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Bob Boilen

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Bob Boilen’s Music

I’ve been making music with electronics since 1979, when I bought an ARP Odyssey and quickly wound up in a band. That band was Tiny Desk Unit. After years of making music with the multi-media theater group Impossible Theatre, I continued to make music independently, using computers to expand my imagination and make up for my mediocre guitar/keyboard skills. My past seven albums have been more ambient affairs, two of them cover albums. My louder side is what I do with my friends in Danger Painters, friends I’ve known for 40 years, including my Tiny Desk Unit bandmate Michael Barron.

I’M MOLTING

My ambient and sometimes rhythm-driven album for sonically adventurous ears.

Brick Walls & Blue Skies

An ambient instrumental album that’s a bit more upbeat at times than some of my other albums.

Futures Waiting

A mix of ambient music somewhat ethereal and times and other times beat driven. Composed and recorded at the end of 2021.

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2 WEEKS

1 SUMMER

A mix of ambient and energizing tunes including a cover of Neil Young’s ‘After the Gold Rush’ and The Velvet Underground’s, ‘Candy Says’

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HIDDEN SMILES

by Bob Boilen

An album of original ambient instrumentals. A morning listen, suitable for a walk to clear your head, have a sonic adventure, or drift off to sleep.

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Further Under Covers

by Bob Boilen

Reimagining some favorite songs as ambient cover tunes

April, 2020

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19/20

by Bob Boilen

An EP of original instrumental tunes

January, 2020

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Under Covers

by Bob Boilen

Reimagining favorite songs by Bowie, Hank Williams, Lou Reed, George Gershwin, Led Zeppelin and more, as ambient tunes.

September, 2019

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Take It To Bed: Music for Clouds

by Bob Boilen

A nighttime album of original ambient tunes

January, 2019

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Listen/Talk

by Bob Boilen

2012

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Candy From The Future

by Bob Boilen

2011

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Talking Vision

by Bob Boilen

2010

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New Songs and Shakey Ideas

by Bob Boilen

2008

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The Way One Thing Leads To Another

by Bob Boilen


2006

Rotten Seeds Sown by Force

by Bob Boilen

2005

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Just This, No More

by Bob Boilen

2004

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Laser Dance

by Bob Boilen

1985

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Music For Unitards

by Bob Boilen

1983

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