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History at Our Disposal
Electroacoustic / Indie / Grime

"all of the following is a lie..."

DENTON, TEXAS
United States

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Member Since8/15/2004
Band Websitehistoryatourdisposal.com
Band Membersst.hill-drms.beatings-ptr.salisbury-bass.swivel-j.reimer-other.pieces.stringed-b.vandivier-baritone strings connected to wood.various sorts-
InfluencesEnnio Morricone / Tom Waits / Califone / Liars / This Heat / Will Oldham / Palace / Prefuse 73 / Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Mr. Lif / Birthday Party / Jesus Lizard / Bedhead / The New Year / Mule / Slint / Tortoise / Fantomas / Beck / John Zorn / Masada / Naked City / Frank Zappa / Sergei Rachmaninoff / Carl Orff / Ruins / Mouse On Mars / Squarepusher / Aphex Twin / Lithops / So / Trapist / Radian / Shellac / Fugazi / The Ex / Daniel Johnston / Dosh / Broken Social Scene / Aesop Rock / Murs / Stevie Wonder / Marvin Gaye / James Brown / Charles Mingus / John Coltrane / Eric Dolphy / Fog / Fennesz / Mini Disc recorders / Os Mutantes / Sonic Youth / DNA / Deerhoof / CloudDead / The Beatles / Radiohead / The Bee Gees / The Police / Black Sabbath / Led Zeppelin / Faces / Yes / King Crimson / This could go on all day...
Sounds LikeHAOD symbols coverpigeons coverHAOD cinema verite’novella cd
Record LabelCreative Capitalism / Pyramid Scheme recordings
Type of LabelIndie







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   About History at Our Disposal
Reviews for “Symbols in the Architecture”

"It's like a Tape Op dream." - the battering room

"...as a reviewer with wayyy too many listening options, it’s gravy to hear a release with even an iota of the unfamiliar; to hear a band as out-there as History At Our Disposal is a flat-out boon." - Skyscraper Magazine

“When the planets align for Reimer and company...there really is something to stand up for and applaud. [HAOD] at full power and with a great idea can transport you somewhere wonderful, awe-inspiring and perhaps a little scary.” - Impose Magazine Dan Berkman

“Tangled in spacey macrobiotic ambience, HAOD’s ‘Symbols...’ blends organic acoustic instrumentation, bubbling electronic flourishes, warm quiet passages, jagged dissonant asides, seemingly unsystematic surges and carefully calculated movements with an expertly reserved hand. If The Books and Neutral Milk Hotel assimilated into a colossal Japanese fighting robot that performed funeral dirges for circus clowns, the sonic product might be almost as eerily wonderful as Symbols in the Architecture. Artful without being obnoxiously avant-garde, audibly accessible without compromising creative uniqueness, History at Our Disposal has created an atypical breed of album that is not content to simply add atmosphere; it constructs its own orbit.” —Dallas Observer G.J. (listed best of 2007)

Tracks start and stop in fits and bursts, layers of acoustic guitars give way to restless backbeats and Reimer holds court over it all in a wobbly whisper that rises to an almost primal scream... Nothing gets cleared up here; the world is still crashing around us and there’s nothing we can do about it. But [Symbols...] reminds us that sometimes the real beauty comes from listening to the way things break. --Alex Green -Amplifier

...a precisely, albeit forebodingly, layered mélange of dark Americana, gothic country and the most chilling of ghoulish pop that’ll raise the hairs on the back of the listener's neck. HAOD’s sinister cloth of psychedelic baroque tendencies is akin to the Elephant 6 collective having scored a Bela Lugosi film from the '30s...“Symbols...” is one album that you don’t want to find yourself listening to when you’re home alone in the middle of the night while a thunderstorm is brewing. -Chris Pacifico Soundcheck Mag.

"...resemblance to Califone as fronted by Ian Mckaye with a June of 44 vibe..." - QCLA.

drawing blog of HAOD's J. Reimer

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Booking - Dept. of Concern

Sonicbids EPK

radio publicity -Shil- Team Clermont

press publicity - Brooke- Pirate! Publicity

Cellphone improv @ Hailey's

Enchiladas

UNT birds

HAOD Miniatures Live Promo

"yes most of the time" video installation by J. Reimer

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sucka





Jul 22 2008 4:01 PM

beautiful memories
Talking Tiger Mountain





Jul 12 2008 1:46 PM

sorry we couldnt make that show! we'll definitely get together soon anyway. we're playing tonight at lola's in ft.
worth with dove hunter if you wanna come and hang out!
Florene





Jul 6 2008 11:02 PM

Can we get together and listen to some wax soon???
< L E E R >





Jun 30 2008 10:35 AM

Dirty Cha Cha





Jun 30 2008 9:33 AM

Great show at Dan's on Friday! And thanks for the CD.
I am enjoying it as I type!
Rahul





Jun 28 2008 12:51 AM

tonight's set at Dan's was a sonic explosion, as big as the big bang !
d.w.box and one long song





Jun 20 2008 10:45 PM

Just stoppin' by...
Sounds great every time.
Sincerely,
d.w.
Florene





Jun 10 2008 3:12 PM

i just saw dna on your influences... u guyz are so kewlPhotobucket
ZORA


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Jun 9 2008 1:25 PM

best wishes from berlin...smiles...;)
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Zest of Yore





Jun 7 2008 7:16 PM

blistery at our gigosal!
nice set at the club. looking forward to more history to come.
English William





Jun 6 2008 10:31 AM

Thanks for the words. I'll try and make it to one of your shows.
Florene





Jun 6 2008 8:21 AM

Good lucky tonight boyz = )
UBOAT





May 27 2008 3:06 PM

hey hey!!! how ya doin?? thanks for being a friend !! i hope you dig it.. youre swell as hell =)
voodoo economics





May 26 2008 5:00 PM

Why, thank you!

That stump/apple/knife combo is delicious.
the Diamond Age





May 20 2008 12:40 PM

Florene





May 20 2008 12:02 PM

Good! We miss you Jason for realzies
nowhere nothing





May 3 2008 5:25 PM


Glad you like the music :)
Alisha





May 1 2008 10:11 PM

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I'm amazed, and heart sick. I can't peel my way from your page. I wish I had money to buy all your songs. It's keeping me up late. If only I could get my ear phones to reach my bed. So many reasons, and ways to say how much I dig these tunes. One last thing...I used to think Chopin the best artist to listen to as I die, but I think I've changed my mind.
Melanie





Apr 27 2008 7:43 PM

How come you have all the fun, 60 dollar margaritas!?!
Florene





Apr 24 2008 8:41 AM

Makeshift Swahili
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Apr 21 2008 1:44 PM

Seriously man, we should remedy that.
susie sue





Apr 14 2008 9:20 AM

hey there mister! hope all is well. i am bored because i am boring and thought i would drop by and say hi...so HI! what is new in your world? tell me about it..
Handyman Denton TX





Apr 8 2008 8:08 PM

great space
que linda lyndie





Mar 21 2008 8:28 AM

dammit! not playing during spring break when I will actually and really be in the DFW??? FRAK!
on after dark





Mar 5 2008 9:59 AM

thanks, i will! what time are you guys playing on the 9th?
Florene





Mar 4 2008 5:59 PM

Welcome! We're gonna do our absolute best to see you @ Swiss.
Evan Horn + House on Swiss





Mar 3 2008 4:34 PM

we have been waiting for the future to come///
Gavia Immer





Feb 7 2008 11:53 AM

Incredible sounds! thanks for adding me.
hotel brotherhood/ross cashiola





Jan 26 2008 11:22 AM

jason, brian, thanks for everything up in Denton. It was a great time and a good show, hope to see you all soon. Maybe here, maybe there.
voodoo economics





Jan 21 2008 7:27 AM

We're only coming if we can play a ruh-ruh-ruh-rad show with you folks.

xoo,
the voo-crew
Evan Horn + House on Swiss





Jan 17 2008 5:55 PM

come and let us shake hands and drink to technology.
and then there was cory





Jan 17 2008 7:28 AM

Enjoyed the tunes and the page! Hope all is well there...we've been really busy with our upcoming film. We are also preparing for an upcoming film festival that we are putting on here and also the full creation of one of our newer companies that deals with music...VEM.

Keep in touch and we'll talk soon!

cory
Single Frame





Jan 13 2008 11:29 AM

bRoOkLaNtIs!1!




werd Jason