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RPM 0207 (2007)

bad quarto* (2008)

Control Of Electromagnetic Radiation (2009)

The Calculus Affair (2010)

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The Calculus Affair

BIOGRAPHY
The Calculus Affair is the solo project of Paul Mariz, a Seattle musician/software engineer/freak from hell. It leans retro-pop-y, though as late it has ventured into drum loops and synthesizers as well.

BAND MEMBERS
Paul Mariz

YEARS COMPLETED
2007,2008,2009,2010

GENRES
Rock,Alternative

OTHER BAND SITES
http://www.thecalculusaffair.com
http://www.myspace.com/thecalculusaffair


Completed Albums

RPM 0207(2007)

The rock and roll of the mid-to-late '70s with the musical production values of the mid-to-late '40s. Try track 5, "The Man Who Used to Hunt Cougars for Bounty" (Question: why is my preferred track always number 5? Nobody knows).


Freight Train
Alexandr (You Forgot To Be In Time)
Poor Young Man
Blue Venus
The Man Who Used To Hunt Cougars For Bounty   (preferred)
Crying Again
Bicycle Down The Hill
Like A Brother
My High School Mind
You Only Walk Away
Threnody

bad quarto*(2008)

Ten and a half songs about the plays of William Shakespeare sounding inexplicably as if they were recorded in about 1977. Try track 5, "The Archer."


Duke Of The Stratosphere
Every Day
Bone & Matter
Rude Mechanicals
The Archer   (preferred)
Prince Of Tyre
The Mob
Hell & Night
Q.E. I
Exit, Pursued By A Bear/Your Mother's A Statue
Coda (Duke Of The Stratosphere)

Control Of Electromagnetic Radiation(2009)

Some folk guitar-based Dylan-y, Simon & Garfunkel type stuff, and some straight-up pop songs. Try track 5, "Pipe Dream," which was featured on NPR's Second Stage


The Broadcast
Memphis
Good Day
The Logic of Ships
Pipe Dream   (preferred)
Stay With Me
New World/New Boy
No Match, No Situation
Sweet Time
Dirt From A Grave

The Calculus Affair(2010)

Kind of a 60's Beatles/Simon & Garfunkel/CSNY vibe, except with synths and drum machines.


Twisting
Everyone is in the House
Somnambularium
Our Books & Our Bed
A Bird & A Stone
My Heart in Two   (preferred)
She Said She Said
Billy Martin's Leaving the Band
Mary Jane
Lean Horse