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Glistening Trail Records
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The Philadelphia Spirit Experiment

...the only extemporaneous music label?
we have a passion for recording in an impromptu fashion

Bands: Click here for information on submitting demo material.

The tunage is what matters.

The musical multimedia projects of The Philadelphia Spirit Experiment are "clickable" in the guide below. All songs are written and performed live (see Handcrafted Music and Chaos Theory for more details on human acoustics).

For help experiencing multimedia on the web, please visit Internet University.

Text Index of Experiments
More Graphical Index of Experiments
Video Archives
Games And Contests



Pre-historic

In 1986, several people happened together and proceeded to jam in their Philadelphia cave. Not a group of people getting together for the purpose of fame and fortune, but rather an experiment in spirit, mind and body. The spontaneous get-togethers are a strange thing to try n' explain....

The band of minstrels becomes known as the Electric Slugs. As Electric Slugs leave glistening trails, the organizational side of the team formed Glistening Trail Records. After some rites-of-passage, the Force became stronger... and Glistening Web Communications Corporation, whose sole purpose is to help mankind, was formed.

The Original Internet Record Company

Though the history of the world wide web is muddy, it appears through the murk that Glistening Trail Records was the first record company to create internet albums. On December 24th, 1994 we officially launched the website. The sights and sounds from that day would go on to form the foundation... of what has become a surprise success story -- The Christmas Project.

In 1994, seven albums were released. Their album covers are web addresses. The music was distributed over the internet, and because of bandwidth and browser restrictions, made available on cassette, cd, CDROM, and mini-disc at low cost or for free.

The concept of the internet album is a bit bizarre... it can change with the times. The following list contains the original 1994 webpage, as well as the current version:

original
  1. The Electric Slugs
  2. The Cave Dwellers
  3. Yzark
  4. Mother Nature's Suns
  5. Watch For Falling Angels
  6. A Bizarre Bazaar
  7. RSD
today
  1. The Electric Slugs
  2. The Cave Dwellers
  3. Yzark
  4. Mother Nature's Suns
  5. Watch For Falling Angels
  6. A Bizarre Bazaar
  7. S.I.D.D.

BONUS Project
The Labyrinth From the original 7 projects, we started educating and collaborating on a conceptual collection of songs. The idea was quite unique at the time -- an interactive record album made on the world wide web.

So, what are you waiting for? Come on and open the RomBoxes....

Try Me?
(click through to the website)

An Easy to Manage Graphical Index of Experiments

An Easier to Manage Text Index

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Individuals under 18 years of age must read the warning before listening to any of the music.

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