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 Fell began life as a series of four-track tapes culled from the surplus of Josh Wambeke's experimental demos - odds and ends deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the Phineas Gage repertoire due to their heavy usage of electronics and drum machines. When Wambeke's colleague in Gage, Patrick Porter, embarked on an extensive globe-trot, Wambeke set out to combine the existing electro-ambient feel of the 100-odd demo tracks with the heavily reverbed space guitars and low-drone vocals that had comprised the standard Gage sound. Recruiting local drummer Josh Cedillo, friend/producer Zac Hilman, and close friend Mike Dewey (ex-Wilhites bassist), Wambeke purchased home recording equipment and spent the next year in his Grandmother's basement getting drunk and recording the songs for the first album. 

Heavy influences during this time included Joy Division and the Cure's Disintegration. As sessions for the album progressed Wambeke took on more and more of the recording himself, recording and imbibing late into work-weeknights, the creation of the songs becoming a kind of therapy during a time of uncertainty and depression. A year's worth of basement sessions gave birth to the existing Fell LP. A number of shows were played, but eventually Hilman and Dewey left the band for other ventures. Currently the group consists of Wambeke and Cedillo, who are continuing to record new songs for future releases.

With Phineas Gage:

"Kite" on Serotonin Ronin II (2000, Camera Obscura)
Reconsidered CD (2000, Camera Obscura)
Phineas Gage Anti-Indie EP (2002, Unreleased)

Resources:

Fell MySpace Account

CAM034CD - Phineas Gage's "Reconsidered"

CAM074CD - Fell "s/t"

Check out the free MP3s on this page and on the band's MySpace Page

 

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