting
Arkitekchur - Waiting
Fidget - Subvert the Subversion
Accelera Deck - Fireflies
Intergalactic Faerie Funk - Halos
Planet Nett - Sine Off
Phasmid - Drunk On Opals
Satellite Grooves - Pale Blue
Collette Carter - Radar
"HELP is a real nice peek into the bugged out, vibey life of tbtmo & friends circa 2003. This compilation was originally released in 2003 as a low-run (limited) screen-printed digipak cdr in an effort to promote releases from our label & related stuff. All tracks originally appeared on a different separate release but were combined here to create an interesting set of chill electronic, experimental, & indie pop."
Released July 15th 2003.
Russel Crowe: 1 Moby: 0.
~Tracklisting:
A: Our Song
B: How Ya Like Them Apples?
--- Unlisted bonus song:
B: Poor Me
This single began it's life after Their Kiss... but before the Happy Ending Massage. It was supposed to be a split single with a Philly band we loved called Sola. By this time we were living in the middle of nowhere near a town called Homeland in the California desert. Just days before the music for the single was being sent off to be pressed onto vinyl the guy from Sola who ran everything, Eric Wareheim, let me know the band had broken up because he got a gig in Hollywood working on something for TV called the Tim & Eric show.
Both songs were written and produced by Marc Francis. Guitar by Mike Butler.
Released December 15th 2003.
Wintergalactic Tour.
This was another intense but lovely tour. Thee IFF were no strangers to 2 weeks here and 3 weeks there. But after those few summer months on the road there was an itch that needed to be scratched. This tour involved some planes but mostly a blue Chrysler minivan. The bright idea was after some shows in the cold north country they would tour the south where it would be much warmer. Well, a winter ice storm had a different plan in mind for the fellas.
For the Canadian shows the lineup consisted of Marc Francis Hug, Tim Bones and Cookie Costa (on bass and trumpet). They spent a couple of nights rehearsing in an old cold garage that belonged to Tim's family before playing a rowdy show at the Zero To One Galleries in Kitchener/Waterloo. Folowed by a NYE show in Toronto.
The rest of the tour consisted of Marc Francis Hug and original touring lineup memeber and long time engineer mastermixer Jeffro Richards.
That was until they played an excellent show with the amazing psych-punk band Dead Meadow at the Lamplighter in Knoxville Tennessee. They made some friends with a local guy named Samuel who's band was also on the bill and pretty much said "fuck it", quit his job and came along playing guitar for the rest of the tour. So did a gal named Beatrice. Jeffro and Bea had a torrid little affair and, sadly, years later we heard she was struck by lightning and killed while hiking in North Carolina. Life is fucking crazy, innit?
The first leg of the tour took them up the California coast; across the mountains and down to Las Vegas. They actually played a casino (the Flamingo) where they played for 30 or 40 seconds before being cutoff. There was a rule about no swearing and no vulgarities or something and as they looked out at all these aging rock & roll dudes who had cut their hair to a respectable length and traded in their black leather jackets for brown below the buttock ones a feeling of knowing they were 100% in the wrong venue washed over them. They had also drank 40's of Steel Reserve malt liquor in a gas station parking lot so this also might have helped the "great idea" of playing the drum machine at 180bpm while screaming "fuck" into the microphone and having their Roland digital delay/effects processor echo it all over the beautiful "hip" venue within the Flamingo. The sound man turned them off after abiut 30 seconds. Marc yelled fuck a few more times to nobody in particular. And then they packed up their gear in total silence and were escorted out by security who warned them to never come back because they were banned for life.
From there they played in Prescott Arizona and met with their old Philly friend Monkey. He had moved out west to reconnect with his tribe and was working as a sheppard. He took them into Sedona canyons and invited them to take part in a Hopi ceremony. They stayed with him for a few glorious days before heading out to the next leg of the tour: Amarillo, Memphis, Knoxville, Asheville and Greensboro.
The weather had been snowy and cold the whole time but the ice storm part of the storm hit once they'd left the comfort of their pals home in Greensboro. From New Orleans thru Hattiesburg, Baton Rouge, Nashville (Murfreesboro), Mobile, Atlanta, Charleston, Houston, El Paso and almost all the way back to San Diego (homebase) - they battled icy interstates, freezing rain, and power outtages. Shit was kind of ridiculous to be honest.
TBTMO 2004 Compilation.
~Tracklisting:
Electroluminescent - The Peeps Intergalactic Faerie Funk - Emotionally Dyslexic
William Fields - Star Emsumu
Spintronic - Electrostatic
Pacifica - People Smile On My Block Intergalactic Faerie Funk - Still The Kings Of The Hot Tub
Tleilaxu - Verified
Transient - Heavy Rain
Brandon Schakola - My End In My Beginning
The TBTMO 2004 summer compilation. "Still The Kings Of The Hot Tub" is listed as a Mossyrock song but it is basically a remix of "Kings Of The Hot Tub" from The IFF Debut album.
Released June 2nd 2004.
Not True.
The Ottawa EP.
~Tracklisting:
Ottawa
Amish Funk
Loyal
Theme (Revisited)
--- Digital only bonus song:
Loyal
This is the RobbAudio vinyl release of Ottawa. It contains three songs from Their Kiss...: "Ottawa"and "Amish Funk" are the same versions as on the album while this version of "Theme'" has been re-worked, re-mixed, re-tweaked, and is only available on this 12" version. "Loyal" is a digital only bonus song.
All songs written and produced by Marc Francis.
Released January 1st 2005
Mall - Attachments.
~Tracklisting:
Full On
Bruce Blitz
Oh Snap
Glass
Soundwriting
Wind
Rock Shit
Tleilaxu Remix 1
Tleilaxu Remix 2
Underage Drinking
Bruce Blitz [KiloWatt's Remix]
Soundwriting [Spintronic Remix] Underage Drinking [IFF's Mossyrock Remix]
Oh Snap [Transient Remix]
Full On [Fisget New Moon Cricket Mix]
"Deeper we go with ambient / experimental electronic bliss duo Mall on their third full-length, Attachments. Remixes by (and of) likeminded Philly friends offer up a handful of different looks."
Released March 28th 2005.
Breezy Beats & Sunny Breaks Compilation.
~Tracklisting:
Teknostep - Beaches
Jordan Fields - Heaven
Heiki & Teknostep - Clean Water
Roy Davis Jr - Cherish
Kinder Atom - Ladies [Directions Soft Mix]
DJ Shine - Fish
Heiki - Motorstab
DJ Shine & Teknostep - No Turning Back
Sol Azul - Paixao I.F.F/Mossyrock - Vino Collapso
DJ Shine - First Snow
Kinder Atom - Sangria
Suzana Da Camara - Meu Amor
A nice+smooth compilation album featuring various artists from their roster. For some reason the CD has the wrong track title ("Pissjug" instead of "Vino Collapso").
Released June 1st 2005.
The Zero To One Sessions.
~Tracklisting:
According To The Language Fossils
Whiskey Is The Devil
Vino Collapso
I Want To Eat Your Mouth
Pissjug
I Want To Eat Your Eyes
America Is Boring
Stress Kid
Loo, Lew, Lou
Lips That Hurt
Rain Dries & Clouds Form
--- Secret Song on CD:
Twenty Three
Originally released in 2005 by Toronto's Nice+Smooth records - Intergalactic Faerie Funk Presents Mossyrock: The Zero To One Sessions has been re-released as an expanded 15th anniversary album with a bonus 'disc' of remixes and another bonus 'disc' with some of the original demos that were recorded in the I.F.F. Juniper Flats Desert Studio. Click here to listen to the remastered/expanded version.
Released August 2nd 2005. Re-released May 1st 2020.
The Green Couch EP.
~Tracklisting:
In The End
Levitate
Feather Forward
Lantern Light
This was a limited run 12" vinyl version of The Green Couch EP. It contains four songs released via RobbAudio. Three brand new songs and the full version of 'Levitate' from the I.F.F. Debut.
All songs written and produced by Marc Francis. Additional production on "Levitate" by Jeffro Richards.
Released March 23 2006.
Houston Texas (Super Happy Funland).
Midnight Snacks.
~Tracklisting:
Begin Dreamtime
Save The Robots
A Little Poison
I Am Musik
Migraine 47
Magnum P.I.
Haunting
Save The Robots [Hesohi Remix]
Over There
Midnight Snacks is a compilation album consisting of unreleased, alternate and remixed versions of I.F.F. songs that were created between 2000 and 2006. Initially released by XDN Nashville in two different versions. One is an unmixed compilation. The 2nd version is mixed together by house music pioneer Jesse Saunders.
~Tracklisting:
Begin Dreamtime
Save The Robots
Save The Robots [Hesohi Remix]
A Little Poison
Magnum P.I.
I Am Music
Over There
Migraine 47
Haunting
Magnum P.I. [Moustache Mix]
Released December 26th 2006.
Live At Soundwave.
~Tracklisting:
Amish Funk
According To The Language Fossils
Untitled
Philadelphia
A Little Poison
Halos
Theme
Maybe For Sure
Untitled
Whiskey Improv
Whiskey Is The Devil
Majik
Recorded into the soundboard by an intrepid sound gal at the Soundwave Music Festival which took place at the Mussel Beach Campground on Vancouver Island. Pretty much the last time I played live as Intergalactic Faerie Funk until 2019. What a magical festival that was...
This was set to be released on vinyl by Robbaudio back in 2006. Even making it as far as the test pressing phase. Things were changing quickly in that world though. Final Scratch, laptop DJing and just a general decline in the global sales of vinyl resulted in Robb (from Robbaudio) abandoning this and a few other releases and running off with all the money. Yep, I was never paid for the Green Couch EP because he told me he was going to put it towards the next release and then he fled. If you are reading this Robb: Fucking pay me bruv! Anyway, it ended up being released digitally by Galactique a few years later.
The abandoned Robbaudio release date was October 2006.
Later released by Galactique on December 15th 2008.
Poquito De Amor.
~Tracklisting:
Sol Azul - Poquito De Amor [DJ Shine Remix] Sol Azul - Poquito De Amor [I.F.F.'s Mossyrock Dance Party Mix]
Sol Azul - Poquito De Amor [Album Version]
An IFF/Mossyrock remix that was done for nice+smooth labelmates Sol Azul.
