Night Blooming Cereus - the first album recorded with Goodin and Shawn
'in person', captured during the 2007 Chinapainting northeast mini-tour.

World experimental acoustic guitar/cassette tape looping duo, from delicate to dark, sublime to playful, joyously introspective.

recorded at FlyMax Studios, Woodstock, NY
mastered by JP Masters
artwork by Douglas Witmer
released 7/30/08

Available on CD from here, or electronically from iTunes, Amazon, and Emusic.

Three excerpts (click 'mp3' to download, or 'stream' for popup player - make sure your browser will allow popups from this site. Longer tunes may take a few minutes to appear, depending on your connection):

  1. Lifting the Millstone mp3 / stream
  2. Notre Dame de Courtaud mp3 / stream
  3. The Night Blooming Cereus mp3 / stream



Three live selections from our fall 2007 shows (click 'mp3' to download, or 'stream' for popup player - make sure your browser will allow popups from this site. Longer tunes may take a few minutes to appear, depending on your connection):

  1. Like She'd Never Been There At All mp3 / stream
  2. Catch and Release mp3 / stream
  3. A Door is Ajar mp3 / stream



Two acoustic guitars, analog tape loops, sparse effects in a slipstream of improvised World, Blues and Free Jazz music.

released 2/28/07
(These five complete songs can be downloaded below)


Available for $15 plus shipping here.

Cover art by Ray Istorico.
Full track listing:
  1. Minefield (1:23) download / stream
  2. Swordplay on the Decks (3:00)
  3. Frozen in Amber (2:54) download / stream
  4. Driving the Year (2:46)
  5. Tilling Through Dusk (3:32)
  6. Laws of Beekeeping (4:50) download / stream
  7. Needles On Panes (4:10)download / stream
  8. Surface Tension (12:10)
  9. Perish the Thought (3:28) download / stream
  10. Circling Downward (1:47)