Long before any collaborations with Ben Gibbard, Jenny Lewis, Conor Oberst or Grizzly Bear, Jimmy Tamborello—otherwise known as Dntel (or one-half of the Postal Service)—sat down with his Kurzweil K2000s and some basic MIDI sequencing software and recorded two albums, Early Works For Me If It Works For You and Something Always Goes Wrong. These albums, released on Phtalo Records in 1998 and 1999, respectively, were much simpler than any of Tamborello’s more recent ventures; both were almost entirely instrumental and featured more traditional electronica and glitch sounds than anything on, say, 2007’s Dumb Luck. On April 14, Phtalo will reissue both of these albums on a three-disc set called Early Works For Me If It Works For You II, which also includes some previously unreleased material, recorded just before 2001’s Life Is Full Of Possibilities. Below, a taste of what’s to come: a remastered version of “Loneliness Is Having No One To Miss,” one of Dntel’s first synthesizer compositions.
“Loneliness Is Having No One To Miss” from Early Works For Me If It Works For You II (download here):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/LonelinessIs.mp3
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I really enjoyed this cut and look forward to hearing more. This is the type of music that helps me be engrossed in my work while painting.