08.21.08
Hussalonia’s first website appeared in 2003. It was an embarrassingly simple site, difficult to navigate, and completely uninformative. In 2006, the site was reconfigured to be better looking, but somehow even less informative. Then in 2007, owing to changes in the Hussalonia administrative offices, the site was deluged with so much information that visitors often wrote us complaining of eyestrain and carpel tunnel while perusing our Internet concourse. It was the still-pending lawsuit of Vanderbilt v. Hussalonia that finally settled it: we must redesign the concourse to be brighter, informative, aesthetically pleasing, and user friendly.
Each album now has its own page, allowing us to provide more information, as well as more download options in the future. (We are considering making high quality files such as Wav or Flac available for all future releases. Your feedback on this issue is welcome!) The discography now appears along side each and every music page, making navigation a cinch.
But perhaps the most amazing addition to the new site is the ability for you, the Hussalonia listener, to write reviews or leave recommended tracks for each and every album on this site! Simply scroll down to the bottom of any album (or single) to the "reviews" section. There you will see a form that allows you to write your own review. After you click submit, our staff will screen your review for slanderous attacks and shameless spam. If approved, your review will appear on this site (in part or full at our discretion) for all to read! Wow. This is the future. (Please allow a minimum of 24 hours for your review or recommendations to appear.)
New EP: OMG LOL WTF
08.08.08
Pronounced Oh Em Gee, El Oh El, Double You Tee Eff, Hussalonia's latest release is an album of experimental instrumentals. Much of the source material comes from recordable acetates made in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Wilcox-Gay made the first consumer-level recordable records during this period. The things people recorded on these records vary widely: conversations, letters, musical performances, radio-plays, and recordings of radio broadcasts. Hussalonia founder Jesse Mank collects these records when he comes across them at antique fairs, second-hand shops, and yard sales. This project was an opportunity to use some of these interesting, one-of-a-kind recordings. Due to the found nature of these recordings, Hussalonia is releasing this album directly into the public domain. You are free to sample, distribute, manipulate, and improve this album however you see fit. Download it for free by clicking here.
Four New Singles
08.08.08
During a merciless week of spring cleaning, our staff uncovered a box of receipts for one thousand cherry-dipped cones at Dairy Queen, fourty-two orphaned remote controls, two broken slide whistles, and these six songs. Download them all for free at the Music section of our site.