download the three free songs from this site

http://www.flemisheye.com/chad.php#


CinisterCee first pointed him out on another thread
so I went to the site to check out the free tunes.

So it's safe to say that I'm in love now. I haven't
been this enticed by a completely "new" artist since
I don't know when.

I love his voice and his harmonies. The reviews of
his album are unanimously hysterical and I want to
get the album asap.

Problem is, it doesn't seem to be available over
here in backwater dustville where I live.

So if you know anything more about this guy or know
of more material by him (reportedly he's written and
recorded hundreds of songs which are being sold on
cdr's at his concerts), please let me know!!

thanx.
[Edited 5/12/05 12:47pm]

oh come on. no one? I've just listened to those
three songs looped for about 6 times.
i can't tell you what it is, but it just strikes
a chord with me. it's the best thing i've heard
in ages and ages.
the more i listen to it the more the textures
unfold.
amazingly he plays all instruments himself. even
more than prince does. he plays everything under
the sun.
and what can't be bought, he just seems to make
himself.
and that voice
guess it's the kind of bjork thom yorke voice
that a lot of people will hate. but i love it.



i'm raving right now, i know. but let me. there
is so much to lament in modern music that such
a breath of fresh air as this is quickly becoming
a rarity indeed. and when it does appear, it
should be lauded.

ok, done ranting now. i'll go to bed and be very
ashamed of this tomorrow morning

It is a rewarding experience for those who venture out and download those 3 tracks.

IstenSzek, did you see you can buy the album from that same site with Paypal?

CinisterCee said:

yup. but I don't have a creditcard



I guess I could do it by moneyorder
but that will take till christmas..

Would it be possible to order it
from a recordstore who specialises
in smaller releases??

great new music weekend bump.

I just saw this!

I have been spinning the three tracks all weekend too! Love them... bit of Conor Oberst feeling to me!

only available in Canada

PANDURITO said:

Well, SUB POP is going to release Infiniheart 2005-08-23 so he'll be blowing up this year either way.

But his current distributor Scratch has it now.

Chad van Gaalen
singer-songwriter, age 27

Chad van Gaalen is a reluctant rock star. He is egoless, preferring to sit for hours in his home studio recording more of his thousands of songs than get up on stage, or be interviewed by some magazine editor. A trained visual artist, van Gaalen graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a printmaking degree, although he’s been making music since he was a teenager.

He found a guitar with only five strings in his mother’s basement, and began making songs. He bought a four-track at the age of fifteen. "It blew my mind," he says. The four-track allowed him to record multiple layers of sound, and was the beginning of his unbelievably prolific recording life.

In 2003, a friend with a local record label, Catch & Release, suggested he made a compilation CD, and van Gaalen started going through his library. By that time he had recorded hundreds of discs, and his first CD Infiniheart has songs spanning seven years. Van Gaalen writes and records songs like most people write in their journal. "Music is a healing force in the universe," he says. As a result, the tracks are deeply personal, and difficult to put out for public consumption. "I never imagined myself a performer," he says.