Out of Hibernation / Out of Hibernation / Out of Hibernation

What do you get when you tussle with an angry polar bear?
DEEP CUTS.

Out of Hibernation is a synth-driven tribute to video game music that I love, whether from games that I have enjoyed or just tracks that jumped out at me when I heard them. All tracks began life as entries in the monthly Dwelling of Duels remix competition, where I have met so many fantastic people, many of whom lent their talents to this album. The monthly themes often encourage participants to dig up music from lesser-known games which is why this album has everything from obscure DOS shareware games that I got on magazine cover discs to more recent hits and classics from the retro VGM catalogue.

Dedicated to Chris McKnight and Sean Babbitt who both taught me a lot about life, music and friendship.


All tracks arranged by Chris "angrypolarbear" Doughty except track 11 arranged by darmock.

Featuring:

Carrie Wood: Bass on track 6
darmock: Bass, Guitar on track 11
Erich “ErichWK” Beckmann: Drums on track 1
Ian Cowell: Guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8
JayC: Bass on track 9
Joe Newman: Saxophone on tracks 3 and 4
Kev Ragone: Drums on tracks 4 and 11
Logan “biggoron” Tucker on tracks 1, 3 and 4
Mike “evilsonic” Doyle: Vocals on track 6
Sam Schwartz: Bass on track 4
Sarah McGrath: Vocals on track 6

I owe so much to all my collaborators: not only did you lend your talents, but also your support and friendship through the process of making the original tracks and putting together this album. I couldn’t have done this without all of these amazing musicians and more than that, amazing people. You mean so much to me. I hope we can play some of these tracks live one day.

Album Art by Logan ”biggoron” Tucker

Mixed and Mastered by Erik Peabody - Viking Guitar Productions

Additional Thanks:

For support, encouragement and the generous offering of other musical opportunities:
David Nelson, Erik Peabody, Brenna Wilkes, my Dog Food For Bananas bandmates Jay Kim and Jake Helland, retired DoD overlord Austin “Katajun” Copek-Green, my former Runaway Four compatriot Allan Heppner, Mark “Mahn" Schimmelbusch, Daniel “Audio Mocha” Florez, Gene and Michelle Dreyband, Warrior Bob, weener and the rest of the wonderful folks of theshizz

The many others who have invited me to collaborate on a DoD entry or who have graciously agreed to a request from me:
Andromeda, Andre Beller, atomic, cacomistle, Cece Ennui, Cory Johnson, DregsHeartRender, Eric Neil, Extrinzic, General Grunt, Ian Martyn, jmr, Lucas Guimaraes, norg, Paul Lancaric, Pieness, RetroReboot, Scrab Cakes, streifig, TheManPF, Unknown Pseudoartist and Zachary Chapman. May this list continue to grow and I hope I didn’t miss anyone!

Head to www.dwellingofduels.net if you want to hear the original competition versions of the tracks on this album, or any of the other 5000+ songs that have been contributed over the past 21 years.