Steve A Schmitt
Music & composition / Motion graphics
The Ruminator, solo album.
The Ruminator is the first solo album by Steve Schmitt, the unique left handed guitarist/composer of Seattle's surf noir trio Diminished Men. While well versed in Earth's tides and currents, here he launches his Fenders and Danelectros through the atmosphere and into orbit. Recorded with a rag-tag assortment of cheap mics, a BETA audio cassette tape machine and other archaic recording devices, The Ruminator combines elements of sci-fi soundtracks, exotica, surf, hard rock, and a time capsule full of evocative melodies to create an unusual collection of sounds and song. Drummer Dave Abramson, of Diminished Men and Master Musicians of Bukkake, lends a hand with some bizarre recording techniques as well as his musical drums and percussion. They are also joined here by the multi-talented violinist Timba Harris
This series of musical sketches I’ve been working on over the past year that hint at pagan horror themes, B-horror cinema, ritualistic dances in the woods, mechanical suspense and wonderment.
This is a series of tracks and rough drafts for different concept soundtracks with an emphasis on Science fiction and suspense, the first several tracks in the playlist are from my release several years ago titled, The Ruminator.