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Sunroof!

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Of all of Matthew Bower musical projects, Sunroof! has always been my favorite. When I heard a few years back his albums for the VHF label, there was something about these strange, shimmering drones which spoke to me. It was noisy as hell and completely fucked, but behind this walls of psychedelic shockwaves was a certain fragility and beauty which one rarely found elsewhere in the Bower back catalogue. Go figure why I opted to start collecting his harsher noise works as Hototogisu instead of his more "delicate" works as Sunroof!. Considering the fact that I'm an ambient freak, this feels like a pretty strange decision on my part, but it's not too late and I plan to find all of his earlier works under this name as well (like I am doing for his other heavy noise/drone project Skullflower). It might take me a few years before I do (unless I win the lottery), but mark my words... I'll find them alright!

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Album Cover Delicate Autobahn Under Construction
Label: VHF Records
Release: 2000
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: VHF#41

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Misty Spring Morning (7:04)
  2. Valentine (6:02)
  3. Stately Metal Trees (16:42)
  4. Jacking Off Making Airplane Noises (4:29)
  5. Silver Pennies (26:59)
  6. The Last Lemur (5:14)
CD 2:
  1. Schooner Trapped In Ice (12:08)
  2. Grey Felt Village (9:52)
  3. Prince of Thieves #2 (9:36)
  4. Drive By #1 (5:10)
  5. Shiney Tunnel (12:27)
  6. Cleopatra's Wedding Gift (4:13)
  7. Twilight Theme Park (8:11)
  8. Drive By #2 (8:47)


Album Cover Bliss
Label: VHF Records
Release: 2002
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: VHF#60

Song list:

CD 1 (Gold Carnation Legacy):
  1. Columbine Kisses 1 (5:44)
  2. Columbine Kisses 2 (5:47)
  3. Chirrups Of Certain Being (18:10)
  4. Gold Carnation Legacy (6:13)
  5. Star Sound (4:03)
  6. Distoria (5:03)
  7. Bells (4:44)
  8. Cloud Generator In The Blue Sky Of China 1 (7:35)
  9. Cloud Generator In The Blue Sky Of China 2 (8:25)
  10. * (6:52)
CD 2 (Embroided Birdsong Nearly Meadows):
  1. Dirty Joke From Outer Space (14:23)
  2. Dance Of The Blessed Spirits (4:14)
  3. Her Peacocks Fly Amain (10:53)
  4. DJFOS 2 (6:06)
  5. Bitterne Storm Over Mindfield (9:40)


Album Cover Rock Power
Label: Rural Electrification Program
Release: 2003
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Rock Power Pt. 1 (8:08)
  2. Rock Power Pt. 2 (5:40)
  3. Rock Power Pt. 3 (2:310)
  4. Rock Power Pt. 4 (2:42)
  5. Rock Power Pt. 5 (12:39)
  6. Rock Power Pt. 6 (3:56)
  7. Rock Power Pt. 7 (4:29)


Album Cover Splat!
Label: U-Sound Archive
Release: 2003
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: USOUND Vol.14

Song list:

  1. Rainbow Connection/From A Lilypad In A Meteorite Shower/Hit By A Cock/Platform Sutra/Jet/Scud/She Is The Darkness/Fly (50:34)


Album Cover Wings Over America
Label: VHF Records
Release: 2003
Format: CD
Cat. no: VHF#78

Song list:

  1. Frogs (Sunroof!) (2:49)
  2. Dharma Gin (Sunroof!) (4:51)
  3. Free Wild Samples (Sunroof!) (3:48)
  4. Justy (Sunroof!) (1:15)
  5. Flutter (Sunroof!) (5:00)
  6. The Sea Is Maine S.S. (Sunroof!) (11:22)
  7. Snow Covered Hills (Sunroof!) (4:53)
  8. Ornamental Lake Of Death (Sunroof!) (7:20)
  9. City's Sirens Off (Vibracathedral Orchestra) (5:33)
  10. Festival Hall (Vibracathedral Orchestra) (5:49)
  11. I Fell Asleep (Vibracathedral Orchestra) (2:33)
  12. Put Yr Arm Around Me (Vibracathedral Orchestra) (4:29)
  13. Spectre's Honesty Tongue (Vibracathedral Orchestra) (6:16)
  14. Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom (Vibracathedral Orchestra) (7:53)


Album Cover USSA
Label: VHF Records
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: VHF#80

Song list:

  1. Overture (3:46)
  2. Baltimore Starry Night (20:10)
  3. Kwatz (7:36)
  4. Warm Panic 1 (4:46)
  5. Warm Panic 2 (6:58)
  6. Disappear Here (5:17)
  7. Disappear Here 2 (4:34)
  8. The Void Blinks (8:19)
  9. Rainbow Mush (5:27)


Album Cover Silver Bear Mist
Label: VHF Records
Release: 2005
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: VHF#91

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. White Stairs (2:54)
  2. Briar Parch (5:12)
  3. Bear Melt (4:13)
  4. Buried In The Sky (8:08)
  5. Marijuana Suicide (13:12)
  6. Blizzard Emblem Treaty (13:13)
  7. Sky Blue Sword (20:10)
CD 2:
  1. Be Sure To Boogie (11:03)
  2. Great Empty Display Shelves (15:01)
  3. Placed Before The Burning Green Forest (19:37)
  4. Luminous Kite (7:07)
  5. Stacked Diamonds (13:54)
  6. Trampled Dawns (6:47)


Album Cover Panzer Division Lou Reed
Label: VHF Records
Release: 2007
Format: CD
Cat. no: VHF#105

Song list:

  1. Slow Plateaus #1 (19:16)
  2. Etoile Sauvage (7:20)
  3. Slow Plateaus #2 (17:08)
  4. Stairways And Terraces Descending One Beyond Another In A Stupefying State Of Exhaustion (8:39)


Album Cover Sufi Hate Crime/Zen Atrocity
Label: Self-Released
Release: 2008
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Untitled (11:23)
  2. Untitled (5:34)
  3. Untitled (9:04)


Album Cover Split Series #19 - Kemialliset Ystävät/Sunroof!
Label: Fat Cat Records
Release: 2008
Format: LP
Cat. no: 12FAT076

Song list:

  1. Taivaassa On Loivemmat Mäet (Kemialliset Ystävät) (2:05)
  2. Hyvällisen Tähdellistä (Kemialliset Ystävät) (2:28)
  3. Yöllä Tulen Ja Raapasen Tulen Karvoihin! (Kemialliset Ystävät) (3:41)
  4. Pirtua Raamatun Kansissa (Kemialliset Ystävät) (2:58)
  5. Tässä Maassa Kun Näin Makailen (Kemialliset Ystävät) (6:18)
  6. Little Ornamental Lake Of Death (Sunroof!) (6:50)
  7. Spiritual Forgery (Sunroof!) (2:24)
  8. Extinction Fantasy (Sunroof!) (7:18)