trespassers william

Beginning in 1995, 
jhimm made a series of analog 4-track recordings
in between his work with Whole Grain Interstate
and the second incarnation of Trespassers William 
(with his ex-brother-in-law),
just prior to forming Scissorkiss.
'Elanors Fate' was eventually recorded by Scissorkiss
for their 2004 recording 'The Ties That Bind'.
'Facing Life' eventually became 'Annabell', 
which along with 'Dorothy', 
is currently being recorded by (lisp).

jhimm is Trespassers William
recorded in feb. 1995,
in his college dorm room
this was jhimm's first attempt 
at recording music.
the original cassette recordings 
had so much line noise,
from the endless over-dubbing and punching in,
that they were almost unlistenable.
these digitally re-mastered versions 
are still naive, immature work,
but at least you can hear what's going on, 
although there are now some digital artifacts
from the highly aggressive noise removal.
these are preferable 
to what was there before, however.

1) For the Purpose of Being
2) Cycles of Life
3) Elanor's Fate
4) Dorothy
5) Sense
6) Extra Song (instrumental)

zip file of mp3's

all songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by jhimm
instrumentation includes acoustic and electric guitar, appalachian dulcimer, conga, vocals and fx

Winter of My Discontent
recorded feb. 1996,
this was an attempt to re-capture some of the same songs,
along with some new material,
in a slightly more mature recording, with less noise.
the song 'Looking Glass' was used as a hidden track 
on the 1997 eponimous release by SheesH.

1) Dorothy
2) Sense
3) Whole
4) Perfect World
5) Looking Glass
6) Elanor's Fate
7) For the Purpose of Being
8) Love Turtles
9) Cycles

zip file of mp3's

all songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by jhimm
except 'Perfect World' which was written by jhimm & andrew p. small
instrumentation includes acoustic and electric guitar, chopsticks as hand percussion, vocals, a two octave casio and fx
'Cycles' features chris wiitala as an additional vocal

The Curtain Falls
recorded sometime in the spring of 1996,
the influence of his close work with SheesH 
on helping them develop their emerging sound
had begun to seep back into jhimm's work.
while the 1995 recording featured a single conga,
and the earlier 1996 recording featured percussion using chopsticks,
both relied on loops created by a delay pedal
for the bulk of their rhythmic elements.
these songs feature live drums

1) Homelessness
2) Flower Bed
3) Flow (Stop)
4) Redeemed Life
5) Dear Friend
6) Ballad of a Silent Battle
7) Facing Life

zip file of mp3's

all songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by jhimm
except 'Ballad of a Silent Battle' written by jhimm & zeke gaffron
and 'Facing Life' written by jhimm & jd herrin
instrumentation includes electric guitar, bass, drums and vocals
'Homelessness' & 'Redeemed Life' features jd herrin on drums