Hunting Lodge

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Alan Rider review of NOMAD SOULS @40 3LP set. Good historical context from the person responsible for early '80's Adverntures In Reality 'zine (for further reading, see his two recent REMA - REMA articles in OUTSIDE LEFT)

Hunting Lodge – Exorcising Nomad Souls - Alan Rider discovers the secrets within Hunting Lodge’s latest reissue set ...the latest story in Outsideleft Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Hunting Lodge – Exorcising Nomad Souls

Ghost On Our Heels. 1984 fire shoot, Rob Corbin photo.

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Panel from Nomad Souls 3LP set featuring Graeme Revell essay, reprinted from Side Effekts pressing of Nomad Souls (SER 04). Appears below Harry O. Morris art, which was originally used for the NS/Tribal Warning Shot promo poster
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2 of Lon’s Instant Replays have re-surfaced, complete with 1984 tour damage. This is how gear looks after about 7000 miles when your “road case” is a canvas duffel bag.

Thanks to Mike McAlpine for reacquainting us.

Original The Harvest cassette and new LP from Nomad Souls @40 3LP set. Europe/UK sets begin shipping from Fourth Dimension next week. Link:

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Customers outside of North America can still preorder the Nomad Souls @40 set from Fourth Dimension and receive the booklet at no extra charge

Hunting Lodge 'Nomad Souls' 3LP set (Winter Hill Recordings / S/M Operations) PRE-ORDER This limited edition 3LP reissue set gathers 'Nomad Souls' , 'Tribal Warning Shot+' and 'The Harvest (Live)'. 40 Years ago...

One week in, we have sold 65% of our stock of Nomad Souls @40 3LP set.
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Below is a review from Jeff Chenault (author of Ohio Tiki) / aka Jeff Central:

"Hunting Lodge Nomad Souls – Tribal Warning Shot – The Harvest (Live 1984)

Winter Hill Recordings/S/M Operations WHR3LP008/SM09

It’s hard to believe that these Hunting Lodge recordings are 40 years old! It seems like yesterday that they were premiering for the first time at the Harrington Ballroom. OK, maybe not yesterday but definitely not 40 plus years!! To celebrate, the masterminds behind this project (Lon C. Diehl, Richard Skott, and Knox Mitchell) have assembled some of the best recordings of the band. This three-album set includes the album Nomad Souls, the Tribal Warning Shot 12” plus extras, and the incredible live compilation The Harvest, which was originally released on the Inner-X Musick label. All packaged in a deluxe book-type folder that is profusely illustrated.

The first album is a remastered version of the bands 1984 cult classic Nomad Souls. Hunting Lodge was at their creative peak and bursting with energy. They were in-between the first live cassette from 1982 and the edgier punk sound of 8-Ball in 1987 and you can hear that in the music. The sonic noise beginnings are starting to take shape. Nomad Souls was so good that SPK’s Graeme Revell reissued the album on the Side Effects label the following year. The Nomad Souls album really sounds nice and the sound is incredible.

The second album is the Tribal Warning Shot 12” plus extras. The original TWS 12” 4-track EP was released early in 1985 on S/M Operations (U.S.). The title track was remixed with drums added for a 12” 45 release on Normal Records (Germany) soon thereafter. This is the version that appears here (the original mix is included as a digital bonus track). A new remix of the 1983 7” “Night from Night” b/w “Untitled” is included, along with 2 tracks that appeared on compilation albums and one unreleased track. The tracks are a real treat as they have never been assembled in one place before and they flow nicely as well.

The third record is culled from the rare cassette-only release on Inner-X Musick called The Harvest. This was a fun tape to listen to back in the day. All the tracks except E.Q.T.P.M. from the Kansas City show are represented on this album but it is included as a digital bonus track. All the other tracks were culled from the Chicago and Detroit shows from the 1984 tour. The Detroit show bears the distinction of being the only time Roselle Williams (“The Wolf Hour”) sang live with the band. Included here are two previously unreleased tracks, one from Chicago and the other from Detroit. This is the first time these tracks have ever been released on vinyl and they sound absolutely amazing.

If you’re lucky enough to get the accompanying 28-page booklet, it is filled with illustrations by longtime HL friend and illustrator Tim M. Caldwell. Beautiful cutups and collage work that really enhances the music included on this set. The booklet also includes new images that have never been published before as well as new notes, lyrics, and essays by Lon C. Diehl.

If that wasn’t enough the digital bonus tracks include:

1) EQTPM (Live Kansas City, VFW Hall #18, 11.02.1984)

2) Tribal Warning Shot (SM04 EP Version)

3) The Wolf Hour (Live San Francisco, Graffiti, 11.18.1984)

4) EnergyGuide (from Hear The Roar Of Mountains Vol. 2 comp)

5) Church Of Mike (Radio prank on Detroit DJ)

The Deluxe 3LP set and other very cool Hunting Lodge stuff can be ordered directly from the band at https://huntinglodge.bandcamp.com/

Jeff Chenault

2024"

https://huntinglodge.bandcamp.com/album/nomad-souls-tribal-warning-shot-the-harvest-expanded-remastered

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Released today! Available on 3LP set with book-style cover. Also available as a bundle with booklet, and as a digital download

Nomad Souls - Tribal Warning Shot - The Harvest (Expanded & Remastered), by Hunting Lodge 32 track album

The booklet T.M. Caldwell is referencing was reprinted within the Nomad Souls 40th Anniversary booklet, starting on page 3

Timothy (T.M.) Caldwell Punk Graphics Panel, Cranbrook Museum Timothy (T.M.) Caldwell segment at the Punk Graphics Panel, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on September 22, 2018. This panel was convened t...

Customers in EUROPE/UK/HONG KONG/JAPAN can purchase the 3LP package at a much lower shipping rate by ordering from Fourth Dimension Records (our U.K./Euro partner)

Hunting Lodge 'Nomad Souls' 3LP set (Winter Hill Recordings / S/M Operations) PRE-ORDER This limited edition 3LP reissue set gathers 'Nomad Souls' , 'Tribal Warning Shot+' and 'The Harvest (Live)'. 40 Years ago...

Pre-order customers: the digital component of this set does not go live until the ACTUAL release date, this Friday, June 7th. We sent the preordered physical sets out in the mail over the weekend so that most of you would have it in your hands before the release date (as a surprise bonus). On Friday you will be able to download/stream and hear the digital-only bonus tracks.

Thank you all very much for pre-ordering!

HL3.0 “Tribal”/Part 3: Vocals

Third in a series, explaining the rapid evolution of Hunting Lodge from WILL to Nomad Souls.

Lon was the sole “vocalist” on early HL recordings. I use the word loosely, because these utterances consisted mainly of tortured wails, neo-Gregorian held notes with few instances of what could be identified as “singing”.

This changed in late ‘83 when we recorded the Night From Night 7”. Skott came to the studio with fully-formed verse, and then proceeded to sing the lyrics himself. Apparently during all that time at work (operating a factory’s screw machine) his mind had time to wander, allowing hours to ponder potential lyrics.

During this period Lon’s vocals and lyrics took a back seat to Skott’s, and the talents of two female vocalists were put to good use.

I would argue that the Nomad Souls version of “The Wolf Hour” (sung by 15 year-old Roselle Williams) and the single “Tribal Warning Shot” (sung by Skott & Trish Damon) were the creative pinnacle of this era of Hunting Lodge - perhaps for the whole life of the project. These both featured brilliant lyrics courtesy of Richard Skott Rusch [see also: "Born Of Fire"].

-Rolaid Alpo Cola

3 Instant Replay pads in position

Lon’s “studio” (utility closet) 1984, Nomad Souls/Tribal Warning Shot era;

Roland SH-09 Synthesizer
Roland CSQ-600 Digital Sequencer
Roland TR-808 Drum Machine (w/ optional full ashtray)
Roland PA-80 Self Powered Mixer w/ spring reverb
Water Heater (w/Grampa's pocket watch)
(3) Electro-Harmonix Instant Replays w/ pads
Boss DE-200 Digital Delay
Tascam 235 Syncaset (4-track)
Vox Mark IV Bass (Teardrop body)
Eventide Harmonizer HM-80

Previously on Hunting Lodge Confidential…

40 Years ago we were entering what could be thought of as Hunting Lodge's "Middle Era" ("Tribal era?"), which would heavily feature these primitive, gritty samplers (this one owned by Richard Skott). Our first recording to utilize one was 1983's NIGHT FROM NIGHT (original 7" version), which featured a crash/explosion sample synched/stacked over an 808 kick drum. Over the next couple of years we would lean on multiple Instant Replay units during the recordings of NOMAD SOULS and the TRIBAL WARNING SHOT EP as well as during live shows.

HL3.0 “Tribal”/Part 2: Instant Replay

Second in a series, explaining the rapid evolution of Hunting Lodge from WILL to Nomad Souls.

In 1983, the most interesting technology to enter music production was sampling. Electro pioneer John Robie (“Planet Rock”) produced Jenny Burton - “Black and White” LP (as well as the “Slack” 12") and Yello released the sampling touchstone - “You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess”. We read that Boris Blank was using the Fairlight CMI and that purchasing one would cost as much as a house, and even its lower priced rival, the E-Mu Systems Emulator would run you the price of a new car. Our jobs at the time were factory worker and record store clerk, so the equipment budget was lean. Enter the Electro Harmonix Instant Replay.

We bought our first Instant Replay sampler in 1983. This gritty little unit could be played live with drumsticks on the included auxiliary pad or the sample could be triggered from an external source, such as the TR-808 [example: “Night From Night” 1983].

The 808 included THREE programmable triggers out, which meant that THREE Instant Replays would be THRICE as good, so we purchased two more [example: “God Loves The Rock Stars”].

After a base rhythm was recorded using the 3 triggered Instant Replays, we could then overdub by playing three units live with drumsticks, giving the piece a more "human" feel [example: “Soul-Vac”].

Another interesting feature of the Instant Replay was its ability to have its pitch controlled by the CV out from the Roland SH-09 synth. This would enable you to PLAY a sample using the keyboard. Interestingly, this pitch translation was erratic and you never quite knew what note would play as you went up and down the keys. This randomness could be exciting and yielded some interesting results [example: “Nomad Souls” (track 1)].

We dragged 3 Instant Replays / pads along with us on our 1984 tour. Since they did not include a way to store sounds onboard, a new sample would have to be recorded into them before every show. AND if they were accidentally unplugged during a performance, it would erase the recorded sample, rendering the unit(s) unusable once powered back on (unless you wanted to completely stop the show and re-record a sample into each). Unfortunately we learned this lesson the hard way after Lon tripped over his power cord at Graffiti in San Francisco.
Never forget the gaffers tape.

The Electro Harmonix Instant Replay - Our ratty little “DIY Punk Fairlight”

-Rolaid Alpo Cola

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HL3.0 “Tribal” / Part 1: TR-808

The first in a series of posts which attempt to explain the rapid evolution of Hunting Lodge from WILL (1983) to Nomad Souls (1984). Examples refer to songs from the 3LP Nomad Souls/Tribal Warning Shot/The Harvest set.

Before (founding member) Carla Nordstrom moved to San Francisco in 1983, she traded equipment with Lon. He gave up his Roland G33 bass/GR-33B bass synth and in return received her Roland SH-09 Synthesizer, Roland CSQ-600 Digital Sequencer and most importantly the TR-808 Rhythm Composer.

The 808 quickly became the nerve center for Nomad Souls. Individual outputs for each percussive voice meant that you could add EQ/FX to one drum sound without affecting the others. Toms were distorted by the creamy overdrive of the (once again - Roland) PA-80 mixer, while the 808 bass could retain its purity [example: "Learn To Will II"].

Even more important were the 3 programmable trigger outputs. We could now program Boss DE-200 digital delays to repeat on any chosen beat. This rigid echo could also be held and then replayed in time as a sample. But by far the most revolutionary aspect of these outputs would be to trigger 3 Electro Harmonix Instant Replay samplers, thus giving us the rudimentary capabilities of an Akai MPC - 4 years before it was developed (albeit in strict step-sequencer form) [example: "Rhythm Cage"].

No sequenced synthesizer would appear on the Nomad Souls album, it was 100% TR-808 and samples.

(By the end of the year, Hunting Lodge recorded a single which DID use the sequencer/synth (and sync'd digital delay) - "Tribal Warning Shot". This and "Voodoo Eclipse", from The Harvest are the only sequenced synth pieces from this "tribal" era)

-Rolaid Alpo Cola

Rolaid forgot to toggle “on” sales for the LP yesterday and has now been fired (a few vinyl copies remaining for those in need) -LCD

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Original 1983 Jim Stevenson directed video of the original (instrumental) version of "The Wolf Hour", remastered/remixed by Knox Mitchell, featuring audio restoration/mastering by Grant Richardson (this track appears on upcoming Nomad Souls @ 40 3LP set)
https://huntinglodge.bandcamp.com/album/nomad-souls-tribal-warning-shot-the-harvest-expanded-remastered

Hunting Lodge - "The Wolf Hour" (1983 Original Instrumental Version - Remastered) Video originally recorded by Jim Stevenson in 1983. This 2024 Knox Mitchell remix includes a better dupe of the original video (using a different take), alon...

Dais Records WILL LP's, 2015 Michael Rozon remaster:

WILL, by Hunting Lodge 9 track album

Unearthed + Son of WILL CD now available through Scream & Writhe

HUNTING LODGE – Unearthed + Son of Will CD – SCREAM & WRITHE DISTRO Full length album featuring the half-hour+ Skott/Diehl “dark ambient / noise” piece “Unearthed” from 1982, as well as rarities from the WILL era recording sessions (“Son of WILL”). This is an expanded edition of the 60 minute cassette originally released in 2018. Previously unreleased tr...