Flamingo Heights, by Dexter + Franz

Flamingo Heights

by Dexter + Franz

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Deluxe 12" record of Flamingo Heights on translucent blue vinyl. Includes full-color booklet.

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1.	Reel Breezy 03:33		buy track
2.	Flamingo Heights 04:57		buy track
3.	Autostrada 03:47 video	info	buy track
4.	Cermack Run 03:12		buy track
5.	Giant Rocktron 04:25		buy track
6.	Reel Breezy Reprise 02:47		buy track
7.	Glass of Wine for Harold 03:18		buy track
8.	Nightshade 05:11 video	info	buy track
9.	Plant Talkers 05:11		buy track
10.	Hidden Valley Rancheros 05:23		buy track

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Instrumental duo Dexter+Franz are film/tv composer John Dexter Marston and producer/engineer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Franz Novak. With a minivan packed full of analog synths, rhythm boxes, guitars and a tape machine, the duo retreated to a house in California’s high desert during the summer of 2022 to record the songs that would become their debut album, Flamingo Heights. Combining their love for early 1980s ambient, lounge music and Meddle era Pink Floyd psychedelia, Flamingo Heights is a meditation in minimalism and a soundtrack for long hikes through lush landscapes.

Flamingo Heights is out September 15 via Nudie Records.

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released September 15, 2023

All songs composed, arranged and performed by Dexter + Franz featuring
Justin Peters (drums + percussion throughout)
Adam Wayne (bass, "Plant Talkers")
Neal Francis (Moog Model D, "Plant Talkers")
Eli Wilson (saxophone, "Plant Talkers" + "Glass of Wine for Harold")
Thomas McGettrick (pedal steel, "Nightshade")

Recorded June 2022 in Flamingo Heights, California on an Otari MX5050 MKIII ½” 8 track recorder.
Additional tracking in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Mixed by Franz in Chicago
Mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering
Released by Nudie Records

Instruments used:
Moog One, Moog Model D, Roland Juno 60, ARP Odyssey, ARP Solina, Wurlitzer 200a, Mellotron M400, Yamaha U3, AKAI MPC2000XL, Acetone Rhythm Ace

Fender Precision bass, Fender Stratocaster, baritone guitar, nylon and steel string acoustic, autoharp, pedal steel guitar, tenor and baritone saxophone

Drum set, vibraphone, Jenco Celeste, thai gong, alpenglocken, crotales, bamboo chimes, shaker, tambourine

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Dexter + Franz: a meditation in minimalism and a soundtrack for long hikes through lush landscapes.

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