Picnic Eve, 2427: My duo finally releases a proper recording
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  By George Mandis <george@mand.is>
  https://george.mand.is/2015/07/picnic-eve-2427-my-duo-finally-releases-a-proper-recording
  Wednesday, July 1st 2015

My *make-believe* jazz duo [Inky Shadows](http://inkyshado.ws) released a new album this past week online. Normally our musical offerings are more heavily influenced by [gypsy jazz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_jazz) but for this recording I played mostly electric guitar. On a few tracks I even ran my guitar through my laptop using some custom effects patches and programming I'd throw together using [MainStage 3](https://www.apple.com/mainstage/) to create some eery, atmospheric effects.

All in all I'm pretty pleased with how it tuned out. It (I like to think) endearingly strange, like listening to a person with an interesting accent you can't quite place tell colorful stories over dinner.

It'll be available on iTunes, Google Music, Amazon, Rdio, Spotify and many other services fairly soon but you can listen to — and even purchase! — it below via [CDBaby](http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/inkyshadows2) for the meantime.

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It's also available on our [BandCamp page](https://inkyshadows.bandcamp.com/album/picnic-eve-2427) if that's more your speed. 

**July 20th, Update**: Now available on:

- [iTunes](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/picnic-eve-2427/id1015474005?&at=1l3vtGD&app=music)
- [Spotify](play.spotify.com/album/6dVaL9CKHUcrXRrqYuMZTH?play=1oACDeh1s4GU4BCmbNWmoN)