On his solo effort, Illuminated Manuscript, Aloha-drummer Cale Parks takes the experimental blueprint for his band’s work and morphs it into a collection of ambient (yet structured) songs, featuring nothing but keyboards, electronic drum sounds, and mallet instruments. Cale’s live percussion and fragile vocals add warmth to the otherwise-electro grooves, and the record is a perfect loop for drifting in an out of focus on hazy, lazy days (we speak from experience).

• Cale Parks – “Wet Paint” 

Grab another track at MySpace, then get to know Cale as you get to know his music, via Bernard Pivot’s profound and probing questionnaire.

CALE PARKS
1. What is your favorite word?
BISCUIT

2. What is your least favorite word?
REDUNDANT

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
ANTHROPOLOGY

4. What turns you off?
WHEN SOMETHING IS ENTIRELY TOO AGREEABLE

5. What is your favorite curse word?
BOLLOCKS

6. What sound or noise do you love?
PLAYGROUNDS

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
FAST FOOD FRY MACHINE TIMERS GOING OFF AT REST STOPS

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
FLY FISHERMAN

9. What profession would you not like to do?
DEER HUNTER

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you
arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“WE BE JAMMIN’.”