Rural Citizens Band Discography
Ambient albums | Drone albums | Compilations
image credit: Rural Michigan by ruimc77.
Things you should know
A clarification about the name. There is no "The" in front of the band's name. And there is no apostrophe in the band's name either. We (and by we I mean Ratan and all of the voices in his head) are a band made of rural citizens, we do not belong to the citizens of any rural community.
I'm looking for women interested in performing spoken word pieces over my compositions. Preferably ones you've written yourself. Interested female vocalists inquire within. Yes, eight years later, I'm still looking. [actually, I still am, just not for this project.]
For a bit of fun, look at the unused album cover gallery.
Starting with VIII, I stopped releasing an mp3 version for my releases. Due to server limitations, I only release my music in flac (despite using a Mac almost exclusively). For Mac users who want to listen to these tracks in iTunes, I highly recommend the free xACT audio converter. You can turn these flac files to ALAC or mp3 easily and quickly. I recommend ALAC, because lossless is always better.
Ambient albums
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Rural Citizens Band 1st LP (2007)released: various dates throughout Jan - Aug 2007length: 35:29 catalogue number: OSC001RCB001LP35:29 |
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The Elizabeth Bishop LP (2008)released: 31st May 2008length: 56:50 catalogue number: OSC002RCB002LP56:50 |
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Echoes of the Neighborhood (2009)released: Early 2009length: 52:51 catalogue number: OSC003RCB003LP52:51 |
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Starlight on the Skyline (2010)released: 7th January 2010length: 58:01 catalogue number: OSC004RCB004LP58:01 |
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Era Notte (2011)released: 30 August 2011length: 56:33 catalogue number: OSC005RCB005LP56:33 |
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La Teodicea di Odio (2012)released: 4 November 2012length: 60:13 catalogue number: OSC006RCB006LP60:13 |
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Paesaggio da Sogno (2012)released: Christmas 2012length: 62:43 catalogue number: OSC007RCB007LP62:43 |
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VIII (Jan 2013)released: 10th January 2013length: 79:04 catalogue number: OSC008RCB008LP79:04 |
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city of sleeping lights (April 2014)released: 4 April 2014length: 79:44 catalogue number: OSC017RCB014LP79:44 |
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regret is an empty garden (Oct 2014)released: 27 October 2014length: 64:19 catalogue number: OSC020RCB016LP64:19 |
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Travelogue of the 80s (July 2015)released: 13 July 2015length: 77:04 catalogue number: OSC028RCB023LP77:04 |
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XXII (Aug 2015)released: 13 August 2015length: 79:13 catalogue number: OSC029RCB024LP79:13 |
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Drone albums
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Deeper Into Space (June 2013)released: 30 June 2013length: 159:30 catalogue number: OSC011RCB009LP159:30 |
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stardrone (July 2013)released: 30 July 2013length: 79:51 catalogue number: OSC012RCB010LP79:51 |
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sundrone (Aug 2013)released: 30 August 2013length: 79:53 catalogue number: OSC013RCB011LP79:53 |
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forestdrone (Feb 2014)released: 3 February 2014length: 79:30 catalogue number: OSC015RCB012LP79:30 |
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seasondrones (March 2014)released: 3 March 2014length: 79:28 catalogue number: OSC016RCB013LP79:28 |
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astrodrones (July 2014)released: 13 July 2014length: 79:46 catalogue number: OSC019RCB015LP79:46 |
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dreamdrone (Nov 2014)released: 30 November 2014length: 54:22 catalogue number: OSC021RCB017LP54:22 |
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raildrone (Dec 2014)released: Christmas 2014length: 79:30 catalogue number: OSC022RCB018LP79:30 |
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Homedrone (April 2015)released: 13 April 2015length: 79:45 catalogue number: OSC026RCB021LP79:45 |
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Erosdrone (June 2015)released: 13 June 2015length: 75:00 catalogue number: OSC027RCB022LP75:00 |
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Compilations
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The Best of RCB (Jan 2015)released: New Years 2015length: 156:35 catalogue number: OSC023RCB019LP156:35 |
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The Rest of RCB (Feb 2015)released: 1 February 2015length: 79:41 catalogue number: OSC024RCB023LP79:41 |
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Best of the XR1300 Remixes (Feb 2016)released: 13 February 2016length: 128:37 catalogue number: OSC038RCB0025LP128:37 |
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Legal crap
We are releasing these recordings under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. You're free to post these files on P2P, usenet, your homepage, etc. All that I ask is that you credit me (with the name Rural Citizens Band), and leave the ID3 tags as is. Please do not change them in any way, as this is a major way I credit myself for the work.
Also, if you use these songs for animations, or whatever, please email me, I'd love to see your work! Feel free to send any other comments, suggestions, etc!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License.
Credits
Credit where credit is due...
All code was written by Ratan using Coda 1.7.5. My code is valid HTML 5.0 and CSS 3.0. You can check it yourself if you don't believe me! This means this web site should view perfectly in any browser you use (though I won't swear to it in a court of law). Also, the RSS feeds are valid. No lie! Files uploaded with Panic's Transmission 4 program. Good people, them.
Color schemes assisted by The Hex Hub
Blue scheme image banner taken from Field of Corn by Joe Lencioni
Pink scheme image banner taken from Wheatlands by gary
Green scheme image banner taken from 201212 24 Rural scene ID-UV by Marian Rainer-Harbach
Brown scheme image banner taken from Countryside at night, USA by victure_
Thanks to everybody who release their photographs under a Creative Commons license. You make my work a lot easier.