Functional Equivalent Recordings – an independent artist collective built on a shared affinity for creative music, sound and the recording arts

Real Space Noise – Empty and Pointless (2019)

Empty and Pointless by Real Space NoiseElectronic musician and producer Chad Blinman presents the first new Real […]

Lost Science by Real Space Noise Conceived as a companion release to the album Empty and Pointless, […]

The fourth Viva Death album is a bold new statement from core members Scott Shiflett and Chad […]

Tate Eskew presents his distinctive approach to ambient minimalism and field recording in the remarkable 32-minute piece […]

Tate Eskew explores minimalist guitar drone in two eleven-minute pieces on oldowan. Exploration of regenerative ecology and […]

Tate Eskew’s Semiotics is a work of astonishing expression and ingenuity. Intricate arrangements of guitars, organ and […]

Tate Eskew’s Modality introduces his ambient drone work with twenty minutes of late night experimental improvisation in […]

Their third album turns the Viva Death experiment inside out, with core members Scott Shiflett and Chad […]

The first release from Real Space Noise (Chad Blinman and Steve Ashburn) is an album of intricate […]

The second album by Viva Death (Scott Shiflett, Trever Keith, Josh Freese, Chris Shiflett and Chad Blinman) […]

The debut album by Viva Death (Scott Shiflett, Trever Keith, Josh Freese, Chris Shiflett and Chad Blinman) […]